A recap of 32 graduating seniors, some highlight performances, and where they’re heading next.
Introductions Class of 2024
Playlist
Nadia Boulanger: Three pieces for cello and piano:
No. 3 in C-sharp minor
Amelia Zitoun, cello; Liang-yu Wang, piano
First broadcast October 14, 2023
Amelia Zitoun | Colburn School, Cello Performance
David Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody (excerpt)
Xavier Miyazaki, cello; Liang-yu Wang, piano
First broadcast August 17, 2024
Xavier Miyazaki | Northwestern University, Manufacturing & Design Engineering and Cello Performance
Leonard Bernstein: I Hate Music! (excerpt)
Marguerite DiMarco, soprano; Jeff Panko, piano
First broadcast August 10, 2024
Marguerite DiMarco | Northwestern University, Vocal Performance and Neuroscience
Carl Maria von Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F, Op. 75:
I. Allegro ma non troppo (excerpt)
Ethan Weingust, bassoon; Mio Nakamura, piano
First broadcast June 22, 2024
Ethan Weingust | Northwestern University, Bassoon Performance and Chemical Engineering
Edward Elgar: Romance, Op. 62
Fabrizio Milicent, bassoon; Mio Nakamura, piano
First broadcast May 18, 2024
Fabrizio Milicent | Eastman School of Music, Bassoon Performance
Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor:
I. Moderato (excerpt)
Javier Irizarry, violin; Katherine Petersen, piano
First broadcast July 13, 2024
Javier Irizarry | Northwestern University, Violin Performance
Richard Hochrainer: Etude No. 50 (excerpt)
Wanye Williams, timpani
First broadcast July 13, 2024
Wanye Williams | Johns Hopkins University, Jazz Studies
Allen Vizzutti: Trumpet Sonata No. 2:
I. Moderato (excerpt)
Natalia Noriega, trumpet; Liang-yu Wang, piano
First broadcast July 13, 2024
Natalia Noriega | Eastman School of Music, Trumpet Performance
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 12, No. 3:
I. Allegro con spirito (excerpt)
Bianca Ciubancan, violin; Qi Kong, piano
First broadcast September 24, 2022
Bianca Ciubancan | Harvard University, Applied Mathematics, Economics and Music
Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D 821:
I. Allegro moderato (excerpt)
Maxine Gimbel, double bass; Liang-yu Wang, piano
First broadcast June 22, 2024
Maxine Gimbel | The Juilliard School, Double Bass Performance
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1:
I. Allegro
Hayden Joyce, horn; Katherine Petersen, piano
First broadcast May 18, 2024
Hayden Joyce | Colburn School, Horn Performance
Frédéric Chopin: Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6, “Thirds”
Ethan Zheng, piano
First broadcast March 11, 2023
Ethan Zheng | The Juilliard School, Piano Performance
Frédéric Chopin arr. Nathan Milstein: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.
Clark Snavely, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano
First broadcast August 3, 2024
Clark Snavely | New England Conservatory, Violin Performance
Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 39, “Sonata-Fantasy”:
IV. Finale, Allegro molto
Noah Kim, piano
First broadcast December 9, 2023
Noah Kim | Harvard University and The New England Conservatory, Statistics and Piano Performance
Georg Philipp Telemann: Recorder and Flute Concerto in E minor:
II. Allegro (excerpt)
Isabel Edgcomb, flute; Anna Edgcomb, oboe; Lyudmila Lakisova, piano
First broadcast November 25, 2023
Isabel Edgcomb | Duke University, Biomedical Engineering
Anna Edgcomb | Georgia Tech University, Aerospace Engineering
Mischa Zupko: Mong-geum-po-taryung (몽금포타령) (excerpt)
Julia Kim, violin; Elizabeth Vaughan, piano
First broadcast December 2, 2023
Julia Kim | Harvard University, Neuroscience
Jaime García-Añoveros: Episodes for string quartet (excerpt)
ATLYS
First broadcast September 11, 2021
Jaime García-Añoveros | Columbia University, Music Composition and Philosophy
Tyler Shaver: 5 Things I Have to Say (excerpt)
Nu Deco Ensemble
First broadcast June 29, 2024
Tyler Shaver | Northwestern University, Music Composition and Philosophy
Johann Sebastian Bach arr. August Wilhelmj: Air on the G String
Esme Arias-Kim, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano
First broadcast June 1, 2024
Esme Arias-Kim | Colburn School, Violin Performance
Eric Sammut: Rotation IV (excerpt)
Isabel Armenta, marimba
First broadcast July 13, 2024
Isabela Armenta | San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Percussion Performance
Alma Mahler: Die stille Stadt (excerpt)
Caitlin Burns, soprano; Jimmy Morehead, piano
First broadcast August 10, 2024
Caitlin Burns | San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Vocal Performance
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 549:
I. Prelude
Zachary Guo, organ
First broadcast June 29, 2024
Zachary Guo | Stanford University, Composition and Psychology
Alan Hovhaness: Chahagir
Sofia Radovic, viola
First broadcast June 24, 2023
Sofia Radovic | Wheaton College, Violin Performance
Gary Schocker: The Further Adventures of Two Flutes:
III. Finale, “Whoosh!”
Anna Huelke & Destina Sarussi, flutes; Kay Kim, piano
First broadcast March 16, 2024
Anna Huelke | Wheaton College, Flute Performance
Destina Sarussi | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Flute Performance
George Enescu: Cantabile and Presto (excerpt)
Sofia Villanueva, flute; Katherine Petersen, piano
First broadcast July 13, 2024
Sofia Villanueva | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Flute Performance
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119, No. 2 (excerpt)
Kené Obiaya, piano
First broadcast March 23, 2024
Kené Obiaya | Oberlin College and Conservatory, Piano Performance
Domenico Scarlatti arr. Dewey Owens: Clavier Sonata in D minor, Kk 9, “Pastorale” (excerpt)
Ayden Hunt, harp
First broadcast June 22, 2024
Ayden Hunt | Cleveland Institute of Music, Harp Performance
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C, Op. 2, No. 3:
I. Allegro con brio (excerpt)
Samuel Kim, piano
First broadcast September 9, 2023
Samuel Kim | Northwestern University, Percussion Performance and Music Education
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (excerpt)
Ophir Dahari, violin; Katherine Petersen, piano
First broadcast June 22, 2024
Ophir Dahari | Indiana University Bloomington, Violin Performance
Alfred Piatti: Tarantella, Op. 23
Serge Kalinovsky, cello; Lyudmila Lakisova, piano
First broadcast June 8, 2024
Serge Kalinovsky | Colburn School, Cello Performance
