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Symphony Orchestra featuring CJ Smyth-Small, piano 10/24/25

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025  •  7:30 p.m.

Weigel Auditorium
Columbus, OH

Miriam Burns, conductor
 

Program


Khovantschina Prelude

Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
arr. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) 

Raúl Delgado Navarro, guest conductor


Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor, Op. 20

Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)

I.    Allegro
II.   Andante
III.  Allegro moderato

CJ Smyth-Small, soloist
2025 DMA Concerto Competition co-winner


PAUSE


Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)

I.    Allegretto — Poco allegro — Tranquillo, ma poco a poco...
II.   Tempo andante, ma rubato — Andante sostenuto
III.  Vivacissimo — Lento e suave — Largamente
IV.  Finale (Allegro moderato)
 


Symphony Orchestra Personnel

Autumn Semester

Violin I
Felipe Mathias Romagnoli, concertmaster
Nathan Jeoung
David Zhu
Mara Seppala
Sidd Figurov
Miah Shaffer
Adam Whitman
Melanie Owen

Violin II
Martin Fihe, principal
Hana Mazak
Isabelle Tardivon
Declan Alford
Chuyang Deng
Amina Janybek

Viola
Aiden Yi-Hung Jeng, principal
Brandon Waite 
Erica Lopez 
Chase Lobos  
Luke Wittrock
Benjamin Windover Noble
Avery Temple
Logan Bartlett
Nicolo Moulthrop

Cello
Owen Summers, principal
Aidan Dever
Anyu Gu
Jake Eyink
Margaret Leung
Jacob Myers
Annie Bartos
Kate Sahr
Jaeda Wood-Binkley
Audra Incledon
Jacob Schwengler

Double Bass
Saoirse Hurley, principal
Felix Mueller
Carson Wolfe
Jett Maslouski
Owen Lutz
Luca Brusco
Jeremy Frolo
JoJo Schweitzer
Owen Welch

Flute
Jonathan Mitchell, principal
Karis Brennan
Shreeya Yampati

Oboe
Briele Vollmuth
Maddie Wittman
Ben Newman
Laura Pitner

Clarinet
Samuel Langer, principal
Asa Mattson

Bassoon
Brandon Golpe, principal
Bitania Petros

Horn
Kaylee Skaris
Olivia Boden
Andrew Waite
Nora Lemmon
Paul Bissler

Trumpet
Zach Heffner
Brandon Ising
Connor Milner
Jude Abuzeide

Trombone
Gavin Abrams
Luke Brown
Jackson Fortner
Jonathan Kessler
DJ Austin

Tuba
Justin White

Timpani / Percussion
Hayden Veith
Jacob Cauley

Harp
Abigail Bachelor 
 


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