Sunday, November 1, 2026 Regis College, Fine Arts Center
Nestor Torres
Angel Subero
RIVERS & RSC
JAZZ
FESTIVAL
S AT U R D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 4 , 2 0 2 6 Featuring commissioned composer
Nestor Torres with Angel Subero & Latin Logic Salsa Band Doors Open: 11:30 a.m. Performances Begin: 12:00 p.m. Featured Concert: 6:00 p.m. Location: The Rivers School Campus Center 333 Winter Street Weston, MA 02493 Learn more: Rivers.org
This event is FREE, but registration is required.
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Rivers Youth Orchestras Sunday, November 1, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Regis College, Fine Arts Center 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493
Music Director
Christopher Memoli
Conductors
Colleen MacDonald Christopher Memoli Susan Memoli Whitney Tandon
Orchestra Manager
Katherine Greene
Associate Manager
Anna Anderson
Assistants
Michelle Carr Thomas Conrad Caroline Leguia T Sallie
This program is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Rivers Youth Orchestras Preparatory Orchestra Whitney Tandon, conductor Sinfonia in A minor
Georg Philipp Telemann arr. Matthews
Furusato
Teiichi Okano
Dark Forest Dance
Susan H. Day
Sinfonia Susan Memoli, conductor Isacco Overture Concertino de Camera Beacon in the Mist
Marianna Martines arr. May Antonio Salieri Katie O’Hara LaBrie
Philharmonia Colleen MacDonald, conductor A Moorside Suite I. Scherzo II. Nocturne III. March
Gustav Holst
Tides of Chaos
Chris Evan Hass
Youth Symphony Christopher Memoli, conductor Russian Easter Festival Overture on Liturgical Themes, Op. 36
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Edvard Grieg IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 Antonín Dvořák IV. Allegro con fuoco
Preparatory Orchestra Whitney Tandon, conductor Violin Mira Alhadidi Anusha Avadhanula Kavi Bansal Libby Bohl Lilianna Cheng Rosemary Chiu* Aiden Cui Penelope De Chant Rohan Diddee Caitlin Grimmett Evanna Gud Eloise Hardie Lily Jiang, concertmaster Chloe Kim Abraham Lee Evan Lu Aiden Luk Anne Luo Hannah Liz Menacherry Ruby Nguyen Jago Pryor-Shiao Claire Richards Cindy Shan Varya Treumann Jessie Wu Lilia Wu-Sun Gabrielle Zawaneh
Viola Helen Chen Samuel Graupera Gwen Ly Aris Shi Brady Winn* Cello Sebastian Caplan Audrey Caplan AJ Faricelli Jacob Fine Madeleine Frenzel Yadnya Khairnar Matteo Melodia Harry Shi* Emily Tan
* Section Leader
Sinfonia
Susan Memoli, conductor Violin 1 Emma Bagchi Samara Berman Caiden Goodrich Sophie Guo Kaavya Iyengar, concertmaster Eunchai Kim Becca Leshinsky Cindy Lin Emily Lin Selena Liu Eleanor McCarthy Satya Sedimbi Aadvik Sharma Rosemarie Vacha Charlotte Wang Langxi Wang Violin 2 Zane Berman Shoshana Bleier Markian Buniak Max Davids Hayon Jeong Natalie Kuang Tanav Patkar Leo Pexa Rishaun Raja* Meiran (Molly) Shan NhatLe (May) Tran Vivien Vlah Alessia Yang Lydia Yoo Lucas Zhang
Viola Marcus An Evelyn (Birdie) Curtin Alya Desai Anneka Fay Sunny Fu* Anna MacDonald Elizabeth Wilson Yue Wu Robert Zelevinsky Cello Neave Allen Jasmine Bao Lola Caplan Luna Castillo Annisa Cheng Aaron Cui* Mylas Jin Ken Kagawa Doyoon Ku Kayla Li Yifan (Ethan) Liu Francesca Melodia Bethanie Pun Owen Ryan Wanran (Viki) Shan Julian Shen Alex Shih Marian VerHage Sierra Wessler Clement Yee Janice Zhang Sophia Zhang String Bass Mendel Pattanayak*
* Section Leader
Philharmonia
Colleen MacDonald, conductor Violin 1 Elliott Rodriguez, concertmaster Theodore Berberian Mateo Caballero Sophia Che Bransen Chen Abigail Cornelius Felix Denecke-Spakovszky Whitby Ellsworth Andrew Fang Atrissa Khatibzadeh Carter Lim Serena Marciniszyn Lina Oh Anjali Parekh Anderson Zhang Selina Zhong Violin 2 Jack Picarsic* Alyssa Carr Kurt Chen Lucy Cooprider Nathaniel Fine Ellie Frenzel Oliver Gee Benjamin Gud Elizabeth Lim Frank Lin Sachin Prabhu Ian Prost Aiden Shimizu-Brennan Evan Wang Claire Xia Elijah Yoo
Viola Vivianna Richardson* Nikki Garibaldi Violet Kaplan Thomas Kugler Bridget MacDonald Nicholas Marks Jeb Strohacker Jill Yang Violet Margot Zanotti Cello Myosi McCleary* Jonah Black Emily Du Abigail (Abby) Erion Louis Jin Eli Lepp-Worley Umi McCarty Dylan Nguyen Cameron Nguyen William Peng Owen Ryan Eva Son Nathan Tu String Bass Anthony Kozinsky*
* Section Leader
Youth Symphony
Christopher Memoli, conductor Flute Riley-Kate Andrasco* Graham Pace* Elaine Jang Christina Kim Piccolo Christina Kim Oboe Lila Yennior* Madison Gittlitz Violet Wilson Jane Zhang Clarinet Peter Juhasz* Justine Lai* Elizabeth Ji-In Kim Ethan Zhang Bassoon Mattie Anderson* Raymond Liu Ourania (Nia) Madias Eli Oliver French Horn Benjamin Sawatdiphong* Corin D’Orsi James Grant Caleb Halberstadt Paul Juhasz
Trumpet Aarushi Avadhanula* Kellan Lockhart* Gwendolyn Jackson Will Roy Christopher Wong Trombone Connor Troidl* Jake Farber Mikayla Frank-Martin Tuba Ishan Kelkar Violin 1 Anya Lai, concertmaster Julia Ritchey, associate concertmaster Oliver Rodriguez, assistant concertmaster Sophie Chong Bogdan Chuyan Leora Daniel Allison Dong Norah Lai Sora McCarty Medha Ramu Cyriaque Schaff Ulysse Schaff Andrew Yang William Zelevinsky Aiden Zhang Katherine Zhang Grace Zhao Max Zhuang
Violin 2 Samay Parekh* Yasemin Arslan CJ Carpenter Sam De Vos Guerin Axel Drage Emma Gao Serena Jin Aya Kagawa Jayden Li Penelope Nou Marlow Santmire Klara Sieczkiewicz Nivina Sujit Everett Tillen Wenjing Wang Isabella Xiao Sarah Yin Maia Zaletaev Viola Natalie Garibaldi* Connor Chong Scott Huang Hailey Kim Keshav Krishnan Noah Lee Wynne Liu Benjamin Lu Myzelle McCleary Abigail Shiffler Emily Sloan
Cello Ella Stefani* Benjamin Andrus Joo An Chang Colette Charest Aadith Charry Owen Chislett Nadia Garibaldi Nina Grigoryan Alexander Hou Daniel Kozinsky Angelina Le Addy Ly Hema Mani Jake Olander Maxwell Santmire String Bass Samuel Engler* Chloe Campana Reid Walker Wade Walters Harp Vivianne Ohlenbusch Timpani Chase Delgado Percussion Leo Frank Yuehan (Claire) Jin
* Section Leader
WHITNEY TANDON has been the director of the elementary and middle school orchestras in the Wayland Public Schools since 2008; her ensembles have repeatedly earned superior ratings at festivals and gold medals at the MICCA festival. She has also served as director of the Sudbury Valley New Horizons Orchestra, and maintains a private violin studio. Ms. Tandon began conducting with The Rivers Youth Orchestras in the fall of 2016, and currently conducts the Preparatory Orchestra; she attended Middlebury College, and earned her Master’s degree in music education from Boston University.
SUSAN MEMOLI is the Director of Fine Arts for the Wayland Public Schools and the Wayland High School Orchestra Director. Mrs. Memoli has also served the MMEA Eastern District as both manager and assistant manager and currently serves on the executive board as the secretary. She is an orchestra director for “American Music Abroad” and participated in her seventh European tour with the Liberty Tour in 2019. Mrs. Memoli received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Rome School of Music of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., her Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, and educational administrator certification from Boston University. Mrs. Memoli has served as a private studio teacher, as well as violinist with the New Bedford Symphony and Plymouth Philharmonic. She currently plays with the Rivers Symphony Orchestra and has served as an adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor for music festivals. Mrs. Memoli is the recipient of the 2011 MA String Teacher Association Orchestra Director of the Year Award and was named to the 16th annual “50 Directors Who Make A Difference” list of 2014 by School Band and Orchestra magazine.
COLLEEN MACDONALD has been teaching in the Weston Public Schools since 1999, where she currently serves as the Director of Music and teaches high school orchestra. Mrs. MacDonald is also the conductor of the Rivers Philharmonia Orchestra and is a conductor at the Rivers Summer Orchestra program. She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Catholic University of America and her Master of Music Education degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mrs. MacDonald has served in numerous volunteer positions with MMEA, including Eastern District Junior and Senior Concert Coordinator and All State Concert Chair. Currently she serves as the Eastern District Auditions Chair. She has frequently served as a guest conductor and adjudicator at music festivals throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Important RYO Dates Saturday, December 5, 2026, 6:30 p.m. Holiday Pops (YS) The Rivers School, Benson Gym Friday, December 11, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Primo Orchestra concert The Rivers School, Rivera Recital Hall Sunday, February 7, 2027, 2:00 p.m. RYO concert (Preparatory, Sinfonia, Philharmonia, YS) Regis College, Fine Arts Center Sunday, May 2, 2027, 2:00 p.m. RYO concert (all orchestras) Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA Friday, May 7, 2027 Friday, May 14, 2027 RYO auditions for 2027–2028 school year
CHRISTOPHER MEMOLI is the Music Director/Conductor of both the Rivers School Conservatory Youth Orchestras and Rivers Symphony Orchestra. Since founding the Rivers Youth Orchestras in 2001, Mr. Memoli has led the growth of this program from one elementary orchestra to over 300 students in five orchestras. In addition, he conducts the acclaimed Rivers Youth Symphony Orchestra. In the fall of 2021, Mr. Memoli assumed the podium as the Music Director/Conductor of the Rivers Symphony Orchestra and has since re-energized the ensemble. He is thrilled to be working with this exceptional group of adult community players, former students, local teachers and music lovers of all kinds. In addition to his responsibilities at the Rivers School Conservatory, Mr. Memoli is the retired Director of Music for the Weston Public Schools where he supervised the K-12 music program and taught high school band and orchestra. During his 28-year tenure in Weston, Mr. Memoli oversaw the development of one of the most outstanding music programs in Massachusetts. Mr. Memoli holds the degrees Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in Conducting from the University of South Carolina. In addition, he holds a graduate degree in Educational Administration. Mr. Memoli studied violin with Donald Portnoy, Luis Haza and Robert Gerle and studied conducting with Donald Portnoy, Harold Ferberman, Daniel Lewis and Lukas Foss. Mr. Memoli has conducted orchestras in 16 countries across North America and Europe. As Head Director for American Music Abroad, he has led 17 European concert tours, inspiring musicians through international performance and cultural exchange. Mr. Memoli is in demand as a guest conductor, adjudicator, freelance violinist and violin teacher. He currently serves as President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) and was named the 2008 Massachusetts Orchestra Director of the Year.
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