Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony
2008-2009 Personnel


Thank you to everyone who auditioned for the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony this year. We scheduled nearly 300 auditions, and were pleased to hear many well-prepared, spirited, musically interesting performances.

Because of a highly talented applicant pool and stiff competition, we regret that we are not able to offer admission to all qualified applicants. No former members are guaranteed re-admission, and in many sections, All-State caliber players were not able to be offered a position.

It is our hope that the audition experience was enjoyable and educational, and whether the "news" is good or bad, that you will use this as a springboard to continue excellent music-making in your home schools and other programs around Atlanta.

Rehearsals begin on Monday, August 18th at 7:30 pm in Tharp Rehearsal Hall at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts on the Emory campus.

FLUTE

Alison Beskin (Westminster)                          
Michelle Lee (Wheeler)                          
Amy Caputo (Grayson)                 
Kelly Saroff (Brookwood)                          
Lauren Raby (Woodland)                          
Njeri Chasseau (Shiloh)                                   
Molly Wenske (Starr’s Mill)                          
Caitlin Delinsky (Norcross)

OBOE

Kendall Griffy (Brookwood)
Leah Craft (Winder-Barrow)
Joan Oh (Pope)
Zach Siegel (Lakeside)

BASSOON

Sarah Abraham (Westminster)
Patrick Morton (North Gwinnett)
Camille Hankins (Luella)
Cirilo Marinkovic (Riverwood)

CLARINET

Kevin Ma (Pope)
Ryan Jeong (Northview)
Brandon Maffei (North Oconee)
Matthew Walker (Sandy Creek)
Scott Park (Walton)
David Buterbaugh (Norcross)
Ben Hoffmann (Marist)
Vijay Balakrishnan (Norcross)
Kristin Hall (North Gwinnett)
Monica Yang (Brookwood)
Dalton Corbin (South Forsyth)
Shaquille Southwell (Whitefield Academy)
Marvin Fichtmueller (Atlanta International)

BASS CLARINET

Thomas Perkins (Tri-Cities)
Tyler Drummond (Peachtree Ridge)
Kevin Hwang (Alpharetta)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Laura Eckhardt (Starr’s Mill)
Lydia Hanie (Starr’s Mill)
Kaitlyn Welch (Sandy Creek)
Alexandra Pappas (Wesleyan)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Eric James (South Forsyth)
Sarah Ferree (Starr’s Mill)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Drew Naber (McIntosh)

 

 

TRUMPET

Clint McLendon (Grayson)
Derrick Montgomery (Dunwoody)
Samuel Lee (Tri-Cities)
Luke Anderson (Pace)
Hadrian Mendoza (Woodward)
Hunter Thompson (Colliins Hill)
Matthew McConnell (Lakeside)
Ben Otieno (Mount Pisgah)
Luke Zamprelli (Collins Hill)
Greg Matteson (South Gwinnett)

HORN

Andrew Gunn (Grayson)
Peter Boudreau (East Coweta)
Kris Aper (East Coweta)
Alex Seoh (Chamblee)
Jessica Sargent (Parkview)
Tanner Forbes (Brookwood)
Trevor Burch (Marist)
Christopher Leitten (Home School)

TROMBONE

James Richards (Milton)
Jared Slaff (Norcross)
John Kim (Peachtree Ridge)
Joseph Lind (Lassiter)
Sarah Manley (McIntosh)
David Hedaya (Woodward)
Christopher Brosius (Woodward)

EUPHONIUM

Robbie Gilson (Norcross)
Trae Morris (Kennesaw Mountain)
Robert McSweeney (Centennial)
Michael Simon (Chamblee)

TUBA

Stephen Boccaro (Pope)
Jesse McConnell (Walton Academy)
Sodie Fineburg (Campbell)
Nick Huelster (Lassiter)
Kadeem Chambers (Southwest DeKalb)

PERCUSSION

Jesse Strauss (Dacula)
Matthew Leitten (Home School)
Madeline Conti (Starr’s Mill)
Kelsey Moorhouse (Flowery Branch)
Brian O’Connor (South Forsyth)
Brian Flamm (Walton)
Emily Grove (Westminster)
Kacy Sykora (Home School)

BASS

Samantha Griffith (Pope)

PIANO

Kunal Lahiry (Gainesville)

EMORY YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Winds and Percussion

PICCOLO
Alison Beskin (Westminster)                                   

FLUTE
Molly Wenske (Starr’s Mill)                          
Kelly Saroff (Brookwood)                                   

OBOE
Kendall Griffy (Brookwood)        
Joan Oh (Pope)                          

ENGLISH HORN
Zach Siegel (Lakeside)                 

CLARINET
Kevin Ma (Pope)                           
Ryan Jeong (Northview)                          

BASS CLARINET                 
Thomas Perkins* (Tri-Cities)                          

BASSOON
Camille Hankins (Luella/GSU)                          
Cirilo Marinkovic (Riverwood)                         
Kristen Cross (Walton)                          

TRUMPET
Clint McClendon (Grayson)                          
Derrick Montgomery (Dunwoody)                          
Hadrian Mendoza (Woodward)                           
Hunter Thompson* (Collins Hill)                                  

HORN
Andrew Gunn (Grayson)                          
Peter Boudreau (East Coweta)                          
Kris Aper (East Coweta)                          
Alex Seoh (Chamblee)                                                              

TROMBONE
Jared Slaff (Norcross)                          
John Kim (Peachtree Ridge)                 
David Hedaya (Woodward)                          

TUBA
Stephen Boccaro (Pope)                                  

TIMPANI & PERCUSSION

Matthew Leitten (Home School)                 
Emily Grove (Westminster)                          
Brian Flamm (Walton)                          
Jesse Strauss (Dacula)                          
Savanna McCraw (Harrison)                          

* only required for Ravel’s Bolero

Students will have the opportunity to rotate positions within sections between pieces and concerts.

FIRST EYSO FULL REHEARSAL

The first full orchestra rehearsal requiring winds and percussion is Wednesday, October 8th at the usual time of 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts on the Emory campus.

TUITION FEES

Students are reminded that EYSO musicians also selected for AYWS pay a one-time tuition fee of $250 covering both ensembles. In those instances, tuition will be collected by AYWS and made payable to AYWS. Students participating in EYSO and not AYWS pay their tuition fee to EYSO at the October 8th rehearsal.

CAR POOLING

It is almost a certainty that there are other students from your school or immediate area participating in EYSO, possibly in the string section as well as the wind and percussion sections. A database of the roster will be made available to all students in to help facilitate car-pooling.

ALTERNATES

Alternate players will be notified by email.

www.music.emory.edu/eyso

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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