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CONNECTED APART
Winter 2021
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WINTER 2021 VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES
The past year has been difficult for everyone, and we know that
for many families, incomes have been reduced or become more
unpredictable. To ensure that every CYSO family—no matter their
CYSO is investing in the future of music and the financial situation—can enjoy our virtual performances, we've
next generation of leaders. W e provide music replaced our normal ticketing with a pay-what-you-can donation.
education to nearly 800 young musicians ages
6-18 through full and string orchestras, jazz, CYSO virtual winter performances will debut on Saturday,
steelpan, chamber music, masterclasses, music March 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm CST. For those who are able,
composition and in-school programs. Students the suggested donation is $40 (the equivalent of $10 per tick-
et for a family of four) to access all winter performance videos.
learn from some of Chicago’s most respected
Visit cyso.org/concerts to purchase your tickets. If you cannot
professional musicians, perform in the world’s
afford a ticket donation at this time, simply fill out the form with a
great concert halls, and gain skills necessary for $0 amount to receive the performance link at no charge.
a successful future.
Though we wish we could gather in person, this winter's virtual
CYSO Community Engagement Programs
format does allow for loved ones to watch our young musicians
support music training and access for more perform from anywhere. We encourage you to share the link to
than 8,500 young people each year. We work cyso.org/concerts with friends and family and invite them to
with youth in diverse Chicago neighborhoods "attend" the concert debut with the CYSO community on 3/27!
through after-school ensembles, sectionals,
and our Ambassadors Program, which brings As always, tuition only covers about 40% of the cost of CYSO's
student musicians into CPS elementary schools programs and ticket revenue is one way that we are able to sup-
to perform interactive concerts. CYSO orches- port all that we offer our young musicians. Please give what you
tras also present free community and education can to support CYSO's legacy of high-quality music instruction.
concerts throughout the season.
CYSO alumni go on to play in the world’s fin-
est orchestras and ensembles, and are also
found working as doctors, lawyers, teachers, VISIT
community leaders, and business profession-
als. Whether or not a graduate continues their
music studies after their time in CYSO, young
people leave with increased self-confidence, a
E TICKETS
strong sense of discipline, and a deep apprecia- TO PURCHAS
ER 2021
tion for music and the arts. TO OUR WINT
FORMANCES
VIRTUAL PER
FIND OUT MORE AT CYSO.ORGTABLE OF CONTENTS
BRILLIANCE AWAITS.
PREPARATION FOR A MUSICAL LIFE 9 Music Director's Letter
Bachelor of Music
11 Executive Director's Letter
Double degree: Bachelor of Music & Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
13 Winter Concert Programs
NEW! Bachelor of Musical Arts in Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation 14 Chamber Music Programs
GO.LAWRENCE.EDU/CHIYOUTH 16 Board, Faculty, and Staff
17 Artistic Staff Bios
25 CYSO Makes Late Night TV Debut
27 Combating Isolation Through Music
28 ATLYS Quartet Records Student Works
31 Women's History Month Features
TABLE OF CONTENTS
33 Gerswin's Magic Key Out Now
35 Fall Virtual Masterclasses
36 Orchestra Rosters
46 Chamber Music Rosters
CHICAGO IS OUR 48
50
Private Teachers
Schools and Teachers
CLASSROOM 54 Contributors
Rigorous, hands-on learning in a world-
class city. Study with experienced faculty
in a tight-knit community. Enjoy studying
in a fully renovated state-of-the-art music
facility, Hanson Hall.
Undergraduate Auditions: For more information, contact:
February 13, 2021 | February 27, 2021 Erin Matonte
Assistant Director of Music, Art,
Graduate Auditions: and Theatre Recruitment
February 13, 2021 773-244-4583
Graduate programs offered in vocal ematonte@northpark.edu
performance and collaborative piano
(vocal coaching) www.northpark.edu/music
7MUSIC DIRECTOR'S LETTER
Dear Friends,
Welcome to Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras'
2020-2021 season! We are living through
challenging times, but CYSO—by the resilience
of our students and families and the creativity of
our artistic and administrative team—perseveres.
In fact, CYSO is growing! In this time of mostly
virtual instruction, we have added five new artistic
staff members and our entire team are giving more
of themselves than ever.
We have temporarily lost our two most important
tools for teaching music: the in-person rehearsal
and the performance. However, this loss has inspired a whirlwind of creativity and
MUSIC DIRECTOR'S LETTER
experimentation as conductors re-learn how to teach the subject they know and
love. Though in-person chamber music and other small group meetings continue,
our large groups are working in a completely new way through a broad variety of
online rehearsals, meetings, and masterclasses.
Students are learning the art of recording since music must now be sent back-
and-forth across the internet. They are studying non-instrumental musicianship
skills that will prepare them to excel when performing returns and give them the
tools and habits to master not only music, but other skills as well. Students are
receiving more individual attention than ever as we find new ways to keep them
learning and growing.
Despite the loss of concerts, we now connect to a worldwide audience through
streamed programming such as our virtual performance videos and online
masterclass series, where this year we've featured CYSO alumni Anthony
McGill (New York Philharmonic), Luke Fieweger (Seattle Symphony), Mary Bowden
(trumpet soloist), Sonia Mantell (Minnesota Orchestra) and longtime friend to the
organization and now CYSO parent, violinist Rachel Barton Pine, along with former
CSO oboist Eugene Izotov (now with San Francisco Symphony).
Our mission is to inspire and cultivate personal excellence through music. That
work must continue. With your support, nothing can stop us.
CYSO’S MISSION IS TO Warm regards,
INSPIRE AND CULTIVATE
PERSONAL EXCELLENCE Allen Tinkham
Music Director
THROUGH MUSIC
8 9EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S LETTER
Dear Friends,
Please join us in celebrating CYSO's winter 2021
student performances! In our 74 years of produc-
ing youth orchestra programming, we’ve never had
a year like this. Despite the inherent challenges of
this year, CYSO continues to serve as the musical
homebase for our nearly 800 students, and I am so
inspired by the creativity and resilience shown by
the entire CYSO family.
We have reinvented and reimagined literally every
element of what we do as music educators this
year—how we teach technique and musicality, how we facilitate teamwork and
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S LETTER
develop social bonds among students, how we evaluate progress and help resolve
challenges in students' home practice environments. Much of what we are learn-
ing this season will help us come back even stronger when we are finally able to
reconvene in person again.
Our virtual concerts demonstrate the hard work of our students, who remain deeply
dedicated to musical and personal growth. These performances were coached by
a growing and incredibly talented CYSO artistic team, and facilitated by our incom-
parable administrative team.
As we look toward the months ahead, we are confident that the CYSO community
will meet each new challenge with the same commitment to excellence you have
come to expect from us. Many thanks to all our CYSO families and everyone who
has supported CYSO’s work this year and always. Enjoy the performances!
Warm wishes,
Susan Lape
Executive Director
11WINTER CONCERT PROGRAM
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Learn John Adams (b. 1947) Short Ride in a Fast Machine
from a dedicated PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
residential faculty Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
I. Buckaroo Holiday
JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Tom Garling (b. 1965) And Another Thing
CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) Night on Bald Mountain
ACCELERANDO STRINGS
Belong Kirt N. Mosier
DEBUT ORCHESTRA
Overture to the Wind
to a fiercely
FALL CONCERT PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
supportive community
arr. Ralph Matesky I. Allegro con brio
PREPARATORY STRINGS
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Waltz No. 2 from Suite for Variety
arr. Paul Lavender Stage Orchestra
OVERTURE STRINGS
Soon Hee Newbold (b. 1974) Hiawatha
KAISO STEEL ORCHESTRA
Discover Len “Boogsie” Sharpe (b. 1953)
arr. Shelly Irvine
Take A Break Today
your own path
JUNIOR STEEL ORCHESTRA
Camila Cabello, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Liar
Jon Bellion, Jordan Johnson, Lionel Richie,
Malin Berggren, Jeny Berggren, Ulf Ekberg,
Eastman Experience
Stefan Johnson
arr. Scott McConnell
The GROOVE STEEL ORCHESTRA
Larry Morey (1905 - 1971) & Heigh-Ho
For application information visit esm.rochester.edu/admissions Frank Churchill (1901 - 1942)
arr. Scott McConnell
Virtual performances will debut at 7:00 pm CST on Saturday, March 27, 2021.
To purchase tickets, visit cyso.org/concerts
13CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM
THE DELTA CHAMBER GROUP OBERON WOODWIND QUINTET
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) String Quartet in G Major, op 77, no. 1 Leo J. Kauffmann (1901 - 1944) Quintett
I. Allegro con spirit
VAN BUREN TRIO
II. Alla siziliana
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Trio #4 for 2 Violins and Cello III. Vivace, quasi presto
CAESURA DUET
IV. Lento
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Eyeglasses Duo V. Allegro vivace
SOTTO TRIO
VETERNUM STRING TRIO Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Trio in C major, op.87
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) String Trio, op 53, no. 1 I. Allegro
Paul Zafer, coach Donald DeRoche, coach
SOTO VOCE QUARTET WOODWIND QUINTET
CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM
Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887) String Quartet no. 2 Giuseppi Cambini (1746 - 1825) Wind Quintet in B-flat major
THE FALLEN BRIDGE STRING QUARTET Gaby Vargas, coach
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) String Quartet, op. 18, no. 4
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BRASS QUINTET 1
THE COELACANTHS QUARTET
John E. Cheetham (b. 1939) Scherzo
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BRASS QUINTET 2
LE CIEL STRING QUARTET
Eric Ewazen (b. 1954) Grand Valley Fanfare
Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887) Quartet no. 2 in D major
I. Allegro moderato PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA BRASS QUINTET
Ludwig Maurer (1789 - 1878) Three Pieces for Brass Quintet
Istvan Loga, coach I. Maestoso alla marcia
Scott Tegge, coach
AEOLUS WOODWIND QUINTET
Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974) La Cheminée du Roi Rene
I. Cortège SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
II. Aubade Bob Becker (b. 1947) Mudra
III. Jongleurs
IV. La Maousinglade PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
V. Joutes sur L’Arc Evan Chapman Memory
VI. Chasse a Valabre Alex Monroe, coach
Virtual performances will debut at 7:00 pm CST on Saturday, March 27, 2021.
To purchase tickets, visit cyso.org/concerts
14 15BOARD, FACULTY, AND STAFF ARTISTIC STAFF
BOARD OF ARTISTIC STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ALLEN TINKHAM | Music Director
DIRECTORS Allen Tinkham Susan Lape Allen Tinkham is increasingly recognized as one of the most inspiring
CHAIR Music Director Executive Director
and exciting conductors and teachers of his generation. He is hailed
Ross Bricker Martha Nolin
Terrance Malone Gray by the Chicago Tribune as both a conductor and teacher, described
OFFICERS Associate Conductor Director of Finance as working “wonders” conducting with “uncanny control” and as
Saurab Bhargava
Daniella Valdez Madalyne Tregellas Maxwell one of Chicago’s most important “educators, mentors and inspira-
Pam Conroy
Director of String Ensembles Director of Operations tional guides in the training of tomorrow’s orchestral professionals.”
Chris Hensley
Kelly Howe Donald DeRoche Abbey Hambright As the Music Director of CYSO, Tinkham oversees artistic program-
Angela O’Banion Director of Chamber Music Director of Marketing ming and faculty and leads the Symphony Orchestra each season
Henry E. Turner, Jr. Scott McConnell Kaytie Faries including appearances at Orchestra Hall in Symphony Center and
Operations Manager Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. Tinkham led the orchestra in its Carnegie Hall debut, first live
DIRECTORS Director of Steel Orchestras
Richard Blessen Kevin Gupana broadcast, first recording release, and six international tours on four continents.
Pharez Whitted
Susan Bohman Development Coordinator,
Director of Jazz Orchestra Events and Communications Since Tinkham joined CYSO, programs have tripled and the budget has doubled. CYSO’s Symphony
Valerie Calloway
James M. Franklin Michael Mascari Orchestra is regularly broadcast by WFMT and has received numerous Illinois Council of Orchestras
Bridget Duffy
Lionel Go Concert Orchestra Conductor Development Coordinator,
Youth Orchestra of the Year and Programming of the Year awards. The orchestra is internationally ac-
claimed as “one of the country’s most famous youth outfits” (Muso Magazine). John von Rhein of the
BOARD, FACULTY, AND STAFF
Sophie McCarthy Individual Giving
Dana Green
Yasuko Metcalf Karen Mari Chicago Tribune said of their recent performance of Varèse’s Amériques, the first ever by an Ameri-
Debut Orchestra Conductor
Bryan Miller Community and Family can youth orchestra, “The performance would have done credit to an adult professional orchestra.”
Delano O’Banion Anne Huynh McTighe Engagement Coordinator
Assistant Director of String As an advocate and champion of contemporary music, Tinkham has won nine American Society
Jimmy Samartzis Ensembles Nicolas Chona of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) National Awards for Adventurous Programming of
John Sandwick Operations Assistant Contemporary Music. Tinkham is also the Music Director of the Chicago Composers Orchestra,
Stephen L. Schwartz Steven Gooden
Symphony Orchestra** & Debut Colin Marusek Chicago’s only professional orchestra performing exclusively the works of living composers.
Brittany L. Viola Operations Assistant
Orchestra Assistant Conductor
PARENT PARTNERS In high demand as a guest conductor and educator, Tinkham has conducted summer festivals
REPRESENTATIVE Benjamin Firer Meredith Shaner and NAfME All-State Orchestras throughout the U.S. including the All-Eastern and All-Northwest
Pamella Der Philharmonic Orchestra Assistant Grant Writer Orchestras. He was the Assistant Conductor for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s holiday concerts
Conductor** Erin Gregory for six seasons, and he has guest conducted the Colorado Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and the
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
J. Laurence Costin Laura Yawney Marketing & Administrative Assistant Members of Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Fred Margulies Concert Orchestra Teaching
Assistant** Tinkham attended the Eastman School of Music, University of Michigan School of Music, and Ameri-
Jennifer Myerberg
can Academy of Conducting of the Aspen Music Festival. He was invited to the 14th International
**20/21 season appointment Nicolai Malko Competition and the 4th International Conductors Competition Sir Georg Solti and is a
FACULTY laureate of the League of American Orchestras Bruno Walter Conductor Preview.
Chamber Music
Donald DeRoche Colin Marusek Kyle Dickson Danny Lai Andrew Smith Tinkham began his career as Apprentice Conductor at the Oregon Symphony and before the end of
Istvan Loga Noé Mina Caitlin Edwards Kelly Langenberg Magdalena Sustere his apprenticeship was appointed Music Director of CYSO—the youngest to win the post in its history.
Terrance Malone Gray Gaby Vargas Tim Fawkes Cheng Huo Lee Scott Tegge
Alex Monroe Theresa Zick Emily Fagan Blaise Magniere Chloe Thominet
Scott Tegge Abraham Feder John Macfarlane Allen Tinkham
Gaby Vargas Sectional Coaches Luke Fieweger Tim McGovern Melissa Trier Kirk TERRANCE MALONE GRAY | Associate Conductor
Paul Zafer Emanuele Andrizzi Ben Firer Scott Metlicka Daniella Valdez
Scott Bakshis John Floeter Jeremy Moeller Ben Wahlund Terrance Malone Gray’s career as a violinist and conductor has
Composition Jim Barbick
Seminar Instructors George Fludas Rebecca Oliverio Marie Wang garnered national and international recognition. Born in Wisconsin,
Greg Barrett Tom Garling Volkan Orhon Susan Warner
Ben Hjertmann Bill Baxtresser he began studying violin with Elizabeth Grabow Mueller at the
John Gaudette Rebecca William Welter
Eric Malmquist Greg Beyer Emma Gerstein Oppenheim Pharez Whitted age of eight. Mr. Gray went on to study with Marc Zinger and
Ensemble-In- Geof Bradfield Simon Gomez Chuck Perish Lynn Williams Victor Aitay at DePaul University and later, with Ruben Gonzalez.
Residence Mark Brandfonbrener Steven Gooden Kit Polen Heather Wittles
Oto Carrillo He served as concertmaster of the DePaul University Orchestra and
Gaudete Brass Quintet Dana Green Marlene Rosenberg Ming Huan Xu
William Cernota Rebecca Gu James Ross Cynthia Yeh as concertmaster of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Mr. Gray later
CYSO@CPS Coaches Chantel Charis Kuang-Hao Huang Christopher Laura Yawney became a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Chicago
Richard Brasseale Tim Coffman Richard Johnson Scanlon Sinfonietta as well as embarking on the study of conducting.
Christine Fliginger Tony Devroye Ellie Kirk Bruno Silva
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After college, Mr. Gray became Music Director of the South Side Family Chamber Orchestra, and prin- DONALD DEROCHE | Director of Chamber Music
cipal conductor of CYSO’s Concert Orchestra, which led to engagements at the Grant Park Music
Dr. Donald DeRoche was the director of bands and Chair of
Festival in Chicago as well as the Rocky Ridge Music Festival in Colorado. In 1999 he became principal
Performance Studies at DePaul University in Chicago between 1979
conductor of the Illinois Chamber Symphony, and Music Director/Conductor and Professor of Violin at
until 2008. Beginning in 2007 and continuing until today, he has
Kalamazoo College in Michigan. In 2010 Mr. Gray had his premiere performance conducting Chicago
been the Director of the chamber music program for the Chicago
Sinfonietta at Orchestra Hall and spent the year as cover conductor for the Joffrey Ballet under Scott
Youth Symphony Orchestras. Dr. DeRoche earned degrees in music
Speck. Later that same year Mr. Gray was named Illinois Council of Orchestras' Conductor of the Year.
education and performance at the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D.
Mr. Gray has performed as a member of the American Arts Trio, the Tower Ensemble, and the EDU in music education at Northwestern University. For three years he
String Quartet, and with jazz greats Edward Wilkerson, Mwata Bowden, Ari Brown, and Orbert was clarinetist with the U.S. Army Band in Washington, D.C., and he
Davis. He has performed at Vienna's Musikverein and Kozerthaus, Leipzig's Gewandhaus, Geneva's spent two seasons as principal clarinetist with the Victoria (Canada)
Tonnehalle, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C, and toured Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Symphony Orchestra. He appeared as guest artist at the Alaska
China and Japan. Festival of Music, and soloist with the Czech, Arcturus and
Vancouver string quartets. On his return to the U.S. he spent six years directing the band program at
In addition to his role at CYSO, Mr. Gray is Music Director of the Rita Simo Youth Orchestra, member
Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois. For six years he served as conductor of the Palatine
of the first violin section of the world acclaimed Chicago Sinfonietta, member of the St. Neri Chamber
Concert Band, an adult amateur ensemble.
Players, as well as chamber music performer, coach and sought after clinician.
Dr. DeRoche conducted the DePaul Wind Ensemble in Austria, Russia, Estonia, Poland, Ireland, and
Hungary, and has been guest conductor with professional and conservatory wind orchestras in
DANIELLA VALDEZ | Director of String Ensembles Estonia. His wind ensemble can be heard on ten recordings on the EMI, Albany Records, and
Daniella Valdez is the conductor of CYSO’s Preparatory Strings and Reference Recordings labels. The recording project includes a variety of 20th century works and
ARTISTIC STAFF
Accelerando Strings ensembles. She trained at Texas Tech University pieces for solo instrument and winds. Soloists in the series include Donald Peck, Mary Stolper,
and Northwestern University School of Music, where she received Robert Morgan, William Buchman, Lewis Kirk, Larry Combs, John Yeh, Julie DeRoche, John Hagstrom,
her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees respectively. A native of Charles Vernon, Rami Solomonow, Christopher Costanza, and Floyd Cooley.
Texas, she began studying violin at the age of ten. She went on to
study in intensive string pedagogy programs with Dr. Cynthia Scully
at Texas Tech University and Dr. James Kjelland and Stacia Spencer SCOTT McCONNELL | Director of Steel Orchestras
at Northwestern University.
Scott McConnell is an active percussion and steelpan performer and
In 2011 Ms. Valdez joined the faculty staff at Maine West High School educator. He can be found working with a number of steel ensemble
as the Director of Orchestras. In this capacity she conducts one full programs in the Chicagoland area in addition to CYSO including
orchestra, two string ensembles and teaches guitar classes. Prior to her appointment at Maine West Oak Park's William Hatch Elementary and as a faculty member
High School, she was an orchestra director at Elm Place Middle School in Highland Park, Illinois. at Birch Creek Music Performance Center. As a member of these
organizations Mr. McConnell teaches, arranges, and performs on
Her career as an educator and violinist has led to developing strong and successful orchestra
both steelpan and percussion.
programs. An accomplished orchestra director, she has led ensembles to receive superior ratings
in the Illinois Grade Music Association Organizational Contest and participated as a Lab Orchestra Mr. McConnell's diverse and eclectic interest in learning many
at The Midwest Clinic. Her students are also participants of the Illinois Music Educators Association styles of music has led him to a portfolio career that includes
Honor Orchestra Festivals and the Illinois Grade School Music Association Solo and Ensemble Festival. performances with the Illinois Festival Orchestra, the Harper
During her time in Texas, her orchestras received excellent ratings in the University Interscholastic College Orchestra, South East Steel Orchestra, Starlift Steel Orchestra, and the Carpe Diem String
League Orchestra Concert and Sight Reading Contest. Her students also participated in the Region X Quartet. As an advocate and representative of the steelpan, Scott co-founded Pastiche Steel
All-Region Middle School Honor Orchestra Contest affiliated with the Texas Music Educators Associa- Ensemble, a professional steelband that focuses on sharing the power and versatility of the steel-
tion. Ms. Valdez is an active judge and clinician for solo and ensemble festivals. In addition to being an pan through new collaborations and mediums. Pastiche created the Virtual Steelband, a project
orchestra director, she has a private studio in violin and viola. that brings pannists from around the world together virtually to premiere new steelband music. As a
committee member of the Virtual Steelband, Mr. McConnell helped bring to life Bella Vista and Pan
Ms. Valdez has performed with several ensembles in Texas and in surrounding areas of Chicago
Kingdom, two new steelband compositions.
including the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, the Abilene Symphony Orchestra, the Shreveport
Symphony Orchestra, the University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Evanston Symphony Mr. McConnell earned both undergraduate and masters degrees in percussion and steel pan perfor-
Orchestra. Also an accomplished commercial player, she has performed on stage with Chuck mance from Northern Illinois University, studying with world-renowned pedagogues Cliff Alexis, Greg
Mangione, Marvin Hamlish, Toni Tennille, and John Pizzarelli. Beyer, Robert Chappell, and Liam Teague. Upon completion of his masters degrees, Mr. McConnell
continued his study with Liam Teague, completing a performer’s certificate in steelpan studies. In May
18 192014, Mr. McConnell completed a second masters degree in recording media technology, studying DANA GREEN | Debut Orchestra Conductor
with Grammy-winning recording engineer Dan Nichols. During this time, he worked as the graduate Dana Green graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education
assistant and served as the mastering engineer for the NIU Steelband’s latest CD, Dangerous. from DePaul University in 2004 and went on to earn his Masters in
Music with a specialization in Music Education from Northern Illinois
University. Additionally, Mr. Green studied rehearsal techniques at
PHAREZ WHITTED | Director of Jazz Orchestra Indiana University under the tutelage of Dr. Cliff Colnot and is Suzuki
Practically everyone in the house played an instrument and that Certified. Dana has logged thousands of hours on the podium as a
raw talent surely wouldn’t be wasted on Pharez Whitted. At nine he guest conductor and clinician and has taught a course in string tech-
found a trumpet in the closet and asked his brother to show him how niques to music education majors at North Central College.
to play a C major scale, and it was all over—he was hooked. It wasn’t
While in Naperville, Mr. Green grew the high school orchestra
just that his father (Thomas Whitted Sr.) played drums with Freddie
program from 46 to 154 students and simultaneously tripled the elementary orchestra programs. He
Hubbard and Wes Montgomery, or that his mother (Virtue Whitted)
created three extra-curricular ensembles involving over 130 string players and established a String
sang and played bass. It was the deeply rooted love he had for the
Quartet in Residence Program. He was also able to introduce a yearly benefit concert that successfully
music and his close ties with it.
raised money for research to help combat heart disease and childhood cancer. Under his direction,
Originally from Indianapolis, Whitted attended DePauw University the Naperville North Orchestras placed first in national music competitions in Seattle, San Francisco,
and Indiana University. He has appeared on television on The Bill- Boston and New York and been featured performers at the Illinois Music Educator’s Conference.
board Music Awards and The Arsenio Hall Show. He was an artist on Motown's jazz lable and has
In addition to his position at CYSO, Mr. Green serves as a chamber coach for the OPUS Chamber Music
worked with artists including George Duke, Elvin Jones, Slide Hampton, Branford Marsalis, Wynton
Program where he works with student ensembles on string quartet performance practice. Mr. Green
Marsalis, David Baker, Ramsey Lewis, Lou Rawls, Bobby Broom, John Mellencamp and El Debarge. He
is the Director of Orchestras at Vernon Hills High School and Director of the Chicago Youth Symphony
ARTISTIC STAFF
also had two albums on the jazz top 10 (2010's Transient Journey and 2012's For the People).
Orchestras' Debut Orchestra where he continues to spread the joy of music.
In addition to his work as a musician, Whitted is a producer, composer, arranger and educator. He
has taught Jazz Trumpet, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz History and has directed jazz ensembles at various
universities and high schools throughout the country. He served as Professor of Music at Chicago ANNE HUYNH McTIGHE | Assistant Director of String Ensembles
State University and is on the faculty of Ravinia’s prestigious Jazz Scholar Program.
Born in Boston, Ms. Huynh McTighe began playing violin at the
age of three and joined her first orchestra in second grade. Later,
she joined a youth orchestra program at The Rivers School
MICHAEL MASCARI | Concert Orchestra Conductor
Conservatory, eventually serving as concertmaster of the Rivers
A National Board Certified Educator, Michael Mascari has served Youth Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Huynh McTighe toured Europe
as the Director of Orchestras at Whitney M. Young Magnet High twice as a student with American Music Abroad and four times
School in the City of Chicago since 2006. He is honored to have as a director. She has had the opportunity to play and conduct
been selected as the 2019 state of Illinois nominee for the National concerts at Schönbrunn Palace and the Normandy American
Federation of High Schools Music Educator of the Year. Cemetery on the Fourth of July. Ms. Huynh McTighe is a member
Mr. Mascari’s Whitney M. Young Chamber Orchestra has achieved of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra and has collaborated and
international acclaim with performances in 2018 at the presti- performed with the Sisai Ensemble, a Chicago-based Andean
gious Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Confer- music group. Ms. Huynh McTighe has also studied Baroque bow making with a faculty member of the
ence (the first invitation for a Chicago Public School orchestra), in North Bennett Street School in Boston.
2016 at Carnegie Hall, and, more locally, at the 2012 Illinois Music Ms. Huynh McTighe received a Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University’s Bienen
Educators’ Association All-State Conference. School of Music and was a member of the university's Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Mascari holds a Master of Arts degree in Music Education from Eastern Illinois University and a While at Northwestern, she studied in Vienna and taught music and English in a local school where
Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His teachers she introduced her students to stop-motion animation, using it to explore the connection between
and mentors include Allen Tinkham, Louis Bergonzi, Frank Lestina, Deborah Confredo, Jack Ranney, music, stories, and emotions. During college she was also a Music Mentor to teens at the Cook County
Kathleen Horvath, Fred Stolzfus, John Heath, Bill Jastrow, and Michael Rogers. Juvenile Detention Center where she taught music composition using GarageBand and conducted
research on the program’s effectiveness for Dr. Maud Hickey.
On a Sunday morning, Mr. Mascari can be found at Church of Our Saviour in Lincoln Park where he
serves, along with his wife, Cate, as the music minister for the church’s contemporary service. He is Ms. Huynh McTighe is the Orchestra Director at Highcrest Middle School where she begins fifth grade
the proud father of two CYSO musicians, Ariana and Leith. students on violin, viola, cello, and bass and conducts the Beginning Orchestra, Hawk Orchestra,
and Wire Choir. Ms. Huynh McTighe has worked at Willowbrook and Wescott Elementary School,
20 21The People’s Music School, and The Rivers School Conservatory Summer Music Program, leading built a thriving graduate orchestral conducting studio. Along with his duties at NIU, Firer is Music
orchestras, coaching chamber groups, and providing private instruction. Director of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra and on faculty as conductor with the North-
eastern Illinois University and the Chicago Chamber Music Festival.
Ms. Huynh McTighe joined the CYSO family in 2013, working with Director of String Orchestras
Daniella Valdez as the Preparatory Strings Assistant Conductor. She was appointed as conductor of
Passionate about inspiring the next generation of musicians, Firer led the Dubuque Symphony
Overture Strings Orchestra when it was established in 2014.
Youth Orchestra during their 50th anniversary season, culminating in a side-by-side concert with the
acclaimed Minneapolis Youth Symphony. A committed educator, he was engaged as a teaching artist
through the Yale University Music in Schools Initiative, providing instruction at the John C. Daniels
STEVEN GOODEN | Symphony Orchestra & Debut Orchestra Magnet School while serving as Music Director of the Yale-Saybrook College Orchestra. Prior to his
Assistant Conductor current appointment, Firer held posts as Interim Associate Director of Orchestras at the Pennsylvania
Steven Gooden’s attraction to the clarinet was, admittedly, driven by State University, Summer Philharmonic Conductor at the Merit School of Music, Director of Orchestras
non-musical ambitions. He selected the clarinet with no knowledge at Juniata College, and Music Director of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Orchestras.
of what one looked or sounded like, but with the hopes of “sitting
next to a particular cute girl who played clarinet.” While this love Firer holds a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University and a Master’s Degree
interest may not have blossomed, Mr. Gooden’s career as a clarinet- from Yale University. As an orchestral musician he has recorded for the Naxos and Albany labels.
ist and musical artist certainly did.
At CYSO, Mr. Gooden works closely with Debut Orchestra as well as
LAURA YAWNEY | Concert Orchestra Teaching Assistant
woodwind players in Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra,
and chamber music. In addition, he conducts in the Merit School Originally from Maryland, Laura Yawney holds a Master’s degree
in Oboe Performance from Temple University and a Bachelor of
ARTISTIC STAFF
of Music’s Tuition-Free Conservatory, Instrumental and Vocal Music,
and Merit Music in Communities programs. He is also band director at Proviso Math and Science Music degree from the University of Delaware where she was also a
Academy in Forest Park and maintains a robust studio of private clarinet students. Presser Scholar.
An accomplished performer in his own right, Mr. Gooden is the clarinetist and co-artistic director During her undergraduate studies, Laura was a featured soloist
of the Second City Winds, formerly the principal clarinetist for the North Shore Concert Band, and with the Newark Symphony Orchestra and the University of Dela-
periodically performs solo recitals. He has been featured on numerous Honors Recitals and concerto ware Symphony Orchestra. In Philadelphia, Laura performed with
performances under the batons of Mallory Thompson, Pamela Holt, Michael Palmer and Kenneth ensembles such as the Reading Symphony Orchestra, the Bay
Beard. Mr. Gooden has performed with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Lakeshore Symphony Atlantic Symphony, Symphony in C, Endless Mountain Music
Orchestra, Evanston Symphony Orchestra. He is an avid chamber performer in Chicago and around Festival, and Reláche, a chamber ensemble specializing in new
the country. Mr. Gooden has been recognized with honors in a number of competitions, and music. An avid chamber musician, Laura was a member of the state-recognized Nota Bene Winds and
performed on the album American Manuscripts with the Georgia State University Wind Ensemble. the Con Pepe Trio at the University of Delaware as well as the New School Quintet, the premier wind
quintet at Temple University.
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Gooden earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education at Georgia State
University and earned a Masters of Music, with honors, in Clarinet Performance and Literature from Her primary teachers are Peter Smith, Jeffrey O’Donnell, and Barbara Girdler. Laura spent recent
Northwestern University, where he studied with Steven Cohen. summers studying at Eastern Music Festival and the Chautauqua Institute, and she is currently a
fellow with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Laura is also a co-founder of Classical Musicians’ Round-
In his free time, Steven is a car enthusiast who enjoys motorcycle racing, wrenching on cars and bikes, table, an organization that advocates for mental health support in the classical music community.
and traveling with his wife, Jaclyn.
BENJAMIN FIRER | Philharmonic Orchestra
Assistant Conductor
Benjamin Firer is thrilled to join the artistic staff at Chicago Youth
Symphony Orchestras for the 2020-2021 season. An award-winning
conductor, Firer is active throughout the Chicago area. Currently, as
Director of Orchestra and Opera at Northern Illinois University, he
directs the NIU Philharmonic, Opera Theatre, and teaches courses
in music theory, orchestration and orchestral literature. At NIU, Firer
helped design a new Master’s in Conducting degree program and
22 23CYSO MAKES LATE NIGHT TV DEBUT
START A CYSO musicians recently performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's live
inauguration special on January 20. The performance of Peter CottonTale's “Together”
MOVEMENT.
also featured Chance the Rapper, Cynthia Erivo, Kofi Lost alongside an all-Black ensem-
ble made up of 30 musicians and singers from CYSO and Chicago Children’s Choir. We
were honored to make our late night TV debut as part of such a moving performance and
hopeful message.
CYSO MAKES LATE NIGHT TV DEBUT
CYSO and CCC members pose with Peter CottonTale, Maestro Tinkham and CCC's Josephine Lee
MUSIC AND THE ENTERPRISING SPIRIT The special was so well-received when it originally aired on Inauguration Day that it had
an encore rebroadcast two days later on Friday, January 22, reaching am estimated 4
SMU Meadows music students start their own ensembles and companies,
million viewers! You can watch the video at cyso.org/blog or on the Colbert Show You-
perform on and off campus, win commissions for new works and more, Tube channel.
all under the guidance of faculty members who are symphony principals,
authors, international concert artists, composers, recording artists and A huge congratulations to the nine CYSO string players who took part: Symphony
researchers. At SMU Meadows – named as a top entrepreneurial school by Orchestra’s AidanSinclair Daniels, Bryce Kayser, and Jonathan Miller; Philharmonic
Orchestra’s Xavier Perry and Nathaniel Scott; Accelerando Strings’ Evan Campbell and
Forbes – many students double major, study abroad and make a difference
Claire Stroger; and Debut Orchestra’s Ari Daniels and Sloan D’Souza.
in the world. Find out more at smu.edu/music.
Thank you again to everyone involved in making this project happen and the CYSO com-
B.A. in Music / B.M. in Performance / B.M. in Composition munity for cheering on our young performers!
B.M. in Music Therapy / B.M. in Music Education / Multiple graduate degrees
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25COMBATING ISOLATION THROUGH MUSIC
Don’t Just Play.
Take your musicianship to new levels
through the continuous study of
theory, practice, and performance.
PERFORM AT YOUR HIGHEST LEVEL. The drive to use their talents to make the world a better place is a common trait among
REMOTE AUDITIONS CYSO students. A great example is harpist Nancy Zhou, who recently spoke with CYSO
Saturday, December 12, 2020 Social Media Team member and Concert Orchestra oboist Brielle Dukovac about the
Saturday, January 30, 2021 organization she created that uses music to combat isolation.
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Saturday, February 13, 2021 Over the past year, something everyone at CYSO has learned
Application Deadline: December 1 first hand is how much music can unite and bring us joy.
Apply at ithaca.edu/music/admission. Nancy Zhou, a harpist in the Symphony Orchestra, wanted to
find a way to help spread more of this joy.
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Nancy had been thinking for a while about the idea of
Learn more about the School of
Music from the comfort of your
connecting young musicians to play for people facing isola-
tion in nursing homes and hospitals, but never quite found the
COMBATING ISOLATION THROUGH MUSIC
home! Live sessions offered multiple
times each week. opportunity to make it happen. In September of 2020, how-
ever, something changed. “When the second wave of COVID
ithaca.edu/music | music@ithaca.edu
hit, I just thought, ‘people are even more isolated and lonely
during this time, so why not start this initiative virtually?'" Nancy Zhou, founder of
Songs of Soothing
Nancy shared. And with that, Songs of Soothing was born.
Sounds of Soothing creates connections between music students and patients in
children's hospital and senior care homes. Through the joy and connection of music,
young musicians share performances and inspiring conversations virtually to create a
At Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, we cultivate sense of community and provide holistic healing during this difficult time.
the mastery of musical performance, combining a conservatory
experience with the educational opportunities of a leading research Since its founding, Nancy has been hard at work expanding and improving Songs of
university. Our illustrious faculty of artist-teachers dedicate
themselves to the special talents and skills of each individual student. Soothing. When first recruiting volunteers, Nancy looked far and wide for anyone who
Dean of the Shepherd School of Music might be interested in joining her new program. Word got out quickly, though, and Songs
Robert Yekovich of Soothing’s first virtual performance (which included many CYSO student volunteers!)
Faculty premiered in December 2020 and was just
VIOLIN OBOE HARP
Paula Page
VOCAL COACHING as well-received as they had hoped.
Paul Kantor Robert Atherholt Bethany Self
Cho-Liang Lin Karen Roethlisberger Verm
Kathleen Winkler CLARINET
Richie Hawley
PIANO
Brian Connelly CONDUCTING
Even as a high school student, Nancy still
VIOLA Jeanne Kierman Fischer Thomas Jaber finds time to run Songs of Soothing's web-
James Dunham BASSOON Sohyoung Park Larry Rachleff
Ivo-Jan van der Werff Benjamin Kamins Jon Kimura Parker site, edit volunteer videos, and find new care
Robert Roux COMPOSITION AND THEORY
CELLO HORN Virginia Weckstrom Karim Al-Zand facilities to work with. Songs of Soothing
Norman Fischer
Desmond Hoebig
William VerMeulen
ORGAN
Damien Blättler
Anthony Brandt currently works with Lurie Children’s Hos-
Brinton Averil Smith TRUMPET
Barbara Butler
Ken Cowan Shih-Hui Chen
Arthur Gottschalk
pital, Chicago Methodist Senior Services,
DOUBLE BASS
Paul Ellison
Charlie Geyer VOICE
Stephen King
Pierre Jalbert
Richard Lavenda
Comer Children’s Hospital and more, with
Timothy Pitts TROMBONE Robin Rice Kurt Stallmann additional partnerships in the works.
Allen Barnhill Nova Thomas
FLUTE MUSICOLOGY
Leone Buyse TUBA OPERA STUDIES
Debra Dickinson
Gregory Barnett Songs of Soothing is currently seeking
David Kirk David Ferris
Susan Lorette Dunn Alexandra Kieffer volunteer musicians to lend their talents!
PERCUSSION Miah Im Peter Loewen
Matthew Strauss Ana María Martínez, Danielle Ward-Griffin Scenes from Songs of Soothing's Visit songsofsoothing.org to sign up.
Artist-in-Residence
December 2020 premiere performance
The Shepherd School of Music • Rice University, Houston, TX • music.rice.edu
27ATLYS QUARTET RECORDS STUDENT WORKS
ATLYS is a string quartet composed of four women from across the United States. In What were your favorite parts of recording these student compositions?
January, ATLYS partnered with CYSO’s Composition Seminar to record 24 of our stu- JINTY: They’re all composing at such a high level at their age and it was incredibly in-
dent's fall semester compositions. Though the recordings were originally only meant spiring to just see some of these scores and play through them. It was hard for us to
to share with our students and community, ATLYS was so impressed with the pieces comprehend because we only started writing our own music a couple years ago, and we
that they've begun sharing some of them with their own large social media audience. had college that taught us all about theory and everything. Unwrapping each piece and
CYSO Social Media Team member and Kaiso Steel Orchestra musician Arushi Krishnan seeing the magic that they held was just so much fun.
recently spoke with the four members of ATLYS— violinists Jinty McTavish and Sabrina
Tabby, violist Rita Andrade, and cellist Genevieve Tabby—about working with CYSO. What have you learned over the past year about virtual recordings and
playing remotely?
What was the process like to learn and record these pieces?
SABRINA: Everything is a learning opportunity. One of the things that we haven’t been
GENEVIEVE: We got the scores, and since there were 24 compositions, we divided it up able to do is truly react off of each other, so learning how to bring music to life when it’s
ATLYS QUARTET RECORDS STUDENT WORKS
evenly among the group . Each person tackled a score and marked it up how we thought, just the one person playing. I have kind of enjoyed it because I’m an introvert and I like
making decisions about how we thought it should sound. Then we would send that out to be by myself a lot, but I also desperately miss rehearsals when we could get together.
and one by one each of us would record their part. Once everyone recorded, the person
who worked on the score would go back and mix it a little bit by doing simple things like RITA: I think we’ll definitely continue to record remotely and continue to discover how
adding dynamics because that part is missed a little bit with remote recording. we can be the best we can be as a remote quartet. I don’t think we would have ever
dreamed that we would be making music from a distance for so long.
What were some of the challenges you faced when recording these pieces?
What advice do you have for young composers and musicians who want to
GENEVIEVE: I think that throughout, it is challenging to not have an idea of what it should
continue their musical journey beyond high school and into the real world?
sound like. Although it’s hard to not have a MIDI file or something to listen to, it’s also
cool not to have that because then you don’t have any predetermined decisions or choic- GENEVIEVE: I think what I would say is to just try to collaborate with as many people as
es about the music and you can kind of make your own interpretation. you can. Trying to write a little bit of something everyday is just the best thing you can do
as it definitely keeps you thinking very creatively.
SABRINA: One of the limitations of recording remotely is that you have to stay really strict
rhythmically and stay with the click track, where in real life you would take a lot more SABRINA: My advice is just to like say yes to all music opportunities, especially in school
liberty with certain phrases. So on one hand it was disappointing because you don’t have because that’s your time to explore. You grow so much from every experience that you
as much freedom and can’t just explode during certain parts, so it was challenging figur- do, and as a classical musician there’s this unfortunate pressure where people think you
ing out how can I still get that point across while staying in this strict tempo. should be in your practice room all day. While you do need to be practicing you should
also be taking every opportunity.
JINTY: I think especially with CYSO, a lot of young musicians are already set up for suc-
cess. I would just say really commit if you’re going to pursue music because you have to
live and breathe it. It’s not an easy road but it’s incredibly rewarding. Find a community of
people who support you, love you, and push you because you can’t do it alone.
RITA: Being your own cheerleader is super important and having faith in what it is that
you want to do. It’s so easy in classical environments to work on being a technically solid
player which is important, but it’s also important to think about how these tools and
talents will apply to the real world.
Visit cyso.org/blog to read the full interview and watch ATLYS's
recordings of our composition students' pieces.
28 29WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
In honor of Women's History Month in March, the CYSO Social Media Team has
put together features on woman music-makers who are making a name for them-
selves in the orchestra world. This fall, both our most advanced and beginner
level student performed worked by women composers—Symphony Orchestra
took on Florence Price's Symphony no. 1 and Overture Strings performed Soon
Hee Newbold's Medieval Kings. (Overture performs another Newbold piece this
winter, too!) Check out cyso.org/blog to read the full features on some of the
many women making important contributions to all levels of the music world!
In addition to our own string faculty,
Daniella Valdez and Anne Huynh McTighe,
there are talented woman conductors
leading ensembles and contributing to the
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
classical music conversation all across the
globe! From Baltimore Symphony's Marin
Alsop to Chicago Sinfonietta's Mei-Ann
Chen, read about some of our favorite
women conductors in our blog feature.
While women have likely been composing
for as long as music has existed, for many
years their contributions to the classical
canon were overlooked and undervalued.
These days, thankfully, the works of more
women composers are being played and
appreciated by audiences everywhere. Get
the link to the Spotify playlist on our blog to
listen to some of our favorites pieces span-
ning from the Baroque to present day.
Visit cyso.org/blog to read all of our Women's History Month features!
31GERSHWIN'S MAGIC KEY ALBUM OUT NOW
We’re excited to share that the new
album Gershwin’s Magic Key—from
Classical Kids Live featuring CYSO’s
very own Symphony Orchestra—
is officially out in the world! On
Gershwin’s Magic Key you’ll hear
the best-loved compositions by
George Gershwin, recorded in early
2020 under the direction of Maestro
Tinkham. You can now purchase a
copy from the CYSO shop, as well as
GERSHWIN'S MAGIC KEY ALBUM OUT NOW
all major music retailers.
Step into the streets of 1920s New York as a newspaper boy has a chance
encounter with the famous composer, George Gershwin. The musical master-
pieces of one of America’s greatest composers are woven into a 50-minute story
as the audience listens to anecdotes and observations based on true incidents
from the composer’s extraordinary life along the way.
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CYSO’s partnership with Classical Kids Live has included multiple live
TM performances, but this is the first time we’ve participated in a professional
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33VIRTUAL MASTERCLASSES
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35ORCHESTRA ROSTERS
OVERTURE STRINGS DEBUT ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN Abigail O'Connor CELLO VIOLIN Shune Okada Bogdan Jones FRENCH HORN
Milosz Bobek James Peña Danush Heck Tinson Xu Sylvia Pine Rebecca Kriho Rhonaleen Rona
Jonah Butler Akshara Rajan Daniel Lim Concertmaster Lydia Popova Evangelyn Lee Principal
Kristina Carson Zofia Szymanska Imani Qureshi Katherine Ilana Rossi Andrius Marchertas
Laureen Demir Collin Taylor Lily Shah Schaufenbuel Dmytro Saldan Uma Morris TRUMPET
Libbi Gastwirth Agnes Wei Emilia Szymanska Principal Second Eugenie Schuster Saroya Ornelas Stephanie Zajczenko
Evelyn Hu Layla Wells Jonah Yeh Violin Emma Strong Pagnucci Principal
Brielle Jones Jinglian Wu Carmella Abramczyk Karol Szymanski Noah Salmi John Crandall
Elena LaFaver Leah Yim Neena Agrawal Yuta Ueki Laila Valenti Chethan Nickerson
Tessa Mele Gabriel Alava Aidan Villasenor Wendi Wei Mac Olson
Yeimi Alday Patricia Washington Yegyun Park
Ashton Boncimino Evangeline Wang BASS
Bobby Berner TROMBONE
Itzel Bustos Shaelyn Wu
STRING
Principal Henry Lobash
PREPARATORY STRINGS Insha Butail Angela Zhang Principal
Abigail Chu Natalie Zhu
ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN Timothy Kern VIOLA FLUTE Hagyun Park
Ethan Chu Siwon Park
ORCHESTRAS
Kanayo Obiaya Mikhail Khoubaeva-Hummel Victor Betson Sloan D'Souza VIOLA
Principal TUBA
Concertmaster Samuel Kosanovich Principal Ari Daniels Erika Andreshak
Aarush Palli Pierre Ngoy
Jaslyn Lee Eva Koshy Ruby Mikulski Annie Fan Principal
Caden Tam Theodore Smith
Assistant Principal Bella Li Assistant Principal Tali Gastwirth Maggie Bai
ROSTERS
Sukie McIntosh Kayleigh Lim Charis Betson Katherine Bai Christian Tsikhun TIMPANI
Adelaide Gray
Principal Second Violin Charlie Long Leila Blomeier Momoko Hashimoto William Blomeier Colin Fousek
ROSTERS
OBOE
Peter Gray Leo Ma Jorgensen Audrey Keller Meiling Sun PERCUSSION
Assistant Principal Second Aleksandr Mackavich CELLO
Kayla He Claire Li Principal Ivan Correa
Violin Emma Ochoa Irene Kim Ava Hirschl Dziugas Meiliulis Morgan Coolidge Bennett Gonzalez
Chloe Athanasiou Andrew Older Principal Caitlyn Howe Katherine Polomsky Giovani Ibarra Suraj Pilla
Leo Athanasiou Alexander Ouyang Benjamin Streiffer Anya Keblinskas David Roche Corinna Irvin Avon Wright
Lila Ballard Olivia Reynolds Assistant Principal Jeanne Keller Dominic Tous
Alexander Blander Bonnie Rickman Jordan Dowell Lev Khoubaeva- CLARINET
James Capshaw Marcus Roh Julian Grisius Hummel
CELLO Narin Kim
Gavin Chiam Lincoln Routier Jake Lee Kristianne Villasenor Principal
Sava Kosanovich
Prisara Chumsangsri Nikhil Sengupta Lesly Rivera Principal Christopher Chung
Madeleine Kim
Cyrus Di Ari Shah Kevin Soto Lilia Abramczyk Davin Lee
Trevor Lavicky
Sadie Guralnick Ethan Stulberg Olivia Stolarczyk Abigail AuYeung Matthew Warren
Alexander Li
Aidan Howe Katherine Tong Noah Yeh Katharine
Caleb McCloud
Victor Huang Maya Wells Christensen BASSOON
Finnegan McGuinness Ethan Weingust
Breece Immergluck Emma Weng Dashiell Farbrother
Owen Myers Principal
Avery Ja Drake Wunderlich Vivian Hirschl
Samantha O'Leary
Darius Jones Mia Yim Benjamin Houston
Arijus Keblinskas
Unless otherwise noted, all names listed in alphabetical order
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