Aaron Copland - Letter from Home

Fall Ad Hoc Orchestra Concert - October 17, 2017
John William Griffith II, conducting

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Recorded by Ábel Esbenshade

In an effort to explore all of my options in music, I organized an ad hoc orchestra concert to practice my conducting in front of a live group. With the guidance of my mentor Ian Passmore, I was able to prepare the Leonore Overture No. 3 by Beethoven, Letter from Home by Copland, and the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture by Tchaikovsky. After only two rehearsals of 2.5 hours each, this group of excellent musicians at the Jacobs School of Music provided me with an excellent opportunity to improve my skills.

Orchestra:

Violin I
Rebecca Edge*, Bryan Page, Michael Klinberg, Monet Takeda, Yohan Kwon, Selena Janzen

Violin II
Yuri Santos, Chris Leonard, Carlota Combis, Ellen Engro

Viola
Magdalena Alvarez, Jonathan Burns, Wilfred Farquharson, Pok Yin Yung

Cello
Luke Acerra, Jennifer Jordan, Eliza Bracken, Miller Susens, Maddie MacDonald

Bass
Will Kline, Dylan Stroud, Cameron Ingram

Flute
Trey Bradshaw, Paula Wilson, Meaghan Spencer (piccolo)

Oboe
Libby Ryan, Paul Goeglein, Jake Walsh (English horn)

Clarinet
Asako Maruyama, Noah Pujol

Bassoon
Samuel Rhoton, Gabrielle Moss

Horn
Nathan Goldin, Joel Rodeback, Michael Stiles, Layne Anspatch, Ashlyn Christenson

Trumpet
Tyler Norris, Kayla Mernoff

Trombone
Carter Hanthorn, Alan Burns, Matthew Schultheis (bass)

Tuba
Itai Agmon

Timpani
Chia-Lin Yu

Percussion
Will O’Halloran

Harp
Ginevra Bridges

Piano
Matthew Schultheis