Newark → Sunday, Dec 10, 2023, 4 pm Science Park High School New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra Diego García artistic director, The Anna P. Drago Chair Terrence Thornhill concert host, associate conductor & curriculum specialist String Ensemble Naomi Youngstein leader HENRY PURCELL FLORENCE PRICE (arr. Dana Paul Perna) DAVID BURNDRETT
Suite in G Major, Z.770 The Old Boatman Flamenco Fantastico
Repertory Orchestra Sue On conductor LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 II. Allegretto FLORENCE PRICE (arr. Robert Jones) Adoration CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (arr. Sandra Dackow) “Danse Bacchanale” from Samson and Delilah, Op. 47 INTERMISSION Training Ensemble Terrence Thornhill conductor Jonathan Villegas wind ensemble leader Gavin Davies preparatory violin teaching artist TRADITIONAL (arr. Chris Bernotas) DEBORAH BAKER MONDAY COOPER FORD ALAN LEE SILVA SEAN O’LOUGHLIN JOSEPH J. PHILLIPS Academy Orchestra Diego García Conductor JOHANNES BRAHMS EDWARD ELGAR LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ARTURO MÁRQUEZ
Holiday Rock Beyond the Thunder Exhilaration Luminescence Moonlit Skies Fantasia on an Original Theme
Hungarian Dance No. 1 Enigma, Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 Variation VIII (W.N.) Variation IX (Nimrod) Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio Conga del Fuego Nuevo
New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra 2023–24 Season TRAINING ENSEMBLE TERRENCE THORNHILL associate conductor & curriculum specialist JONATHAN VILLEGAS wind ensemble leader GAVIN DAVIES preparatory violin teaching artist PREPARATORY VIOLIN Avien Abney Tamia Ari Bradley Indigo Daniels
Gabriella Johnson Alauriea Mann Amina Mann
Leonardo Morales Saraya Newton-Lawson Chelsea Ogbolu
WIND ENSEMBLE FLUTE Theodore Lowder Jr. Michela Monrroy Lucie Unay
CLARINET Eiler Gonzalez Eleanor Goss Maria Ibañez Rafael Monrroy Luka Stojanovski
TRUMPET Jade Brown Ediz Tikiz
PERCUSSION Jelani Harding Vincent Mahuiztl-Ruiz Saamir Mitchum
ALLEGRO VIOLIN Ariana Sethi Gemaiya Easterling Ian Beaton Leah Ferjuste Sara Bhardwaj David Alvarez Joseph Alvarez Tristan Garas Kiana Eloise San Pedro Haotian Shen
VIOLA Ertor Aggor Kana Xiong
CELLO Beliz Tikiz Erin Gabel Gavin Richardson James Valenta
BASS Izahiel Tiro Alexis Barrales
MAESTRO VIOLIN 1 Zariyah Campbell Melanie Cuna Alex Pola Ainsley Cook Shia Lo-Rhoden Matthew Stein Harper Escalante Anais Sakajani Natalia Kendall Amelia Gonzalez Mit Patel
VIOLIN 2 Mia Soto Antheia Seaman Emily Wu Lana Brown Anna Koziol Kylee Mignano Brandon Suarez Ammy Peralta
VIOLA Mark Perez Mateo Baez Sophia Anico-Cespedes Erli Aggor
CELLO Anaiah Fulton Gendiyah Easterling Aysha Penafiel Patrick Penafiel Naomi Akakpo BASS Abraham Gonzalez
COACHES: Ming Yang* (violin), Jesus Saenz** (violin), Aurora Mendez (violin), Yoojin Park (violin), Michael Stewart* (viola), Kamaljit Bhamra-Watson (violin & viola), Hyewon Kim* (cello), DoYeon Kim (cello), Matthew Kolodzieski (cello), Sasha Ono (cello & rhythm), Marty Steinberg (cello), JP Bernabe (bass), Kathleen Nester* (flute), Andy Lamy* (clarinet), Juan Esteban Martinez* (woodwinds), Andrea Menousek* (brass), Garth Greenup* (trumpet), Wes Krygsman (brass), Gregory LaRosa* (percussion) * New Jersey Symphony musician
** New Jersey Symphony Colton Fellow
New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra 2023–24 Season STRING ENSEMBLE NAOMI YOUNGSTEIN leader SASHA ONO cello & rhythm coach JP BERNABE bass coach VIOLIN Sofia Ahmed Ashlee Benavides Kyrae Brock ♫ Samuel Brocks Justin Casco Erika Chin Joshvict Escamilla Alexandra Friedman Ethan Lai Sophia Lanao
Madison Manalato Kathryn McConnell Jiwoo "Carina" Paik Saiah Pickering Isabela Salinas Cavagnaro Evelyn Tai Vania Tueros ♫ David Wenbo Wu VIOLA Thandie Hintze
CELLO Sanaa Allen Caleb Bahn Evelyn Jimenez Aaron Leung Audrey Meyer Manuel Vera BASS Samuel Chaves ♫ ♫ Peer Mentor
REPERTORY ORCHESTRA SUE ON conductor VIOLIN 1 Thanasi Kontanis concertmaster ♫ Andrew Liu associate concertmaster Adora Pan ♫ Nikhil Ginde Jonathan Chen ♫ Jeremias Sanchez Sanaya Mistry ♫ Alison Chen Ayla Goore Tara Khurana Hannah Wenhan Wu Kimberly Vito VIOLIN 2 Chloe Cheng principal Kaitlynn Garas assistant principal ♫ Cooper Panaro Ethan Quinones Rhea Fernando Maddox Allen Gabriel Merchán ♫ Daniel Lanao ♫ Lavanya Maharshi Alexandra Fan Penelope Austin Kaya Oguz ♫ Annika Ginde
VIOLA Josephine Marotta principal Katie Chung assistant principal Weihang Yu Liani Amelia San Pedro ♫ Taylor Peavy ♫ Parris Smith ♫ CELLO Caden Miskovitz principal Gracen Hill assistant principal ♫ Jarom Anderson Arnav Shah Paxton Nithikasem ♫ Reyhan Khanjji ♫ Zoe Mantilla Sadie Valencia Hajin Kim ♫ Max Lu
FLUTE Dave Liu ♫ Christine Cho ♫ OBOE Sumedha Solai Roy Kim Maggie Donough CLARINET Ryan Chen Kiran Matthews PERCUSSION Shay Patel ♫ Gabriela Quintero ♫ Peer Mentor
COACHES: Ming Yang* (first violin), Lucy Corwin* (second violin), Aurora Mendez (violin), Michael Stewart* (viola), Hyewon Kim* (cello), Juan Esteban Martinez* (woodwinds), Gregory LaRosa* (percussion) * New Jersey Symphony musician
New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra 2023–24 Season ACADEMY ORCHESTRA Diego García artistic director & conductor, The Anna P. Drago Chair VIOLIN 1 Allison Lee co-concertmaster ♫ Timothy Shi co-concertmaster ♫ Heidi Tsai Pauline Tsui ♫ Jun Furukawa ♫ Vincent Guo ♫ Annie Jiang Paige Wang ♫ Evan Nguyen Hafsa Balki Ameya Srinivasan ♫ Kevin Yang ♫ Felix Liu ♫ Adhithi Arun VIOLIN 2 Lukas Witek principal ♫ Sanda Rakotobe-Joel assistant principal Anais-Skye Clarke-Avignant ♫ Tara Shivakumar Audrey Hirsch Christabella Leung ♫ Claire Yoon ♫ Seoyeon Kim ♫ Katherine Liang ♫ Suri Zhou ♫ Jada Clark ♫ VIOLIN Esther Myung Sophie Lu ♫ Lauren Nguyen Celine Shon Esther Hwang
VIOLA Winston Wang principal ♫ Jose Landauro assistant principal ♫ Charlotte Ka ♫ Olivia Kim ♫ Jake Li CELLO Annamaria Witek principal Kenny Yang assistant principal ♫ Claire Kim ♫ Justeen Valere ♫ Ethan Kim Hanson Lee Tessa Chow ♫ Alex Lee Lukas Kwon Jason Hwang ♫ Kevin Wei Eden Kim Ryan Lu ♫ Mia Roewe ♫ BASS Isabella Francisco principal ♫ Niles Scott assistant principal ♫ Michael Forde ♫ Genevieve Marotta Odie Femi-oke FLUTE Niharika Wangikar ♫ Aime Jin ♫ Cheryl Yang ♫ Leah Lu
OBOE Avery Welcome Chloe Chung ♫ Kevin Moon ♫ Olivia Manchand ♫ CLARINET Timothy Lien Alexa Glassner Leon Guo ♫ Elliott Yi ♫ BASSOON Danielle Adcock HORN Alexandra Jacobstein Ethan McCarter ♫ Isabella Marotta TRUMPET Nathan Lee TROMBONE Aiden Lu ♫ PERCUSSION Matthew Klapowitz ♫ Aidan Reilly Victor Merchán + HARP Isabella Marotta ♫ Peer Mentor + Artist Intern
COACHES: Naomi Youngstein* (violin 1), Jesus Saenz** (violin 2), Martin Andersen* (viola), Philo Lee* (cello), Tom Forletti (bass), Kathleen Nester* (flute), Robert Ingliss* (oboe), Andy Lamy* (clarinet), Robert Wagner* (bassoon), Andrea Menousek* (horn), Garth Greenup* (trumpet), Derek Fenstermacher* (low brass), Wesley Krygsman (low brass), Gregory LaRosa* (timpani & percussion) * New Jersey Symphony musician
** New Jersey Symphony Colton Fellow
The New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra is supported by Marjorie Bunnell Charitable Fund, Richard H. Holzer Memorial Foundation, M&T Bank, Merck Foundation, NJ Manufacturers Insurance Company, Pio Costa Foundation, Turrell Fund and Victoria Foundation. Additional support for the Training Ensemble by Broadridge Foundation, Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation, Harold I. & Faye B. Liss Foundation and Verizon. Special thanks to the Newark Board of Education, Science Park High School, Principal Darleen L. Gearhart, Margaret El, Rutgers University–Newark, and the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University.