featuring the musicians of the Progressions program

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | 6:30 pm

Bader Hall, Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, UW-Milwaukee

French Folk Song

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

First and Second Year Orchestras

Song of the Wind (Folk Song)

Elani Hibbler, Yamil Cruz Cortes, Camila Aguilar, Kelynn Pearson, Matias Ochoa, Abel Guzman, Noelle Vignieri, and Miko Sengyothinh, Violin

Allegro

Silvia Storm, Artie Tucker Jr., and Subhana Matthews, Viola

Frère Jacques, French Folk Song 

Oats, Peas, and Beans

First Year Orchestra

Dreidel

Hugo Schmidt, Margo Gibes, Willa Hoban, and Christian Albarran, Cello

Lightly Row

Dheeksha Kancharla, Violin

Twinkle Variation A, B, and D

Milo Chay, Alexis Mohs, Tallulah Sams, Harlow Dufek, Hilary Thompson, and Isis Melby-Gibbons, Violin

Hot Cross Buns

First Year Violas

Twinkle in Minor

J. Cameron Law, Mixolydian Rock

First Year Orchestra

French Folk Song

Matisse Chirillo, Theo Baldus, and Vida Wilinski, Viola

Luz de la Mañana

Gwendolyn Taylor, Viola

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Abril Sofia Martinez Garces, Viola

Frère Jacques

Benjamin Macias and Nico Aguilera, Viola

Allegro

Linnea Balistrieri and Ruby Hawthorne, Cello

Song of the Wind

Baylee Gatson, Khaydin Allen, and Candace McCrary, Cello

Mahler Theme

First and Second Year Basses

O Come, Little Children

Andrea Basurto-Sil and Mila Sengyothinh, Violin
Charlotte Ivans, Viola

B-Flat Major Scale

(Artist formerly known as) Prince, Purple Rain

Que Bonita Bandera, Puerto Rican Folk Song/arr. Monday

Second Year Orchestra

Go Tell Aunt Rhody/Aunt Rhody Has a Problem

Mariah Harris, Andrea Basurto-Sil, Sarahi Aguayo, and Raquel Nunn, Violin

Suzuki, Allegro

Edgar Fransee and Cooper Korol, Violin

Scotland’s Burning

Amina Ashley, Bass

Sakura

Nathan Santiago Nadal, Bass

Congratulations to the 2024 Progressions program graduates!

Clarke/arr. McAllister, King William's March

Michael Story, Dragon Dance

Second Year Orchestra

First Year Progressions Musicians

VIOLIN

Camila Aguilar
Milo Chay
MacKenzie Chesir
Cayli Cifax
Yamil Cruz Cortes
Harlow Dufek
Dariana Enriquez Torrijos
Paola Guerra
Abel Guzman
Elani Hibbler
Dheeksha Kancharla
Rose Kozlicki
Isis Melby-Gibbons
Alexis Mohs
Matias Ochoa
Kelynn Pearson
Alessio Ramirez
Tallulah Sams
Miko Sengyothinh
Hilary Thompson
Violet Van Sistine
Noelle Vignieri

VIOLA

Nicolas Aguilera
Theodore Baldus
Matisse Chirillo
Elizabeth Guerra
Benjamin Macias
Abril Sofia Martinez Garces
Subhana Matthews
Silvia Storm
Gwendolyn Taylor
Emily Thompson
Artie Tucker Jr
Vida Wilinski

CELLO

Christian Albarran
Khaydin Allen
Linnea Balistrieri
Baylee Gatson
Margaret Gibes
Ruby Hawthorne
Willa Hoban
Candace McCrary
Levi Santiago
Hugo Schmidt
Kadence Vance

BASS

Sofia Davis
Nate Gierl
Eleanor Johnson
Makhale Lipson
Jodie Washington
Ravi Weiland

Second Year Progressions Musicians

VIOLIN

Sarahi Aguayo
Andrea Basurto-Sil
Amayah Coates
Poppy DeMilo
Edgar Fransee
Mariah Harris
Cooper Korol
D'Shawn Morgan
Raquel Nunn
Julie Raygoza
Liana Robinson
Mila Sengyothinh
Aizen Starnes
Timothy Vang

VIOLA

Sofia Aguilar Benitez
Charlotte Ivans
Isabela Vang

CELLO

Langston Bruhy Hale
Luna Burgos
Lucia Christine Delgado
Antonio Gonzalez-Juarez
Hermione Naranjo-Feria
Angelina Robinson
Sienna Smith
Vicenta Sosa-Winter
Josette Stark
Chloe Stephens

BASS

Amina Ashley
Dillon Briant
Christopher Carter
Chace Edwards
Laurel Martens
Nathan Santiago Nadal

Tiffany Chang, Progressions Director

John Babbitt, Bass Instructor

Sonora Brusubardis, Violin Instructor

Viktor Brusubardis, Cello Instructor

Freya Irani, Viola Instructor

Manuel Landin Lopez, Violin Instructor

Tony Lucas, Progressions Mentor

Imaia Mitchell, Cello Instructor

Rayden Vaughan Montes, Cello Instructor

Paris Myers, Bass Instructor

Ann Wood, Violin Instructor

Thank you to our Progressions Student Mentors:

Ruthee Rosploch

Rylee Stelpflug*

* = Progressions graduate

Progressions, a part of MYSO’s innovative Community Partnership Programs, is an immersive string training program, which provides private instruction and orchestral training in violin, viola, cello, and bass to school-nominated third and fourth grade students who have limited musical experience and live in or attend a school in the City of Milwaukee.

Founded in 2003, Progressions has received national support and recognition. MYSO was named a National Arts and Humanities Youth Arts Program Award Winner for its work through Progressions as well as the 2014 Eureka Award from the Milwaukee Business Journal. The program also received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the League of American Orchestras.

One of the primary aims of Progressions is increased participation in MYSO by students from urban populations that face barriers of access and equity in music study.

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the National Endowment for the Arts, the Milwaukee Arts Board, MPS Partnership for the Arts and Humanities, and the United Performing Arts Fund, for their generous support of this program.

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.

Energico ($400,000+)

Anthony Petullo
United Performing Arts Fund

Appassionato ($100,000 - $399,999)

Clair & Mary Baum
The Burke Foundation

Maestoso ($20,000 - $99,999)

Anonymous
Laura & Mike Arnow
Bader Philanthropies, Inc.
Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation
Johnson Controls
Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation
Milwaukee Recreation Partnership for the Arts & Humanities
Scott & Lynn Molitor
National Endowment for the Arts
Herzfeld Foundation
Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts

Con Fuoco ($10,000 - $19,999)

Anonymous
Bert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust
Charles D. Jacobus Family Foundation
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation
George & Jill Fahr
Francie Luke Silverman Foundation
The Frank & Lucille Puncer Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Adelaide F. Banaszynski Memorial Fund
J. Thomas Hurvis
Jerome & Dorothy Holz Family Foundation
Krause Family Foundation
Elaine & Gerry Mainman
Milwaukee County Cultural Artistic & Musical Programming Advisory Council
Erik & Carol Moeser
Joel & Caran Quadracci
Ralph Evinrude Foundation, Inc.
The ROS Foundation
Roger & Sally Ruggeri
Michael Schmitz
David & Julie Uihlein
William N. & Janice V. Godfrey Family Foundation

Vivace ($5,000 to $9,999)

Anonymous
Anon Charitable Trust
Donald & Donna Baumgartner
Ken & Kris Best
Bobbi & Jim Caraway
City of Milwaukee Arts Board
Tony & Jodi Consiglio
Croen Foundation, Inc.
Digicorp, Inc.
Sandy & George Dionisopoulos
Linda Edelstein
Dr. Jeff Edelstein
Jim & Andrea Emling
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Margaret E. Sheehan Memorial Fund
Margarete & David R. Harvey
Katie Heil
Susan Hulce Cerletty & Joanne Hulce
Maihaugen Foundation
Manpower Group Foundation Inc.
Brian McCarty, MD
Lisa & Michael Miksich
Nancy M. & Douglas M. Yeager Family Foundaton
Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD
Craig & Mary Robyn Peotter
Anthony J. & Beverly Petullo
PNC Foundation
Michael R. & Joan G. Potter
The Frieda & William Hunt Memorial Trust
Michael Van Handel
We Energies Foundation

Animato ($2,500 - $4,999)

Anonymous
Tino & Penny Arvanetes
Brian & Laurel Bear
Ted & Janice Blum
John & Marilyn Breidster
James & Diane Brown
Brown & Brown
Anthony & Andrea Bryant
Cedar Street Charitable Foundation
Sue & Curt Culver
Davidson & Harley Fund, Inc.
Dal & Jackie Drummer
Elmbrook Rotary Foundation
Ernest & Sally Micek Family Foundation
Foley & Lardner LLP
Tim & Sue Frautschi
Lisa A. Froemming
Barbara D. Froemming
Goldstein Law Group, S.C.
Dr. Michael & Susan Goldstone
Greater Milwaukee Foundation-Judith A. Keyes Family Fund
Hunzinger Construction Company
Husch Blackwell LLP
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Jayne J. Jordan
Mike & Mary Jordan
Tara & Darren Kozik
Fred & Karen Krammer
Dr. Karin Kultgen & Mr. Mark Kultgen
Christopher & Milagros LaBeau
Laskin Family Foundation
Ethan & Andrea Mahler
Jennifer Mattes
Jack & Jennie McGinnis
Robert & Barbara Monnat
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Joseph & Michelle Phillips
Steve & Becki Prunuske
Faye Scheil
Settlers Club of Wisconsin
Mark & Julie Steinhafel
Steinway Piano Gallery
Dick & Susi Stoll
Mark & Christina Toth
Weiss Family Foundation
Wilson Family Foundation, Inc.
WISN TV
Kinga & Kris Zadlo

Cantabile ($1,000 - $2,499)

Anonymous
Abbot Charitable Foundation
Arzbaecher Family Foundation
Maribeli Ayala
Baird Foundation
Penny Becker
Douglas & Molly Bell
Erin Casper Borissov
Adam & Krista Brookman
Patricia Cadorin
Mark & Linda Carlson
Bob Coletti & Karen Hung
Roxana Cook
Tom & Lynda Curl
Linda Czestler
Nancy Debbink
Delta Omicron Foundation
John Edelstein
Myra L. Edwards
Thomas R. Ellis
Richard & Alex Graber
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Milwaukee Music Scholarship Fund
Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation
Steve & Stephanie Hancock
HH Camp Foundation
James & Laura Holtz
Scott & Elizabeth Idleman
J. Jeffers & Company
Sigrid Gullickson Jablonka & Roy H. Jablonka
Amy S. Jensen
Arthur & Jackie Josetti
Greg & Linda Kliebhan
Christine Krueger
Mary Lacharite
Jay & Betty Lauck
Jun Li
Randolph Lipchik & Ravenna Helson
Madeleine & David Lubar (Lubar Family Foundation
Nathaniel K. Lynn
Ken-David & Melinda Masur
Ascaris Mayo
James M. Meier
Paul & Laura Mintz
Maelynn Colinco, M.D.
Peter & Deborah Musante
Rick & Jen Niederstadt
Jane Noskowiak
Ron Oshima & Kari Oshima Gunderson
Lois & Richard Pauls
Theodore & Kelsey Perlick Molinari
PNC Financial Services
Prescient Financial Solutions
Beatrice Pronley
Steve & Fran Richman
Robert W. Baird Inc.
Steve Russ
Kathleen Ryan
Sabljak & Budisch
Chuck & Kristin Severson
Stephanie Seymour
John Shannon & Jan Serr
Dawn Simmons
Dave & Sarah Sinense
Amy Sporich
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
Kent & Marna Tess-Mattner
Gile & Linda Tojek
Richard Walters
Wolohan Family Foundation
Marian & Donald Yoder

Con Espressione ($500 - $999)

Anonymous (2)
Joel Agacki
Helmut & Sandy Ammon
Forrest & Tracy Anderson
Danielle Baerwald
Michael Becker & Lai King Moy
Jean Becker
Scott Bowe
Richard Buchband & Betsy Rosenblum
Camille A. Lonstorf Trust
Richard Christenson
Michael Cleary
LisaMarie Collins
Cathy & Mario Costantini
Dean & Emily Crocker
Peter & Mary Diotte
Eileen & Howard Dubner Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Peter Eash-Scott
Rachel Enright
Brian & Pat Falk
Matt & Theresa Field
Firefly Family Dentistry
Dean Fitzgerald
Grand Mesa Strings Publishing
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - MacDowell Club of Milwaukee Fund
John & Tameica Greene
Bill & Lisa Henk
Kim & Pete Jankowiak
Robin Johnson
Charles & Heather Kahn
Dr. Joan Kojis
David & Sarah Kolo
Emma & Alexander R. Kunz Sr.
Valerie Laabs-Siemon
Eric Larson & Susan Lewis
Paul & Eileen LeFort
Bob & Rachele Lehr
Mr. & Mrs. Linley
John & Linda Mellowes
Lindsey Moloney
Brian & Liz Nett
Kathy Nusslock
John & Nicole Pienkos
Platinum Systems
Carol Pohl
Anoop Prakash
Gerald Richter
Chuck & Connie Roedel
Chris & Angie Roloff
Tom & Jennifer Rose
Eric & Katie Rozek
Thomas J. Russell, MD
Jim & Susan Sajdak
Jakob & Kirstine Schjoerring-Thyssen
Steve & Lynne Schley
Mark Schwertfeger
Julie Scott
Tim & Kristine Seymour
Gita Sinha
Matthew & Ruby Soik
Joan Spector
Carlton Stansbury
Kyle & Kimberly Starasinich
Valerie Stein
Jim & Pam Truax
Margie Vehrenkamp
Paul & Lynn Veldhouse
Nina Vitek
Craig Wesemann
Del & Kim Wilson
B Wnuk
Mark & Evonne Zalewski

Grazioso ($250 - $499)

Anonymous
Dave & Linda Atkinson
Paul Baerwald
Lucy Bahn
Donald Beane
Theresia Becker
Rachel Best
Paul & Marna Bestul
Deborah Block
Bostik, Inc.
Dan & Joellen Bradach
Joe & Barb Brooks
Martha Brown & Tony Lam
Janine Brzezinski
Liyu Chen
Andrew & Beth Cleary
Mama Collins
Papa Collins
Clover Collins
Hermione Collins
Granada Chuck Collins
Grandma Betty Collins
Lanny & Tina Curtis
Joel Davel
David & Linda DeBruin
Donal & Mary Demet
John Devalkenaere
T. Arthur & Valeria Downey
Drumming by Bob!
Steven R. & Elizabeth Duback
Ted & Beth Durant
Thomas & Linda Dvorak
William & Juanita
Dean Einerson
Erin & Patrick Elliott
Kari Eskridge
Joshua & Sara Field
Stephen & Raquel Filmanowicz
John Florsheim
Thomas W. & Nancy A. Florsheim Trust
Kathryn Flynn
Jon Fong
Robert Foster
Lucia Francis
Matt & Marie Friedli
Michael Gauger
Fred & Lela Gettelman
Jessica & Amir Ghaferi
Steve Glynn
Brad Grady
Jen Graetz
Kathryn Grau
Clifford & Corine Gribble
Christopher Guziewicz
Nicholas & Danita Hahn
Joel Harris
Ed & Doris Heiser
Jacqueline Herd-Barber
Margaret Hernandez
George & Nancy Herro
Bill & Valarie Hess
Grandpa & Grandma Hille
Jason & Mike Hupy & Abraham
Thomas & Patricia Jester
Joyce Kaiser
Jessi Kildow
Scott & Ellen Knowles
David & Diane Knox
Michael & Patricia Kremin
Lois Krewinghaus
Joseph Kutchera
Christina Land
Eric & Linda Lanke
Manny Lara
Mike & Gail Lauer
Jennifer Leedle
Elliot & Eva Lipchik
John & Susan Logan
Andrew & Emily Lukasek
Darren Luke
Thomas Mallmann
Mandi Maronn
Vincent Martin
Christina Martinez
Cynthia McCormick
James & Sandy Metzger
Michael Mihopulos
Patrick & Mary Murphy
Christine Murr
Joe & Cathy Murray
'nalytix LLC
Daniel Neely
Jack & Kim Nelson
Nicole Nelson
Mark Niehaus
Elias & Claudia Ochoa
Sharon Olecheck
Randall & Pamela Penn
Jon & Sue Phillips
Jan Pirozzolo-Mellowes
Shana Pradeep
Bunny Raasch-Hooten
Vani Ray
Ben & Kristin Rehberg
Rachel Rich
Jonathan Richter
Steven & Rona Rindt
Rhonda Rohn
Andrew Rohn
Jen Sadauskas
Andrew & Natalie Sajdak
Ziad & Mary Salameh
William Schmidtgall
Charles & Carol Schroeck
William & Annemarie Scobey Polacheck
Rick & Julie Seybold
Russ & Barb Simpson
Nathaniel & Yael Stein
Erin Stilp
Burton & Audrey Strnad Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Jack Sutte & Audra Zarlenga
Ann Tesmer
Chad Tessmer
Sara Tikalsky
May Tsao
Bradley Uelmen
Todd & Jill Van Calster
Stephen Vang
Monica & Brahm Vasudev
Terry & Ladene Veldhouse
Lauren Vollrath
Wauwatosa West Orchestra Parents
Joel Weinberger
Anatole Wiering
M. Darlene Wilson
Raymond Wilson
Paul & Sandy Wysocki
Clara Yu
Michael & Eileen Zei
Joan Zepecki
Shuang Zhao