LYS Finale Concert 2025

Violin
Madison Burke
Evelyn Chen
Emmy Christopher
Rosie Hahn
Yaikah Jow
Nina Mancusi
Siddharth Rajasekharan
Isabelle Rico
Pranav Sankar
Mia Vinod

Viola
James Anderson
Maeve Dermody
Naomie Hernandez
Wren Judy
Vivian Meier

Cello
Marlowe Campbell
Ava Locker
Martin McNeill
William Quinlan
Keira Stephens

Bass
Lily Edwards-Nipp
Tristan Jones
Elise Wowk

The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before Mozart's death. It was Mozart's last opera. It was an outstanding success from its first performances and remains a staple of the opera repertoire. Notes from Wikipedia.

Closer to the Skuy is an ode to the stunning beauty of Longs Peak in northern Colorado. Standing at an elevation of 14,259 feet, the sight of the peak among the Rocky Mountains provokes wonder and even influenced the town name of Longmont, where Westview Middle School is located. When Westview director Chue Vue approached me with the idea of a string orchestra piece to showcase Colorado school pride and a reflection of their natural Surroundings, I was ecstatic to draw Inspiration from my home state and the mountains I grew up in. Notes from the composer.

Inspired by pure joy, this work explores uplifting and lighthearted emotions. The music has a constant rhythmic pulse that gently interacts with graceful melodic lines and countermelodies. Notes from the publisher.

Flute
Lyra Klinger
Rachel Littmann

Clarinet
Opie Gryzch
Aubrey Zoch

Alto Sax
Damian Fuentez

Trumpet
Bodhi Chittick
Eva Fuhr
Travis Plaster
Lilian Simon

French Horn
Kelvin Atteberry

Baritone
Liam Diehm
Denver Lindsay

Trombone
Simon Guile
Silas Harrison

Tuba
Henry Brooks

Percussion
Helen Gifford
Evan Hingst
Zoe Schreurs

Musicians

Lyra Klinger, Rachel Littman, Aubrey Zoch, Opie Grzych, Damian Fuentez

Musicians

Travis Plaster, Bodhi Chittick, Eva Fuhr, Lillian Simon, Denver Lindsay, Liam Diehm, Simon Guile, Silas Harrison, Henry Brooks, Kelvin Atteberry

A salute to the musical culture of the Mississippi Delta region. A soulful opening chorale becomes a high-steppin' hoe-down before transitioning to a slow, bluesy swing, then it closes out with more dancing.

This miniature version of the prolific work by Gustav Holst is a snapshot of the symphonic masterpiece arranged for young band students. This arrangement features Mars-Bringer of War, Venus-Bringer of Peace, and Jupiter-Bringer of Jollity.

This work is the first movement of Standridge’s larger series called the “Darklands Symphony“.  This march walks a fine line between a dark, brooding sound and regal melodies.

Flute
Angela Tran

Clarinet
Oliver Sitja Sichel

Violin I
Vincent Stone
Adam Wegner
Amin Benmellah
Lucas Menza
Evan Green

Violin I
Josephine Pelster
Emily Payne
Bella Gabbard
Bode Beaver
Ethan Liu
Michael Vassilyev

Viola
Finn Wootton
Micah Marshall
James Nichols
Michelle Smith

Cello
Arthur Woodworth
Isaac Pelster
Ryan Larson
Sara Delker
Iris Lee

Bass
Drew Moore
Andrew Delker
Charlotte Asher

I     Allegro ma non tanto

Musicians: Violins-Adam Wegner, Evan Green, Vincent Stone; Viola-Finn Wooton, Cello-Sara Delker, Bass-Andrew Delker

The Tragic Overture is a concert overture for orchestra written by Johannes Brahms during the summer of 1880. It premiered, under Hans Richter, on 26 December 1880 in Vienna.

Brahms chose the title "tragic" to emphasize the turbulent, tormented character of the piece, in essence a free-standing symphonic movement, in contrast to the mirthful ebullience of a companion piece he wrote the same year, the Academic Festival Overture. Despite its name, the Tragic Overture does not follow any specific dramatic program. Brahms summed up the effective difference in character between the two overtures when he declared "one is laughing, the other crying."

The Symphony No. 9, also known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America from 1892 to 1895. It premiered in New York City on 16 December 1893. It is one of the most popular of all symphonies In older literature and recordings, this symphony was – as for its first publication – numbered as Symphony No. 5. The symphony was completed in the building that now houses the Bily Clocks Museum in Spillville, Iowa.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong took a tape recording including the New World Symphony along during the Apollo 11 mission, the first Moon landing, in 1969.

This programmatic work that depicts an elaborate bullfight. The modern bulfight (corrida de toros) has three distinct stages. The opening Spanish fanafre sets the stage for the entrance of the matador. The first stage (Tercio de Varas which means lances third) moves to a tango where the bull enters the arena and the matador first confronts the bull, performing a series of passes and observing the bull’s behavior and quirks. In the next stage, the tercio de banderillas (banderillas third), the matador attempts to plant two barbed sticks (banderillas) in the bull’s shoulders, causing it make desperate and ferocious charges. In the final stage, the tercio de muerte (death third), the matador enters the ring with a small red cape in one hand and a sword in the other. The music comes to a rousing end depicting the final fight where the matador then makes one final blow and the contest is over.