FACULTY & STAFF
Jay S. Gephart.....................................................................................................Director and AI G. Wright Chair
Matthew R. Conaway......................................Professor, Director of “All-American” Marching Band
Dr. Pamela J. Nave................................................................Associate Professor, Director of Percussion
Adam Bodony..........................................................................Associate Professor, Director of Orchestras
Bethany Robinson...............................................Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Jazz Bands
Jarrard Harris..............................................................................................................Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. David M. Blon.......................................................................................................Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Lucas H. 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
Elora Ifeguni............................................................................................................................Graphic Design Intern
Udochukwu Akorah...................................................................................................Social Media Ambassador
PROGRAM
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Adam Bodony, conductor
Overture to Zampa.........................................................................................................................Ferdinand Hérold
Jay S. Gephart, guest conductor
Carmen Fantasy.............................................................................................................................Pablo de Sarasate
Mei Mei Rossi, violin
CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Jay S. Gephart, conductor
Gravitas............................................................................................................................................ Soon Hee Newbold
Nathan Kinney and Jack Mathis, percussion
“Frolic” from English Suite................................................................................................Charles Hubert Parry
Ghosts of Brandenburg.....................................................................................................................Richard Meyer
The Rite of Spring.................................................................................................................................Igor Stravinsky arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle
Irish Junkyard Jam.............................................................................................................................Brian Balmages
Ethan Li, violin I; Jackson Zimmer, violin II; Molly Dye, viola; Kereon McCall, cello
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Adam Bodony, conductor
Prism Rhapsody...............................................................................................................................................Keiko Abe
Victoria Knott, marimba
Dr. Pamela Nave, guest conductor
VIOLIN 1
Ethan Li
CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Christopher Holmquist
Augusto Butkewitsch
Joshua Spangler
Susan Davis
Yazan Nabhan
Biak Par
William Lian
Mieko Harding
Kaitlyn Yost
Jenna Boewe
Kylie Kleven
Joseph Janicek
VIOLIN 2
Ava Bunch
Jackson Zimmer
Sandilya Kambhampati
Arjun Badwal
Maria Vawter
Biak Lo
Naomi Scott
Melissa Tilden
Lenart Jessa
Alex Rizsk
Natalia Delgado
Trisha Desai
Zoe Nicolaidis
Adam Murray
VIOLA
Molly Dye
Jamie Brown
Madeline Bond
Evie Chambers
Matthew Emmons
Erika Denker
Anish Kambhampati
Paul Sheridan
Stacie Chan
William Sila
Srinidhi Tammana
Krisha Valicha
CELLO
Kereon McCall
Fintan French
Nathan Lee
Annie Bonnett
Fatima Llanos
Madison Flowers
Lilly Goewey
Claire Dominski
Biddyclair Moore
Evan McBride
Sarah Steffey
Gabriel Hammond
Christopher Wei
Rui Dong
Peyton Day
BASS
Noah Lone
Annalycia Melendez
Azamat Eshmuratov
HARP
Meitong I Fan
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN 1
Matthew Tian
Rohan Eapen
Norkia Oya
Amanda Schuler
Erica Yang
Mei Mei Rossi
Alex Zhou
Joyce Chen
Akirin Au
Vaishnavi Sharma
Jiayu Liu
Bryant Liu
Udo Akorah
Andrew Lu
Ering Yang
Zishan Hyder
Riley TerBush
Allen Tan
VIOLIN 2
Amy Guo
Isaac Jung
Ryan Lin
Timothy Anderson
Erik Midkiff
Jessica Zhou
Aimee Yang
Daigo Mimuro
Yinxiao Zhang
Kira Zolner
Kylie Kim
Kevin Feng
Kyle Frank
Celina Liu
Caden Schroeder
Grace Cassidy
Andrew Strawhacker
Olivia Liu
VIOLA
Loxea Hipsky
Milo Chrudimsky
Hrishikesh Venkatesh
Jun Ahn
Aeneas Hoffman
Christine Liu
Zachary Gaefke
Arya Choudhuri
Nehemeiah Boyd
Miya Yoon
CELLO
Tiana Lin
John Rose
Maria Bryan
Ephram Chun
Emerson Shelby
Tayla Koenig
Victor Li
Max Chen
Mia Chapman
Therese Malinowski
Simon Leonard
Aiden Tian
BASS
Pranav Chitiveli
Travis Hastreiter
Ben Hinz
Dhruva Orugunty
Logan Searle
Julian Troy
Julian Wang
PICCOLO
Yara Hijaz
Sara Marina Parks
FLUTE
Yara Hijaz
Anita Dinakar
Sara Marina Parks
ALTO FLUTE
Yara Hijaz
OBOE
Rosalyn Chu
Michael Wong
Yul Kim
ENGLISH HORN
Michael Wong
CLARINET
Bryan Yoo
Simon Xu
Megan Melton
BASSOON
Bernadette Slattery
Alissa Wiegand
HORN
Christopher Dunlap
Owen Grass
Jack Kelster
Calvin Wendling
Daniel Eppler
Trevor Brumbaugh
TRUMPET
Alison Okuno
Sarah Bauer
Calvin Hodor
Andrew Nguyen
TROMBONE
Karna Gajjar
Jacob Vales
Niko Tharaldson
TUBA
Diego Garcia
TIMPANI
Matt Fragapane
PERCUSSION
Matthew Vaughan
Jude Siddiqui
Aaron Perrault
Victoria Knott
Dr. Pamela Nave
HARP
Kate McGrath
AUXILIARY BRASS
Eddie Hu
Norah Kopolow
Dan Gui
Ethan Bowlby
Sathya Devarajan
Aneesh Pannala
Patton Duvall
Steven Win
Julia Simmons
Mallory Palmer
Joseph Weidman
Ryan Sierra
Arman Pathan
Daniel Henze
Ethan Kim
Macgyver Cottrell
Will Rater
CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS
Mei Mei Rossi is a Doctor of Pharmacy student pursuing a BA in music and a minor in chemistry. She was raised in Zionsville, Indiana and is currently in her fourth year at Purdue University. Alongside her academics, Mei Mei has been a 1st Violinist in the Purdue Philharmonic Orchestra for four years in addition to performing with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra and serving on the Purdue Foundation Student Board.
Mei Mei began violin lessons at age five and later learned the flute and piano. Throughout her musical training, she was a violinist in the Indianapolis Youth Orchestra for 10 years, a singer/dancer with Zionsville H.S. Show Choirs, and a 1st Violinist in the Indianapolis Symphony Sideby-Side program. As a 2025 Keller Competition winner, Mei Mei performed the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kellen Gray.
Throughout 17 years of private lessons, Mei Mei studied with Noelle Tretick Gosling, Stanley Chepaitis, Peter Vickery, and Chin Mi Kim. Mei Mei is ever grateful for her time with PBO and is excited to perform one of her favorite pieces, Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy, with the Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Adam Bodony.
Victoria Knott hails from Bolingbrook, Illinois, and will graduate this May with her Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. She started piano lessons at age seven and began learning percussion through school band programs at age nine. She continues to stay fluent at both instruments and plays piano for theater workshops, concert bands, church services, and more.
At Purdue, she has spent five years as a percussionist in the Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and the “All-American” Marching Band. In the AAMB, she previously served as a student leader on tenor drums and most recently as a Drum Major. Victoria was formerly a Vice President for the Purdue Student Engineering Foundation and currently works as a graduate teaching assistant for the mechanical engineering department. She also earned her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue last May.
After graduating, she will be joining Trane Technologies as an acoustic engineer with their commercial HVAC unit in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She is endlessly grateful to PBO for five years of music and mentorship, and is thrilled to bring Prism Rhapsody to the stage with the Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Pam Nave.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
MAY
2 | Orchestras | 7:00 PM | Long Center for the Performing Arts
Featuring University Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra
3 | Jazz on the Hill | 11:00 AM | Slayter Center of Performing Arts
Featuring Marshal Gilkes with all Purdue Jazz Ensembles
MAY3 @
11 AM
Featuring guest artist Marshall Gilkes and All seven Purdue jazz Bands
Bring chairs, a blanket, and a picnic lunch for an afternoon of jazz and community connection
Slayter Center of Performing Arts
Rain location: Co-Rec Feature Gym
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