MYS Holiday Spectacular Program

raúl gómez |

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Holiday Spectacular wednesday, december 23 | 7:00pm 1

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! All of us at MYS wish you a beautiful holiday season!

Thank you for celebrating the work of our students this evening, and for the generosity of your support that takes shape in so many different ways.

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METROPOLITAN YOUTH SYMPHONY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 | 7:00PM OVERTURE STRINGS Deck the Hall of the Mountain King Edvard Grieg arr. Richard Meyer INTERLUDE ORCHESTRA Christmas in the Kitchen

Michael Story

BAROQUE STRINGS/HILLSBORO CHAMBER STRINGS Carol of the Bells Mykola Lentovych arr. Jordan Grigg VIVALDI STRINGS In the Bleak Midwinter

G ustav Holst arr. Patrick Roszell JAZZ ENSEMBLE

arr. Ryan Meagher

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen FLUTE ENSEMBLE Through The Looking Glass

Jabberwocky

Peter Cork arr. M. Orris

CONCERT ORCHESTRA Sleigh Ride

Leroy Anderson

ALL PERCUSSION Avalanche Lake

Patrick Speranza

MYSticks Laideronnette from Mother Goose

Maurice Ravel

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/SINFOINIETTA/CONCERT ORCHESTRA Selections from The Nutcracker

Waltz of the Flowers (arr. Merle Isaac)

Le chocolat (Spanish Dance)

Le Thé (Chinese Dance)

Trépak (Russian Dance)

La mère Gigogne et los pelichinelles

Pytor Illich Tchaikovsky

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PORTLAND/HILLSBORO OVERTURE STRINGS Erica Boland, conductor VIOLIN I Aarushi Anand Evelyn Pat Canche Guillermo Gonzales Cruz Sharon Jeong Zoe Jiang Nallely Leon Montoya Maika Mori Alice Ruan Rocio Lopez San Juan Jasmine White Rose White Bolin Xu

Bowen Xu VIOLIN II Deborah Buzas Leela Daniel Abbey Hatch Mikayla Peng Nicholas Peng Sanaya Sharan Andrew Tran Nora Vallas Abby Walkwe Haley Yoo

VIOLA Brenna Eagle Jaxon Jones Azure Lee Monica González Audrey Tran CELLO Shahbaz Khan Cayllie Zheng

INTERLUDE ORCHESTRA/CONCERT BAND Raúl Gómez, conductor VIOLIN I Adrian Hsu Leah Kim David Kong Solomon Menendez Jaden Nguyen Tatum Ottum Anya Rose Riley Schultz Jake Stavig Piper Thayne Owen Yin VIOLIN II Yaseen Arifin Allison Choi Sheilisa Curry Kate Kochavatr John Kong Ellia McHenry Megan Owens Jorryn Teeter Wanette Thurston VIOLA /VIOLIN III Violet Bickford

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Bethany Eads Gavin Furrer Maxwell Gong Haeyeul Jeong Santiago Ludeña Anushka Nishar Ada Pullen Carmen Wolkowitz CELLO Claire Aebi Ethan Chen Yeleen Chung Kailane Drakos Madeleine Fraczek Isabelle King Claire Son BASS Elian Jafeth Cortes Tristen Williams FLUTE Abby Buzas Yirhe Ha Anna Rogoway

Annalie Smith Penelope Wiese OBOE Seth Hartrim-Lowe CLARINET Andrea Chang Ryan Conrad Michael Gong Yuna Lee Claire Lin Wyatt Versfelt Cody Webb BASS CLARINET Natalie Alexander TROMBONE Matthew Alti Jeshaun Charles Gabriel Gallares Santiago Vasquez

BAROQUE STRINGS/HILLSBORO CHAMBER STRINGS Kevin A. Lefohn, conductor VIOLIN I Duan Sunny Zhong, concertmaster Milagros Alvarez Sunaina Arora Ella Farrell Marie Kim Natasha Kujovich Tatum Lambdin Tzu-Yu Lin Arushi Mitra Claire Oh Erin Qiu

Oliver Comerford Anna Han Alana Iglesias Yifong Liao Sophia O’Shea Theo Papavasiliou Bella Peterson Daniela Quispe Pranav Ramesh

VIOLIN II Linnea Rogers, principal Larissa Cabrejos

VIOLA/ VIOLIN III Alexander Aguilar, principal Iola Bartlett-Mehan Maeve Boland Isha Garg Tai Henry

Abdouraheem Jallow Aaron Johnson Yanek Mandefro Caiden McHenry Derek Sun Julianna Van Hoeter CELLO Kyeonwoo Kim, principal Ishaan Bhardwaj Claudia Buzas Holly Hargunani Junelizabeth ShermanLewis Navnit Singh Ethan Tay Sheyris Ugalde Mark Wang

VIVALDI STRINGS Paloma Griffin Hébert, conductor VIOLIN I Amelie Wright, co-concertmaster Hyrum Yeates, co-concertmaster Amir Avsker Uma Grover Warawa Maruki Ahana Naskar Noemi Skoviera Naomi Williams Russell Xue Elise Yu

VIOLIN II Alan Hickerson co-principal Seth Filner, co-principal Violette Bourque Eliana Leone Desiderata Mandefro Sonia Modha Aixa Pirona Shomik Sen Kate Stange

VIOLA Camryn Lau, principal Nazareth Perozo Charlotta Schreuder CELLO Andy Shin, co-principal Sienna Smiley co-principal Elijah Furrer Isaac Lyon Maria Marcantoni Claire Yeates

JAZZ ENSEMBLE Ryan Meagher, conductor ALTO SAXOPHONE Eric Barrientos Carter Doud

DRUMS Anderson Donley Seth Wobig

TRUMPET Amanda Moore

PIANO Jackson Grace Kieran Stoddard

GUITAR Chanelle de la Paz

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FLUTE ENSEMBLE Adam Eccleston, director Autumn Anderson Anna Capps Christine Chang

Mick Jordan Elizabeth Powers Julia Shih

Adhith Srikanth Iris Stasiuk Kara Taylor

CONCERT ORCHESTRA/SYMPHONIC BAND Jeffrey Peyton, conductor VIOLIN I Joshua Bueso Ryan Ding Katherine Fan Klara Kjome Fischer Ishan Ghosh Mia Hale Leena Karmarker Aria Lee-Varan Jamie Liu Norma Graciela Moya Jaime Park Thomas Pierce Mayee Sun Leo Trajano Sophia Wang Pavlina White VIOLIN II Kyra Allen Erin Chow Jasper Gu Mariam Jallow Sydney Olander Elizabeth Pavlenko Kasey Stadel VIOLA Daniel Hartson Ana Lucia Induni Corrales Elias Lapaz Finn Sanders

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Lily Segna Mariana Solis Micheal Tan Sasha Wan-Carew

CLARINET Jason Chang Kate Andrews Maya Joiner

CELLO Rowan Furrer Catherine Hartrim-Lowe Margaux Hicks Sean Lee Ashley Lewis Naomi Margolis Andrés Medina Kellen Prichard Isabella Scalise Aiden Schneider

BASSOON Trevor Collins Nicholas Hosking

BASS Mariana de los Ángeles Cruz Bonilla Nimer Hernández Erick Martinez FLUTE Sofia Peck Annecy Rice Ayush Wyncoop OBOE Audrey Bong Tyler Collins Ayla Murphy Thomas Sharp

FRENCH HORN Maria Paula Mora Sofia Soto Vargas TRUMPET Mariella Brayton Margot Pullen Hefsiba Rivera TROMBONE Guido Josué Alpízar Porras Alejandro Fonseca Gallegos TUBA Moises Urbina Olaya PERCUSSION Levi Britton Kaitlyn Brown Alexander Dyer Evan Nakanishi

MYSticks Michael Roberts, director Levi Britton Kaitlyn Brown

Alexander Dyer Evan Nakanishi

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE B Michael Roberts, director Liam Andrews Hank Dorsey Seojin Ha

Max Miller Eden Warmflash

SINFONIETTA ORCHESTRA Giancarlo Castro D’Addona, conductor VIOLIN I Eleni Antonis Kanak Baghel Elizabeth Keller Naomi Kress Neftali Menendez Qusavon Pathoumsat Amandia Scotti Gabrielle Taylor Jaden Yazhari Savannah Yokel

CELLO Jonah Braun Sabrina Kay Fotinakis Jauregui Belén Lara Aidric Newman Nathan Nguyen Grayson Rose Katie Song Calder Stewart Claire Tagalog

Benjamin Smithynunta Joseph Wei

VIOLIN II Ella Donahue Mia Donahue Dylan Nguyen Rhea Paul Nadya Poisec-Nguyen Philip Rha Blaze Rosenfeld Lilian Stewart Alexander Yu

FLUTE Keatt Chowen Sophia Folawn Meredith Gifford Francesco Lanier Tejas Pandit Molly Rutis Mia Sanders Grace Tatman

TROMBONE Tai Friel Tomas Villalobos

OBOE Willem Abbassi Elysia Armstrong Danis Castillo

PERCUSSION Liam Andrews Seojin Ha Max Miller Eden Warmflash

VIOLA/VIOLIN III Natalie Furrer Saanvi Jayadev Jihoo Lim Jack Newman Katrina Ramm Gabriela Sampértegui Diane Son Rachel Warner

BASSOON Jeiel Charles TRUMPET Moises Calderon David Pirona Sean Snow Sara Villalobos

TUBA Aaron Johnson HARP Ellie Kinkade

CLARINET Alexander Drews Ben McHarris Kaden Princhard 7

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/WIND ENSEMBLE Raúl Gómez, conductor VIOLIN I Noah Carr, principal Galilea Rios Schulz asst. principal Amelie Arias Kevin Chen Hannah Choi Kevin Chen Charles Dalrymple Elise Fan Rylan Ferron-Jones David Hartnett Kevin He Quentin Ho Kimberly Hoang Joseph Hsin Ellie Kim Erika Metzenberg Andy Nguyen Noah Poteet Seba Stenfert Kroese Mateo Tejada Vikram Vasudevan Gabriella Wong VIOLIN II Cole Merrill, principal Lydia Downs Martina Durán Elisabet García William Kim Nayan Murthy Evan Petticord Lida White Michael Yan Tony Yu VIOLA Souhoon Lee, principal

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Nicole Anderson Jéssica Brito Rainer Collins Esteffanía Cuevas Solís Jacqueline Fernández Ramírez Jazmín Fernández Ramírez William Harding Joseph Young

CLARINET Joseph Baik Sophia Buck Sophia Hanson

CELLO Anabelle Chang, principal Madeline Altman Nadia BenAhmed Derrick Cha Cael Farrow Eliana Harris Kristen Kim Alanna Peevy Tristan Roland

ALTO SAX Eric Barrientos Suyash Pandit

BASS Ella Dorsey, principal Sofia Castillo Sterling Fulks William Graham Henry Antonio Torres Gutierrez

TRUMPET Trasi Barrios Ted Ekstrand Andrew Pelto

FLUTE Kylie Farmer Amelia Kotamarti Benjamin Hosking, OBOE Haley Cha Skye Heiles Abigail Kim Leo Marchyok

BASSOON Alison (Ali) Dittenhauser Katherine Go Angela Hernández Sam Shin

FRENCH HORN Kelson Gipp Almalorena Maria Ramirez Zuñiga Kevin Juarez

TROMBONE Liem Friel Adam Hernandez William Killpack TUBA Sarah Hohndel PERCUSSION Levi Britton Kaitlyn Brown Alexander Dyer Evan Nakanishi

CONTRIBUTORS | INDIVIDUAL DONORS MYS recognizes the following individuals who support our mission to educate, develop and promote young musicians. Gifts listed have been received between 11.15.2019 - 12.14.2020

Cornerstone Society

($20,000 to $49,999) The Ronni Lacroute Fund of Oregon Community Foundation Crescendo Community ($10,000 to $19,999) Thomas & Elizabeth Gewecke Greg & Betsy Hatton Conductor’s Circle ($5,000 to $9,999) Bob Lefferts & Kathy Kuhn Music Makers ($2,500 to $4,999) Ross & Casey Barbieri Phillip & Stephanie Brandt In Honor of Mary Brandt Krystal & Jeff Lee Hal & Diana Scoggins Supporters ($1,000 to $2,499) Anonymous (2) Carole Alexander Bill Andrews & Beth Katona Dr. Christopher J. Brecke, D.D.S. Debbie Chew & Todd Segna John Chow & Misa Lee The Edwards Charitable Fund Susan & Andrew Franklin Jonathan & Yoko Greeney Mark & Heather Hartrim Lowe Rick & Veronica Hinkes Brian Johnson & Matt Smith Lindsay Lanier Shinae & John Lee David & Kate Ludwig Carmi & Jess Lyon Rob Margolis & Arpana Naik Holly McHugh Martin C. Muller Madhu & Anand Murthy in Honor of Elizabeth & Jeff Peyton Kathie Reed & John Hess Eric & Cynthia Strid

Aimee Virnig Sharon Wynde Charlene Zidell Benefactors ($500 to $999) Anonymous (2) Jean & Ray Auel Kristin & Antonio Berti Jim Brayton & Debbie Marr Ted & Andrea Davis Marvin & Abby Dawson Robert & Elizabeth Dyson Shawn & Katrina Goddard José González & Dañel Malán Richard & Lisa Graham Mia Hall Miller & Matt Miller Dirk & Karen Hohndel J & J Foundation Kevin Lefohn James McBride & Daphne Clifton The Papavasiliou Family Robert & Catherine Merrill Ashok Modha & Stephanie Fernandes Nathan Family Charitable Fund of Oregon Community Foundation Mark Newman & Devon Zastrow Newman in Honor of Jack & Aidric Newman Bill & Brie Pierznik Bonnie & Pete Reagan Scott & Sara Ross Forrest & Lael Seitz Laura Smoyer & Chris Myers Steve & Bonnie Tanner John & Katie Stevens Mike & Judy Stoner John & Mary Tachouet Jeremy & Miho Weinstein Walter Weyler Richard Whittemore Matt Yurdana & Judith Maxey Patron ($250 to $499) Anonymous (8) Dan Bergsvik & Dan Hastler Steve Christenson & Judy

Brady Chuck & Abby Britton David & Aimee Chang John Duarte & Leslie Dailey Stephen & Susan Gancher William Gilliland Shane & Angela Jackson Kwanghoon Kim & Jinkyung Lee Anonymous In Honor of James Oliver Kingsley Mary Kroener-Ekstrand & Jeffrey Ekstrand Anne Larson & Mubashir Cheema Jerome Magill & Diane Tennison Kim & Ken McGair Thomas Novak Sharon Palumbo Robert & Yvonne Pearson James Perzik Marilyn C. Peterson Brett Schwartz Sujoy Sen & Shyama Nath Russ & Rebecca Teasdale Ray & Gretchen Timmons Nita Van Pelt & Sue AuWerter Jeff & MaryKay West Faramarz Yazhari Kent Yu & Lin Zhou ($100 to $249) Anonymous (5) Barb & Steve Aaker Sohee Anderson Amie & Greg Belisle Ruth & Robert Brayton Gretchen & Connie Brown Kenji & Monica Bunch Brooke Buxbaum Leone Buyse & Michael Webster Sharon Carver Michael & Nadia Chandler Zhong Chen & Juan Li Jeff Chenoweth Hsiang Wei Chiu Nicholas Davis Dave & Wendy Doerner Jianfeng Dong & Christine Olinghouse-Dong Robert & Mary Donley Butch & Kitt Dyer 9 Sharon Elteto

CONTRIBUTORS | INDIVIDUAL DONORS Anonymous in Honor of Kathie Reed Ryan & Umi Francis Suzanne & Larry Gaye Mary Gearn In Honor of Robin Gearn, James Wescott, & John Wescott Carrie & Jon Gehrt David & Jill Gipp Sondra Gleason Les Godin Kimsa Hague & Robert Wells Barry & Susan Hamilton Tom Potter & Karin Hansen Monica Hayes & William Slater Jeff & Sydney Higgins Amanda Hobbs Margaret & Vernon Johnson In Honor of Aaron Johnson Igo & Arlene Jurgens Maryla & Greg Kaminski Shelley Karp Jerry & Lola Klug Todd & Michelle Kohlbush Bill & Evelyn Kroener Evan Kuhlmann Stacey & Dave Lewis Jerry & Anita Lindsay Wan-Shu Lu & Kun-Han Tsai Masami Maruki Chris & Dale McCullough Keerthi Mitra & Archana Srikant Mary Ann Myers Barbara & John Neidig Kimya Nguyen & Jerome Poisac Paul & Audrey Oliver Eric & Kathleen Ottum in Honor of Tatum Ottum Jeongseok Ha & Sunhae Park in Honor of Seojin Ha & Yirhe Ha Robert & Marel Pease Susanne & Stan Penkin Andy & Julia Petersen Jeffrey & Elizabeth Peyton Michael & Shannon Pullen Norma Reich Lynne Diane Roe, M.D. David & Judy Schiff Maarten Schreuder & Lynn Lindgren-Schreuder

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David Shelley Susan & Sam Shogren Steven & Elizabeth Sipe Eric Slade Mary & David Smoyer Eric & Naomi Suhler Jeanne & Brian Thomas Lucas Thurston & Sara Sparks Eric Tschuy & Patricia Walsh Steve Vacchi Ping Walker & Family Pei-Li Wang & Daniel Tseng Melissa & Rowdy Webb Kimberly Ann Weller & Doug Gordon Chris Whittemore & Jordan Murphy Zhaohui Yan & Honghui Liang in Honor of Michael Yan Yaohua Yang & Jiamei Zhou John & Pat Zagelow Friends ($5 to $99) Anonymous (33) Lisa & Andrew Aebi Darcy Alexander Eugene & Linda Appel Roy Arauz JosĂŠ Araya Andres Arias Dan Arrayan Elaine Austin Mark & Efrat Avsker Dong Hyun Baik & Kyungie Kim Sarah Bailie Alexander & Geneva Balian Gregory Baty Anne Bergeron & Marc Bocci Amanda & Charles Bickford Keitha Bilbie Jenne Bilbie-Alexander & Mark Alexander Sean & Erica Boland Barbara Bolstad Robin Bonczek Dan Bosshardt Patricia et Francis Bourque Erin & Allen Buck Linda Burke Lara Bushue

Kumhyo Byon & Gwang-Soo Kim Jo & David Cannon Bill & Ruth Carew in Honor of Sasha Wan-Carew Meg Carruthers Christine Chance Yiru Chen & Chihfan Hsin Carolyn Choi & Jonathan Warmflash Dick & Janie Cohen Carole Coiteux Susan Cole Deniz & Austin Conger In Honor of Diana Scoggins Carol Connelly Oscar Cuevas Carolyn Curtis Laurel Dalrymple Charel & Wenceslao de la Paz Debra Dean Mercy Dicuangco Erika Diver Matthew Donahue & Juliana Trivers Kim & Ryan Doud Geoff Dougall Kristin & Bruce Downs Anonymous in Honor of Kailane Drakos Erik Drews & Maria Murashkina Nancy Edtl Anushka Elias & Mostafa Arifin Patricia Elliot Katrina Feliciano-Stoddard & Wade Stoddard Heather Fitch Barbara Folawn Eudora & Chris Fraczek Mark Friel & Linh Vu Richard Friel Julie Fukuda & Lucien Kress Dominick & Ethel Gallares Julius & Krysta Gallares Richard & Sherrie Garcia Guadalupe Garcias Marcia Gehrt Linda Gipp Heidi Glaske David Gray The Greene Family Alan & Carolyn Grill The Grover Family Jung Hwa Ha

CONTRIBUTORS | INDIVIDUAL DONORS Rebekah Hanson Paul & Samantha Harmon Terry & Gail Harris Chris & Marci Hartson Erin & Steve Hatch Michelle Hawkins Kenneth Herman Juan Hernandez Gonzalez Molly & William Hicks Carolyn Hokanson Loch Kenneth Holford Lyle Holt Angela Hornsten & Ian Aguilar Hosking Family Marcia Hudson Elizabeth Hughes Ben & Linda Hungerford Anonymous in Honor of Alana Iglesias Lindsay Ingalls John Jackson Hyeseon Jo & Eungnak Han Erik & Miki Johnson Grace Johnson John & Bunny Harrold in Honor of Aaron Johnson David & Dolores Judkins Anish Karmarkar & Sidsel Anderson Arra Katona Paul Keller Harold & Terry Kennel Hyon & Yoonjo Kim Sue & Inki Kim Allison King Ryan & Michelle Kinkade Michael Kipley & Leslie Moloney Kristin Kjome & Jonathan Fischer Peter Kjome Sara & John Kochavatr Anonymous in Honor of Amelia Kotamarti Rui Kong & Yuan Wang Linda Kosinski Frances Kramer L. Kranovich Wendy Kravit Raul & Lidia Krivoy Bruce Krogstad William Kroonen Charles Lambdin & Candace Gilmore Derrin Lanier Tamara Larison David Lebakken

Melinda Leong Sheng Liao Dennis Lo Scott & Thais Lomax Deirdre Lotter Nancy Lowe Richard & Diane Lowensohn Edie Lungreen Patrick Lyne Matthew & Terry Marchyok Dunja Marcum Doug Mathias Cameron May Beryl McHenry Matthew & Maegan McHenry Katy McKinney-Bock Dennis & Sarah McLain Ryan & Heather Meagher Carmen Meeko Lynn Mendoza-Khan & Bakhtiar Khan Maria Mitchell & Marcus Simantel Geeta Modha Julia Moore Jeffrey Morgan Jayadev Munimallappa & Veena Chandranna Patrick Murphy Ann Newman Larry Newman Peter & Thom Nguyen Thanh & Tam Nguyen Vinh Nguyen & Xuan-Giang Tran Susan Nielsen & Mike Rogoway Rupali Nigote & Ravindra Singh Penny & Russell Okamoto in Honor of Amir Avsker Phyllis Oster Leigh Otting & Dan Sloop Jodi Owen Dr. Elliot Palmer & Mrs. Caroline Lewis Palmer Mary Papavasiliou Sun Park & Damon Petticord Janean Parker Steve & Mary Parker Douglas Peters & Colleen O’Brien Anna Peterson Janet & Larry Peterson Jody Pettit Tom & Ann Pfingsten In Memory of John Richards

Edith Phan Michael & Izumi Pierce Crystal Pillifant Frances Portillo & James Mehrens James & Teresa Prichard Bree & Andrew Ramage Scott & Heather Randol Florian RaqueĂąo Ted & MereAnn Reid Zachary Reimer Kristina Rheaume & Joshua Filner Diane Rice Ariel Rigney Sally Ritchie Chrisse Roccaro & Stephen Guntli William Rogoway Marilyn Roland Thomas Roland Thomas Roland Anna & Steven Rose Jonathan Rosenfeld & Merav Sendowski Junru Ruan & Xi Lu Angela Rundles Cassie Rusher Caryn Rutherford Wendy & Cameron Rutis Jessica & Gregg Sanders Anne Sato Karen Scholte Margaret Scotti Scotti Family Judith Scovil Brian Simard Erica & Charles Smiley Supree & Rasamee Smithynunta Martha Soltesz Heng Song & Jiachi Shi Clayton Sparks Roxanne Sparks Steve & Katya Stadel David & Michele Stange Phillipa & David Stasiuk Ariel Stavitsky Julie & Eric Steinbrenner Heather Stenmark Marjorie Stewart Marilynn Stribling & Stan Geiger Vivian Sun & Victor Chang Carrol Tan Warren Tausch Howcy & David Taylor Mary Taylor

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CONTRIBUTORS | INDIVIDUAL DONORS Cynthia Thomas-Hargunani & Andre Hargunani Sarah Tiedemann Danita Tom & Jay Iglesias Nicole & Cesar Trajano Kristen Vanberg & Darius Abbassi Dick & Jean Vanberg Richard Varan & Nina Lee John Vincent Trinh Vu Stephanie Wagner in Acknowledgement of Mia

Cremona Barry Wald Jin Wang & Succi Yuan Bernard Warmflash Mary Waudby Dave Weich Christa Wessel Dan & Cathe Wiese Heather & Micah Wiese Lacey Williams Henschel Kena Williamson Amanda & Robert Wolkowitz Michael Yan

Martha Yazhari Tamie Yokel in Honor of our daughter, Bridget Yokel Andrew & Jan Young Nancy Young Alicia Zack Ying Zhang

CONTRIBUTORS | FOUNDATIONS AND BUSINESSES MYS recognizes the following foundations, corporations and local businesses that support our mission. Gifts listed have been received between 11.15.2019 - 12.14.2020.

Stradivarius Circle ($100,000 and above) M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Pacific West Bank Stoel Rives, LLP The Jackson Foundation

Cornerstone Society ($20,000 to $49,999) James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation Regional Arts & Culture Council

Supporters ($1,000 to $2,499) Consolidated Community Credit Union Deacon Charitable Foundation Delehoy College Counseling LLC Farleigh Wada Witt Faubion Associates Heritage Bank Monday Musical Club of Portland Pacific Power Foundation Portland’5 Centers for the Arts Sherwood Family Pet Clinic

Crescendo Community ($10,000 to $19,999) J.W. & H.M. Goodman Family Charitable Foundation Juan Young Trust Oregon Arts Commission PGE Foundation Swigert Foundation The Brookby Foundation Trust Management Services, LLC OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation

Conductor’s Circle ($5,000 to $9,999) BNSF Railway Foundation Multnomah County Oregon The Herbert A. Templeton Foundation The Reser Family Foundation Wheeler Foundation Yorke & Curtis Zera Foundation Zidell Family Foundation Music Makers ($2,500 to $4,999) Intel Corporation Lamb-Baldwin Foundation 12

Benefactors ($500 to $999) NVIDIA OnPoint Community Credit Union Umpqua Bank Patron ($250 to $499) Fred Meyer Community Rewards Appreciators ($100 to $249) Northwest Natural Gas Company Portland General Electric Friends ($5 to $99) AmazonSmile Foundation Elite Acupuncture, LLC Gartner, Inc Standard Insurance Company

CONDUCTORS, INSTRUCTORS, MANAGERS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Raúl Gómez, conductor Ken Kim, manager

HILLSBORO/PORTLAND OVERTURE STRINGS Erica Boland, conductor Junru Ruan, manager

CONCERT ORCHESTRA Jeffrey Peyton, conductor James Prichard, manager

FLUTE ENSEMBLE Adam Eccleston, director

VIVALDI STRINGS Paloma Griffin-Hébert, conductor Beth Katona, manager SINFONIETTA ORCHESTRA Giancarlo Castro, conductor Mark Newman, manager BAROQUE STRINGS/HILLSBORO CHAMBER STRINGS Kevin A. Lefohn, conductor Erica O’Shea, manager INTERLUDE ORCHESTRA / CONCERT BAND Raúl Gómez, conductor Brenda Eads, manager

JAZZ ENSEMBLE Ryan Meagher, conductor MYSTICKS Michael Roberts, director BEGINNING STRINGS PROGRAM Tyler Goldman, instructor Laura E. Jáuregui, instructor Alishan Merjanian, instructor Lenka White, instructor MUSIC THEORY Ryan Francis, instructor Steven Livingston, instructor Alexandra Schwartz, instructor Ashley Wilson, instructor

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR STUDIO CLASS FACULTY VIOLIN Keiko Araki, Oregon Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Casey Bozell, concertmaster, Newport Symphony

Chien Tan, principal second violin, OSO

Anne Sato, Portland Columbia Symphony

Lenka White, MYS Beginning Strings Instructor

Avery Waite, performer, teacher and composer

VIOLA

Braizahn Jones, assistant principal, OSO

Inés Voglar Belgique, assistant principal second violin, OSO

Jennifer Arnold, Director of Artistic Planning & Orchestral Operations, Richmond Symphony

Chris Fotinakis, MYS Strings Coach

Kenji Bunch, OSO

Marian Gutiérrez, MYS Portland Overture Strings Conductor

Hillary Oseas, principal viola, Portland Opera Brian Quincey, OSO

BASS

WOODWINDS Alexandria Christy, MYS Symphonic Band Conductor Karen Wagner, assistant principal oboe, OSO BRASS

Adam LaMotte, Portland Baroque Orchestra

CELLO Antoinette Gan, OSO

Elizabeth Peyton, Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra

Richard Littledyke, MYS Concert Band Conductor

Nancy Ives, principal cello, OSO

Charley Reneau, trombone, OSO 13

ADDITIONAL THANKS AUDIO & VIDEO AUDIO MIXING & EDITING Raúl Gómez Susan Wulff (Jazz Ensemble audio) Double bass audio (Sinfonietta & Vivaldi Strings): Sara Barbee EQ & MASTERING Rey David Cortes

AUDIO PROCESSING Chris Whittemore VIDEO EDITING Dragos Filip Raúl Gómez Jun Iwasaki Cameron Keezer-Wulff Hector Soto Susan Wulff

OREGON INTERNATIONAL BALLET ACADEMY Xuan Cheng, Artistic Director & Ye Li, Executive Director Xuan Cheng, Choreographer Bunny Dance (Level 1) Tomo Yamaoka Cecilia Chang Terra Chen Yuka Kozakai Katelyn Filary Leah Yang Stalla Xu Eleanor Garigan Russian Dance (Level 2) Audrey Perkins Elsa Tolman-Foote Emily Hao Rakhi Hewitt

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(Level 3) LiLy Zheng Abby Wen Austine Wen Fiona Zhang Mia Kraft Molly McCoy Keana Cooper Annabelle Schlicke Lia Muller Chinese Dance (Level 4) Elise Yu Sophia Alicata Emily Song

Spanish Dance (Advanced Ballet) Athena Pappas Kyra Bonta Maggie Bartlett Vivian Lang Lauren Grover Alexia Lipscomb Roisin O’Reilly Emma Casten

METROPOLITAN YOUTH SYMPHONY MYS Board of Directors Brian Johnson - President Sharon Wynde - Vice President Aimee Virnig - Secretary Ross Barbieri - Treasurer Susan Franklin Thomas Gewecke Jonathan Greeney Hsin-Cheng Kuo Mark Hartrim-Lowe Krystal Lee David R. Ludwig Holly McHugh Max Yoklic

MYS Administration Raúl Gómez, Music Director Diana Scoggins, Executive Director Chris Whittemore, Artistic Operations Manager Carrie Stephens, Marketing & Community Engagement Manager Sarah McLain, Program & Development Coordinator Lajos Balogh, Founder

SAVE THE DATE! Upcoming 2021 Virtual Concerts Saturday, March 13 @ 7pm | Spring Concert Saturday, May 29 @ 7pm | Season Finale

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