Spring Gala Concert 2020
Originally scheduled for Sunday, April 28, 2020, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
Elementary Strings Conductor and Coach: Mr. Bernard Klinger
Quartet musicians featured are in 6th grade:
Violin I - Natalie Baccay (upper left) / Violin II - Ava Wu (upper right)
Viola - Cindy Wang (lower left) / Cello - Teun van Diedenhoven (lower right)
Elementary Strings Virtual Quartet Performance
The GWYOA Elementary Strings presents a virtual quartet performance of:
Concerto Grosso in D (Georg Philipp Telemann; arranged by Robert D. McCashin)
Originally slated as part of the Spring Gala Concert program at Lincoln Center on April 28, 2020, but was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Musicians used cell phones to capture their video. Each part was recorded remotely and then edited together.
Post-production editing by Ollie Baccay, an 8th grade musician from the GWYOA Junior Strings orchestra. Video editing program - Adobe Creative Cloud.
A Virtual Symphony Tribute: Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus. In Memory of our Conductor, Vincent J. Lionti
This tribute reflects the dedication of all members of the Youth Symphony. As a group, they refused to let COVID-19 prevent them from “getting together” to play one last time in memory of their Conductor, Vincent Lionti. Working at home, each musician recorded their part of Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus (arranged for full orchestra by Marc Garetto, Harmonie Editions), with the final compilation created through the hard work of Interim Conductor Kathleen Feldman, GWYOA Board Member Grace Baccay, and JLK Productions.
History of the Covid-19 pandemic...
TO COME
Planned Program
Westchester Elementary Strings
Bernard Klinger, conductor
Concerto Grosso in D Major, GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN, arr. Robert McCashin
Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement, FRANZ SCHUBERT, arr. Brian Holmes
Serenade For Strings, Op., 22, 2nd Movement, ANTONIN DVORAK, arr. J. Woolstenhulm
Fiddle-me-oo-re-i-re-a, Irish Folk Song, arr. Virginia Croft
Allegro Spiritoso, from Symphony No. 32, W. A. MOZART, Arr. Francis Caravella
Westchester Junior Strings
Jacqueline Stern, conductor
Playful Pizzicato, from "Simple Symphony", BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Holberg Suite, op. 40, EDVARD GRIEG
Praeludium / Sarabande / Gavotte - Musette / Air / Rigaudon
soloists: Alex Pak, Lydia Lung, Jad Benslimane, Hazel Tjaden, Marissa Abramson
Czardas, VITTORIO MONTI, arr. Elliot Del Borgo
Styre's Rally, ALEXANDER SAFFORD
soloists: Lydia Jung, Lydia Lung, Hazel Tjaden
Westchester Youth Symphony
Vincent Lionti, conductor, Victor Lionti, conductor emeritus
Overture to "Music for the Royal Fireworks " (1749) , GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
Ballet from Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1 (1917), OTTORINO RESPHIGI (1879-1936)
Triumphal March of the Boyars (1893), JOHANN HALVORSEN (1864-1935)
Overture to "The Pirates of Penzance" (1879), Sir ARTHUR SULLIVAN (1842-1900)
American Folk Rhapsody No. 1 (1948), CLARE GRUNDMAN (1913-1996)
Hungarian March from "The Damnation of Faust" (1846), HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Dance of the Hours from "La Gioconda" (1876), AMILCARE PONCHIELLI (1834-1886)
"Light Calvary" Overture (1866), FRANZ von SUPPÉ (1819-1895)
Senior photo collage
TO COME
Musician's
Westchester Elementary Strings
Bernard Klinger, conductor
Violin 1
Alexander Bond, Co-Concertmaster
Natalie Baccay, Co-concertmaster
Melissa Wang, Asst. Concertmaster
Leon Bajic
Ari Bellman
Olivia Bercun
Ariana Chung
James Ding
Giselle Goh
Katie Hung
Minsung Hyun
Tiana Kaga
Katherine Kendall
Elliott Levine
Gabriela Nunes
Yihan Qin
Amir Thalappillil
Violin 2
Ava Wu, Principal
Owen Chen, Asst. Principal
Viviana Chung
Penelope Conway
Levi LaBelle
Selina Li
Shawn Lin
Erica Lunenfeld
Sara Luo
Avi Medar
Jiayang Su
Isabel Wang
Violin 3
Neve Aikman
Kyle Hung
Jake Inoue
Luke Liu
Viraya Roehrl
Viola
Alice Wu
Cindy Wang
Cello
Teun van Diedenhoven, Principal
Matthew Pascutti, Asst. Principal
Aimi Castillo
Rachel Cohen
Scarlett Hartzman
Trisha Iyer
Charlotte Martin
Theodore Stern
Bass
Rani Benslimane
Wyatt Ellrodt
Jason Ling
Zion Park
Westchester Junior Strings
Jacqueline Stern, conductor
Violin I
Lydia Jung - co-concertmaster
Alex Pak - co-concertmaster
Aniketh Arvind
Ollie Baccay
Jonathan Bai
David Bond
Luke Chang
Olivia Chen
Miyako Cornelius
Eve Doran
Sophia Huang
Christina Kim
Jo-Lynn Kok
Brian Lee
Remi Mellinghoff
Alex Powell
Lucas Rhode
Julia Sun
Dillon Tsang
Palmer Wentworth
Candice Yu
Donna Zhang
Violin II
Reese Wang, section principal
Ava Cedeño
Hana Corn
Sara Driver
Maria Eberhardt
Arya Goyal
Aleah Inoue
Frederick Li
Ellen Lin
April Middleton
Kiki Om
Justine Pascutti
Gabriella Rubinfine
Alejandro Sanchez
Hanna Tokiyoshi
Alyssum Wong
Daniel Woo
Ran Xiao
Thomas Xin
Veronica Yu
Rebecca Zhang
Viola
Lydia Lung, section principal
Esther Chan
Verity Chao
Daniel Cho
Veerika Dube
Abigail Freebern
Kaavya Girdhar
Sophia Intravaia
Tevin Kim
Lily Lebwohl
Zoe Lien
Ian McIlhenny
Patrick Moran
Jordan Pak
Lionel Yu
Cello
Jad Benslimane, co-principal
Hazel Tjaden, co-principal
Saskia Aikman
Nikita Basok
Jordan Brown
Issac Chong
Spencer Goh
Luke Inoue
Miles Jung
Reine Kim
Klara Kunz
Phoebe LaBelle
Joshua Lee
Joshua Levy
Hannah Loges
Joseph Miele
Joubin Scheuer
Aadi Sethi
Annabelle Sturm
Ben Tran
Noah Tsao
Leon Wang
Colin Yung
Jordan Zhao
Bass
Marissa Abramson, section principal
William Anderson
Richik Acharya
Jayden Holmes
Eli Kamanja
Liam Lobl
Jake Siegel
Ava Snyder
Westchester Youth Symphony
Vincent Lionti, conductor
Victor Lionti, conductor emeritus
Violin 1
Audrey Bond, Co-Concert Master
Brandon Yazdi, Co-Concert Master
Sophy Yu, Co-Associate Concert Master
Justine Espino, Co-Associate Concert Master
Albert Ai, Co-Assistant Concert Master
Aaron Kuo, Co-Assistant Concert Master
Junko Abe
Anna Cho
Anika Dhuri
Madison Donolli
Cheyenne Ettinger
Deborah Johnston
Amy Liao
Jessie Liu
Elizabeth Murray
Allison Oh
Kenneth Poor
Maxwell Semegran
Sabrina Vuong
Violin 2
Fanglin Yuan, Co-Principal
Manolis Huerta-Stylianou, Co-Principal
Sara Chuang, Co-Associate Principal
Ritika Brahmadesam, Co-Associate Principal
Cadence Weddle, Co-Assistant Principal
Amelia Chung, Co-Assistant Principal
Angela Berg
James Conway
Harry Griff
Ira Guruprasad
Chaehong Lim
Sydney Lonker
Lily Milkis
Leo Morifuji
Aditya Sridhar
Camille Stewart
Jake Tetenman
Tyra Williams
Reinesse Wong
Jaewon Yeo
Viola
Bjorn Pagen, Co-Principal
Sasha Boguraev, Co-Principal
Geoffrey Lien, Co-Assistant Principal
Rishabh Gharekhan, Co-Assistant Principal
William Krasnow
Lawrence Martin
Cordelia Martin
Erick Morales
Kate Radom
Oscar Raso
Ava Ruggiero
Harmony Schwartz
Jacob Sellitti
Justin Vitale
Cello
Sabrina Mellinghoff, Co-Principal
Michael Tu, Co-Principal
Lily Desiderio, Co-Assistant Principal
Mary Cuff, Co-Assistant Principal
Molly Gibson
Taylor Lee
Samantha Martinez
Wesley Miller
Rose Schupack-Dias
Anahita Subramanya
Ann Walsh
Mark Yukelis
Bass
Ethan Schwartz, Co-Principal
Nicole Estelami, Co-Principal
Taylor Bennett
Leah Menachery
Flute 1
Nicole Liao, Co-Principal
Caitlin Rubsamen, Co-Principal
Gillian Gold, Co-Principal
Joy Park
Flute 2
Melody Shen
Michael Stoica
Ellie Yang
Oboe 1
Kiriann Fitzpatrick, Co-Principal
Elena Lowe, Co-Principal
Oboe 2
Tessa Daley
Joseph Sdao
Tanay Shah
Jingyan Zhang
Clarinet 1
Ethan Zalasin, Co-Principal
Rebecca Zhu, Co-Principal
Isabella Graci
Rei Nakamura
Clarinet 2
Soo Jung Lee
Daniel Patchen
Isabelle Paul
Benedict Peng
French Horn
Cali Cuneo, Co-Principal
Justin Eimer, Co-Principal
Sofia Carrillo
Victoria Fenton
Ethan Hersch
Lucas Lee
Trumpet
Zach Hommel, Co-Principal
Jordan Bench, Co-Principal
Walter Hoess, Assistant Principal
Maxwell Lee, Assistant Principal
William Fenton
Brian Mulvey
Trombone
Henry Pence, Principal
Jake Smajlaj, Assistant Principal
Olivia Cartano, Assistant Principal
Cyrille Jousse
Tuba
David Castro, Principal
Percussion
Spencer Augustine, Co-Principal
Kyle Dickson, Co-Principal
Alex Louis, Co-Principal
Timpani
Sarah Silverman, Principal