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Campus Philharmonia 

Saturday, December 2, 2023 - 3:00pm
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The Campus Philharmonia Orchestras perform works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Daren Weissfisch and Ryan Farris conduct. 


Program

Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op.35

Campus Philharmonia Section A

Flute/piccolo
Elizabeth Nilles
Hana Sugihara
Nate Widmann

Oboe
Tressa Paulson
Calvin Tsai

Clarinet
Oskar Abian
Ramona Moon

Bassoon
Pascal Lovre
Isabelle Lavoie

Horn
I-Tung Chen
Sydney Jackson
Ethan Fang
Dhruv Ashok

Trumpet
Felix Chao
McKenna Sweet

Trombone:
Peter Lin
Abigail Paul
Duncan Weiner

Tuba
Devin Foster

Timpani
Jack Sanford

Percussion
Olivia Wang
Delanie Montoya
Mica Weiland
Cee Adamson
Ryan Farris

Harp
Carly Miller

Violin
Scott Li (concertmaster)
Cristina Kosilkina
Lucia Brady
Kate Tseng
Jessica Massey
Cora Taylor
Paige Monsod
Mia Grayson
Thomas Welch
Gary Guo
Clarice Mauer
Abigail Guisinger
Anthony McKeirnan
Baker Wong
Anna Pettis
Vivek Shah
Wenjun (Angelina) Jiang
Hugo Yu
Ammara Touch
Rylan Virnig
John Paul Custodio
Claire Li
Emma Wong
Emma Lee Freeman
Ellie Anderson
Snigdha Mahankali
Mikayla Nicole Samonte
Sage Jacobs
Andrew Gladnick
Gabrielle Morris
Eric Ye
Winifred Tan
Kendra Del Rosario Arias
Danielle Wilson
Abigayle Carino
Karien Tadros
Armand Meyer
Emily Chen

Viola
Emma Jahn
Owen Wong
Melia Golden
Lucia Lin
Jolene Nguyen
Oliver Mauer
Itzel Perez
Hibbah Khan
Colin Watson
Pranathi Ramesh
Imogen Rich
Laura Vonesson
Keira Morrissey
Mike Chen

Cello
Edward Qin
Ann-Marie Vo
Ping Wang
Abigail McClure
Ethan Hynes
Ziyu (Ruby) Xia
Shannon Hamilton
Remi Vernon
Aubrianna Hohmann
Bardia Nasrulai

Bass
Joseph Henry Esteban


Campus Philharmonia Section B

Flute
Johnathan Mikosz
Sam Ross
Keila Uchimura

Piccolo
Sam Ross

Oboe
Jocelyn Kunze
Katherine Dawson

Clarinet
Matthew Shell
Rohan Vokkarne

Bassoon
Annika Fischer
Parker Green

Contrabassoon
Ryan Kapsandy

Horn
Kiyoshi Colon
Sam Nutt
Evelyn Madewell
Alex Morgan

Trumpet
Theo Llewelyn
Nico Masputra

Timpani
Jack Sanford

Percussion
Joanne Ho

Violin
Claire Park (concertmaster)
Ara Zaratsyan
Renee Yeung
Steven Li
Simar Khanuja
Tanya Naveen
Nathan Yu
Naomi Kern
Rylan Ferron-Jones
Nicole Privat
Angela Wei
Alisa Coyne 
Grace Davis
Elias Graham
Abigail Reed
Maia Nix
Sahiti Peddibhotla
Luna Jacobs
Oliver Zeng
Klae Howard
Taylor Hu
Jacob Berg
Thea Higgins
Stephen White
Allyssa Vandi
Cyndee Li
Tiffany Do
Amelie Lin
Narumi Umemoto
Lindsay Han
Shivani Kottantharayil
Carli Boger
Rachel Berg
Imraa Omar
Kendra Stauffer
Kelly Perea Garnica
Hannah Ditto
Michael Skripalsh
Kate Lynn Kurosky
Allegra McAlpin
Laura Schubert
Namrata Harish
Aimee Graesser
Norine Bao 

Viola
Joseph Young
Dominique Adriana Ching
Shea Lee
Dennise Aguilar Cano
Samantha Trinh
Denby Frank
Adam Nixon
Henry Hess
Heidi Chang
Penelope Crichton 
Solana Cruz
Gabriel Lewis
Andrew Fan
Zoey Cain
Viviane Poulain
Erik Petersen 

Cello
Hazel Abrahamson-Amerine 
Anderson Yuan
Lainey Graham
Aurora Cong
Isobelle O’Reilly
Ella Gebers
Carrie Lu
Jenna Miller
Freya Salsbury
Seya Masalkar
Miranda Nayak
Vivienne Wang

Bass
Joseph Henry Esteban

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 Dakota Farris has quickly become one of the most exciting and in-demand conductors in the Pacific Northwest. Ryan was recently appointed as Music Director of both the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra and the Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra. He also serves as assistant conductor for Lake Union Civic Orchestra and frequently guest conducts groups across the region, including the Issaquah Philharmonic, Octava Chamber Orchestra, and Seattle Festival Orchestra. This past summer Ryan was one of two conductors from across the country invited to be a fellow at the Bellingham Festival of Music’s inaugural conducting institute.

Currently pursuing his doctorate in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Washington in Seattle, Ryan serves as conductor of the Campus Philharmonia Orchestras and assistant conductor of the University of Washington Symphony. In recent years Ryan has worked 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 assistant conductor for Colorado MahlerFest and the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, and as a sectional conductor for Seattle’s Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus.

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 studied with many notable conductors including Ludovic Morlot, Mercelo Lehninger, David Alexander Rahbee, Donald Schleicher, Kensho Watanabe, and Tiffany Lu.

Off the podium, Ryan has performed as principal cellist with the Boulder Opera Company, Seattle Philharmonic Strings, and the University of Washington Symphony. He appeared as a featured concerto soloist with the South Puget Sound College Orchestra in 2019, and regularly performs in chamber music groups across the region. Before moving to the Pacific Northwest, he played regularly with some of Colorado’s best orchestras, including the Boulder Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, and Colorado MahlerFest. Ryan also composes his own music, performs regularly on period instruments such as baroque cello & viola da gamba, and busts out the traditional Irish fiddle with acclaimed Seattle-based Celtic band Cavort.

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