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University and Symphony Orchestras - February 28, 2026

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FACULTY & STAFF

Jay S. Gephart.....................................................................................................Director and AI G. Wright Chair

Matthew R. Conaway......................................Professor, Director of “All-American” Marching Band

Dr. Pamela J. Nave................................................................Associate Professor, Director of Percussion

Adam Bodony..........................................................................Associate Professor, Director of Orchestras

Bethany Robinson...............................................Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Jazz Bands

Jarrard Harris..............................................................................................................Clinical Assistant Professor

Dr. David M. Blon.......................................................................................................Clinical Assistant Professor

Dr. Lucas H. Petersen.............................................................................................Clinical Assistant Professor

Douglas R. Fletcher.............................................................................................................Director of Operations

Amy Brandfonbrener................................................................................................Chamber Music Instructor

Esther Kirgiss........................................................................................................Director of External Relations

Caitlin Cotten........................................................................Manager of Recruitment & Student Success

Humza Nasir..............................................................................................................................Multimedia Designer

Susan Lipscomb.............................................................................................Senior Administrative Assistant

Kim Delks.........................................................................................................................................Business Assistant

Adisyn Nichols..................................................................................................................Student Office Assistant

Elora Ifeguni............................................................................................................................Graphic Design Intern

Udochukwu Akorah...................................................................................................Social Media Ambassador

PROGRAM

UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA

Adam Bodony, conductor

March of the Marionette................................................................................................................Charles Gounod arr. Neidhold

Basically Bach.................................................................................................................... Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Arcari

“Finale” from Classical Symphony..........................................................................................Sergei Prokofiev arr. Gruselle

Holberg Suite...............................................................................................................................................Edvard Grieg

1. Praeludium

2. Sarabande

3. Gavotte

5. Rigaudon

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Douglas R. Fletcher and Adam Bodony, conductors

“Polonaise” from Eugene Onegin...........................................................................Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Háry János Suite......................................................................................................................................Zoltán Kodály

1. Prelude

2. Viennese Musical Clock

5. Intermezzo

6. Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

“Pas de Deux” from The Nutcracker.....................................................................Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Shepherd’s Hey.....................................................................................................................................Percy Grainger ed. Dana Paul Perna

VIOLIN 1

UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA

Hannah Taylor

Ella Hildebrand

Mason Whitney

Julie Celori

Indya Calhoun

Makayla Phillips

Alina Luck

Emma Xiao

Ethan Tuttle

Leena Iyengar

Eric Cheung

Serena Maxwell

Alena Hennings

Asvin Sivathanu

VIOLIN 2

Hannah Kitts

Ishita Mannar

Emmalise Adcock

Madelyn Moser

Alexis Cook

Olivia Biggs

Cole Klinedinst

Nandini Sachdeva

Faye Tackett

Simon Tackett

Zane Nabhan

Emerson Wilmore

Ellie Walters

Yasmine Utterback

Isabella Aviles

Adriel Comissiong

VIOLA

Calista Eliazer

Aniket Shetty

Shubha Vijayaraj

Kimberly Tran

Kendall Nowak

Isabel Dawes

Sadie Vinson

Jack Hulbert

Claire Phillips

John Wyman

Mihika Mukherjee

Viola Zheng

CELLO

Grant Maiorana

Calvin Kocal

Emma Niemann

Claire Gould

Sabrina Gray

Harry Jenrow

David Palmer

Nathan Thompson

Megan Pedersen

Hannah Marlowe

Mallory Moser

Paul Rickert

Gabriella Reid

BASS

Nathan Langemeier

Annabella Ramirez

VIOLIN 1

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Cody Kirkpatrick

Alex Resendiz

Jaien Reuw

Hana Nguyen

Cait Fitzgerald

Jimmy Cho

Claire Mui

Lilia Bunsey

Emily Li

Kathryn Sikora

Ding Wen

Peter Zhang

Matthew Fiore

Adithya Anand

VIOLIN 2

Skyler Im

Sammie Van Hoose

David Rubin

Clare Hughes

Allison Matovic

Alexander Mitev

Eric Liu

Lizzy Zhou

Koto Tsuji

Sofia Castro

Narissa Chen

Victoria Dubowski

Austin Chen

Makena Dickens

VIOLA

Sabina Akelbek

Jeremy Dawes

Ishani Roy

Adrian Woods

Garrett Vandesteene

Marissa Curry

CELLO

Jack Cully

Caleb Gumminger

Lincoln Miller

John Su

Nathan Jiang

Mikaela Wood

Marin Beekman

Jeff Milberg

Kyra Hillsdon-Smith

Hannah Rogers

Annabelle Chen

Lucas Johnson

Lynn Nakamura

BASS

Max Figura

Cooper Carroll

Jack Benford

Selena Lopez

David Potgeter

FLUTE

Saisha Dangle

Ryan Whitaker

Arvindh Krishna

PICCOLO

Arvindh Krishna

OBOE

Daniel Uh

Kevin Woo

Henry Zhu

CLARINET

Ashton Cotton

Ben Zeidler

Logan Anderson

BASS CLARINET

Logan Anderson

BASSOON

Ryan Faley

Idris Stevenson

HORN

Alexa Barron

Chadwick Kim

Ellen Summers

Andres Uzcategui

Clare Duffy

Victoria Kendall

TRUMPET

Joseph Mastri

Anthony Gurrieri

Aidan Leifer

CORNET

Calvin Hodor

George Clark

Humza Nasir

TROMBONE

William Lo

Donald Mold

Keegan Ballard

TUBA

Nathan Battle

PIANO

Leo Yu

TIMPANI

Cristian Grover

PERCUSSION

Bryce Barnett

Tyler Barnett

Rylan Cripe

Kavin Karthikeyan

AUX. PERCUSSION

Nathan Kinney

Corbin Richardson

UPCOMING CONCERTS

APRIL

2 | Jazz Bands | 7:30 PM | Loeb Playhouse

Featuring Purdue Jazz Band, AMRE, Concert Jazz II, and Jazz Lab II

3 | Jazz Bands | 7:30 PM | Loeb Playhouse

Featuring Tower of Power Band, Concert Jazz I, and Jazz Lab I

17 | Spring Showcase I | 7:30 PM | Elliott Hall of Music

Featuring Campus Band and Collegiate Band I

18 | Spring Showcase II | 2:30 PM | Elliott Hall of Music

Featuring Alumni Concert Band, University Band, and Collegiate Band II

18 | Spring Showcase III | 7:30 PM | Elliott Hall of Music

Featuring Varsity Band and Symphonic Band

19 | Spring Showcase IV | 2:00 PM | Elliott Hall of Music

Featuring McCutcheon HS Band, Purdue Concert Band, and Purdue Wind Ensemble

19 | Percussion Ensemble | 7:30 PM | Elliott Hall of Music

21 | Chamber Recital I | 7:00 PM | St. John’s Episcopal Church

22 | Chamber Recital II | 7:00 PM | St. John’s Episcopal Church

23 | Chamber Recital III | 7:00 PM | St. John’s Episcopal Church

MAY

1 | Orchestras | 7:00 PM | Long Center for the Performing Arts

Featuring Concert Orchestra and Philharmonic Orchestra

2 | Orchestras | 7:00 PM | Long Center for the Performing Arts

Featuring University Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra

3 | Jazz on the Hill | 2:30 PM | Slayter Center of Performing Arts

Featuring all Purdue Jazz Ensembles

EVENTS

CALENDAR

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