2023 AUDREY G. BAIRD STARS OF TOMORROW SOLOISTS

ANAIS GRIFFITH-OH is a junior at Madison West High School. Anais started piano at age six and has been playing percussion since age nine. She currently studies percussion with Cindy Terhune. Anais participates in the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Vicki Peterson

Jenks and Youth Orchestra conducted by Kyle Knox. She would like to thank Cindy Terhune, Dane Crozier, Tony Di Sanza, and Amy Hartsough for helping her prepare the Séjourné Marimba Concerto.

ABHINAY REDDY , 17, is a senior at Brookfield East High School and has been playing the flute for over seven years, currently studying with Heather Zinninger of the MSO. Along with being an avid flute player in his school’s wind ensemble, Abhinay has been a part of the marching band as a section leader and the pit orchestras for his school’s musical productions of Legally Blonde (2021) and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (2022). Abhinay is also an accomplished flutist outside of school. A part of MYSO, he has been co-concertmaster of the Chamber Flute ensemble and is presently a member of the flagship Senior Symphony Orchestra. This summer, he will be traveling to the Netherlands and Belgium with MYSO. Abhinay was also selected to play in WSMA’s Honors Performance Series from 2018 through 2021, where he was also principal flutist of the orchestra in 2019. Through WSMA’s Solo and Ensemble, he has received an Exemplary Soloist Award in 2022. In 2017 and 2018, he participated in the UWM Honors bands and was invited to play in their All-Star Band in 2018. Additionally, he was named a finalist for the Civic Music Association of Milwaukee competition in 2021. Abhinay is honored to have been selected as a finalist for the Stars of Tomorrow Competition. Aside from music,