featuring String Orchestra South & West and Philharmonia
Saturday, May 18, 2024 | 7:00 pm
Shattuck Music Center Auditorium, Carroll University
STRING ORCHESTRAS SOUTH AND WEST
Lynn Trinkl and Mary Pat Michels, Music Directors
Alexa Zakutansky-Clark, Coach
KATHRYN GRIESINGER
Legends of Glory
Mrs. Michels, Conductor
ALEXANDER BORODIN / arr. Jamin Hoffman
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Mrs. Trinkl, Conductor
Norah Wieselmann, Arie Harris, Rowan Young, Finn Tieu, Lily Furman, and Kaydence Piechowski, Violin Soloists
Emaluna Cardenas-Delgado, Alexis Antos, Cheryl Liu, Erin Xu, Owen Rynish, Cello Soloists
YUKIKO NISHIMURA
Sweet New Moon
Mrs. Michels, Conductor
MICHAEL JACKSON / arr. Stephen Rockey
Smooth Criminal
Mrs. Trinkl, Conductor
Patrick Morrow, Drum Set
PHILHARMONIA
Daniel Duffy, Music Director
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
“Wedding March” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
DMITRI KABALEVSKY
Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 48
- Allegro molto e con brio
Stephanie Neely, Violin
Winner, 2024 Philharmonia Concerto Competition
SARAH DEMAR, Fellow, John Downey Creation Project
Until You Come Home Again (World Premiere)
Dr. Christian Ellenwood, Teaching Artist
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
IV. Allegro
STRING ORCHESTRA SOUTH
FIRST VIOLIN
Norah Wieselmann, Concertmaster
Willa Peterson
Amberlynn DuQuaine
Francisco Aranda
Liam Millar
Annika Tanke
SECOND VIOLIN
Eleanor Gabor, Principal
Jadriel Roman Areizaga
Sophia Powidel
Walter Millar
Valerie Li
Isabella Aranda
VIOLA
Michael McIntyre, Principal
Emma Gunderson
CELLO
Emaluna Cardenas-Delgado, Principal
Brandon Li
Taylor Rutkowski
STRING ORCHESTRA WEST
FIRST VIOLIN
Mackenzie Lotze, Concertmaster
Arie Harris, Assistant Concertmaster
Rowan Young, Assistant Concertmaster
Liliana Miksich
Cheryl Jin
Claire White
Abe Veldhouse
Julia Christian
Megan Brown
Kylie Brown
Ethan Zielinski
Logan Van Schyndle
Finn Tieu
Liam Velie
Lilly Furman
Kaydence Piechowski
SECOND VIOLIN
Krithi Chanjeevaram, Principal
Nandana Pramond, Assistant Principal
Connor Leider
Sara Israel
Trevor Lin
Max Yu
Sawyer Tieu
Daniel Chen
Lyla Gallagher
Nikita Uppu
Abigail Schultz
Araiah Starasinich
Isla Tiefel
Aiden Franklin
Hailey Pierce
Olivia Olbrot
VIOLA
Anya Corrao, Principal
Ryan Serrano, Assistant Principal
Aidan Gornick, Assistant Principal
Thomas Jimenez
Charlie Sorum
Lilly Donath
Gemma Manley
Daniel Quintero
Gabryhonna Hyland
CELLO
Cheryl Liu, Principal
Erin Xu, Assistant Principal
Stockton Howell
Akito Sato
Luke Engbers
Alexis Antos
Ethan Enters
Shivani Sharma
Owen Rynish
Benjamin Celikay
Miriam Patraca Guziewicz
BASS
Alexa Zakutansky-Clark
PHILHARMONIA
FIRST VIOLIN
Stephanie Neely, Concertmaster
Ilina Joshi, Associate Concertmaster
Hannah Pagels, Co-Assistant Concertmaster
Ariel Quinn, Co-Assistant Concertmaster
Kenneth Zhang
Jimmy Lin
Ishani Joshi
Isabella Augustine
Dante Castanho-Bollinger
Sloan Becker
Emily Pan
Julia Wieselmann
Sam Engbers
Alexandra Wang
Elina Cheng
Charlotte DeLadurantey
Lawton Schick
Adriel Vizcaino
Monroe Emling
Preston McCullough
Molleigh Federighe
Tess Ganski
SECOND VIOLIN
Milo Elliott, Co-Principal
Jack Froelich, Co-Principal
Eshaan Vasudev
Yadavi Dubhashi
Grace Kim
Elia Gallaher
Zodibella Rodriguez
Shreya Hegde
Bharat Nambisan
Willa Grimm
Ashok Nambisan
James Pienkos
Anna Koney
Addison Huolihan
Ian Janz
Clara Scanlan
Lilly Bingenheimer
Matthew Wieler
Sydney Smullen
Ashley Manthei
Connor Gordon
Alejandra Salazar
Eva Sofia Vasilyeva
VIOLA
Max Hemann, Co-Principal
Lance Westmore, Co-Principal
Iris Thoreson, Assistant Principal
Eliana Putnam
Evelyn Kenny
Elizabeth Beltran
Anya Prakash
Grace Pett
Vivian Duong
Mara Vollmers
Jazale Hill
CELLO
Kevin Mi, Co-Principal
Felix Pipal, Co-Principal
Sofia Konkol
Lukas Masur
Mariana Welsh
Aurnob Ghose
Lanting Shi
Grace Drewek
Brayden New
Liam Noah
Carolina Kasymova
Nia McCloskey
Josiah Anderson
Joelle Askew
Joanee Rosploch
Kara Berquist
Laurel Zei
Caitlyn Mulhall
Kyra Jester
BASS
Ean Gergetz, Principal
Reece Davis
Silas Nerad
Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion players are listed in alphabetical order.
FLUTE
Jhanvi Ambat
Emery Cummins-Brown
Manasi Karthikeyan
Johana Kim
Lucy Merrill
Hannah VanderVliet
PICCOLO
Lucy Merrill
OBOE
Serena Ball
CLARINET
Pearl de la Cova Townley
Isaac Dungan
Savanah Tiefenbacher
Rachel Yetzer
BASSOON
Cecilia DeBoer
Cassandra Jerich
HORN
Eli Drews
MJ Madison
TRUMPET
Jacob Anderson
Andrew Elliott
Alexander Hahn
TROMBONE
James Duong
Finn Fitzgerald
Zoe Hemmerling
Yulina Kanda
TUBA
Maurycy Troicki
TIMPANI and PERCUSSION
Calvin Bolze
Felix Pipal
Evelyn Roach
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.”
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