featuring the Senior Symphony, Metropolitan Symphony, and Brass Choir
Saturday, May 11, 2024 | 1:00 pm
Bradley Symphony Center
SENIOR SYMPHONY BRASS CHOIR
Don Sipe, Brass Studies Director
ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896) | transcribed by Don Sipe
Os Justi
METROPOLITAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
John W. Emanuelson, Music Director
Jonathan Winkle, Music Director
DOREEN CARWITHEN (1922-2003)
Bishop Rock Overture
Mr. Winkle, Conductor
CAMERON CORAGGIO (b. 2007), Fellow, John Downey Creation Project
Solaris (World Premiere)
Frank Stemper, Teaching Artist
Mr. Winkle, Conductor
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Colette Wiering, Violin
Winner, 2024 Metropolitan Symphony Concerto Competition
Mr. Winkle, Conductor
FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
Les préludes
Mr. Emanuelson, Conductor
SENIOR SYMPHONY
Carter Simmons, Music Director
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
Oboe Concerto in C Major, Hob.VIIg:C1
- Allegro spiritoso
Lydia Morency, Oboe
Winner, 2024 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition and Carrie Rondeau Memorial Scholarship
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
Prelude to Die Meistersinger, WWV 96
GABRIELLE PECK (b. 2007), Fellow, John Downey Creation Project
Dance of the Phoenix (World Premiere)
Rick Walters, Teaching Artist
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34
Carrie Rondeau Memorial Scholarship
We are pleased again this season to present the Carrie Rondeau Memorial Scholarship.This award goes to the winner of the Senior Symphony Concerto Competition, involving many of the finest young musicians in southeastern Wisconsin. As a result of generous contributions from her family and friends, this scholarship was established to memorialize Carrie and to provide support for the musical excellence she so admired and exemplified. Continued support from family and friends has perpetuated this memorial.
METROPOLITAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
FIRST VIOLIN
Colette Wiering, Concertmaster
Seunga Yang, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Sarah Harkavy, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Charlotte Kojis, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Sam Donner
Mayouel Viviano Terando
Sophia Collins
Andrew Behring
Bianca Enriquez
Joy Zhao
Bode Li
Giovanna Hughes
Chloe Chen
Hallie Newman
Nidhi George
Avaneesh Muralidharan
Akshay Bharathwaj
Elisabeth Hillmann
SECOND VIOLIN
Eleanor Dawson, Co-Principal
Laura Tauzell, Co-Principal
Evan Chirillo
Rayna Jellish
Vera LeFort
Kayla Cooney
Lily Michalski
Shervin Namdar Ghanbari
Sudiksha Pandey
Shiming Ma
Sophia Ball
Ellasyn Korb
Oleksa Onyskiv
Norah Jaworski
Ishani Nayak
Garrett Niederstadt
Julia Bell
Lusila Veshi
Violet Copple
Nathaniel Bunn
Benjamin De Torre
Ethan Zhang
Natali Gallegos Benitez
VIOLA
Jennifer Raychel, Co-Principal
Eleanor Froelich, Co-Principal
Amber Yi
Hrishikesh Srivathsan
Citlalic Dominguez
Sarah Norton
Jonathan Del Razo
Connor Murphy
Jessica Sheets
Dhruv Venkateswaran
CELLO
Maya Thomure, Principal
Phoebe Panozzo
Ginny Ericson
Maggie Barrett
Luisa Lopez Lara
Anderson Brewer
Jack Cavanaugh
Julian Cortright
Brandon Liao
Katherine Steele
Charlie Johnson
Seth Olsen
Brigid Simmons
Kira Schienke
Jonah Zuehl
Josiah Chu
Abraham Albiter
BASS
Ania Kurowski, Principal
Grant Atkinson
Ean Gergetz
HARP
Diego Medrano
FLUTE
Lilly Talbot, Principal
Sofija Brazauskas
Julia Harley
Chloe Hyatt
Jordin Sun
PICCOLO
Chloe Hyatt
Jordin Sun
OBOE
Kelly Li, Principal
Aashi Iyengar
ENGLISH HORN
Aashi Iyengar
CLARINET
Hanh Bui, Co-Principal
Kaelyn Koerner, Co-Principal
Maryn Halvorsen
Sean Kabara
Emily Thill
BASS CLARINET
Sean Kabara
BASSOON
Anabelle Rook, Principal
Elise Brown
HORN
MJ Madison, Principal
Sarah Demar
Eli Drews
Rachel Jacobson
TRUMPET
Sean Gaez
Max Marshal
Redding Mortwedt
TROMBONE
Owen Ruck, Principal
Matias Krammer
BASS TROMBONE
Benjamin Varner
TUBA
Cadin DeLaney
TIMPANI and PERCUSSION
Paddy Foy
Kaelyn Hernandez
Zoe Johnson
We are grateful to these teaching artists who have worked with the Metropolitan Symphony for this concert:
SENIOR SYMPHONY
FIRST VIOLIN
Hans Hemann, Concertmaster
Magdalena Masur, Concertmaster
Henry Snavely, Concertmaster
Jayanth Suthan, Concertmaster
Benyamin Kim
Titus Veldhouse
Christianna Ebel
Rosy Kojis
Lucas LaBeau
Brynn Nelson
Andrea Hanna
Kayami Jackson
Emilia Sato
Maia Cardew
Sal Stein
Isabella Krynicka
Ben Christiaansen
Madeline Bingenheimer
Alexander Chen
Nathanael Chu
Valkyrie Ladd
Yiwen Ma
Krish Vasudev
Ariana Augustine
SECOND VIOLIN
Nishanth Suthan
Samuel Botshtein
Johana Kim
Lexi Mabini
Norah Boerner
Dana Kim
Aris Arvanetes
Simon Doerr
Benjamin Jiang
Brady Ahler
Flynn O’Rear
Logan Gleesing
Ipek Yilmaz
Rebecca Brojanac
Suraksha Kodgi
Ruthee Rosploch
Soren Ellingstad
Avana Kelly
Owen Bell
Emerson Neldner
Emerson LaWall-Shane
Alexandra Holzman
VIOLA
Sonya Wilhelm, Principal
Brae Bigelow, Assistant Principal
Rem Leach
Violet Lucier
Levi Stein
Alana Perez
Haley Burns
Spencer Laga
Akilah Muhammad
Cassidy Quandt
Gregory Farmer
Samantha Stundtner
Lucy Hamann
CELLO
Ava Larsen, Principal
Gabrielle Peck, Principal
Luke Field, Principal
Reagan Laws
Maryveth Ochoa
Adela Ramirez
Carlos Recinos
Lukas Vater
Rebecca DeBoer
Ella Smullen
Kate Weisman
Rylee Stelpflug
Carolina Islas
Michael Montie
Jurnee Fisher
Ashley Bongard
BASS
Benjamin Levin, Principal
Gavriilia Fyrogeni, Assistant Principal
Alexander Matusiak
Lauren Gooden
Dmitriy Levit
HARP
Emmaline Strong
FLUTE
Maribel Cortez
Sophie Gerew
Marisa Lehner
Zackary Muñoz
Jane Tretheway
PICCOLO
Sophie Gerew
Marisa Lehner
Zackary Muñoz
OBOE
Abby Debbink
Claire Fifarek
Lydia Morency
ENGLISH HORN
Claire Fifarek
CLARINET
Lilly Beane
Jordan Haney
Maggie Kidd
Rayna Kavalauskas
BASSOON
Ben Beumler
Gavin Hansen
Faith Weigand
Andie Wisniewski
CONTRABASSOON
Faith Weigand
HORN
Shaurya Bansal
Simon Field
Eli Hoffmann
Meera Rao
Anaka Velie
TRUMPET
Milo Ascher
Zachary Burgess
Oscar Endres
TROMBONE
Elizabeth Checkai
Emmeline Erickson
Erich Haefer
Austin Kempen
TUBA
Lane Wendorf
TIMPANI and PERCUSSION
Kyler Katanik
Rachel Shatzer
Nicolas Strichartz
Issac Visser
Senior Symphony woodwind, brass, and percussion players are listed in alphabetical order.
We are grateful to these teaching artists who have worked with the Senior Symphony for this concert:
- Frank Almond, Johnston Family Artist-in-Residence
- Nicole Gabriel, Music Librarian
- Nathan Hackett
- Paul Hauer, Senior Symphony String Advisor
- Ji-Yeon Lee
- Jon McCullough-Benner
- Kevin Pearl
- Don Sipe, Brass Studies Director
- Tobie Wilkinson
- Adrien Zitoun
The John Downey Creation Project gives select MYSO students the opportunity to compose their own piece with the guidance of a professional composer. The composition is given its world premiere by a MYSO ensemble.
John Downey served as Director of Music Theory and Composition for Music For Youth/MYSO for more than 40 years, and was an important and beloved member of the MYSO family until his passing in 2004. A Distinguished Professor of Music at UW-Milwaukee, he was an internationally-renowned composer who collaborated with the great artists of his time and, among many honors, was knighted by the French government.
Dr. Downey played a critically important role in the lives of thousands of students, several of whom have become noted composers, and was central to our organization and mission for many years. His students were an essential and joyous part of his storied career. He would be thrilled by the enthusiasm, creativity, and the seriousness of purpose displayed by the young composers of the John Downey Creation Project, to whom he would have referred as “my geniuses.”
Donations to MYSO are the crucial funding source that allow us to nurture, challenge, and inspire young minds, profoundly changing lives and our community for the better. We are tremendously grateful for these important gifts.
This list recognizes gifts of $250 or more that were received from July 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. We encourage you to call Emma Kunz, Philanthropy Operations Manager, at 414-267-2943, with questions or corrections—or to learn how to make a much-appreciated gift to MYSO.
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