2025-2026 Lewis-Lionti Sonata Concert

February 9, 2026

Hankin Auditorium, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York

The Lewis- Lionti Sonata Concert was established by the GWYOA Board in 1997. The concert provides outstanding Youth Symphony seniors an opportunity to perform a major concerto with full orchestral accompaniment. In addition to recognizing the musical accomplishment of our students, the concert was established to honor the many years of dedicated GWYOA service rendered by Dale Lewis, former director of Junior String, and Victor Lionti, former conductor of Youth Symphony.

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Program

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K620

The Westchester Youth Symphony

MITCHELL PETERS (1935-2017) Sea Refraction

Miles Pamplin Deirish, marimba

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane “pour une infante defunte”

Ari Bellman, Alexander Bond, Avi Medar, Amir Thalappillil, violins

GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868) Overture to The Barber of Seville

Camilla Browand, Lauren Capurso, Evan Gilliam, Scarlett Hartzman, Trisha Iyer, cellos

CARL STAMITZ (1745-1801) Rondo from Duet No. 1 for Two Violas

Christian Sanchez, Alice Wu, violas

ALESSANDRO MARCELLO (1673-1747) Oboe Concerto in C minor, I. Allegro Moderato II. Adagio III. Allegro

TianTong Wang, oboe

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1678-1741) Concerto for Four Violins in D, I. Adagio II. Grave III. Allegro

Natalie Baccay, Katie Hung, Tiana Kaga, Ava Wu, violins

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 1 in D Major, III. Feierlich und gemessen

AARON COPLAND (1900-1990) Our Town Suite, I. Grover’s Corners

RALPH FORD (b. 1963) Go West!

The Westchester Youth Symphony, Kathleen C. Feldman, conductor

Kathleen C. Feldman, now in her fifth season as conductor of the GWYOA Youth Symphony, is the Director of Orchestras at Horace Greeley High School in the

Chappaqua School District. With nearly two decades of teaching experience district wide, she also teaches music theory, coaches chamber ensembles, and serves as district music coordinator. Feldman is on the WCSMA board of directors, currently serving her second term as President-elect. Additionally, she teaches at the Eastern US Music Camp at Colgate University.

Feldman performs as a violinist in local orchestras and has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She has guest conducted for

groups such as The Chappaqua Orchestra, Orchestra 914, and the Cortlandt Chamber Orchestra. Feldman has also conducted at All County Festivals in

Orange County and Queensbury, NY, and has studied conducting at Julliard through their extension division and is currently a student of Dr. Mark Shapiro.

Feldman holds a violin performance degree from SUNY Purchase, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Manhattanville College, and a Certificate of Advanced

Graduate Studies from Boston University. She is proud to showcase and celebrate Youth Symphony and its graduating senior class.

Westchester Youth Symphony

* Graduating Senior

Violin l

Tiana Kaga, Concertmaster*

Ava Wu, Ass’t. Concertmaster*

Katie Hung, Associate Concertmaster*

Natalie Baccay, Associate Concertmaster*

Ari Bellman

Olivia Bercun*

Alexander Bond*

Andy Cao*

Cindy Chen*

Ariana Chung*

Penelope Conway

Nicolas Duque

Mona Frank

Raina Gu

Albert Huang*

Kyle Hung

Jake Inoue

Jinwoo Jung

Shawn Lin

Avi Medar*

Michael Shost

Amir Thalappillil*

Serina Tomioka*

Cello
Zoe Yau, Principal

Betty Gao, Ass’t Principal*

Camilla Browand*

Emma Camillo

Lauren Capurso*

Iheoma Ejiogu

Evan Gilliam*

Lian Guo

Scarlett Hartzman*

Felix Hong

Paloma Hussain

Trisha Iyer*

Connor Kim*

Furyk Kratchman

Chase Kwon

Hazel Kwon

Harrison Lorenz

Theodore Stern

Erin Suk

Harp

Charlotte Dorr

Violin II
Alex Cebenoyan, Principal

Kailee Chandra, Ass’t. Principal

May Confalone, Ass’t Principal

Zachary Behr

Mira Bokil-Hepp

Frances Chidley

Victoria Cheng

Viviana Chung

Beatrice Hopper

Yilin Jiang

Charlotte Kaplan

Avery Liao

Luke Liu

Tyler Nakajima-Graham

Joseph Park

Aadhya Vijil

Aditi Vijil

Sophia Wang

Abigail Wiseman

Thomas Yan

Yuhan Zhao*

Bass
Nevin Stephens, Principal

Elishka Fine, Ass’t. Principal

Rani Benslimane

Penn Harris

Valentina Juarez

Zion Park

Flute
Catherine Zhang, Principal*

Isabelle Chacko*

Sofia Corriggio*

Maeve Chung

Piccolo
Sofia Corriggio*

Percussion
Miles Pamplin, Principal*

Josh Benalt

Vivian Ellsworth

Alexa Frusciante

Viola
Evan Kaplan, Principal

Alice Wu, Ass’t. Principal

Neve Aikman

Mia Barnett

Sameen Choudhary*

Abigail Choi

Leila Ibrahim

Serine Lee

Alexander Makarov

Nicholas Malley

Cailyn Robinson

Christian Sanchez*

Stephanie Vargas

Navin Vasudev

Lucy Zhou

Oboe
TianTong Wang, Principal*

Mira Puius

Aanya Shetty*

English Horn

TianTong Wang*

Clarinet
Johannes Magtajas, Principal*

Helen Gimbel

Soohyun Peacock

Bass Clarinet

Helen Gimbel

Bassoon

Anton Aaman

French Horn
Olive Copeland, Principal*

Andrew Moreland

Jacob Stein

Trumpet
Chen Lei, Co-Principal*

Donovan Chung

Trombone
Alexander Harra, Principal

Isabella Friedman

Tuba

Sean Spillane

The Victor and Vincent Lionti Scholarship

The Victor and Vincent Lionti Scholarship honors the legacies of conductors emeritus Vincent J. Lionti and C. Victor Lionti by awarding a scholarship to a graduating senior who are in good standing with the GWYOA and who plan on pursuing a major or minor degree in music performance, music education, or another music related degree. 2025 is the scholarship’s inaugural year.

2026 Victor and Vincent Lionti Scholarship Recipient: Christian Sanchez

Please consider a gift to the Victor and Vincent Lionti Scholarship Fund

2026 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient: Rachel Golub

Rachel Golub is First Violin Associate at the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. When not playing opera, Rachel Golub holds the viola/violin chair at Moulin Rouge! on Broadway and is a member of the violin section of the Classical Tahoe orchestra. Her alter ego, Go-Ray, is the singing half of the 2010s duo Go-Ray & Duke. Rachel also performs and records with Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Trey Anastasio (The Rescue Squad), Elliott Sharp, Sharon Jones, Adele, Antibalas, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Hamilton, The Walkmen, and many others. Rachel’s violin teachers included Lorand Fenyves, Erick Friedman, and Nina Beilina. Rachel also studied sitar with Ustad Shahid Parvez and holds her B.A. in Classics from Yale. A semi-retired marathon swimmer, Rachel was known for crossings of the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel and has also circumnavigated Manhattan twice. The Patagonian swims inspired the creation of the Liminophone, an algorithmic instrument that sonified New York Harbor weather data in real-time. She now resides atop Hellgate Hill in Manhattan, and is a budding swim-mom.

Board of Directors
Victoria Kravitz, Chairperson
Elena Inoue, Assistant Chairperson
Chris Kwon, Treasurer
Jennifer Kaplan, Secretary
Katrina Choi, Assistant Secretary

Margaret Bond, Chairperson Emeritus
Farhard Ameen, Treasurer Emeritus
Iris Wong, Box Office and Auditions Liaison
Michele Gamara, Google Docs Manager

Westchester Elementary Strings

Bernard Klinger Conductor

Stephen Jacobsohn Co-Liaison
Jennifer Kim, Co-Liaison
Franziska Winkler, Co-Liaison

Westchester Junior Strings
Jacqueline Stern Conductor
Min Lucy Luo, Co-Liaison

Victoria Kravitz, Co-Liaison

Ying Yang, Co-Liaison

Westchester Youth Symphony
Kathleen Coletta Feldman Conductor

Katrina Choi, Co-Liaison

Elena Inoue, Co-Liaison

Creative Team

Fred Cabrera, Concert Photography

Jeremy Goldsmith, Audio Recording and Videography, Webmaster

Olivia Kravitz, Program Design

Upcoming Events

Spring Gala Concert
May 3, 2026 David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center

Performances serving our

community

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Open Auditions for the 2025-2026 Season
GWYOA welcomes new musicians and current members moving up to participate in another exciting season of inspiring music! Auditions for new musicians interested injoining Junior Strings and Youth Symphony will be Saturday, May 9, 2026. Auditions for new musicians interested in joining Elementary Strings, and graduating musicians of Elementary Strings and Junior Strings wishing to move up to the next orchestra will be held on Monday, May 11, 2026.

For complete information and to register, visit www.gwyoa.org

Greater Westchester Youth Orchestra is a non-profit organization providing excellent grounding in cooperation, helping young people to develop self-esteem, and promoting harmony of our ethnically diverse community through classical music training. GWYOA consists of three orchestras made up of students in grades four through twelve from Westchester County and surrounding counties in the Tri-State Area.

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