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Campus Philharmonia 

Saturday, December 3, 2022 - 3:00pm
FREE
Campus Philharmonia Fall Concert

The Campus Philharmonia performs music by Mozart, Dvořák, Humperdinck, and Mendelssohn. Daren Weissfisch and Ryan Farris conduct.

PROGRAM

Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, K.486 (The Impresario) Overture

Dvořák: Czech Suite, op.39

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel Prelude

Mendelssohn: Symphony No.5, op.107, D major (Reformation)


Campus Philharmonia A
Daren Weissfisch, conductor

FLUTE

Keaton Aldrich, Master's of Education: Curriculum and Instruction, Chelsea, MI

Keila Uchirmura, Biochemistry, Issaquah, WA

PICCOLO

Bethany Quevedo, ACMS: DSS, Issaquah, WA

OBOE

Tressa Paulson, Undecided, Gig Harbor, WA

Marrakesh Beaner, Anthropology,  Fort Collins, CO

CLARINET

Benjamin Yang, Computer Science, Vancouver, WA

Henry Basanich, Environmental Sciences, Olympia, WA

BASSOON

Sam Shin, Computer Science, Vancouver, WA

Griffin Smith, Music, Philosophy, Fayetteville, AR

CONTRABASSOON

Lukasz Kowalski, Mathematics, Richland, WA

HORN

Sydney Jackson, Aerospace Engineering,  Chicago, IL

Matthew Maffeo, Neuroscience & Electrical Engineering, Redmond, WA

Ethan Fang, Information Systems, Woodinville, WA

Dhruv Ashok, Informatics and Mathematics, Kirkland, WA

I-Tung Chen, Electrical and Computer Engineering,  Hsinchu, Taiwan

TRUMPET
Nathan Gouwens, Community Member, Seattle, WA

McKenna Sweet, Biology and Journalism, Woodstock, IL

TROMBONE

Peter Lin, ACMS, Taipei, Taiwan

Alexandra Szilassy

BASS TROMBONE

Toby Jay, Industrial and Systems Engineering,  Seattle, WA

TUBA

Joel Horton, Music Performance, Lorena, TX

TIMPANI
Delanie Montoya, Community Member, Aztec, NM

PERCUSSION

NC Krantz-Fire

Nate Widmann, Undeclared, Puyallup, WA

VIOLIN I

Scott Li, Electrical Engineering, Spokane, WA

Katie Chiu, MCD Biology, Camas, WA

Andrew Chen, Computer Science, Bellevue, WA

Ryan Ferron-Jones, Civil Engineering, Portland, OR

Eric Yeh, Computer Science, Bellevue, WA

Scotia Quellette, MCD Biology, Sammamish, WA

Heidi Resing, Mechanical Engineering, Lake Forest Park, WA

Felicia Poynter, Chemical Engineering, Puyallup, WA

Anthony McKiernan, Industrial and Systems Engineering,  Walla Walla WA

Kate Tseng, Engineering, Undecided, Los Altos, CA

Taylor Hu, Microbiology, San Jose, CA

NaEun Kim, Mathematics, Lynnwood, WA

Gary Guo, Computer Engineering, Seattle, WA

Baker Wong, Physics, Seattle, WA

Vivek Shah, Computer Science, Bellevue, WA

Amrutha Srikanth, Computer Science, Redmond, WA

Hugo Yu, Earth and Space Sciences – Geoscience, Leawood, KS

Wenjun Jiang, Undecided, Xi’an, China

VIOLIN II

John Paul Custodio, Biochemistry and Microbiology, Richland, WA

Claire Li, Computer Science, Bothell, WA

Chloe Elwell, Biology, Auburn, WA

Emma Wong, Anthropology, San Mateo, CA

Emma Lee Freeman, Political Science, Gaithersburg, MD

Ellie Anderson, Economics and Global Studies, Park City, UT

Snigdha Mahankali, Computer Science, Woodinville, WA

Cora Taylor, Mathematics, Bothell, WA

Andrew Gladnick, Engineering, Undecided, Seattle, WA

Gabrielle Morris

Shivani Kottantharayil, Engineering, Undeclared, Sunnyvale, CA

Sabrina Hwang, Electrical Engineering & Biochemistry, Olympia, WA

Eric Ye, Pre-Sciences, Sammamish, WA

Kendra Del Rosario Arias, Pre-Sciences, Bellevue, WA

Winifred Tan, MCD Biology, Edmonds, WA

Abigayle Cariño, Environmental Studies, Vancouver, WA

Phoenix Davis, Biochemistry, Logan, UT

VIOLA

Laura Vonessen, Missoula, MT

Allison Fron, Master's of Science- SEFS, New Lenox, IL

Joseph Young, Biochemistry, Vancouver, WA

Shea Lee, Biochemistry, Santa Rosa, CA

Lucia Lin, Environmental Science, Monte Serano, CA

Andrew Fan, Neuroscience, West Windsor, NJ

Alyssa Mast, Master's of Public Administration, New Paltz, NY

Pranathi Ramesh, Physics and Astronomy, Redmond, WA

Colin Watson, Undecided, Tacoma, WA

Hibbah Khan, Computer Science, Brier, WA

CELLO
Abigail McClure, Computer Science, Redmond, WA

Ethan Hynes, Environmental Studies, Frisco, TX

Shannon Hamilton

Victoria Chen, Biochemistry and Psychology, Bothell, WA

Sophie Heeter

Nick Passabet, Master's of Library and Infromation Science, New Orleans, LA

Aileen Laubach, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Ames, IA

Laura Schladetzky, Global and Regional Studies, Bellevue, WA

Andrea Kelsh, Public Health, Bellingham, WA

Aubrianna Hohmann, Pre-law, Salt Lake City, UT

Aile Ma, amath+stats(ds), Beijing, China

Jordan Livesay, Environmental Toxicology, Houston, TX

BASS

Ethan Park, Biology, Mercer Island, WA


Campus Philharmonia B
Ryan Farris, conductor

FLUTE

Johnathan Mikosz, Chemical Engineering, Woodinville, WA

Garcia Sun, Mathematics,  Beijing, China

 

OBOE

Maya Rowland, Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care, Jackson, MI

Katherine Dawson, English, Vancouver, WA

 

ENGLISH HORN

Kamil Tamawczyk, Music, Shoreline, WA

 

CLARINET

Rohan Vokkame, Biochemistry, Sammamish, WA

Brady Blaylock, Music PerformanceLindale, TX

 

BASSOON

Rian Morgan, Speech & Hearing, Des Moines, WA

Lukasz Kowalski, Mathematics, Richland, WA

 

HORN

Kiyoshi Colon, Chemistry, Everett, WA

Alex Lester, Undecided, Davenport, IA

 

TRUMPET

Garrett Lee, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mercer Island, WA

Theo Llewelyn, CHID, Napa, CA

 

TIMPANI

Grace Raichle Rosing, Mechanical Engineering, Gig Harbor, WA

 

VIOLIN I

Renee Yeung, Engineering, Bellevue, WA

Terra Bronson

Chelsea Xian, Business Administration, Bellevue, WA

Steven Li,  Marine Biology,  Lynnwood, WA

Simar Khanuja

Tanya Naveen, Computer Science, Bothell, WA

Naomi Kern, Chemical Engineering, Kirkland, WA

Paige Monsod, MCD Biology, Cupertino, CA

Nicole (Nikki) Privat, Biology, Bellevue, WA

Jacob Berg, Computer Science, Seattle, WA

Jonah Kern, Bioengineering, Kirkland, WA

Angela Wei, Bioengineering, Mathematics, Bellingham, WA

Tyler Driskill, LSJ, Nashville, TN

Elias Graham, Psychology, Bellingham, WA

Abigail (Abby) Reed, Neuroscience, Bothell, WA

Kohei Tamura

Klae Howard, Pre-Science, Kirland, WA

Norine Bao, Undecided, Seattle, WA

 

VIOLIN II

Jessica Massey, Computer Science, Bellevue, WA

Thea Higgins, Industrial Engineering, Menlo Park, CA

Mia Grayson, Biochemistry, Boulder, CO

Allyssa Vandi, Biology (MCD),  Graham, WA

Thomas Welch, Engineering, Sammamish, WA

Anna Pettis,  Computer Science, Seattle, WA

Juliana-Symone Tabura

Narumi Umemoto, Biology, Mill Creek, WA

Maya Dirar, Physiology, Biology, Olympia, WA

Maya Huck, Linguistics, Vancouver, WA

Sahiti Peddibhotla, Biology (MCD), San Ramon, CA

Yang Xu, Industrial Engineering, Shanghai, China

Joy Jung, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Auburn, WA

Carli Boger, Biology, Enumclaw, WA

Namrata Harish, Bioengineering, Cupertino, CA

Chenyue Cao, Public Administration, Shanghai, China

Eeshani Shilamkar

Sierra Paine, Biology, Longview, WA

 

VIOLA
Lucy Lajtha, Psychology,  Corvallis, OR

Emma Jahn, Philosophy ,Mesa, AZ

Oliver Mauer, Biochemistry, Redmond, WA

Denby Frank, Undecided, Bethesda, MD

Alison Van Shaar

Dennise Aguilar Cano,  Pre-Sciences, Wenatchee, WA

Anna Feit, Global and Regional Studies, Seattle, WA

Jolene Nguyen, Chemistry, Renton, WA

Samantha Trinh, Business Administration, Sammamish, WA

Adam Nixon, Chemical Engineering, Longview, WA

Erik Petersen, Speech & Hearing Sciences, Berkeley, CA

Itzel Perez, Business Administration, Yakima, WA

 

CELLO

Edward Qin, Computer Science, Bellevue, WA

Andrew Vu, Biology, Vancouver, WA

Xiaoyue (Carrie) Lu, Pre-Sciences, Shanghai, China

Frank Wu, Computer Science, Vancouver, WA

Anderson Yuan, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Mathematics, Sammamish, WA

Daniel Ong, Chemistry, Biology, San Jose, CA

Ethan Fisher, Computer Science and Mathematics, Kirkland, WA

Freya Salsbury, Mathematics, Richland, WA

Remi Vernon,  Cinema and Media Studies / Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management, Belmont, CA

Jenna Miller, Political Science, Lynnwood, WA

Yixon (Lavender) Wang, Food Systems, French, Wuhan, China

 

BASS

Gracious Wyatt Draher,  Environmental Science, Seattle, WA

Conductor BIos

Graduate Student Daren Weissfisch

Daren Weissfisch has conducted professional and student ensembles in the United States, Mexico, and Europe for over a decade. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Washington under the tutelage of Dr. David Alexander Rahbee where he is the conductor of the Campus Philharmonia Orchestras, the assistant conductor of the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra, and conductor of the University of Washington Modern Music Ensemble and Opera Theater Works Orchestra. Daren was recently named House Conductor of the Tacoma Opera and he previously conducted the University of Washington’s opera production of Vinkensport by David T. Little and Joseph Haydn’s opera Philemon und BaucisDaren has also served as cover conductor for the Harmonia Orchestra Seattle and the Issaquah Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2013 to 2019 Daren was the Artistic Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Esperanza Azteca Sinaloa, which is an El Sistema based youth orchestra and choir in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. While in Mexico he was the assistant director for the 2016 production of Charles Gounod’s opera Romeo and Juliet with the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes under Sinaloense conductor Enrique Patrón de Rueda and the same year he collaborated with French guitarist Jean Bruno Dautaner to record the guitar concerto Tres en Raya by Spanish composer Antonio Ruíz Pipó under the AdLib MusicMX record label. In 2017 Daren conducted the Sinaloa premier of Horizontes, a work by Mexican composer Samuel Zyman, again with the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes, and for the 2017 Sinaloa Cultural Festival Daren founded the ensemble Sinaloa Players which presented Stravinsky’s masterpiece Histoire du Soldat in collaboration with renowned Mexican choreographer Mauricio Nava. Daren was a conducting student of Michael Jinbo at the Pierre Monteux Festival and School for several summers and he also studied with many notable conductors including Ludovic Morlot, Donald Schleicher, Kensho Watanabe, Lior Shambadal, Edward Cumming, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, Gábor Hollerung, Linus Lerner, Carlos Spierer, Sandro Gorli, Glen Adsit and Timothy Salzman among others.

Daren is also an oboist and was the second/assistant principal oboist of the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes in Sinaloa, Mexico from 2010-2019 as well as soloist playing oboe concertos by Mozart, Strauss and Bach. He is also a substitute player in the Seattle area with the Bainbridge Island Symphony Orchestra, Harmonia Orchestra Seattle and the Lake Union Civic Orchestra among others.

Graduate student Ryan Farris

Ryan D. Farris is an up-and-coming conductor and performer in the Pacific Northwest community. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Washington where he is the conductor of the Campus Philharmonia Orchestras and assistant conductor of the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra. Ryan has served as cover conductor for professional orchestras across the country, including the Auburn Symphony in Washington and the Boulder Philharmonic in Colorado. He has also served as an assistant conductor for the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras and as a sectional conductor for Harmonia Seattle. Ryan was a proud student of the late maestro Michael Jinbo at the Pierre Monteux School and Music Festival in Maine for five summers. He has also studied with many notable conductors including Ludovic Morlot, David Rahbee, Gary Lewis, Nicholas Carthy, Donald Schleicher, Kensho Watanabe, Kirk Trevor, and Tiffany Lu.

Ryan has served as principal cellist with the Boulder Opera Company, Seattle Philharmonic Strings, and the University of Washington Symphony. He has appeared as a featured soloist with the South Pudget Sound College Orchestra, and regularly performs in chamber music groups across the region. Before moving to Seattle, he performed regularly with some of Colorado’s best orchestras, including the Boulder Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, and Colorado MahlerFest. Ryan also performs on viola da gamba with the UW Baroque Ensemble and traditional Irish fiddle and pennywhistle with the acclaimed Seattle-based Celtic group Cavort.

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