QCSYE Fall Concert Program Booklet | 2019-20

QUAD CITY SYMPHONY YOUTH ENSEMBLES

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2019 1:00 PM & 5:00 PM

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FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR It is my pleasure to welcome you to our 61st season. I feel honored to work with our nearly 300 talented musicians of the Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles. It is with great pride and joy that we welcome returning members and new musicians into our four youth orchestras and the youth choir.

My fellow conductors and I are deeply devoted to helping our young musicians achieve their individual and collective best this year. We firmly believe that music brings people together for the creation of a greater good and thus gain valuable lessons from the greatest works of art to ever exist. This season promises to be a rewarding one offering more individualized instruction through more sectionals for winds, brass, and percussion; more performance opportunities; exciting collaborative projects; mentoring opportunities; and of course, a fantastic and diverse repertoire.

The Youth Symphony Orchestra is bringing the joy of music to over 6000 4th and 5th graders from the Quad Cities and beyond in Symphony Day with a program designed to introduce young audiences to the symphony orchestra. The 2019-20 season will end in a flourish with a finale performance of the YSO in a full-length concert featuring Tchaikovsky’s triumphant 4th Symphony.

This year, I am excited to welcome Elizabeth Lundine to our team of conductors. Ms. Lundine is leading Prelude Strings and has become an important asset to our youth ensembles system bringing passion and expertise for our underclassman orchestra. This season, the Youth Choir will also be collaborating with The Texas Tenors in a unique and enriching opportunity for our young singers.

We are very thankful for your support and look forward to having you at our future performances, rehearsals, and events in the community!

With immense gratitude,

Ernesto Estigarribia QCSYE Music Director QCSYE FALL CONCERTS | NOVEMBER 2019 3

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QUAD CITY SYMPHONY YOUTH ENSEMBLES

Sunday, November 10, 2019 | 1:00 PM & 5:00 PM Bettendorf Performing Arts Center

1:00 PM PRELUDE STRINGS Elizabeth Lundine, conductor KIRT N. MOSIER

Sinfonia Song

ARCANGELO CORELLI arr. Bob Phillips

Gavotte

SUSAN H. DAY

Aspen Glow

MARK WILLIAMS

Dramatic Essay

YOUTH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Ernesto Estigarribia, conductor PETER ILLYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 arr. Richard Meyer (Finale) GEORGE BIZET

Carmen Suite No. 1 Prelude Aragonaise Toreador March

JOHANNES BRAHMS arr. Vernon Leidig

Brahms First Symphony (Fourth Movement)

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5:00 PM YOUTH STRING ENSEMBLE Michele Ottesen, conductor KIRT N. MOSIER

The Dance of Iscariot

GASPAR SANZ arr. Deborah Baker Monday

Canarias from Suite Española

JOSHUA REZNICOW

Gates of Valhalla (A Hero’s Destiny) YOUTH CHOIR Catherine Lyon, conductor Sheila Doak, accompanist

TRADITIONAL arr. Roger Bergs

¡El cielo canta alegria!

RANDALL THOMPSON

A Girl’s Garden

ANDREA RAMSEY

Grow, Little Tree

TRADITIONAL arr. Cristi Cary Miller

Shoo My Love

- INTERMISSION YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Ernesto Estigarribia, conductor PETER ILLYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 II. Andantino in modo di canzona HOWARD HANSON

Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”

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VIOLIN Cooper Bries Connor Buchanan Shalini Chandupatla Miguel Cornelius Johann Deutmeyer Isla Disterhoft Amelia Duncan Hadil El-Geneidy Katelyn Farmer Isabella Howard Kimberly Jackson Amrutya Kudigram Noah Leavitt Swetha Narmeta Macy Neff Elizabeth Otts Angelina Perez de Tejada Jonathan Rice Kyle Shevela Elliet Slape Lucy Stieger Mia Tammaro Prerna Vanga Varun Vasishta Elisabeth Weyeneth Claire Zaruba

VIOLA Lena Buntemeyer Paul Marchik Reyna Tewkesbury CELLO Kaija Anderson Benjamin Gillette Arush Gunukula Logan Heick Sophia Hrncirik Tyler Murray Stephen Schwartz Audrey Seneli Srivishnu Sugumaran Lucy Wolf BASS Jesse Brand Chloe Martin Troy Tatton PRELUDE STRINGS MENTORS Shelby Fick Sophia Heller Aviana Holst Aliza Oxyer

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FLUTE Caroline De Roo Sarah McVey Mya Mendez Morgan Smith Abigail Stoker Anagha Sudhindra OBOE Connor Coleman Carly Jackson Sophia Popelka Eilidh Schaaf CLARINET Vamsi Challa Noah Disterhoft Jaylon Foster Tejus Kanathur Lauren Ladson Philpher Lin Calder Skaar Karen Williams BASSOON Noah Droessler Lily Law Owen Perry HORN Elyse Pritchard Zack Stone TRUMPET Jonathan Knuth Heath Leone Hannah Mohr Kaelee Wolf

TROMBONE Kaia Dieterich Joe Drahozal TUBA Nathan Fornal TIMPANI/ PERCUSSION Tarun Annavajjula Aaron Dieterich Michael Hill Lydea King VIOLIN I Xin-Yan Chan Skylar Fausett-Nonnenmann Nathan Fornal Arwen Hansen Madisen Hoyt Shobini Iyer Kylie Latham Camryn McBride Avery Monson Ella Scales James Steele Caleb Swinney VIOLIN II Kathryn Allen Paige Barber Jack Cockayne Kushal Desai Delaney Fitzgerald Cassel Friemel Maria Ladenburger Adisson McCullough Robert Schwan Kaitlyn Sharp Rachel Sorensen

VIOLA Aniruddha Desai Thomas Glennon Achinteya Jayaram Lily Jewell Pearce Lelonek Carl Rekow Jalyn Thorsen Jaydon Williams CELLO Adam Allen Kyle Almgren Caleb Brand Amy Brandt Kylie Brees Alika Cho Molly Isaacson Ethan Kilcoin Reagan Schneider Makayla Smith Stephanie Stellmach McKenzie Wilson Trevor Zimmerman Scott Zimmerman BASS Zoe Beck Owen Foley Nolan Ware

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VIOLIN Aaliyah Ali Grace Brandt Martin DeKeyzer Braden DeKeyzer Ava Duncan Akshat Gupta Madison Gustas Audrey Hayden Greta Holmquist Abdurrahmaan Howard Sam Huffaker Harrison Kiel Robert Majchrzak Grant McBride Leia McConchie Mei Lin McDermott Amara Minnaert Alana Owen Victoria Rice Ellie Samec Carter Scott J. Taylor Seneli Ryan Squires Abbie Torgerud Madeline Traman

VIOLA Finn Boyle Miles Ethridge Calista Rasmer Kendra Schmacht Halima Talbi

Rachel Allen Siddhi Bharadwaj Grace Brand Ilisa Fornal Katie Gonzales Georgia Hayden Mnena Jagusah Allyson James Varsha Kanathur Abbigail Lee Alexandra McWilliams Ananya Narayan Lucy Petersen Saiesha Pradhan

Madhumitha Pundi David Schrader Caleb Schrader Havish Shekar Prothsa Shekar Payton Strupp Jade Stuart John Tepen Kate Tepen Nisha Tilala Julisia Vallejo Vivek Vasishta Ava Vis Jazlyn Williams

CELLO Jocelyn Bock Laura Chen Michael Farmer Henry Frank Charis Gonyo Alexa Hall Nia McCloskey Aidan McLaughlin Aidan Price Olivia Stoltenberg Liam Swank BASS Anna Sophia Council Isabella Hill

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FLUTE Isabel Buchanan Aditya Desai Catherine Moore Josie Rempt Katie Roseman OBOE Claire Hahn Phoebe Joy Mara Lowe Allison Suen CLARINET Vivian Browne Vishnu Challa Logan De Lacy Jutta Dieterich Joe Lobb Kristin Manion Amulya Pillutla Gianna Schwartz Hagen Walker BASSOON Elliott Beauchamp Savannah Connor Alexandra Glennon Emily Roberts HORN Guinevere Diehl Madison Holevoet Kyle Laake Will Sammons Cassandra Smith TRUMPET Erika Holmberg Cameron LaPage Ben McKay*

TROMBONE Sierra Craig Ethan Pritchard Owen Weimer TUBA Golden Lund* TIMPANI/ PERCUSSION Tarun Annavajjula Michael Hill Lydea King VIOLIN I Madison Anthony Ella Crockett Abigail Hamborg Dan Kim Christina Li McKenzie Lofgren Kiran Marla Karin McDonald Thi Phan Linda Phan Audrey Scarlett Lillian Teitle VIOLIN II William Bennett Kennedy Brady Sophie Curtis Nayana Gowda Shveta Kalathur Uma Kasichainula Lee Kim Grace Schuetz Ashton Snarr Carter Wolf Sandro Xiao

VIOLA Emma Cleveland Shelby Fick Nathanael Houk Vinay Joshi Kavya Kalathur Maggie Nedved Aliza Oxyer Aidan Perry Kaitlyn Wood CELLO Isabelle Appel Jason Bordine Madison Brady Victoria Davis Sophia Heller Aviana Holst Zachary Johnson Jennifer Mahl Lily Moen Parker Paulson Nikhil Ramaraju Stephanie Rice Juliana Rosanelli Laura Sitz Turner Sperry Faith Weis Vincent Wren BASS Isabelle Hartman Connor Miller Grace Welveart HARP Emily Wren Baxter*

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ERNESTO ESTIGARRIBIA Ernesto Estigarribia is the QCSYE Music Director & QCSO Assistant Conductor. He is also the Music Director of the Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestras and the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Sinfonia East Conductor.

Born and raised in Asunción, Paraguay, Mr. Estigarribia is currently a doctoral candidate in Orchestra Conducting at the University of Minnesota studying with QCSO conductor Mark Russell Smith and expects to receive his degree in May 2019. During his studies, Estigarribia has co-directed the Campus Orchestras, served as Assistant Conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra and the University Opera Theater, and is a recipient of the James Sample Fellowship.

Mr. Estigarribia has performed extensively in North and South America, the Caribbean, and Europe both as a violist and conductor.

In 2016, Ernesto conducted the first recording of the “Concertino for Viola” by Brazilian composer Joao Ripper with violist Korey Konkol.

In 2017, Ernesto was the first Paraguayan guest conductor to appear in the International series of Orquesta Sinfónica del Congreso Nacional (Paraguay), and was invited to return to conduct in 2018.

Other recent conducting appearances include performances with the Rochester (MN) Symphony Orchestra, Oskaloosa Music Festival Orchestra, Orquesta del Centro del Conocimiento (Argentina), as well as Gianni Schicchi, Idomeneo, and Albert Herring with the University of Minnesota Opera Theater.

MICHELE OTTESEN Michele Ottesen is currently in her sixth year as the orchestra director at Davenport North High School and Wood Intermediate School. A native of Davenport, Ms. Ottesen spent seven years as a member of the Quad City Youth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of James Dixon and Daniel Culver. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan. Her principal violin teachers include Doris Preucil, Andrés Cárdenes, and Stephen Shipps. Prior to returning to the Quad Cities, Ms. Ottesen was a member of the Dakota String QCSYE FALL CONCERTS | NOVEMBER 2019 15

Quartet, and served as principal second violin in the South Dakota Symphony. She has been a member of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra since 1998.

ELIZABETH LUNDINE Elizabeth Lundine is an orchestra director in the Davenport Community School District. She is currently the Associate Director of Orchestras at North High School, where she primarily directs the 9th Grade Orchestra. She also co-directs the 6th Grade Orchestra at Wood Intermediate as well as the 4th and 5th Grade Beginning Orchestras at Buchanan and Fillmore Elementary Schools. Elizabeth has previously worked with the Central High School Orchestras and various elementary schools in Davenport. Additionally, she teaches private violin lessons throughout the Quad Cities.

Elizabeth is originally from the Chicago suburbs and moved to the Quad Cities to attend Augustana College, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education. At Augustana, she studied primarily with Dr. Susan Stone and Dr. Daniel Culver.

Since graduating, she has performed with several orchestras, string quartets, and pit orchestras in the Quad Cities. In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys running marathons, racing local 5k’s/10k’s, and cheering on her former Cross Country/Track teammates at Augustana.

CATHERINE LYON Catherine Lyon is one of three Vocal Music Directors at Pleasant Valley High School, where she directs Pleasant Valley Singers, a Concert Choir Women’s Ensemble, Jazz Nouveau (a vocal jazz ensemble), and teaches voice lessons. Her principal voice teachers include Kenneth Prewitt and Gordon and Jean Greer. Catherine holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Vocal Performance from Bob Jones University and Music Education from St. Ambrose University. She has taught vocal music in Greensboro, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee before moving to Iowa, where she has taught in both the Davenport and Pleasant Valley school districts.

Mrs. Lyon maintains a large private voice studio, is a frequent adjudicator in Illinois and Iowa, and is an accompanist for private vocal students. Her students consistently place in state and regional

competitions which allows them to compete at the national level.

Catherine performs regularly as a choir member with Quad City Choral Arts and is a member of the American Choral Director’s Association, Iowa Choral Director’s Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

SHEILA DOAK Sheila Doak is a native of Rock Island, having studied piano with LaVonna Kiesele and organ with her mother, Peggy Doak. A lifelong church musician, piano teacher, and choir accompanist, she holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Northwestern University, where she studied piano with Sylvia Wang and organ with Margaret Kemper. As the current choir accompanist for Pleasant Valley High School, St. Ambrose University, Augustana College, and three church choirs, she is thrilled to add the Youth Choir to her duties, now accompanying singers from ages 7 to 102!

The Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles (QCSYE) program consists of five performance groups (four youth orchestras and a youth choir) for students in grades two through twelve. Under the direction of the outstanding QCSYE conducting staff, members have the opportunity to perform great orchestral and choral repertoire with the most talented young musicians in the area, and learn from the mentorship of professional musicians from throughout the region.

Ensemble members come from the greater Quad Cities, as well as other communities in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois.

A special thank you to Chris Howard with the Bettendorf Performing Arts Center for his time and talents. On behalf of the QCSYE, thank you for making these Fall Concerts a success!

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MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Mark Russell Smith

YOUTH ENSEMBLES GENERAL MANAGER Chelsea Schwarzkopf

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Brian Baxter

ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Matt Kowalczyk

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Caitlin Bishop

ASSISTANT ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN/ PRIVATE LESSON PROGRAM Elisabeth Oar

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Steve Mohr DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Beth Sindt DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT/ ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Marc Zyla OFFICE MANAGER Cheryl Fenderson

DIGITAL MEDIA ASSISTANT Nicolas Propes MUSIC COPYIST Linda Baustin ACCOUNTING ASSISTANTS Judy Blowers & Cris McNeal VFS PRESIDENTS Julie Scott & David Scott

BOX OFFICE MANAGER Randy Nunez

VFS COORDINATOR George Hesse

Archana Wagle Ann McNamara Katelyn Medina Ryan Morency Zack Morton Marsha Pedersen Martha Schermer Darlene Steffen Annette Tephly

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