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MUSIC.UIOWA.EDU 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. We 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, the suggested donation is $40 (the equivalent of $10 per tick- composition and in-school programs. Students 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 strong sense of discipline, and a deep apprecia- TO PURCHASE TICKETS tion for music and the arts. TO OUR WINTER 2021 VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES FIND OUT MORE AT CYSO.ORG TABLE 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 Private Teachers 50 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 [email protected] performance and collaborative piano (vocal coaching) www.northpark.edu/music
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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 MUSIC DIRECTOR'S LETTER and the performance. However, this loss has inspired a whirlwind of creativity and 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 Allen Tinkham PERSONAL EXCELLENCE Music Director THROUGH MUSIC
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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
11 WINTER 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 Kirt N. Mosier Overture to the Wind Belong DEBUT ORCHESTRA to a fiercely FALL CONCERT PROGRAM supportive community Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 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) Take A Break Today your own path arr. Shelly Irvine JUNIOR STEEL ORCHESTRA Camila Cabello, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Liar Jon Bellion, Jordan Johnson, Lionel Richie, Malin Berggren, Jeny Berggren, Ulf Ekberg, Stefan Johnson arr. Scott McConnell The GROOVE STEEL ORCHESTRA Larry Morey (1905 - 1971) & Heigh-Ho EastmanFor application information Experience visit esm.rochester.edu/admissions (1901 - 1942) Frank Churchill arr. Scott McConnell
Virtual performances will debut at 7:00 pm CST on Saturday, March 27, 2021. To purchase tickets, visit cyso.org/concerts
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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 PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE IV. La Maousinglade 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
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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 Terrance Malone Gray Martha Nolin 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 Madalyne Tregellas Maxwell one of Chicago’s most important “educators, mentors and inspira- Pam Conroy Daniella Valdez Director of Operations tional guides in the training of tomorrow’s orchestral professionals.” Chris Hensley Director of String Ensembles 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 DIRECTORS Director of Steel Orchestras Operations Manager Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. Tinkham led the orchestra in its Carnegie Hall debut, first live 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 Since Tinkham joined CYSO, programs have tripled and the budget has doubled. CYSO’s Symphony Valerie Calloway Events and Communications Orchestra is regularly broadcast by WFMT and has received numerous Illinois Council of Orchestras James M. Franklin Michael Mascari Bridget Duffy
Youth Orchestra of the Year and Programming of the Year awards. The orchestra is internationally ac- BOARD, FACULTY, AND STAFF Lionel Go Concert Orchestra Conductor Development Coordinator, claimed as “one of the country’s most famous youth outfits” (Muso Magazine). John von Rhein of the Sophie McCarthy Dana Green Individual Giving Chicago Tribune said of their recent performance of Varèse’s Amériques, the first ever by an Ameri- Yasuko Metcalf Debut Orchestra Conductor Karen Mari 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 Colin Marusek Chicago’s only professional orchestra performing exclusively the works of living composers. Brittany L. Viola Symphony Orchestra** & Debut Orchestra Assistant Conductor Operations Assistant 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** BOARD OF TRUSTEES Erin Gregory for six seasons, and he has guest conducted the Colorado Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and the J. Laurence Costin Laura Yawney Marketing & Administrative Assistant Members of Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Fred Margulies Concert Orchestra Teaching Tinkham attended the Eastman School of Music, University of Michigan School of Music, and Ameri- Jennifer Myerberg Assistant** 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 George Fludas Rebecca Oliverio Marie Wang garnered national and international recognition. Born in Wisconsin, Seminar Instructors Greg Barrett Tom Garling Volkan Orhon Susan Warner he began studying violin with Elizabeth Grabow Mueller at the Ben Hjertmann Bill Baxtresser 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. Mark Brandfonbrener Residence Steven Gooden Kit Polen Heather Wittles He served as concertmaster of the DePaul University Orchestra and Gaudete Brass Quintet Oto Carrillo 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 Richard Brasseale became a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Chicago Tim Coffman Richard Johnson Scanlon Christine Fliginger Sinfonietta as well as embarking on the study of conducting. 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 19 2014, 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 ARTISTIC STAFF 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 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, MICHAEL MASCARI | Concert Orchestra Conductor she joined a youth orchestra program at The Rivers School 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 21 The 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 Symphony Orchestra & Debut Orchestra STEVEN GOODEN | 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 ARTISTIC STAFF of Music’s Tuition-Free Conservatory, Instrumental and Vocal Music, in Oboe Performance from Temple University and a Bachelor of 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 23 CYSO MAKES LATE NIGHT TV DEBUT
CYSO musicians recently performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's live START A inauguration special on January 20. The performance of Peter CottonTale's “Together” 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 MOVEMENT. 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 SMU Meadows music students start their own ensembles and companies, an encore rebroadcast two days later on Friday, January 22, reaching am estimated 4 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 Orchestra’s AidanSinclair Daniels, Bryce Kayser, and Jonathan Miller; Philharmonic researchers. At SMU Meadows – named as a top entrepreneurial school by 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
Southern Methodist University (SMU) will not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, education activity, or admissions on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. SMU’s commitment to equal opportunity includes nondiscrimi- nation on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. The Executive Director for Access and Equity/Title IX1 Coordinator is designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies, including the prohibition of sex discrimination under Title IX. The Executive Director/Title IX Coor- dinator may be reached at the Perkins Administration Building, Room 204, 6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas, TX 75205, 214-768-3601, [email protected]. Inquiries regarding the application of Title IX may also be directed to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education. 25 COMBATING ISOLATION THROUGH MUSIC Take your musicianship to new levels through the continuous study of Don’t Just Play. 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. VIRTUAL INFO SESSIONS Learn more about the School of Nancy had been thinking for a while about the idea of connecting young musicians to play for people facing isola-
Music from the comfort of your COMBATING ISOLATION THROUGH MUSIC home! Live sessions offered multiple tion in nursing homes and hospitals, but never quite found the 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 | [email protected] 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 VOCAL COACHING as well-received as they had hoped. Paul Kantor Robert Atherholt Paula Page Bethany Self Cho-Liang Lin Karen Roethlisberger Verm Kathleen Winkler CLARINET PIANO Even as a high school student, Nancy still Richie Hawley Brian Connelly CONDUCTING 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 William VerMeulen Damien Blättler Desmond Hoebig ORGAN Anthony Brandt currently works with Lurie Children’s Hos- Brinton Averil Smith TRUMPET Ken Cowan Shih-Hui Chen Barbara Butler Arthur Gottschalk pital, Chicago Methodist Senior Services, DOUBLE BASS Charlie Geyer VOICE Pierre Jalbert Paul Ellison Stephen King 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 Gregory Barnett Songs of Soothing is currently seeking David Kirk Debra Dickinson 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 27 ATLYS 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 29 WOMEN'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!
31 GERSHWIN'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 TWO WEEK SESSIONS recording of one of their unique stage productions. The Classical Kids series FOR GRADES 5-12 JUNE - AUGUST 2021 blends dramatic storytelling with musical masterpieces to make introduce young fine arts camp people to the world’s best-loved composers. BLUELAKE.ORG Gershwin’s Magic Key is available now from the CYSO shop! SINCE 1966 800.221.3796 231.894.1966 33 VIRTUAL MASTERCLASSES
While COVID has made much of our lives more difficult, one bright spot has been that we can bring some of the world's best musicians right into your living room through our virtual masterclass series! Joined by some of CYSO's most illustrious alumni and friends, Chamber Music Institute check out any that you might have missed so far this season. Internationally-acclaimed Chamber Music Faculty SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2021
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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 TRUMPET Laureen Demir Collin Taylor Lily Shah Schaufenbuel Dmytro Saldan Uma Morris 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 BASS Ashton Boncimino Evangeline Wang TROMBONE STRING ORCHESTRAS ROSTERS Itzel Bustos Shaelyn Wu Bobby Berner Principal Henry Lobash
PREPARATORY STRINGS ORCHESTRA ROSTERS Insha Butail Angela Zhang Principal Abigail Chu Natalie Zhu VIOLIN Timothy Kern VIOLA FLUTE Hagyun Park Ethan Chu Siwon Park Kanayo Obiaya Mikhail Khoubaeva-Hummel Victor Betson Sloan D'Souza VIOLA TUBA Concertmaster Samuel Kosanovich Principal Principal Ari Daniels Erika Andreshak Pierre Ngoy Jaslyn Lee Eva Koshy Ruby Mikulski Aarush Palli Annie Fan Principal Theodore Smith Assistant Principal Bella Li Assistant Principal Maggie Bai Caden Tam Tali Gastwirth Christian Tsikhun Sukie McIntosh Kayleigh Lim Charis Betson Adelaide Gray Katherine Bai TIMPANI Principal Second Violin Charlie Long Leila Blomeier Momoko Hashimoto William Blomeier OBOE Colin Fousek Peter Gray Leo Ma Jorgensen Audrey Keller Meiling Sun Assistant Principal Second Aleksandr Mackavich CELLO PERCUSSION Kayla He Claire Li Principal Violin Emma Ochoa Irene Kim Ivan Correa Ava Hirschl Dziugas Meiliulis Morgan Coolidge Chloe Athanasiou Andrew Older Principal Bennett Gonzalez Caitlyn Howe Katherine Polomsky Giovani Ibarra Leo Athanasiou Alexander Ouyang Benjamin Streiffer David Roche Suraj Pilla Anya Keblinskas Corinna Irvin Avon Wright Lila Ballard Olivia Reynolds Assistant Principal Jeanne Keller Dominic Tous Alexander Blander Bonnie Rickman Jordan Dowell CLARINET Lev Khoubaeva- CELLO James Capshaw Marcus Roh Julian Grisius Hummel Narin Kim Kristianne Villasenor Gavin Chiam Lincoln Routier Jake Lee Sava Kosanovich Principal Principal Prisara Chumsangsri Nikhil Sengupta Lesly Rivera Madeleine Kim Christopher Chung Lilia Abramczyk Cyrus Di Ari Shah Kevin Soto Trevor Lavicky Davin Lee Abigail AuYeung Sadie Guralnick Ethan Stulberg Olivia Stolarczyk Alexander Li Matthew Warren Katharine Aidan Howe Katherine Tong Noah Yeh Caleb McCloud Christensen BASSOON Victor Huang Maya Wells Finnegan McGuinness Dashiell Farbrother Ethan Weingust Breece Immergluck Emma Weng Owen Myers Vivian Hirschl Principal Avery Ja Drake Wunderlich Samantha O'Leary Darius Jones Mia Yim Benjamin Houston Arijus Keblinskas Unless otherwise noted, all names listed in alphabetical order
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CONCERT ORCHESTRA ACCELERANDO STRINGS VIOLIN Koen Powell BASS FRENCH HORN VIOLIN Evan Campbell VIOLA Joyce Wang Yildis Rihter Sindhu Tiwari Logan Carlson Greta Hong Dilan Garg Anthony Galvez Concertmaster Yuuki Sato Principal Principal Concertmaster Will Heneghan Principal Merrill Lee Halime Shero Kacie Cortes Ameya Deo Stephen Luo Joshua Ho Emmanuel Betson Principal Second Amber Shi William Letterman Ayden Hunt Assistant Principal Ella Kwon Logan Zerfass Violin Darren Song Catherine Yan Sanjana Kuchibhotla Nicole Moravec FLUTE Elizabeth Allen-Gabin Vera Song Principal Second Violin Dubravko Rodriguez CELLO TRUMPET Smaya Anand Austen Wu Chun-Ru Chiu Amaya Munoz Claire Stroger Madelenne Arredondo Jesse Chen Crystal Yeo Principal Aran Viswanath Assistant Principal Saira Torres Principal Bowen Cheng Grace Zeng Hanna Choi Principal Second Violin Kai Werlinsky Joseph Leckie Nikki Chopra Noelle Klima Charles Desnoyers Maya Atassi Kailey White Assistant Principal VIOLA Olivia Detmer Venisha Saxena Nicholas Lorenzen Eva Baker Julia Wodzien Emily Boyas Baron Balfour Lilie Shlyak STRING ORCHESTRAS ROSTERS Elah Dresden PICCOLO Frances Boerman-Cornell Mimi Rector Beck Edwards Principal Jessica Hu TROMBONE Julia Soto ORCHESTRA ROSTERS Abby Ellis Ellen Campbell Nathan Rusu Alice Fan Luna Clancy OBOE Principal Clara Frantzen Jackson La Vallee Brielle Dukovac Sean Millman Paloma Furst Chavira Lucy Liu Principal David Pausan Jaime Garcia- Callia Murray Sonali Marion Añoveros Elliot Schaffrath Roy Son BASS Wells Gjerlow Natalie Vlcek TROMBONE Ume Hashimoto Brayden Wu CLARINET Derrick Hozey Jorgensen Derek Zhang CELLO TUBA Samantha Irwin Principal James Pan Laney Kang Jessica An Abhiram Jayaprakash Principal Max Khanna Julia Gugulski Violet Berg TIMPANI Josephine Kim Evan Liu Nishant Carr Campbell Drane Matthew Kim Dylan Rhodes Kai Dizon Elliot King PERCUSSION Clara Dodge BASSOON Hannah Kotek Ryan Schoenstedt Carnig Hsia Zoltan Moran Sinziana Lazar Millan Mallipeddi Principal Zhihanna Liu David Reyes Paige Hoffman Jakub Myers William Trone Anna Slodyczka Jungwoo Park Quoc Thanh Van Ha Lucian O'Leary Angelika Wang Julia Perekhozhuk Ella Petersen
Unless otherwise noted, all names listed in alphabetical order
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PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA VIOLIN Tristan Zhu Madison Kraus TRUMPET Aki Santibanez Leo Zupko Naomi Loos Bennet King Concertmaster VIOLA Patrick O'Connell Principal Joshua Villanoy Saul Rivera Christian Choi Wanrou Sun Principal Second Jet Conway Principal FLUTE Violin Jeth Maglasang Stacey Apellido Nina Toubol Eldon Bradfield Zayn Beg Principal TROMBONE Noah Briones Charles Cundiff Grace Choi Grant Heinberg Francesca Julien Derroitte Claire Kim Principal Di Domenico Kai Lee Rodrigo Soto Alec Fiden Ella Dodge Yanchen Liu Maxwell Lanham Oscar Gershfeld OBOE Ivy Loentz STRING ORCHESTRAS ROSTERS Rocco Greco Jack Thompson BASS Alexis Park TROMBONE
Minseo Jung Principal ORCHESTRA ROSTERS Nathaniel Reese Sterling Kennedy Katie Lee Ryan Cerauli Scott Alexander Kim Arun Marion Miya Yoon TUBA Julia Kim Sophia Zheng CLARINET Castin York Prathisha Krishnan Mateusz Zubrzycki Principal Nicole Kwasny CELLO Principal Reese Pavlik Sunny Lee Xavier Perry Owen Ginnett HARP Join us Asya Lengel Principal for our 2 week Jaiden Lulla Olivia Boe BASSOON Jessica Chen Music Academy Nandini Maiti Grant Brown Gavin Kempf- Principal Ariana Mattos Cruz Justin Chang Stauffer Kutemeier Kristy Tamvakis 2021 Symphony Theodore Pigott Christine Chen Principal PIANO June 27 - July 10 Eden Raviv Ocean Fang Sammy Carstens Joshua Mhoon Helen Qian Ma'ayan Kertcher Himani Kamineni • Study under a faculty of Amanda Schuler Yaseen Qureshi Gavin Murray PERCUSSION world-class professional Vaishnavi Sharma Serena Reyes Mukund Rajesh Ryan Wilkov musicians. Principal Dingjia Shen Caleb Sim FRENCH HORN Bea Sjostrom Eli Trokenheim Shivam Kak • 2:1 Student:Faculty ratio Róisín Walsh Noelle Streuber-Eden Shirley Xiong Abigail Morrissey for a mentoring, formative Principal environment. Maja Todorovic Paari Thanikachalam BASS Sophia Calvo Emily Wang • Live the life of a Jeffrey Broms Abigail Getty Yi Wu professional musician. Principal Jonah Stemen Aiden Yu Evelyn Henriquez Amanda Vicens Learn more at Christopher Zhou birchcreek.org/academy
A tradition of musical excellence Unless otherwise noted, all names listed in alphabetical order CYSO students at Birch Creek in Door County, WI /birchcreekmusic 41 ORCHESTRA ROSTERS
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN Vivek Parashar CELLO FLUTE BASSOON BASS TROMBONE Fiona Abney-McPeek + Henry Park John Brow + Iris Xie Shae Atkins Rafael Noriega Jr. Henry Auxenfans + Eron Ristich Brandon Cheng + The Paula Mollendorff Groseth Principal Gloria Baek + Amarin Sharma Elijah Park + Principal Flute Chair* Eric Bahena Figueroa TUBA Enya Sun + Alyssa Shih Emma Scofield + Adithya Taire Jack Morby Daniel Oczko + Sydney Wei + Joshua Wolford The Lucie Ticho, '16 Principal Rosie Wang Avery Osborne + The Lauren J. Conroy, '16 Henry Xie Cello Chair* CONTRABASSOON Principal Concertmaster Chair* Eva Yang Carter Baker PICCOLO Ryan Zych Ricky Chen + Sarena Yang Ronald Chen Anika Veda PERCUSSION Ophir Dahari + Althena Yu James Dowell IV Emma Westerfield FRENCH HORN Meher Sethi Olivia Molina + Amelia Zheng Simon Han Danica Tuohy + The Gordon B. Peters William Tong + Aviana Holst OBOE Liam Weber + Endowed Principal Timpani STRING ORCHESTRAS ROSTERS Elizabeth Yu + VIOLA Matthew Jordan Zachary Allen + Principal Chair* The Dorothy Robinson Kramer Celia Chambers + Emi Brady Jacob Chang Bryce Kayser + Emily Kaspari ORCHESTRA ROSTERS Principal Second Violin Chair* Rachel Kim The James and Marcia Darlyne Hidalgo Brandon Harper Kimberly LaFranzo + Franklin Principal Oboe Chair* Jonathan Alday Ariana Mascari + Jane Lin Benjamin Nathaniel Mathew Dean Barrow Jonathan Miller Daniel Kozintsev Hommowun Kyra McComb Kene Obiaya + Andrew Pahadi Dhivya Chari Principal Peter Pu Gabrielle Michael Dov Chen Elena Miller PIANO Barry Carta Alejandro Quiles ENGLISH HORN Edward Christensen August Schwob Maeve O'Hara Mark Zhu Shiqi Cheng Adriana Koch Bianca Ciubancan Kavishka Fernando Daniel Shin AidanSinclair Daniels TRUMPET HARP Thomas Johnson CLARINET Athena Deng BASS Connor Williamson Rowan Zdziarski-West + Vivian Kok William Foye + Gabriella Di Domenico Austin Moy Nicholas Boettcher + Principal Nancy Zhou + Shreya Dudeja Ethan Montgomery + Nando Cordeiro The Joyce and John Taytum Newell Sean Lu + The Richard J. Kemper Isabel Evans Principal Maxwell DeForest Schladweiler Principal Harp Ania Ocasio Endowed Principal Clarinet Chair* David He Tessa Olson Samuel Calhoon Chair* Elise Ehlert Suminne Hong Claudia Easterwood Dhruv Vaze Nina Scheyer Olivia Roti Louis Auxenfans Pearl Shing-Roth Lisa Kazami Derek Song Tess Kassinger Sarah Craft TROMBONE Kaylee Kim Hannah Thill Enzo Nigro Dane Engman Nathan Li Jesse Wei Hayden Park Lea Everson Jonathan Ngoy Eugene Lodkin Jackson Pekny Principal Leith Mascari Deaglan Sullivan Csilla Moran
+ Co-Principal * Named Chairs. Call Bridget Duffy at 312-939-2207 x290 for information on naming opportunities
Unless otherwise noted, all names listed in alphabetical order
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STEEL ORCHESTRAS JAZZ ORCHESTRA
ALTO SAXOPHONE TRUMPET PIANO GROOVE STEEL ENSEMBLE Joaquin Ancheta Geoffrey Feinstein Devin Shaw Jose Alvarez Steven Correa Nina Miraz JR Benson Avery Hoerman Maria Alvarez Jake Long James Peña Payton Bryk Liam Nelson GUITAR Archer Balfour Stella Ludwig Yavna Sakthi Philip Pistone Joel Fisher Carlos Sims TENOR BASS JUNIOR STEELPAN ORCHESTRA Faizi Tofighi SAXOPHONE Samuel Calhoon Pablo Arredondo Alinnah Glassiognon Adrian Tam Sarah Craft TROMBONE Claudia Easterwood Lila Ballard Benjamin Houston Caden Tam Stephen Harper Riichiro Fujiki Thomas Gotsch Victor Betson Gael Rodriguez Leonardo Milano Henry Lobash Ivan Correa Kevin Soto Danny Sanders DRUMS Timothy Wilcox STRING ORCHESTRAS ROSTERS Eric Song Benjamin Zierdt Oscar Evely Brandon Harper ORCHESTRA ROSTERS KAISO STEEL ORCHESTRA BARITONE BASS TROMBONE SAXOPHONE Brandon Chlebicki Jonathan Alday Adam Kipp Nora Meraz Wesley Hennessey Fara Cage Arushi Krishnan Anna Slodyczka Samantha Irwin Prathisha Krishnan Taig Singh
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44 45 CHAMBER MUSIC ROSTERS
THE DELTA CHAMBER GROUP LE CIEL STRING QUARTET SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BRASS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Noah Briones, violin Sterling Kenedy, violin QUINTET 1 PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Ella Dodge, violin Nicole Kwasny, violin Nando Cordeiro, trumpet Jacob Cheng Kai Lee, viola Zayn Beg, viola Philip Pistone, trumpet Brandon Harper Grant Brown, cello Serena Star, cello Darlyne Hidalgo, french horn Nathaniel Mathew Aryan Bahl, trombone Kyra McComb VAN BUREN TRIO AEOLUS WOODWIND Avery Osborne, tuba Meher Sethi Bea Sjostrom, violin QUINTET Christopher Zhou, violin SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BRASS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Eli Trokenheim, cello Adithya Taire, flute Celia Chambers, oboe QUINTET 2 PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CAESURA DUET Eric Bahena, bassoon Maxwell DeForest, trumpet Shivam Kak Hannah Thill, viola Gabrielle Michael, french horn Connor Williamson, trumpet AJ Morrissey Matthew Jordan, cello Liam Weber, french horn Paari Thanikachalam OBERON WOODWIND Jonathan Ngoy, trombone Ryan Wilkov STRING ORCHESTRAS ROSTERS CHAMBER MUSIC ROSTERS VETERNUM STRING TRIO QUINTET Daniel Oczko, tuba Amarim Sharma, violin Anika Veda, flute Thomas Johnson, viola Adriana Koch, oboe PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA James Dowell IV, cello Dane Engman, clarinet BRASS QUINTET Shae Atkins, bassoon Jet Conway, trumpet SOTO VOCE QUARTET Danica Tuohy, french horn Bennett King, trumpet Bianca Ciubancan, violin Jonah Stemen, french horn Joshua Wolford, violin SOTTO TRIO Aryan Bahl, trombone Tessa Olson, viola Rodrigo Soto, flute Reese Pavlik, tuba Elijah Park, cello Jack Thompson, oboe Mateusz Zubrzycki, clarinet THE FALLEN BRIDGE STRING QUARTET WOODWIND QUINTET Eugene Lodkin, violin Emma Westerfield, flute Ariana Mascari, viola Zachary Allen, oboe Leith Mascari, violin Melissa Everson, clarinet Aviana Holst, cello Ryan Zych, bassoon Elena Miller, french horn THE COELACANTHS QUARTET Eldon Bradfield, violin Maja Todorovic, violin Wanrou Sun, viola Justin Chang Stauffer, cello
46 47 PRIVATE TEACHERS
CYSO would like to express gratitude to the following private teachers for their support Meg Lanfear Desiree Miller Brandon Runyon Wendy Van Sickel of our student musicians. Kelly Langenberg Kelly Miller Sarah Salmi Anna Velzo Joseph LaPalomento Steve Million Katie Samayoa Renée Vogen Christie Keiko Abe Dustin Budish Sandra Emerson Andrew Hesse Tage Larsen Janice Minor Phylis Sanders-Griffin Benjamin Wagner Carmen Abelson Kristen Burk Emily Fagan Michael Hining Jim Lathan Caleb Mitchell David Sands Nina Wallenberg Karin Addis Matt Burri Randall Faust Laura Hirschl Cally Laughlin Chikako Miyata Ericka Sandu Ben Weber Miguel Aguirre Hilary Butler Brian Ferguson Richard Hirschl Meg Lauterbach Alex Monroe Melanie Sarapa Joanne Wegscheid Mohannad Al Zahabi Yue Cai Kim Fleuchaus Yonghee Hong-Park Stephanie Lebens Sarah Montzka Walter Schneider Thomas Wermuth Adilene Alday Ryan Caparella Michael Folker Steve Horne Drew Lecher Ann Montzka-Smelser Helia Schramm Pharez Whitted Lucinda Ali-Landing Jennifer Cappelli Gerik Fon-Revutsky Emma Hospelhorn Eun Young Lee Robert Morgan Maria Schwartz Uli Widmaier Frank Almond Christine Capshaw Janice Frank Max Houtris Hye Sun Lee Sara Morrow Chris Scotellaro Christine Wiest Hideko Amano Tanya Carey Avi Friedlander Chia-Ying Hsu Kari Lee Ry Muehling Mark Senser Rebecca Wilcox Andy Anderson Heather Carlasare Mariana Gariazzo Elizabeth Huffman Matt Lee Alexa Mulhy Carol Setapen Kelsey Williams Elizabeth Anderson Ryan Carney Tom Garling Cate Hummel Sang Mee Lee Oleksander Mycyk Yin Shen Marguerite Williams Erica Anderson Kate Carter Kirk Garrison Ellen Huntington Marissa LeFevre Veronica Nettles Hope Shepherd Nora Williams Bridget Andes Alin Cernaianu Daniel Gasse Pascal Innocenti Amanda Legner Kolegas Zach Siegel Josh Wirt Haymee Ann Ying Chai Sarah Gasse Julie Irving Mark Lekas Dan O'Connell Karl Sievers Tricia Wlazlo Timothy Archbold Michel Chatara-Morse Renee-Paule Gauthier Ai Ishida Melby Michele Lekas Sean O'Donnell Ana Simonovska Jessica Wolfe Amber Henry Chen Emma Gerstein Nancy Jackson Erica Lessie Trevor O'Riordan Ann-Nicole Sitter Ben Wulfman PRIVATE TEACHERS Archibald-Sesek Lipeng Chen Yuriy Geyer Tad Janik Steve Lester Susan Ozsvath Steven Sjobring Johanna Yeager Alison Attar Maggie Chen Alex Giger Jan Janz Susan Levitin Terese Parisoli Martina Skalova Miki Yuasa Insung Baik Yoorhi Choi James Giles Seong-Heui Jeon Todd Levy Min Park Ann-Montzka Smelser Jin Zhang Jeanne Bailey Marcia Chou Agnes Giuliani Peter Jirousek Betty Lewis Shawn Park Tom Snydacker Nan Zhou Scott Bakshis Ryan Christianson John Glew Prentice Johnson Agnieszka Li Dan Pasare Christie Sola Mina Zikri Eva Maria Barbado Trombone Rachel Goff Carl Johnston Michael Lieberman Aurelien Pederzoli Joel Spencer Irina Zinevitch Gutierrez Ch nam Chung Steven Gooden Lee Joiner Jessica Lipon Christopher Pettit Stacia Spencer Michael Barta Andriy Chuyko Robert Gordon Hans Jorgen-Jensen Corina Lobont Will Phalen Vern Spevak Hannah Barton Becky Coffman Timothy Graf Keunjin Jung Paul Lowry Christine Phillips Julie Spring Matthew Barwegen Ryan Cohan Eric Gratz Marti Kallenberger Frank Lu Kathryne Pirtle Theresa Steiner Laurie Beard Catherine Crilly-Yonke Brigitte Gray Olga Karabinovych Meghan Lyda Brandon Podjasek Hanna Sterba Martine Benmann Chris Crisanti Terrance Gray Daniel Katz Joe Maielli David Polk Alto Deb Stevenson Tim Berg Debbie Crosser Brent Griffin Pauline Kempf Joanna Majka Jessica Popovic Mary-Christine Stingley Julie Bickel David Cunliffe Sally Gross Angela Kepley Lauren Rae Makinney Stephanie Preucil John Stolfe Jessica Bieniarz David Dai Betty Haag Timothy Kerwin Emily Mantell Dan Price Eric Stomberg Josh Biere Melanie Dale Timothy Hager Roxanne Kieme Julie Marcotte Kristina Priceman Michael Storer Barbara Bilszta Karl Davis Rajiv Halim Ayako Kikuchi Jack Marquardt Andre Pricope Gregory Strauss Nick Bisesi Sylvia de la Cerna Michael Hall Kay Kim Michelle Mathena Carolina Prus Emma Strohbusch Doug Bistrow David DeCamp Sam Hankins Davis King Garrett Matlock Rachelle Puccini Scot Sund Emilia Blaszak Dorothy Deen Drew Hansen Eleanor Kirk Anna Mayne Dylan Rehm Craig Sunken Rita Borkowski Virginia Dixon B.J. Hardesty Daniel Klingler Aaron McEvers Mike Rehm Rebecca Swan Geof Bradfield Mark Djordjevic Jo Etta Harris Charlene Kluegel Will McGing Teresa Reilly Tom Tait Rafe Bradford Guiyan Dong Jean Hatmaker Veronica Kolegas Emily McGinn Yana Reznik Tom Tallman Allison Brady Gwyn Downey Lauren Hayes Paula Kosower William McLellan Kimberlie Richter Nobuaki Tanaka Mark Braunstein Barbara Drapcho Sihao He Edward Kreitman Roger Melka Suzanne Rickman David Taylor Alex Brinkman Jennifer Dunne Charles Heath Ingrid Krizan Eloise Meloni Tamara Ringas Addison Teng Louise Brodie Chris Dye Travis Heath Fred Kuester Matous Michal Timothy Riordan Heather Thon Kaitlyn Broyles Rachel Edwards Kris Hedlund Anetta Kukulka Chad Miller Caroline Rothstein Simonne Tingley Marija Bubanj Jason Ellis Russ Henning Kate Kulzick Debra Miller Desiree Ruhstrat Wan-Lin Tsai
48 49 SCHOOLS & TEACHERS
CYSO would like to express gratitude to the following schools and teachers for their support Hauser Junior High School Devon Morales of our student musicians. Andrea Ferguson Reed Flygt Herrick Middle School Larkin High School Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Deerfield High School Madelyn Fiene Brendan Dobbeck Martin Kalas Pam Holt Theresa Steiner Lincoln Hall Middle School Adlai E. Stevenson High School Douglas MacArthur Middle School Hibbard Elementary School John Jones Enrique Vilaseco Sam Simpson Ewa Sarota-Raczek Lincoln Middle School Sonny Petway Downers Grove Community High Schools Highcrest Middle School IIona Hutter Amundsen High School Jennifer Mullen Anne Huynh McTighe Lincoln Park High School Sean Reidy Brayer Teague Highland Park High School Martin Nocedal Omar Fong-Bances Dundee-Crown High School Remington Clark Kelly Gossler Barrington High School Preston Krauska Joshua Chodoroff Lincoln-Way Central High School Randy Karon William Brocker Hinsdale Central High School Stacy Jackson Batavia High School Dunlap Middle School Serge Penksik Lincoln-Way West High School Chris Owen Sarah Long Matt Goeke Stacy Jackson Benjamin Franklin Middle School East Aurora High School Hinsdale Middle School Lincolnway East High School Miguel Rosario-Vega John Damore Gretchen Pearson Michelle Freeland SCHOOLS & TEACHERS British International School of Chicago Emerson Middle School George Andrikokus Lincolnway East High School Eleanor Samson Erica Faulhaber Hinsdale South High School Dr. Bert Johnson Burr Ridge Middle School Evanston Township High School Kirk Hickman Lindblom Math & Science Academy Carol Collins Matthew Bufis Christopher Gumban Patrick Wall Carl Sandburg High School Ausberto Acevedo Homewood Flossmoor High School Loyola Academy Linda Nussbaum Fenton High School BJ Engrav Patrick Rustandi Carmel Montessori Academy Garret George Sarah Whitlock Lyons Township High School Andrea LaFranzo Francis W. Parker School Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Jan Matthews Central Middle School Betty Lewis Mary Beth McCarthy Lyons Township High School Jason Freeland Alec Synakowski Interlochen Arts Academy Mark Dahl Central School Glenbard South High School Matthew Schlomer Maine South High School Erin Loescher Stephen Govertsen James Hart Middle School Matthew Nix Chicago High School for the Arts Dr. Brian Dewald Sara White David Hutter Rebecca Faber Glenbard West High School Jane Addams Junior High School Marian Catholic High School Betsy Ko Jonathan Walsh Eric Caliendo Greg Bimm Chicago Waldorf School Glenbrook South High School Jean Baptiste Beaubien Elementary School Marie Murphy Middle School Brendan Finucane Brian Boron Danica Dagg Mary Rudzinski Christian Heritage Academy Grace Lutheran School Jones College Preparatory High School McHenry East Community High School Caleb Tollesen Kristen Hedlund Rhea Basa Spencer Hile Clarendon Hills Middle School Gregory Middle School Michael Block Metea Valley High School Sara McNamara Stephanie Lein Kenwood Academy High School Dr. Mark Liu Crone Middle School Lori Lauff Ernestine Fleming Jones Don Devany John Timmins Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Kingswood Academy Minooka Community High School Crystal Lake Central High School Academy High School Regina Gibbons Kyle Adelmann Keith Levin Brandon Harding Lake Central High School Naperville Central High School Crystal Lake South High School Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School Mr. Elliott Smith Jesse Gross Cody Halberstadt Fernando Carrillo Lake Zurich Middle School North David Alstadt Daniel Wright Junior High School Half Day School Steve Stenzel Naperville North High School Kelsey Buffa Karen Van Acker Lane Tech College Prep High School Jeff Sturgeon Kevin Dobbeck
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Nazareth Academy Quest Academy Timothy Christian School Wheaton Academy Michael Sliwinski Dan Marcotte Linda Fox Steve Willemssen Neuqua Valley High School Regina Dominican Tinley Park High School Wheaton North Highschool Kevan Kosobayashi Noah Pliggie Vince Aiello Grace Mayell Emily Binder River Forest D90 University of Chicago Lab School Kent Krause Greg Schwaegler Lisa Minish Brad Brickner Wheaton Warrenville South High School Jonathan Lauff Brek Hufnus Urban Prairie Waldorf School Joanne Wegsheid New Trier Township High School River Trails Middle School Dan Galat Whitney Young Magnet High School Peter Rosheger Christopher Kuzmanoff Vernon Hills High School Michael Mascari Newman Central Catholic High School Romeoville High School Dana Green James Barbarick Linc Smelser Clark Anderson Randy Sundell Whittier Elementary School Nicholas Senn High School Sandburg Middle School Victor J Andrew High School Mrs. Korelc Michael Puckett Matthew Cotton Mark Iwinski William Fremd High School Niles West High School Schaumburg Christian School Von Steuben High School Matthew Moore Thomas Chester Keith Riffel Johnnie Walker Wilmette Junior High School Justin Johnson Schaumburg High School Walter Payton College Preparatory High Elisabeth Hansen Northside College Preparatory High School Susan Carlson School York Community High School Leo Park Vincent Inendino Glenn Rode Ray Ostwald SCHOOLS & TEACHERS Michael Lill Science and Arts Academy Warren Township High School Michael Pavlik O'Neill Middle School Roberta Weber Kurt Gros Yorkville High School Julie Spring Shoesmith Elementary School Chris Jenkins Kimberley Gyssler Oak Park River Forest High School Joetta Harris Waubonsie Valley High School Victor Anderson Patrick Pearson Somonauk High School Daryl Silberman Osceola County School for the Arts Nicholas Lambert Mark Duker Rueff Frazao South Loop Elementary School Oswego East High School Robert Zettl Stevan Rexroat St Charles East High School Kelly Cooper Daniel Beder Oswego High School James Kull Stephanie SanRoman St. Nicholas Cathedral School Park Junior High School Olga Karabinovych Tom Culver Stagg High School Jason Lyons Robert Mecozzi Robert Calhoon The Ancona Day School Peaceful Pathways Montessori Academy Wayne Baldwin Lauren Twohill The Avery Coonley School Percy Julian Middle School Konrad Pawelek Fernando Carrillo The University of Chicago Laboratory School Plum Grove Junior High School Feras Atassi Mario Mongello Luba Romantseva Prospect High School Katelyn Truscello Peter Weber Rozalyn Torto Chris Barnum Ryan Hudec Proviso Math & Science Academy Theodore Roosevelt High School Steven Gooden David Ernsthausen
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From January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020
FOUNDATION, CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTORS John Jordan & Jeff & Heather Becker Faith Spencer & Mark Parts Claudia Hernandez-Jordan Carrie May-Borich & Peter Borich Dr. Wolf Peddinghaus $50,000 and above John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Mr. Joe Reinstein & James H. Boyd, '54 Craig & Cristina Rohr The Negaunee Foundation The A. Montgomery Ward Foundation, Bank of Ms. Hannah Higgins Keith Brenan Jenny Rosado $25,000 to $49,999 America, N.A., Trustee Chris & Ashley Ilekis Amanda Brimmer & Arnold Roth Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Josef Schuster & Sejin Jung Scott Crawford Alex Sasieta & Kristine Suzuki The Crown Family Sargent Family Foundation Soo Jin Kim & Sang Baum Kang Doug & Sharon Carrol Peter & Amanda Schwob, in Julius N. Frankel Foundation $4,999 and under Lisa Morange-Kayser & Micky Chan & Brian Eng memory of John McCluskey & The MacArthur Fund for Culture, Equity, and AmazonSmile Foundation John Kayser Praveen & Geeta Chennareddy John Schwob the Arts at Prince The Cloverleaf Group, Inc. Mark Kelly & Tricia Needham Chris & Sarah Chubb Scott & Annmarie Severson William Harris Lee & Co. Kristin Marsilje & Kurtis Kossen Gregory Deaton Monica Drane & Paul Shadle $10,000 to $24,999 Rachel Lang & Allen Tinkham Carla & David DeForest Gunjan Shah Illinois Arts Council Agency Mardi Gras Fund Northern Illinois University* Gayle Littleton & Andrew Levy Julie & Robert Drewniak Stephen Streiffer & Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Renée & John Lundy Pradeep Dudeja, in honor of Diana Anz-Meador Sage Foundation Wicklander Family Foundation Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Susan Richman & Peter Manis Shreya Grover Dudeja Beverly & Allen Tinkham $5,000 to $9,999 Catherine & Michael Mascari Suri & Mona Dwarakanathan Doris & John Toher The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc. *In-Kind Donation Yasuko & Pat Metcalf Ms. Deborah Fineberg Weihua Ye & Tao Zhu The Benjamin B. Green-Field Foundation Jim & Ginger Meyer Amy Reichert & Sam Fleischacker Brenda & Mark Michuda, in Eric & Audrey Fosse PATRONS | $250 to $499 Narendra Acharya
memory of Matt Mantell Shelley R. Smith & James Gatziolis CONTRIBUTORS Bryan, '84 & Sherri Miller Elana Goldberg & Jeff Gell Anonymous (2) INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS Martha Nolin Kyle & Mary Grace Glascott Martine Benmann & Casey & Angela O'Connell Alexandra Fretter & James Glenn Ilya Levinson ENCORE SOCIETY Larry Shulman & MUSICIAN’S CIRCLE Katherine & Christian Pappas The Goodrich Family Gift Fund Mary Bohman MAESTRO’S CIRCLE Rhonda Rochambeau $1,000 to $2,499 Lori & Andrew Rollins James & Kathleen Hall Susan Bohman & Ben Craft $10,000 to $24,999 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. & Ameer & Evie Ahmad Melanie & Mike Rummel Creighton & Justin Hartanov Thomas & Susan Bowling Ross Bricker & Nina Vinik Terry Schwartz Anonymous Jimmy & Elizabeth Samartzis Sophie McCarthy & Andy Hronek Brady Family Pam & Dave Conroy, in honor Terry & Laura Truax Cathy Lee & Remi Auxenfans Matthieu & Maryam Schmitt Jacquelyn & Richard Kalis Ms. Sonia Cerda of Lauren J. Conroy Hank Turner & Erin Aleman Matt & Lauren Bartolini Samuel Schwartz & Rose Traubert Jennifer Keifer Daniela Chona & Roger Wilhelmi J. Laurence & Susan Costin Cynthia Van Osdol & Ian McIntosh & Michelle Berger Steven & Claudia Schwartz Janelle & Steve Kim, on behalf Cynthia Coyle Kelly & Dennis Howe John Sandwick Susan Lape & Tim Bowling Meredith, '98 & Lance Shaner of Colin Kim Judy Venturino & Mark Czubak Sheila Johnson Eric Wanger & The Acorn David & Cheryl Bradford Maria & Andy Smith Maryanne Woo & James Kim Pamella Der & Wei Shih Dr. David Lang & Ms. Toni Lang Foundation Rebecca & Josh Butler Daniel Weiss & Heidi Steiner Douglas & Catherine Knuth David Evans Ms. Jennifer Myerberg & Dave & Keely Wise Louanne Carabini & Sarah & Jeremy Sutton Maria & Mark Kosanovich Marybeth & Daniel Fiden The Alvin & Louise Myerberg Shawn O'Leary Andrew & Ashley Vail Nicole & James Stork Jerome & Yifang Fifer Family Foundation, Inc. PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE Callie Carr Madeline Vincent Padmaja Putcha & Sarah Forbes Orwig $2,500 to $4,999 Gina & Robert Carroll Alison & Andrew Wallace Ravi Kuchibhotla Joan Geller COMPOSER’S CIRCLE Ms. Nancy Aulis Hansen Chen & Teresa Xiong Ralph Wanger, Jr. Mei Li & Jie Song, in honor of Kathryn George, in honor of $5,000 to $9,999 Valerie Adegbite Calloway & Jennifer & Jaehyuk Choi Amy & John Ward Derek Song Susan Lape Anonymous Keith Calloway Todd Snead & Joe Cunningham Steve Waszak Mike & Lisa LoVallo Marin Gjaja Saurab & Anjani Bhargava Donna & Frank DeFrank Lisa Dietrich & William Lape Meg Largay & Andrew Wollin Fred & Trisha Margulies Jim Grisius & Kin Kong Laura Mandel & Richard Blessen Josh & Melissa Jandris Jennifer & Richard Dresden Hansen Chen & Teresa Xiong Deborah & Stephen Maxwell Annie & Grant Hendricks Willard E. Bransky Cher & Sean Keck Emlyn Eisenach & Eric Posner Paul & Ellen McDonough Darius Keblinskas & Doug & Sharon Carroll Marc & Melody McManus Samantha Sanders & OVERTURE SOCIETY Robert McLellarn Claudia Hawkins James, '61 & Marcia Franklin Stacy & Joseph Raviv John Farbrother BENEFACTORS | $500 to $999 Elizabeth McManus & Elmer Quiles Jingjing Kipp Mary & Lionel Go Kellie & Grant Rice Sally & Michael Feder Jessica & James Abney Gary Burns & Brinda & Raj Krishnan Lori Julian & the Julian Family Helen & Marc Rubenstein Chris & Laura Flamion Jerry & Jennifer Albom Michelle L. Miller Burns, ‘86 Brenda & Daniel Kublank Foundation Brittany L. Viola, '03 & Rachel & Issac George Anonymous Jill & Jeff Mueller Kristina Lee, '91 Alyson & Pat Nash Justin Bernbrock Taz George & Michael Smith Joshua Levin & Laura Arneson Delano & Bonita O`Banion Robert & Laurie Levin Angela & Dana O`Banion Lina & Grant Wei Chris & Kari Hedges Daniel & Stacey Barrins Nathan, Kris & Mark Partain Elizabeth Loentz
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Scott Long Joyce & Frederick Carter Jane Kang & Tianming Wu Kavya & Riya Patel, on behalf of Pedro Alday & Yolanda Bautista Wayne Helge Suseela & Benjamin Marion Craig & Eileen Chambers Tammy & Daniel Kaspari Shreya Dudeja Mary Beck Rebecca M. Hill, '98 Tina & Nick Mascari Beier Chen & Ping Ding Harriet Kaufman Kay Hurley Pellack, '76 Kimberly Beck Valerie & Dan Hoffman Carole Schecter & Steven Mayer Christy Christian Rong Wei & Susan Ke Jun Peng & Wei Wei Patti & Bill Berner Jessica & Kevin Holst Lynn & David McCammon Paul Fousek & Kristin Commito Valerie & Alexander Keller Cheryl Peterson Jemimah & Emmanuel Betson Stephen B. Hommowun, in Marilynn McManus Mike Lobash & Laura Cordell Yuri & Robert Kern Srikanth Prabha Steven & Betsy Blumenthal honor of Ben Hommowun Vickie Nauman Dr. Iris Cosnow, '57 Misook Kim & Daehwan Shin Lynette & John McCortney Esther Borrelli Elizabeth Houston & Jorge Ibarra Jane Niesen Lori & James Cundiff Kay & Howard Kim Sue Schaffrath Katie & Jeff Bryk Beth Houston Richard & Eve Ocasio Donald & Julie Deroche Anne S. Wilson & John & Joyce Schladweiler Patricia & Lawrence Burns Barbara & Francis Hunt Caroline & Eric Older Peter K Duda, '79 Jay Carl Klemme, '70 Eric & Nora Schneider Michael Butler Ziba & Scott Irvin Judith & Louis Robinson Jamie Stanesa & Amy Knutson Strack & Elizabeth Schurgin Pamela Houston Cabrera Kathy & Peter Irwin Raymond & Annette Roos Paul Ellenbogen Steven Strack Peter Seidenberg, '83, in honor Robert Calhoon & Alanna Cotch Ruthie & Michael Jawgiel Margaret & Eric Scheyer Susan & David Ellis Walter Koch of Jeanette Kreston Phyllis Campbell Anila & Satya Kamineni Johanna Sterba & Paul V. Ellison Barry Kogan, '70 & Mondira Sengupta Wendy & Kevin Campbell, in honor Mary C Katie & James Wilcox Alexander Hanna Weihong Fan Cheryl Gelder-Kogan Halina & Richard Slodyczka of Ellen & Brenna Campbell Lana Koch Sonja Streuber Graham Farbrother & Deborah & Daniel Kriho Carol Snyder & David Carta Deepa Desai & Benobra Carr Anoopa Koshy Yong Ao & Li Tang Heather Robertson, in honor Michael Lawitts Emma Steele, '08 John Carroll Linda Kozoman Michele & Edmund Taylor of Dashiell Farbrother Alina & Sorin Lazar Linda & Robert Taubenheim John Cerauli Jeffrey Krieger, '75 Kyra K. Tyler, '95 Michael Freilich Rachel LeFevre-Snee Kristen & Brayer Teague Danny Chapman Janet Kuester, in memory of
David & Karen Vlcek Anne Duggan & Stephen Lester, in honor of Azure & Steve Thill Zhenya Yu & Weixing Cheng Matt Mantell CONTRIBUTORS Len Wanger Jaime Garcia-Añoveros Naomi Loos Melissa & Jeff Thompson Corina Lobont & Dan Ciubancan Sonia Kupfer & Bernard Derroitte Liane & Brian Warcup Dilan Garg Lauren & Paul Letterman Peggy Titterington Renee Duba & James Clancy Malgorzata & Sylwester Kwasny Patrick Wilson, '73 Chris Kennedy & Hillary Geller Jing Xing & Wei Li Tao Xie & Liqiong Tong Joanne Clarke Paul Lang Lili Liu & Jinbo Xu Jim Ginsburg Hua Liang & Song Luo Alexandra Mariage Toubol & Dr. Catherine Colton Cemile & Garth Lengel Liyan Yu & James Zheng Anna & Robert Gjerlow Irina & Roman Lodkin Sylvain Touboul Jeanne Crowe Michael Lowenstern, '85 Renata & Randy Yuill Jolanta & Michael Glotzer Elizabeth Loentz Daniella Valdez Yumin Cui Jeff & Renee Maglasang Klaudia & Peter Zapol Ross Gombiner, '84 Kristen & Don Lorenzen Yolanda Waddell Joan Czajka Mary & Michael Malinowski Wika Gomez Emily Lewis Mantell, in memory Fanghwa Wang & Sun M. Li Priya Rajagopalan & Alisha & Alan McCloud FRIENDS | $100 to $249 Heather & Dana Green of Matthew Mantell Paul Wiggin Harish Devarajan Harvey Millman Susan Mina Agrawal Michael Green, '66 Peter & Dorothy Marks David Wilkov Megan Drane Barbara & David Myers Susan & Rishi Agrawal, in honor Paul Gregory, '64 Mary K. Marshall Chantal Zhang & Shenliang Wu Reva & Harold Dreebin Becca Nadonga of Neena Agrawal Mary & Arthur Gugulski Alan McCloud Guifang Zheng & Shangwu Xiong Catherine Eckel William Tong & Candy Ng Sharon Anderson, '67 Peter Gunder Michael Mcelliott Kimberly Chang & John Yu Hilary Farbrother Richard Nielsen, '69 Anonymous (13) Abbey Hambright Jean & Robert McTighe Gina Zachariah Elizabeth Fiden Susan L. Nigro, '69 Richard Armandi, '72 William Harper The Mele Family Zych Family Sara & Scott Fisher Eduardo & Roberta Nigro Richard S. Bair, '61 Debra Hass & Mark Rogers Sarah Mercer Brian Fox Anne & Kyle Olson Maria Banda & Mauricio Ochoa Laura Elizabeth Herrera Sheila & John Miller DONOR | $50 to $99 Carrie Ann Franzen Jiawen Yan & Mike Ouyang Melanie Jessen & Alan Benedict Mr. John B. Hirsch Jadwiga Mirowski & Mike & Ann Andreshak Shelley Trojanowski & Marjorie Paddock Louis Bergonzi Perry, Karen, Kateln, & Perry Hoag Piotr Stolarczyk Anonymous (6) Dan Gallagher, in honor of Greg Pajon, in memory of Luba Blander Hongxing Zhao & Min Hu Jason & Stefany Montgomery Katarzyna Piwowarczyk-Bobek Quincey Trojanowski James Pajon Stephen & Joo Boe Yuqian Hu & Xingguo Pan William Nealon, '70 & Krzysztof Bobek Marisol Osuch & Santiago Galvez Joan Palmquist Jerome Bohman, in honor of Ellen Huang & Ted Liu Danny Nieder, '92 Tamar Gutman & Tom Hong Seth & Jodie Gastwirth Jessica Pekny Sarah Craft Anastasia Khoubaeva & Dan Novak, '85 Jan Marie Aramini & Jessie Gotsdiner Lindsay & Douglas Pekny Jean Juarez & John Boncimino, Christopher Hummel Mary Catherine Wells & Michael Pettersen Rocco & Kris Greco Amy Penick on behalf of Angelica Boncimino Anne Huynh McTighe & William O'Connell Joan Eileen Arthur, '87 Bertram Greenspan, '50 Christine Raher Peggy & Jim Bourg Michael Huynh Chudi & Obonne Obiaya Evelyn Barlet Kevin Gupana, '11 Brenda & David Reyes Hilary Butler Jessica & Thor Inouye Younghee Jin Ottley & James Barrow & Soo Kim Brenda & Andy Handel-Johnson Meg Reynolds Kellie & William Norma Jackson Bruce Ottley Sherry Battalini Hausken Family, in honor of Hadley Reynolds, '54 Chris & Rose Cancilla Xuefen Jiang & Jun Wu Akhila & Venkat Palli Deanna & Wes Baumann, in honor Joshua Simonds Bridget Rodino, '11 Hai He & Wenyi Cao Christos Papadopoulos of Louis & Henry Auxenfans Helene Ngoy Stephen Sano
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Sarah Sansom Priya Laroia Valenti & Chris Valenti CONTINUO CLUB Lisa & Orrin Schwarz Ann & Bruce Vaughen MONTHLY DONORS Audrey Shadle '19 Spencer Vidulich Ms. Sonia Cerda Thank you to the following individuals and organizations Kate & Andy Sjostrom Delia Vieriu Ms. Deborah Fineberg for their generous support of the CYSO Gala! Judy Smith Timothy & Audrey Wei Jim Grisius and Kin Kong Henry Streiffer Yujia Wen & Zhenyu Zhang William Harper Yan Xu & Xiaotong Sun Joan Werlinsky Angela & Dana O`Banion Edward Swenson, '59 Nancy & John Wood Meredith, '98 & Lance Shaner Oliver Talukder Barbara Wright-Pryor Lisa Morange-Kayser & Jean Bartolotta & Eddie Tam Sarah Yeo John Kayser Kerry Tholl Lori Zerfass Kyra K. Tyler, '95 Jacqueline Tilles, '63 Beverly & Allen Tinkham Vasyl & Iryna Tsikhun Renata & Randy Yuill Carlos Valdez
MATCHING GIFTS The following companies have made generous contributions to CYSO through their matching gifts program. To find out how your company can make a gift, please contact Bridget Duffy at 312-939-2207 x290 or [email protected]. Allstate CNH Industrial America LLC Merck Foundation BP Foundation Google Microsoft Cabot Microelectronics W. W. Grainger CDK Global Illinois Tool Works
2021 CYSO VIRTUAL GALA: SOUNDS ACROSS CHICAGO
SPONSORS SECOND CITY SPONSORS WINDY CITY SPONSORS Jenner & Block LLP & The Bricker Vinik Family Alliant Pritzker Traubert Foundation Mary & Lionel Go Sheppard Mullin Horizon Wealth Management KPMG LLP MY KIND OF TOWN SPONSORS Nuveen Boston Consulting Group Jimmy & Elizabeth Samartzis Louanne Carabini & Shawn O'Leary Sipi Metals Corp. Chapman and Cutler LLP James P. & Virginia Meyer M3 Partners Brittany Viola & Justin Bernbrock
PARTNERS
CATERING SPONSOR For more information about sponsorship opportunities for CYSO’s annual Gala, Boka Catering Group please contact Kevin Gupana at 312-939-2207 x200 or email [email protected]
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