Lewis-Lionti Sonata Concert 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020, 7:00 pm
Hankin Academic Arts Building, Westchester Community College
The Westchester Youth Symphony
VINCENT J. LIONTI, Conductor
Program
The Westchester Youth Symphony Seniors
Meditation from Thais..............................................................................................Jules Massenet
Lily Desiderio, Cello
Nely Burla, Piano
Cantabile in D Major.............................................................................................Niccolo Paganini
Deborah Johnston, Violin
Lisa R. Spraragen, Guitar
Concerto in A Major K. 622, 1st Movement............................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rebecca Zhu, Clarinet
Nely Burla, Piano
Etude #1..........................................................................................................................Theo Charlier
Jordan Bench, Trumpet
Caprice #20..............................................................................................................Niccolo Paganini
Brandon Yazdi, Violin
Quartet #6 in F Minor, 3rd Movement, Adagio.......................................Felix Mendelssohn
Audrey Bond, Violin
Sabrina Mellinghoff, Cello
Bjorn Pagen, Viola
Brandon Yazdi, Violin
2020 GWYOA Distinguished Alumni Award - Honoree: Robert Plotkin
Bob Plotkin first encountered the Lionti’s when he was a twelve year old violinist at the Westchester Music and Arts Camp in the early 70’s, when Victor conducted and Vincent headed up the viola section. Bob also played violin in GWYOA’s Junior Strings (as Concertmaster in his senior year) during Dale Lewis' tenure as conductor. After Junior Strings, Bob played in Youth Symphony where he had the honor again to play under the baton of Victor Lionti.
Bob attended Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and received a BS in Electrical Engineering. During this time he played violin with the university orchestra. After graduation, he went on to earn an MS in Computer Science from NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering.
Bob was an engineer at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center for ten years, then moved into the financial sector as a director of technology and Chief Technology Officer for an Internet startup. Bob continued to play and perform music with various chamber groups as well as the 92Y School of Music Orchestra, Bloomingdale Chamber Orchestra, Riverside Orchestra, Group Opera of New York, and currently Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra.
Bob is married to Lisa Olsson, a cellist who teaches and performs in various chamber ensembles. Bob and Lisa have both played in the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra for the last fifteen years. Their daughter, Emily Plotkin is a 2017 graduate of the GWYOA program, having played in Elementary Strings, Junior Strings and Youth Symphony.
When not playing violin, Bob can be found on a golf course or behind the lens of his camera. He has had the pleasure of photographing many GWYOA concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Westchester Community College.
The Westchester Youth Symphony
Violin I
Audrey Bond *
Brandon Yazdi *
Sophy Yu **
Justine Espino **
Albert Ai ***
Aaron Kuo ***
Junko Abe
Anna Cho
Madison Donolli
Anika Dhuri
Deborah Johnston
Jessie Liu
Amy Liao
Elizabeth Murray
Allison Oh
Kenneth Poor
Maxwell Semegran
Sabrina Vuong
Violin II
Fanglin Yuan ^
Manolis Huerta-Stylianou ^
Sara Chuang ^^
Ritika Brahmadesam ^^
Cadence Weddle ^^^
Amelia Chung ^^^
Angela Berg
James Conway
Harry Griff
Ira Guruprasad
Chaehong Lim
Sydney Lonker
Lily Milkis
Leo Morifuji
Christopher Park-Chenet
Aditya Sridhar
Camille Stewart
Jake Tetenman
Tyra Williams
Reinesse Wong
Jaewon Yeo
Viola
Bjorn Pagen ^
Sasha Boguraev ^
Geoffrey Lien ^^
Rishabh Gharekhan ^^
William Krasnow
Cordelia Martin
Lawrence Martin
Erick Morales
Kate Radom
Oscar Raso
Harmony Schwartz
Jacob Sellitti
Justin Vitale
Cello
Sabrina Mellinghoff ^
Michael Tu ^
Lily Desiderio ^^^
Mary Cuff ^^^
Molly Gibson
Taylor Lee
Samantha Martinez
Wesley Miller
Rose Schupack-Dias
Anahita Subramanya
Ann Walsh
Mark Yukelis
Bass
Ethan Schwartz ^
Nicole Estelami ^
Taylor Bennett
Leah Menachery
Flute
Gillian Gold
Nicole Liao
Joy Park
Caitlin Rubsamen
Michael Stoica
Ellie Yang
Oboe
Tessa Daley
Kiriann Fitzpatrick
Elena Lowe
Joseph Sdao
Tanay Shah
Jingyan Zhang
Clarinet
Isabella Graci
Rei Nakamura
Daniel Patchen
Benedict Peng
Ethan Zalasin
Rebecca Zhu
Bassoon
Rina Hasuo
French Horn
Sofia Carrillo
Cali Cuneo
Isabelle Dawson
Justin Eimer
Victoria Fenton
Ethan Hersch
Lucas Lee
French Horn
Sofia Carrillo
Cali Cuneo
Isabelle Dawson
Justin Eimer
Victoria Fenton
Ethan Hersch
Lucas Lee
Trumpet
Jordan Bench
William Fenton
Walter Hoess
Zach Hommel
Maxwel Lee
Brian Mulvey
Trombone
Olivia Cartano
Cyrille Jousse
Henry Pence
Jake Smajlaj
Tuba
David Castro
Percussion
Kyle Dickson
Alex Louis
Sarah Silverman
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* Co Concertmaster
** Co Associate Concertmaster
*** Co Assistant Concertmaster
^ Co Principal
^^ Co Associate Principal
^^^ Co Assistant Principal