Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 2:00pm
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, New York 10023 USA
SPRING GALA CONCERT
The Westchester Youth Symphony
VINCENT LIONTI, Conductor
G. VERDI Triumphal March from Aida
J. OFFENBACH Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman
G. ROSSINI Il Barbiere di Siviglia Overture
P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY Cossack Dance from Mazeppa
S. SONDHEIM AND L. BERNSTEIN Selections from West Side Story
J.P. SOUSA Stars and Stripes Forever March
About the Conductors
Vincent J. Lionti
Vincent J. Lionti holds a bachelor’s degree in Music and a master’s degree in Music from The Juilliard School where he was principal violist and teaching assistant to William Lincer. He has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 1987. From 1983-1987, he was a member of the Detroit Symphony, and he performed with the New York Philharmonic from 1981-1983. Mr. Lionti has performed as the principal violist with the Santa Fe Opera and guest principal violist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He has also been a member of the Casals Festival Orchestra, the Lyric Chamber Ensemble, and the Renaissance City Chamber Ensemble. Mr. Lionti has had a long history with the GWYOA, first as a student at age 12, through high school, and now as a conductor. He led the Westchester Junior Strings and became the conductor of the Westchester Youth Symphony in 1997.
C. Victor Lionti
C. Victor Lionti was Musical Director and Conductor of the Westchester Youth Symphony for 27 years from 1970 until 1997. His teaching career has included: Hartford High School, White Plains High School and Kent State University. He was on the faculty of Westchester Community College for 25 years where he served as Music Curriculum Chairman, and remains as Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Music. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Catholic University of America, Mr. Lionti has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Hartford Symphony, the US Marine Band in Washington, DC, and as principal violist with the Greenwich Symphony. Mr. Lionti was Music Director of the Aaron Copland Music and Arts program in Westchester County. He presently serves as coordinator and Associate Conductor for the GWYOA Youth Symphony.
The Westchester Youth Symphony Orchestra
Vincent Lionti, Conductor
Violin I Violin II cont. Cello
Nicole Kim** DeeAnn Guo Aron Licht^
Tiffany Kwark** Joshua Holder Olivia Ottinger^
Claudia Reino** Jessica Kwong Therèse Bonoan
Katelyn Tai** Benjamin Lee Madeline De La Cancela
Olivia Carlen Jillian Mezo Keenan Ewing
Adam Coppeta Aria Paradkar Jeremiah Finkleman-
Allen He Alison Robeson Mahoney
Katherine Holiber Julia Shen Emily Huang
Micah Jeng Lilly Voltaggio John Kim
Grace Kim Lin Xie Lindsay Kim
Hector McKemey Robert Laidlaw
William McTeigue Grant McElheny
Chiara Mrose Viola Matthew Montaruli
Max Pine Jerray Chang^ Caterina Mrose
Julia Sandler Sara Friedman^ Evan Murphy
Dorothy Shek Donnae Farquharson Haley Neiman
Lea Trauzzi Benjamin Freedman Kaity Su
Basia Van Buren Rohan Gharekhan Leon Yu
Chinmayi Venkatram Nicole Hessler
James Wo Ma Aaditya Jain Bass
Marisa Wong Shunyo Morgan Patrick Reilly^
Yi Zhao Kyle Nolan Andrea Reino^
Claudia Pou Zachary Gold
Violin II Karthik Rao Siobhan Lowe
Ella Blicker^ Lior Raz-Farley Michael Morin
Sophia Winograd^ Daniel Safsel
Nicholas Aoki Annie Strongwater **Co-Concertmasters
Jonathan Baccay Ayaka Yorihiro ^Co-Principals
Nora Burkhardt Alan Zhong
Samantha Chong
Jonathan Chung
Flute Bass Clarinet Clarinet
Sara Hyman^ Lucas Slavin^^ Jillian Marzziotti^
Austin Li^ Emmalie Tello^
Deanna Forella Trombone Sidharth Anand
Brenda Son Jodi Scharf^^ Zoe Anderson
Dylan Grant Tamsyn Brann
Piccolo Ethan Weinstein Graham Hanchet
Victoria Vespucci ^^ Vivek Hariharan
Trumpet Kevin O’Brien
Bassoon David Sneider^^ Rebecca Poole
Cassandra Cavalieri^^ Samuel George Josephine Pou
Jacob Brady Nicolas Krasnow Caleb Schwartz
Sammy Landino
French Horn Percussion
Mira Vanchiswar^^ Oboe Noah Durica
Adam Feeley Timothy Eng^ Justin Levine
Daniel O’Neil Sophie Underwood^ Swarnav Pujari
Spencer Sands Mark Russell
Jacob Shapiro Tuba
Liam Montgomery^^
^^Principal
^Co-Principals
