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SENIORS GRADUATING FROM OUR PROGRAM

Congratulations to all of our seniors and

best wishes for the future!

Julia Brandtner

Hannah Thompson

McKenna Vereeke

“The main concern for parents should be to bring up their children as noble human

beings. That is sufficient. If this is not their greatest hope, in the end the child

may take a road contrary to their expecta-tions. Children can play very well. We

must try to make them splendid in mind and heart also.”

- Shinichi Suzuki

How do I find out more?

Check out our web site for more info!

www.siue.edu/suzuki

SIUE Suzuki Program

Box 1771 SIUE

Edwardsville, IL 62026

618-650-2839

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Table of Contents Faculty Biographies ....................................................................... 3

Group Class Teacher Biographies ............................................... 5

Graduate Assistant Biographies ................................................... 6

Kindermusik Teacher Biography ................................................. 7

Beginners ......................................................................................... 8

Families............................................................................................ 9

Students in our Program 2019-2020 ......................................... 10

Fun Facts ....................................................................................... 12

Concerto Competition ................................................................ 13

Solo/Ensemble Participants....................................................... 14

Graduation & Honors Recital Participants .............................. 15

Practice Challenge Participants .................................................. 16

Viola Camerata/ESE/Cello Ensemble .................................... 17

Tour Group/Beginning Orchestra of Awesomeness............. 18

Edwardsville Youth Orchestra .................................................. 19

Performances and Community Involvement .......................... 20

IMEA and All-State Participants ............................................... 21

Upcoming Events & Kindermusik Information ..................... 22

Summer Camp Information ....................................................... 23

Ads ................................................................................................. 24

Special Thanks .............................................................................. 39

Seniors 2020.................................................................................. 40

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Special Thanks from the Suzuki Program to:

Michael Mishra, SIUE Music Department Chair

Cindy Parker-Grange and Marie Brown, Music Department Office

Lansin Kimler, Collaborative Pianist

Graduate Assistants & Faculty Teachers

Saturday Group Teachers

Hardworking Parents

SIUE

Thank you so much for your support of the SIUE Suzuki Program! We couldn’t do what we

do without you!

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Faculty Vera McCoy-Sulentic (violin) is Director of the Suzuki Program at SIUE. She has been a registered teacher trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas since 1991 and conducts long term Suzuki teacher training at SIUE. A frequent clini-cian at Suzuki workshops, she has traveled throughout the United States and Canada, and has taught in Bermuda, Sweden, Taiwan, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, and Guatemala. She was the recipient of SIUE’s Excellence in Teaching award in 1996 and has been a faculty member and director of the SIUE Suzuki Program since 1997. Additionally, she has 10 years of string teaching experience in the public schools of Edwardsville, Ill., and Eugene, Oregon. In 1988, Vera earned a Masters in Music Education from SIUE which included long term teacher training with John Kendall. Other Suzuki training has been with Mihoko Hirata, Yuko Mori, Evelyn Hermann, and Doris Pruecil. Academic degrees include a B.M. in Music Education from the University of Oregon and a B.A. in French from the University of Iowa. Linda Bristol (violin and viola) earned her BME from Lindenwood College and her MME from SIUE. She also is a pianist. In 2012, she retired from teaching or-chestra in the Edwardsville School District after 16 years of teaching at the mid-dle school and elementary levels. Before teaching in Edwardsville, Linda taught in Parkway, Hazelwood and several private schools in the area. She studied Suzu-ki pedagogy with John Kendall and Carol Smith. Linda has been a faculty teacher in the SIUE Suzuki Program since 2002. Linda’s three children all went through the Suzuki Program at SIUE. Her daughter, Heather, is a Suzuki teacher in Mis-soula, Montana. Allison Huebner-Woerner (violin, viola) joined the faculty of the String Devel-opment Program at SIUE in 1994. She holds degrees from University of Missouri-Columbia and SIUE in Music Performance and Music Education. Allison served as Graduate Assistant to John Kendall and completed Long-Term Suzuki Training during her Master’s Degree, and then as Doctoral Assistant to John McLeod at UMC. In addition to Directing the SIUE Tour Group since 2001, she maintains a private studio at SIUE, and has served as a Board Member for the St. Charles Youth Orchestras, as well as Director of the SIUE Advanced Chamber Ensemble, The Edwardsville Youth Orchestra, and is founder and Director of the Ballwin String Studio. Allison has served as concertmaster and soloist for several com-munity orchestras and has been a frequent contributor to the American Suzuki Journal, and presenter at the National Suzuki Conference.

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Faculty (cont’d)

Stephanie Hunt (cello) An active and versatile musician, Stephanie Hunt performs on both modern and baroque cello. Her current activities include performances with the Persied String Quartet, Chamber Project St. Louis, and the La Petite Brise, an early music trio. Stephanie has participated in numerous international music festivals, in-cluding the Nederlandse Orkest- en Ensemble-Academie, Royaumont Formations Pro-fessionnelles (France), the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, and two summers as a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow. Her studies on modern cello led to a B.Mus. summa cum laude from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music and a M.Mus. from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. Following her American studies, Stephanie moved to Europe and earned both a B.Mus. Honours and M.Mus. in baroque cello from the Utrecht Conservatory in the Netherlands. Her teachers include Viola de Hoog, Norman Fischer, Hans Jørgen Jensen, Ross Harbaugh, and Monique Bartels. After five years studying and performing in the Netherlands, Stephanie re-turned to the United States, to settle in the St. Louis area. Stephanie teaches cello in the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Suzuki program, is the cello instructor at Lindenwood University, and maintains a private studio in St. Louis.

Erika Lord-Castillo (violin, viola) has been a faculty teacher in the SIU Edwardsville Suzuki Program since 2009. Originally from Iowa City, Iowa, Erika earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature, Sciences and Arts from the University of Iowa. She holds a Master’s in Music Educa-tion from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and studied Suzuki pedagogy Vio-lin Books 1-10 with Vera McCoy-Sulentic. Erika has also completed Suzuki violin teacher training with Michelle Higa George, Moshe Neumann, Judy Bossuat, Nancy Jackson, Christie Felsing, and Alice Joy Lewis, and has done viola teacher training with William Preucil, Senior. She is a past director of SIUE’s Summer String Camp, and is director of the SIUE Suzuki Viola Camerata, part of the larger SIUE Suzuki Tour Group. She received the Suzuki Association Certificate of Achievement Level 1 in the summer of 2015, has contributed several articles to the American Suzuki Journal, and has pre-sented at the Suzuki Association of the Americas National Conference.

Vicki Lottes (violin, viola) grew up in a Cincinnati musical family with 12 children and she graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (BME) and Indiana University (M.M. studying with Josef Gingold). For 32 years, Vicki taught orchestra and string classes in Massachusetts and Missouri public schools, most recently 20 years with the Parkway School District (St. Louis County) in high school, middle school, and elementary school. She helped Parkway grow their Suzuki program for all third grade students in 18 schools. Vicki trained with John Kendall and Vera McCoy-Sulentic at SIUE. She is a member of the SAA and taught Suzuki violin and viola students at her home studio in West St. Louis County for 6 years. Vicki has taught private lessons at SIUE since 2007, and co-directed the SIUE Summer String Camp for eight years. Vicki is the mother of two boys who studied Suzuki violin and cello.

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Tour Group,

This year has been one for the history books. Each of you has impressed me with your hard work and positive attitude, through the entire year. I could not be prouder of you. Thank you for continuing to work and support each other, and together we will not only survive but thrive!

To our graduating seniors Hannah, McKenna and Julia, we will miss you and we wish you ever success and happiness ahead, and don’t forget, you can always come back!

Much love to each of you, and gratitude for all the music, the laughter and the love. Tour Group is so much more than just the beautiful music; it’s about the beautiful souls that make it!

From Room to Zoom and back again!

Allison Woerner

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Faculty (cont’d)

Mikaila Seo (viola, violin) received her Master of Music Performance degree in 2012 from Roosevelt University in Chicago, after earning her Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Boston Conservatory in 2009. She has studied with Law-rence Neuman, Sally Chisholm, and Rictor Noren. Mikaila has completed Suzuki violin teacher training with Dr. Laurie Scott, Nancy Lokken, Nancy Jackson, Ann Montzka-Smelser, and Alice Joy Lewis, and Suzuki viola teacher training with Wil-liam Preucil, Sr. In the summer, Mikaila directs the SIUE String Development Camp. In addition to her teaching duties at the SIUE Suzuki String Program, she plays with the Salem-St. Louis Chamber Orchestra, and freelances in the area. Prior to teach-ing in Edwardsville, Mikaila lived in Austin, Texas, and studied Suzuki Pedagogy with Dr. Laurie Scott. During her time in Austin, she served as the Assistant Direc-tor of the String Project at the University of Texas at Austin, was a violin and viola instructor at Southwestern University, maintained a full private studio, Seo String Studio, alongside her husband Jun, a cellist, and served as the Director of the Young Artist Division at Texas Strings Camp. In addition to teaching and performing, Mi-kaila enjoys cooking, reading, playing with her daughter Stella, and taking her doo-dle, Lulu, on long walks.

Adjunct and Group Class Teachers

Kim Gindler will be teaching cello and reading classes. She began studying the vio-lin in the SIUE Suzuki Program when she was four years old and was a member of Mr. Kendall’s first tour group to Ireland and Sweden. She received her undergradu-ate and graduate degrees in music from SIUE and finished three levels of Orff certifi-cation through Webster University. In addition to the violin, she loves dancing, and playing the flute and the piano. Kim has taught high school and middle school or-chestra, elementary strings, middle school general music, and middle school choir. Her son, Lars, is a cello student in the SIUE Suzuki Program. Daniel Mieloch moved to Illinois in 2003 to attend SIUE and earn his master’s de-gree in conducting after attaining his bachelor’s degrees in music education and vio-lin performance from Lebanon Valley College. Daniel Mieloch is director of orches-tras at Fort Zumwalt West High School. Daniel has been honored to work with the SIUE Suzuki Department since the spring of 2010 and is the principal conductor of the Edwardsville Youth Orchestra. Lansin Kimler, piano, studied at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, earning

Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in music, following study with Ruth Slenczynska &

Linda Perry. She has worked with the Suzuki String Program at SIUE and the Communi-

ty Music School at Webster University, and now teaches and accompanies at East Cen-

tral College, Union, and the University of Missouri – St. Louis. She also serves as accom-

panist for the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Third Baptist Church (Grand Center), and

the Parkway School District. She has given numerous solo recitals, and in the past has

played and recorded with the St. Louis Ocarina Trio. Among her notable affiliations is

the Ladies’ Friday Musical Club, one of St. Louis’s most storied institutions.

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Graduate Teachers

Daniela Belen Jofré Arroyo began her violin studies at the pre college conservatory of the Universidad de Talca, Chile at the age of nine. After graduating high school, she pursued the degree of Violin Performance at the same university. During her years of undergraduate studies, Jofre was principal second violin of the Universidad de Talca Symphony Orchestra; and Concertmaster, assistant Concermaster and principal second violin of the Maule State Youth Symphony Orchestra. Among her academic achievements, Jofre received the Aca-demic Achievement Award to the best student of the Music School of the year 2012 and the Francisco Encina Award to the best student of her promotion. After graduating, she started working as a violin teacher at the pre college conservatory of the Universidad de Talca. Currently, Jofre is recipient of a Fulbright grant and a graduate assistant at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where she studies a Master in Perfomance with an emphasis in Suzuki Pedagogy. Andrea Isabel Gómez Fernández is currently a student seeking an MM in viola perfor-mance with an emphasis in Suzuki pedagogy from SIUE. She grew up in Colombia and stud-ied Viola at EAFIT University. Andrea taught viola and violin in Colombia for 4 years. in institutions such as the House of Culture, Municipality of Caldas. Antioquia, Colombia, Batu-ta Caldas Foundation, Colombia, Center of Continuous Formation (CEC) of EAFIT University and Red of Music Schools in Medellin, Colombia. She has played in Iberacademy Orchestra, Joven Sinfonica de Colombia, Joven Filarmonica de Colombia, Filarmonica de Medellin, Or-questa Sinfonica de Caldas, Filarmonica del Cafe , among others. Also, she have played side by side with Houston Symphony Orchestra and New World Symphony Orquesta. Moreover, she have participated of courses such as Suzuki Philosophy and Book 1 in Bogota , Colom-bia, Pedagogy Workshop Seminar on Orchestral Practice in CEC and Group Class Tech-niques with Carey Hockett. Mu-Chi (Monica) Hsieh Violinist and educator, is a native of Taiwan, and has recently moved to Illinois to pursue a M.M. in violin performance with an emphasis on Suzuki peda-gogy from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). At SIUE, she studies with Le-nora-Marya Anop. Hsieh has taught violin in Taiwan for more than 10 years; she has tre-mendous experience helping students as young as age three learn how to play violin from the start. Hsieh herself began learning violin in Suzuki pedagogy at the age of five from her mother. Hsieh was selected to be one of the 2019-2020 Competitive Graduate Award (CGA) Winners from a highly competitive applicant pool and will conduct a research project in cooperation with Ms. Vera and Dr. Greenwood throughout this year. Mu-Chi Hsieh and An-drea Gomez won the 2019 SIUE music department concerto competition, and played Mo-zart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola (1st movement) with the university orches-tra. Ana Cecelia Villegas is currently a student seeking a MM in Music Education with empha-sis in Suzuki pedagogy. She grew up in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Went to the National Conservatory of Music “Germa n Alca ntara” where she learned to play violin and was part of the students orchestra in first and second violins. She studied at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and earned the degrees Highschool Music Teacher, Bachelor in Arts and a Bach-elor in Music. She has been a music and English teacher for preschoolers for 10 years so took training for Suzuki books 1 (2015) and 2 (2016). She enjoys teaching as much as she

enjoys music, she likes sports, animals and exploring new places.

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Kindermusik

Ellen Singh’s lifelong passion and joy has been her work experience in the music field alongside young children and their families. She has been a li-censed Kindermusik educator since 2004. A graduate of both the University of Evansville (B.S. in Sociology and Interpersonal Communications) and the Uni-versity of Illinois (Master's Degree in Social Work with LMSW licensure), she has a broad spectrum of educational and clinical experiences including child development, group dynamics, and relationship building which are essential in teaching music to children and their families. Equally, she has gained wide-spread networking/public relations and entrepreneurial experiences as her Kindermusik business has grown and continues to develop throughout the years. Musically, she has her foundations in many years of piano and flute les-sons as well as having taught herself to play electric bass guitar. She has per-formed in various groups throughout high school and college. Additionally, she has enjoyed the opportunities of performing (flute) in her church and in vari-ous community orchestras throughout the country as well as teaching flute lessons. She taught the SIUE Suzuki Program Pre-Reading Music Theory class from 2005-2011. Currently, she is an adjunct professor for both SIUE and Lew-is & Clark Community College where she teaches a class entitled, “Music for the Preschool Teacher”. As a licensed Kindermusik educator, Ellen brings the love of music, movement, and learning to children and families in her commu-nity and the region, in partnership with the SIUE Suzuki program, in her Kin-dermusik program. Additionally, as of July 2017, she has officially begun serv-ing a 3-year term on the Kindermusik International 'Partnership of Kinder-musik Educators' (PKE) Board of Advisors, or more appropriately called, "The Sound Board". The mission of this board is to represent and support the com-munity of 5000+ Kindermusik Educators and work cooperatively with Kinder-musik Corporate Staff to bring Kindermusik to the world. She is honored and humbled to take on this volunteer position in which she aspires to utilize her passion for music in expansive ways. Her greatest love is being a wife and mother of her four children.

Graduate Teachers continued...

James Brian Wall is currently a student seeking an MM in violin performance with an emphasis in Suzuki pedagogy from SIUE. Brian grew up playing the violin in the Alton School District, playing in the Alton Youth Symphony Orchestra, Alton Symphony Orchestra, and was concertmaster of the symphonic orchestra at Alton High School. He has also been a member of the St Louis Youth Symphony Orches-tra, the St.Louis Philharmonic, and was concertmaster of the Webster University Symphony Orchestra where he received his bachelor's degree in violin perfor-mance. He has performed and taught around the Greater St Louis area for over 10 years, and also plays piano, sings, and composes in his spare time.

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Beginners –

2019-2020

Violin

Alex Chen

Boris Chen

Isabelle Dalla Riva

Elizabeth Jarrell

Veronica Jarrell

Hadley Johnson

Gus Stegman

Evie Thompson

Alisa Zhao

Max Zvolensky

Hunter Hodges

Veer Sangani

Kate Hohman

Grace Hohman

Reagan Ruhlin

Cello

Mia Leatherman

Abigail Prince

Sara Willen

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Families who Grew Up in the Program and have Kids in the Program:

Kim Gindler—Lars Gindler

Robin Meier— Marissa Meier Chris Schwertman— Kaleigh Schwertman Aaron Myers— Sabrina, Ashlyn, Ansley,

Xander Myers

Families who have been in the SIUE Suzuki Program for More than 10 Years:

Voss Family—20 years

Johnson Family— 19 years Siampos Family— 19 years

Schwertman Family—15 years Singh Family—15 years

Lueking Family—13 years Washam Family—13 years

Wei Family—13 years Malik Family— 12 years

Miracle Family— 12 years Gindler Family— 11 years

VanMiddendorp Family— 11 years

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Participating Students – 2019-2020

Suzuki Selin Aktuna Abdullah Bahrainwala Ammar Bahrainwala Jumana Bahrainwala Elise Baxter Mackenzie Berczek Nathaniel Berczek Harrison Birk Julia Brandtner* Claire Charles Eleanor Charles Aike Chen Alan Chen Karis Chen Runmo Boris Chen Runquian Alex Chen Tyler Chrenka Isabelle Dalla Riva Anna Demetrulias Elijah Demetrulias James Dombrowski Vylaisri Dombrowski Ely Eardley Emery Eardley Jeremiah Eardley Lizzy Eardley Toby Eardley Connor Evans Charlotte Flowers Jack Floyd Kaitlyn Foppe Veronica Foppe Jacob Foster Luke Foster Taylor Frick Alec Frohnert Lucas Frohnert Nicolette Frohnert

Olivia Fults Lars Gindler Elusha Golovay Esaiah Golovay Yoseph Golovay Evelyn An Greenwood Grant Hagaman Josie Hagaman Ann Marie Handshy Darian Hawkins Camyll Heitmann Quilan Heitmann Hunter Hodges Grace Hohman Kate Hohman Evelina Jacinto Elizabeth Jarrell Owen Jarrell Veronica Jarrell Wesley Jarrell Clara Johnson Evie Johnson Hadley Johnson Joey Johnson Sawyer Johnson Lillie Kaufman Zoe Kaufmann Kevin Kays Ashley Kim Ian Kim Elijah Kimler Lauren Klaas Siddanth Kuchangi Harper Kurtz Addilyn Ladwig Elise Larrew Emmy Larrew Abby Leatherman Mia Leatherman Caden Lechtenberger

Calvin Limbach Estelle Limbach Everett Limbach Addie Lingafelter Anna Linn Tori Linn Madeline Loyd Makenna Lueking Maya Lueking Akira Malik Derek Markus Sarah Matson Abbie May Grace May Timothy McLaughlin-Heil Marissa Meier Brynn Miracle Charlie Monaco Maggie Monaco Paul Monaco Nicholas Monahan Caroline Moody Elliana Moody Emily Moody Maggie Moseley Vanessa Musch Ansley Myers Ashlyn Myers Sabrina Myers Xander Myers Kaitlyn Nelson Katherine Nguyen Mathew Nguyen Derek Nunes Kiera Nunes Eileen Pan Graham Pezza Helen Pezza Allegra Piazza

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Abigail Prince Rachel Probasco Julia Rafaelle MaryAnn Rainey Jace Rodgers Willa Ruder Reagan Ruhlin Hayeon Ryu Veer Sangani Kaleigh Schwertman Stella Seo Evonne Siampos Anna Singh Fred Stegman Gus Stegman Sasha Steinheimer Apollonia Sumnlers Arabella Sumnlers Annie Thoelke Emily Thoelke Olivia Thoelke Evelyn Thompson Hannah Thompson* Jonah Tinge Linnea Turner Peter Valkov Erin VanMiddendorp Sophie VanMiddendorp McKenna Vereeke* Lillian Vittetoe Elliot Voss Andrew James Wang William Wang Bailey Washam Elaine Wei Anna Willen Sara Willen Alyssa Wong Jenae Wright Josie Wright Justin Wright

Ali Zaber Alisa Zhao Caroline Zhao Jaiden Zook Max Zvolensky

Kindermusik Mayleigh Alsop Finley Becker Bryce Becoat Ashton Bennett Klara Bezhanova Sloane Bilbruck Rye Blevens Gia Bossetto Ella Bossetto Leah Branch Piper Burcham Nora Burcham Lila Casteel Carter Copeland Arjun Detmer Moira Guntren Moira Guntren Lisbeth Hall Theodore Hall Ellory Hunt Jobie Hutchinson Ellen Kurtz Caleb Landrum Lyla Lawson Amelia Leese Nora Leese Alexandra Lett Emma Mangian Maxwell Markovich Marlo May Thea McCann Hazel McKoon-Speer Oliver Nusser

Anders Page Noah Parker Kaden Pieper Caroline Ridgeway Eleanor Rigdon Lilah Robbins Collins Ruwe Vivian Schelp Theodore Tetzner

Community Strings Murtuza Bahrainwala Christian Bristol Naomi Brunner Angela Loveridge Corinne Morris Ling Munsell Bjorn Peterson Lacey Rodgers *Graduating Seniors Community Strings is a program for adult stu-dents and other students who do not take Suzuki lessons.

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www.siue.edu/suzuki

@SiueSuzuki

Fun Facts Number of students in program ......................................................... 214

Number of students in Tour Group ...................................................... 28

Number of students in Cello Ensemble................................................. 9

Number of students in Viola Camerata and Ensemble .................. 7

Concerto Competition Participants ...................................................... 20

Practice Challenge Participants ............................................................. 51

Events in year 2019-2020 ........................................................................ 12

Students Graduated from Suzuki Books this year ......................... 28

Number of Beginners .................................................................................. 18

Number of Faculty Teachers ..................................................................... 7

Number of Grad Assistants ........................................................................ 5

Number of Seniors ......................................................................................... 3

Number of Saturday Classes and Concerts ....................................... 18

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Advanced Division Participants

Selin Aktuna

Karis Chen

Quilan Heitmann

Camyll Heitmann

Brynn Miracle

Eileen Pan

Kaleigh Schwertman

Evonne Siampos

Annie Thoelke

Olivia Thoelke

Erin VanMiddendorp

Bailey Washam

Jenae Wright

Justin Wright

Intermediate Division Participants Darian Hawkins

Evie Johnson

Kaitlyn Foppe

Jaiden Zook

Jonah Tinge

Emily Thoelke

John and Kay Kendall Concerto Competition Winners

Intermediate Division

1st Place Darian Hawkins

2nd Place Evie Johnson

3rd Place Kaitlyn Foppe

Advanced Division

1st Place Justin Wright

2nd Place Erin VanMiddendorp

3rd Place Evonne Siampos

Concerto Competition 2019-2020

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High School Solo/Ensemble Participants

Akira Malik

Annie Thoelke

Ashley Kim

Bailey Washam

Brynn Miracle

Derek Markus

Eileen Pan

Elaine Wei

Elliot Voss

Emmy Larrew

Erin VanMiddendorp

Evie Johnson

Hannah Thompson

James Dombrowski

Jenae Wright

Julia Brandtner

Justin Wright

Lars Gindler

Linnea Turner

MaryAnn Rainey

McKenna Vereeke

Olivia Fults

Peter Valkov

Selin AktunaOlivia Thoelke

Tim McLaughlin-Heil

Tyler Chrenka

Elementary/Middle School Solo/Ensemble

Participants Addie Lingafelter

Annie Handshy

Connor Evans

Elise Larrew

Elli Moody

Elusha Golovay

Emily Moody

Grace May

Graham Pezza

Ian Kim

Jaiden Zook

Jumana Bahrainwala

Kaitlyn Nelson

Karis Chen

Lauren Klaas

Maggie Moseley

Nicholas Monahan

Sasha Steinheimer

Zoe Kaufmann

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Violin Twinkles

Elijah Kimler

Calvin Limbach

Charlie Monaco

Jace Rodgers

Sasha Steinheimer

William Wang

Anna Willen

Alyssa Wong

Violin Minuets

Willa Ruder

Violin Book One

Mackenzie Berczek

Clara Johnson

Harper Kurtz

Abby Leatherman

Addie Lingafelter

Maggie Monaco

Rachel Probasco

Arabella Sumnlers

Caroline Zhao

Viola Book One

Estelle Limbach

Violin Book Two

Kaitlyn Foppe

Joey Johnson

Abby Leatherman

Maddie Loyd

Abbie May

Violin Book Three

Kaitlyn Foppe

Darian Hawkins

Abby Leatherman

Violin Book Four

Nicholas Monahan

Honors Performers

Kaitlyn Foppe

Erin VanMiddendorp

Graduation from any Suzuki Book for the SIUE Suzuki Program means that students have not only played all the pieces in the book and perfected them, but that they have rec-orded them and those recordings have been approved by their teacher. They must perform the last piece in the book on a graduation recital to receive a certificate of graduation.

Graduation and Honors

Recital 2019-2020

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*Abby Leatherman

Addie Lingafelter

*Aike Chen

*Alan Chen

Alisa Zhao

Ana Cecilia Villegas

Anna Linn

*Annie Handshy

*Apollonia Sumnlers

*Arabella Sumnlers

Calvin Limbach

Caroline Zhao

*Christian Bristol

Claire Charles

Clara Johnson

*Darian Hawkins

Derek Nunes

Eleanor Charles

Elise Larrew

Ely Eardley

Emery Eardley

Emmy Larrew

Erika Lord-Castillo

Esaiah Golovay

Estelle Limbach

Everett Limbach

Graham Pezza

Helen Pezza

Jace Rodgers

James Brian Wall

Jeremiah Eardley

Joey Johnson

*Jonah Tinge

Kaitlin Nelson

*Karis Chen

Kaitlyn Foppe

Kiera Nunes

Lizzy Eardley

Madeline Loyd

Maggie Moseley

Mia Leatherman

Mikaila Seo

*Nicholas Monahan

*Runmo Boris Chen

*Runqian Alex Chen

Sasha Steinheimer

Stephanie Hunt

Toby Eardley

Tori Linn

Vicki Lottes

*William Wang

Zoe Kaufmann

Practice Challenge Completers

Practiced 100 Days or More in a Row *Practiced 200 days!

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Edwardsville String

Ensemble

2019-2020

Linda Bristol,

Director

Mackenzie Berczek

Michele Brannan*

Claire Charles

Anna Demetrulias

Brittany Demetrulias*

Elijah Demetrulias

Vylaisri Dombrowski

Ely Eardley

Lizzy Eardley

Toby Eardley

Jack Floyd

Alec Frohnert

Lucas Frohnert

Clara Johnson

Zoe Kaufmann

Kevin Kays

Lauren Klaas

Harper Kurtz

Elise Larrew

Everett Limbach

Addie Lingafelter

Grace May

Maggie Monaco

Paul Monaco

Elliana Moody

Ansley Myers

Ashlyn Myers

Xander Myers

Kaitlyn Nelson

Mathew Nguyen

Graham Pezza

Rachel Probasco

Willa Ruder

Hayeon Ryu

Arabella Sumnlers

Jonah Tinge

Andrew James Wang

Ali Zaber

Caroline Zhao

*= Parent Helper

Viola Camerata & Ensemble

2019-2020

Erika Lord-Castillo, Director

Julia Brandtner#

Elusha Golovay#

Ian Kim

Estelle Limbach

Derek Markus#

Emily Thoelke#

Peter Valkov#

#=Viola Camerata

Cello Ensemble 2019-2020

Stephanie Hunt, Director

Selin Aktuna

Tyler Chrenka

James Dombrowski

Luke Foster

Olivia Fults

Lars Gindler

Timothy McLaughlin-Heil

Olivia Thoelke

Justin Wright

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Tour Group

2019-2020

Allison Woerner , Director

Karis Chen#

Camyll Heitmann#

Quilan Heitmann#

Evie Johnson#

Ashley Kim#

Emmy Larrew

Makenna Lueking#

Maya Lueking

Akira Malik#

Marissa Meier

Brynn Miracle#

Nicholas Monahan

Eileen Pan#

MaryAnn Rainey

Kaleigh Schwertman#

Evonne Siampos#

Anna Singh

Annie Thoelke#

Hannah Thompson#

Linnea Turner#

Erin VanMiddendorp#

Sophie VanMiddendorp

McKenna Vereeke#

Elliot Voss#

Bailey Washam#

Elaine Wei#

Jenae Wright#

Jaiden Zook

#= Tour Group Level 2

Beginning Orchestra

2019-2020

Vicki Lottes, Director

Nathaniel Berczek

Esaiah Golovay

Josie Hagaman

Wesley Jarrell

Sawyer Johnson

Lillie Kaufman

Caroline Moody

Julia Rafaelle

Sasha Steinheimer

Anna Willen

@SiueSuzuki

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Upcoming Events Summer Lessons start Soon! – Check with your teacher or

email the Suzuki Office at suzukiprogram@siue.edu

August 1-15, 2020– Registration for 2020-2021

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Edwardsville Youth

Orchestra

2019-2020

Daniel Mieloch,

Director

Selin Aktuna

Ammar Bahrainwala

Jumana Bahrainwala

Elise Baxter

Julia Brandtner

Alan Chen

Tyler Chrenka

James Dombrowski

Kaitlyn Foppe

Jacob Foster

Luke Foster

Taylor Frick

Olivia Fults

Lars Gindler

Elusha Golovay

Ann Marie Handshy

Darian Hawkins

Evelina Jacinto

Joey Johnson

Ian Kim

Siddanth Kuchangi

Emmy Larrew

Abby Leatherman

Estelle Limbach

Madeline Loyd

Maya Lueking

Derek Markus

Abbie May

Timothy McLaughlin-Heil

Marissa Meier

Nicholas Monahan

Emily Moody

Maggie Moseley

Katherine Nguyen

MaryAnn Rainey

Anna Singh

Emily Thoelke

Olivia Thoelke

Peter Valkov

Sophie VanMiddendorp

Josie Wright

Justin Wright

Jaiden Zook

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Performances and Community Involvement

2019-2020 String Camp

Cello Camp

Kindermusik Camp

St. Mary’s Fall Festival

Edwardsville Art Fair

Edwardsville Halloween Costume Contest

Justin Wright, Concerto Competition Winner performed with SIUE Orchestra

Chamber Project

Fall Ensembles Concert

Culver’s Christmas Performance

Graduation and Honors Recital

Concerto Competition

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All-District and All-State Orchestras

All-District Senior Orchestra

Akira Malik, Annie Thoelke, Ashley Kim, Brynn Miracle, Eileen Pan, Elaine Wei, Elliot Voss, Emmy Larrew, Evie Johnson, Hannah Thompson, Jenae Wright, Julia Brandtner, Justin Wright, Linnea Turner, MaryAnn Rainey, McKenna Vereeke, Olivia Fults, Olivia Thoelke, Selin Aktuna, Taylor Frick, Tyler Chrenka. St. Louis, Missouri District Orchestra: Evonne Siampos

All-District Junior Orchestra

Annie Handshy, Grace May, Jaiden Zook, Jumana Bahrainwala, Karis Chen, Maddie Loyd, Maggie Moseley

Congratulations to our many students who are

members of their local school orchestra programs

members of Illinois or Missouri All District Orchestra

participated in Solo and Ensemble competition

Members of All-State Orchestra in Illinois or Missouri

Participate in Honors Ensembles and Orchestras

Play in Community Orchestras

Our students receive numerous scholarships and honors and we are proud of everyone!

All-State Orchestra

Congratulations to Akira Malik, Brynn Miracle, Elaine Wei, Elliot Voss, Julia Brandtner, Justin Wright, and Olivia Thoelke who were selected to participate in the 2020 All-State Orchestra in Peoria, Illinois!