4/21/24 Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds to Perform
21 April 2024 News
RIPON — The Ripon College Chamber Winds and Symphonic Wind Ensemble will present a spring concert, “Retrospect and Modern Takes,” Sunday, April 28. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public.
Assistant Professor of Music Tobin Shucha (pictured) is the conductor.
This will be the inaugural performance for the Chamber Winds. Selections will include “Suite for Small Band No. 2,” by Hiroki Takahashi; “Dances from Terpsichore,” by Michael Praetorious, arranged by Tohru Minakuchi; and “My Hometown,” by Hayato Hirose.
Ensemble members include: Benjamin Cabala ’24 of Madison, Wisconsin, flute; Ty Rondestvedt ’25 of Altoona, Wisconsin, clarinet; Alec Marcinkevic ’26 of East Troy, Wisconsin, alto saxophone; Matthew Buchholz ’27 of Jefferson, Wisconsin, trombone; Emily Byington ’25 of Waukesha, Wisconsin, euphonium; Brittny Brown ’21 of Ripon, Wisconsin, tuba; and Jahquan Hamilton ’27 of Chicago, Illinois, percussion.
Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform “Courtly Airs and Dances,” by Ron Nelson; “Elegy for Albinoni,” by Shelley Hanson; “Musings on a Bach Sarabande,” by Karlin G. Love; “… And Then the Universe Exploded,” by Olivia Kieffer.
Violin Sonata by Tomaso Albinoni, also will feature adjunct instructors of music Ann Stephan, violin, and Deb MacKenzie, piano; and “Sarabande and Double from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor,” BWV 1004, by Johann Sebastian Bach also will feature Stephan on violin.
Members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, which include both students and community members, are:
Flute
Benjamin Cabala ’24 of Madison, Wisconsin; Samantha Campbell ’26 of Columbus, Wisconsin;
Tia Endrizzi ’25 of La Crosse, Wisconsin; Glira De Asis ’26 of Ripon, Wisconsin; Ashlynn Erickson ’27 of Elk River, Minnesota; Jaclyn Jelinek; Faith Katers ’27 of Green Bay, Wisconsin;
Meredith Thiessen ’26 of Stoughton, Wisconsin.
Oboe
Laura Zittlow ’27 of Brussels, Wisconsin.
Bassoon
Sandy Polcyn of Ripon, Wisconsin; Ricardo Puente Romo of Ripon, Wisconsin.
Clarinet
Megan Landvatter ’25 of West Bend, Wisconsin; Angela Mosconi ’26 of Gillett, Wisconsin; Ty Rondestvedt ’25 of Altoona, Wisconsin; Kira Stark ’24 of Morrisonville, Wisconsin; Julie Waldvogel-Leitner ’02 of Ripon, Wisconsin.
Bass Clarinet
Emilia Mans ’24 of Princeton, Wisconsin.
Alto Saxophone
Alec Marcinkevic ’26 of East Troy, Wisconsin; Morgan Sullivan ’25 of Kimberly, Wisconsin.
Tenor Saxophone
Liz Walz ’26 of Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
Baritone Saxophone
Mitchell Lipinski ’24 of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Trumpet
Grace Blakeslee ’26 of Green Bay, Wisconsin; Robert Booty of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Cailtin Marsch ’24 of Ripon, Wisconsin; Ruth Roltgen ’25 of Brandon, Wisconsin; Avery Sprader.
French Horn
Juan Gatica ’26 of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
Trombone
Matthew Buchholz ’27 of Jefferson, Wisconsin, trombone; Haileey Pick ’25 of Kingwood, Texas;
Tricia Walheim.
Euphonium
Emily Byington ’25 of Waukesha, Wisconsin; Kate Shucha ’26 of Waunakee, Wisconsin.
Tuba
Nathan Crenshaw ’25 of Bangor, Wisconsin; Nick Retzlaff.
Bass
Samantha Campbell ’26 of Columbus, Wisconsin.
Percussion
Benjamin Cabala ’24 of Madison, Wisconsin, flute; Erin Evans ’27 of Madison, Wisconsin; Jahquan Hamilton ’27 of Chicago, Illinois; Larry Moua.
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