Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra

Season Opening Concert

Program

Rosters

Artist Biographies

Celebrating Support

Program:

Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 2 pm

Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater

Elisha Wells, music director

Concert Orchestra
Stephanie Rawls, conductor

Traditional arr. Bob Phillips
Sword Dance

Chris M. Bernotas
Radiant Spirit

Queen Lili’uokalani arr. Brian Balmages
Fantasy on Aloha ‘Oe

Larry Clark
Engines of Resistance

Intermission

Symphony Orchestra
Elisha Wells, conductor

Matt Riley
Flying

Katherina von Schlegel and Jean Sibelius
Be Still, My Soul

Ludwig van Beethoven arr. Bruce Maples
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Mvt 1

Please, no flash photography. As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and silence cell phones during the performance.

Orchestra Rosters

as of 11/05/2026

Violin
Enayat Samra
Evelyn Shen
Josephine Strong
Kaya Flaherty
Sabrina Woo
Sophia Gomez
Sophia Vieweg
Summer Jacinto
Teia Bennett
Victoria Leon
Vivian Hoffmann
Angela Ning*
Hannah Miller
Viola
Sarah Pamintuan
Cello
Junchi Wu
Liya Zonligt
Prim Kongsmai
Lisette Camarena
Alto Saxophone
Malachi Caldwell
Clarinet
Albert Wang
Anneke Capps
Piano
Gerard Advincula
Flute
Anael Khakshoor
Phoebe Bradshaw
Trumpet
Deborah Andrino Estrada
Grayson Zepeda
*Concertmaster
Violin
Caroline Hodson*
Madeleine Diep
Evangeline Morales
Hazel Weston
Briahnna Cruz
Skylin Vega
AC Aleman-Castellano
Kai Bennett
Yannis Ang
Aidan Bedell
Leila San Nicolas Nuon
Liam Bennett
Nathaniel Stuart
Olivia Jones
Emma Royal
Emmelia Bugsch

Viola
Enzo Velasco
Tobias Briesacher
Taylor Gresham

Cello
Sophia Nguyen
Matiaz Gama
Sophia Redenbaugh
Jayda Heintz
Jonathan Bice

Flute
Leah Ballard
Zeke Tovar
Sarah Walters
Christian Runnels
Marcela Franco
Isabel Coles
Elizabeth Mangelos

Clarinet
Cadence Brown
Sumire Kai
Naomi James

Horn
Jonathan Kraus
Belen Lopez-Harburu

Trumpet
Sydney Toews
Bradyn Royal
Spencer Sousa
Ben Sensney

Tuba
Jayden Hall

Percussion
Lyla Lien
Samuel Shrader
Joshua Cook

Harp
Aria Spencer

Piano
Arabella Arias
Corban Stenger

*Concertmaster