Concert & Philharmonic Orchestras - October 3, 2026 by Purdue Bands & Orchestras

Purdue Bands & Orchestras Presents

Long Center for the Performing Arts

October 3, 2026

7:00 PM

CONCERT& PHILHARMONIC

Orchestras

FACULTY & STAFF Jay S. Gephart.....................................................................................................Director and AI G. Wright Chair Matthew R. Conaway............Professor, Director of the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band Dr. Pamela J. Nave................................................................Associate Professor, Director of Percussion Adam Bodony..........................................................................Associate Professor, Director of Orchestras Jarrard Harris.............................................................................................................Clinical Associate Professor Bethany Robinson...............................................Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Jazz Bands Dr. David M. Blon.......................................................................................................Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Lucas Petersen..................................................................................................Clinical Assistant Professor Douglas R. Fletcher.............................................................................................................Director of Operations Amy Brandfonbrener................................................................................................Chamber Music Instructor Esther Kirgiss........................................................................................................Director of External Relations Caitlin Cotten........................................................................Manager of Recruitment & Student Success Humza Nasir..............................................................................................................................Multimedia Designer Susan Lipscomb.............................................................................................Senior Administrative Assistant Kim Delks.........................................................................................................................................Business Assistant Adisyn Nichols..................................................................................................................Student Office Assistant Udochukwu Akorah...................................................................................................Social Media Ambassador

CONCER T ARCHIVE

DIGITAL PROGRAMS

PROGRAM CO N C E R T ORC HESTR A Jay S. Gephart, conductor

Movement I from Sinfonia in D...................................................................................................Johann Stamitz arr. Elizabeth Green Joyful Lily...............................................................................................................................................Yikiko Nishimura

For the Star of County Down......................................................................................Deborah Baker Monday

American Landscape...............................................................................................................Soon Hee Newbold

Balalaika!................................................................................................................................................James Meredith

P H I L HA RM ON IC O R CH ESTR A Adam Bodony, conductor

Overture to Oberon..............................................................................................................Carl Maria von Weber Elliott Lentz, guest conductor Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, “Organ”.............................................................Camille Saint-Saëns 1. Adagio – Allegro moderato – Poco adagio 2. Allegro moderato – Presto – Maestoso – Allegro Douglas R. Fletcher, organ

CONCERT ORCHESTRA VIOLIN 1 Annie Schweitzer Jervis Jose David Rubin Koto Tsuji Gina Duselis Amanda Clark Kaelan Monroe Ezra Buzzard-Cooke Hannah Taylor Gabriel Boggs Bonnie Li Yazan Nabhan Robert Hays Makayla Bell Jenna Boewe Ethan Parker Andres Lopez Gonzalez Joshua Spangler Virginia Matthews Juan David Cepeda VIOLIN 2 William Lian Susan Davis Kelcie Estrera Zoe Nicolaidis Alexander Rizk Adam Murray Joseph Janicek Adriel Comissiong Kaitlyn Yost Jackson Zimmer Zane Nabhan Ava Bunch Melissa Tilden Alexis Cook Naomi Scott Oscar Diaz

VIOLA Eliza Beekman Matthew Emmons Sarah Parker Tristan Mosley Paul Sheridan Emilia Fabijanic Aidric Pfeifer Stacie Chan Jamie Brown Nina Vople Zoe Yarter CELLO Kyra Hillsdon-Smith Gabriel Hammond Madilyn Nguyen Maximillian Wang Catherine Henthorn Mei Tong Fan Fintan Ffrench Trisha Iyer Aaron Sheehan Lilly Goewey Saajid Khatri Ian Parrott Christopher Wei Annie Bonnett Arthur Duffy Evan McBride Hannah Marlowe Claire Dominski Zora Pejsova Hope Shunta Daksh Nakra Joshua Choi BASS Tanya Nair Banon Monroe Azamat Eshmuratov

PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA VIOLIN 1 Rohan Eapen Alex Zhou Joyce Chen Amy Guo Jiayu Liu Akirin Au Yuhan Gu Jane Bielejec Erica Yang Anderson Yu Amanda Schuler Dan Horio Aimee Yang Eric Yang Andrew Strawhacker VIOLIN 2 Ryan Lin Claire Swift Daigo Mimuro Emma Natof Alexander Bond Katherine Ding Isaac Jung Skyler Im Yinxiao Zhang Lucy Zhang Caden Schroeder Zishan Hyder Kevin Feng Kira Zolner Stephanie Panayides Molly Socha Celina Liu VIOLA Hrishikesh Venkatesh Loxea Hipsky Milo Chrudimsky Preston Mo Riley TerBush Aeneas Hoffman Christine Liu Eric Xiang

CELLO Tiana Lin John Rose Aritro Dasgupta Aiden Tian Ivan Lin Caleb Gumminger Mia Chapman Jeffrey Milberg Nathan Jiang Noah Strawhacker Maria Bryan Max Chen Jerry Wu BASS Pranav Chitiveli Travis Hastreiter Ben Hinz Dhruva Orugunty Rishabh Ramaswamy Logan Searle Julian Troy Julian Wang PICCOLO Sara Parks FLUTE Jeana Yeo Natalie Toledo Sara Parks OBOE Yul Kim Rosalyn Chu Charis Collins ENGLISH HORN Charis Collins CLARINET Bryan Yoo Simon Xu Andrew Campbell BASS CLARINET Ellie Heaney

BASSOON Kara Stolle Alissa Wiegand HORN Elise Collins Elijah Jones Owen Grass Trevor Brumbaugh Jack Kester Daniel Eppler TRUMPET Calvin Hodor Alison Okuno Eddie Hu Aneesh Pannala TROMBONE Karna Gajjar Henry Tsay Steven Widjaj TUBA Daniel Li TIMPANI Luna Yang PERCUSSION Christian Grover Devon Anderson Jack Garrison Ivan Chen PIANO Kaiyi Zhu Alexios Zittis

GUEST CONDUCTOR As a versatile conductor in both the orchestral and wind band worlds, Elliott Lentz is a dynamic musician and strong advocate for arts education. Currently serving as Director of Orchestras at North Central High School (Indianapolis, IN), he is also the Conductor-in-Residence with Sound Ecologies (Indianapolis, IN) and Head Clinician for the Smith Walbridge Student Conducting Clinic (Charleston, IL). From 2021 - 2026 Lentz served as Artistic Director & Conductor for the Circle City Orchestra (Indianapolis, IN). In addition to his various roles, Elliott likewise maintains an active freelance conductor, adjudicator, & clinician schedule. Lentz’s ensembles at North Central have earned numerous accolades and “With Distinction” Honors. In 2023 the North Central Chamber Orchestra was invited to perform at the Indiana Music Education Association State Professional Development Conference. His conducting experience extends in this role to also include leading live stage productions as Pit Orchestra Conductor for Once Upon a One More Time, Freaky Friday, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, and Sister Act and assisting with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and the Indiana premier of Frozen. As a strong advocate for arts education, he has given multiple professional development presentations covering such topics as “Introduction to String Players on Teaching Jazz”, “The Chosen Ones: Hoth Topics in Music Selection”, and “Getting the Gig: Tips to Help You Stand Out as the Ideal Candidate for the Job”. During his 5-year tenure with the Circle City Orchestra, ensemble membership grew exponentially. Local collaborative performances included Ballet INitiative, the Circle City Chamber Choir, Sound Ecologies, and the Indianapolis Arts Chorale in addition to hosting multiple local concerto soloists. The CCO performed by invitation at the inaugural “Symphony on the Circle Festival” hosted by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra & made their debut performance at the Indiana Music Educators Association State Professional Development Conference in January of 2026. Since the organization’s inception, they have premiered 6 new works for String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Symphonic Orchestra. Elliott routinely made appearances on both television and radio programs to feature and promote the organization. Lentz was selected as 1 of 5 finalists to conduct & perform with the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in the 10th Annual Army Band Workshop & Concert in July of 2025. During the 2023 - 2024 season he was named as a Music Director Finalist with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra of Indiana conducting his concert cycle “Outside the Box” & Semi-Finalist for the position of Music Director/Conductor with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra. Guest conducting and collaboration opportunities have included the Purdue University Philharmonic Orchestra, University of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indiana Bandmasters Association All-Region & All-District Honor Bands, Ballet INitiative, the Circle City Chamber Choir, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Symposium participation has included the Conductors Retreat at Medomak, University of Colorado - Boulder, University of Illinois, University of Indianapolis, and University of Missouri - Kansas City. Elliott completed his Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Ball State University where he studied Trumpet with the late Professor Paul Everett and Conducting with Dr. Thomas Caneva. Additional conducting mentors include Maestro Matthew Kraemer, Professor Gary Lewis, Professor Donald Schleicher, Dr. Rodney Dorsey, and Professor Barry Houser. Outside of the rehearsal hall, he loves spending time with his wife, Amy, and rescue Bernese Mountain Dog, Augie.

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