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SENIORS GRADUATING FROM OUR PROGRAM
Congratulations to all of our seniors and
best wishes for the future!
Julia Brandtner
Hannah Thompson
McKenna Vereeke
“The main concern for parents should be to bring up their
children as noble human
beings. That is sufficient. If this is not their greatest hope,
in the end the child
may take a road contrary to their expecta-tions. Children can
play very well. We
must try to make them splendid in mind and heart also.”
- Shinichi Suzuki
How do I find out more?
Check out our web site for more info!
www.siue.edu/suzuki
SIUE Suzuki Program
Box 1771 SIUE
Edwardsville, IL 62026
618-650-2839
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Table of Contents Faculty Biographies
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Group Class Teacher Biographies
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Graduate Assistant Biographies
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Kindermusik Teacher Biography
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Beginners
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Families............................................................................................
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Students in our Program 2019-2020
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Fun Facts
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Concerto Competition
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Solo/Ensemble
Participants.......................................................
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Graduation & Honors Recital Participants
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Practice Challenge Participants
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Viola Camerata/ESE/Cello Ensemble
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Tour Group/Beginning Orchestra of Awesomeness.............
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Edwardsville Youth Orchestra
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Performances and Community Involvement
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IMEA and All-State Participants
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Upcoming Events & Kindermusik Information
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Summer Camp Information
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Ads
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Special Thanks
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Seniors
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Special Thanks from the Suzuki Program to:
Michael Mishra, SIUE Music Department Chair
Cindy Parker-Grange and Marie Brown, Music Department Office
Lansin Kimler, Collaborative Pianist
Graduate Assistants & Faculty Teachers
Saturday Group Teachers
Hardworking Parents
SIUE
Thank you so much for your support of the SIUE Suzuki Program!
We couldn’t do what we
do without you!
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Faculty Vera McCoy-Sulentic (violin) is Director of the Suzuki
Program at SIUE. She has been a registered teacher trainer for the
Suzuki Association of the Americas since 1991 and conducts long
term Suzuki teacher training at SIUE. A frequent clini-cian at
Suzuki workshops, she has traveled throughout the United States and
Canada, and has taught in Bermuda, Sweden, Taiwan, Brazil, Canada,
Ecuador, and Guatemala. She was the recipient of SIUE’s Excellence
in Teaching award in 1996 and has been a faculty member and
director of the SIUE Suzuki Program since 1997. Additionally, she
has 10 years of string teaching experience in the public schools of
Edwardsville, Ill., and Eugene, Oregon. In 1988, Vera earned a
Masters in Music Education from SIUE which included long term
teacher training with John Kendall. Other Suzuki training has been
with Mihoko Hirata, Yuko Mori, Evelyn Hermann, and Doris Pruecil.
Academic degrees include a B.M. in Music Education from the
University of Oregon and a B.A. in French from the University of
Iowa. Linda Bristol (violin and viola) earned her BME from
Lindenwood College and her MME from SIUE. She also is a pianist. In
2012, she retired from teaching or-chestra in the Edwardsville
School District after 16 years of teaching at the mid-dle school
and elementary levels. Before teaching in Edwardsville, Linda
taught in Parkway, Hazelwood and several private schools in the
area. She studied Suzu-ki pedagogy with John Kendall and Carol
Smith. Linda has been a faculty teacher in the SIUE Suzuki Program
since 2002. Linda’s three children all went through the Suzuki
Program at SIUE. Her daughter, Heather, is a Suzuki teacher in
Mis-soula, Montana. Allison Huebner-Woerner (violin, viola) joined
the faculty of the String Devel-opment Program at SIUE in 1994. She
holds degrees from University of Missouri-Columbia and SIUE in
Music Performance and Music Education. Allison served as Graduate
Assistant to John Kendall and completed Long-Term Suzuki Training
during her Master’s Degree, and then as Doctoral Assistant to John
McLeod at UMC. In addition to Directing the SIUE Tour Group since
2001, she maintains a private studio at SIUE, and has served as a
Board Member for the St. Charles Youth Orchestras, as well as
Director of the SIUE Advanced Chamber Ensemble, The Edwardsville
Youth Orchestra, and is founder and Director of the Ballwin String
Studio. Allison has served as concertmaster and soloist for several
com-munity orchestras and has been a frequent contributor to the
American Suzuki Journal, and presenter at the National Suzuki
Conference.
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Faculty (cont’d)
Stephanie Hunt (cello) An active and versatile musician,
Stephanie Hunt performs on both modern and baroque cello. Her
current activities include performances with the Persied String
Quartet, Chamber Project St. Louis, and the La Petite Brise, an
early music trio. Stephanie has participated in numerous
international music festivals, in-cluding the Nederlandse Orkest-
en Ensemble-Academie, Royaumont Formations Pro-fessionnelles
(France), the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, and two summers
as a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow. Her studies on modern cello
led to a B.Mus. summa cum laude from the University of Miami's
Frost School of Music and a M.Mus. from Rice University's Shepherd
School of Music. Following her American studies, Stephanie moved to
Europe and earned both a B.Mus. Honours and M.Mus. in baroque cello
from the Utrecht Conservatory in the Netherlands. Her teachers
include Viola de Hoog, Norman Fischer, Hans Jørgen Jensen, Ross
Harbaugh, and Monique Bartels. After five years studying and
performing in the Netherlands, Stephanie re-turned to the United
States, to settle in the St. Louis area. Stephanie teaches cello in
the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Suzuki program, is
the cello instructor at Lindenwood University, and maintains a
private studio in St. Louis.
Erika Lord-Castillo (violin, viola) has been a faculty teacher
in the SIU Edwardsville Suzuki Program since 2009. Originally from
Iowa City, Iowa, Erika earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin
Performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature, Sciences
and Arts from the University of Iowa. She holds a Master’s in Music
Educa-tion from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and
studied Suzuki pedagogy Vio-lin Books 1-10 with Vera
McCoy-Sulentic. Erika has also completed Suzuki violin teacher
training with Michelle Higa George, Moshe Neumann, Judy Bossuat,
Nancy Jackson, Christie Felsing, and Alice Joy Lewis, and has done
viola teacher training with William Preucil, Senior. She is a past
director of SIUE’s Summer String Camp, and is director of the SIUE
Suzuki Viola Camerata, part of the larger SIUE Suzuki Tour Group.
She received the Suzuki Association Certificate of Achievement
Level 1 in the summer of 2015, has contributed several articles to
the American Suzuki Journal, and has pre-sented at the Suzuki
Association of the Americas National Conference.
Vicki Lottes (violin, viola) grew up in a Cincinnati musical
family with 12 children and she graduated from the University of
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (BME) and Indiana
University (M.M. studying with Josef Gingold). For 32 years, Vicki
taught orchestra and string classes in Massachusetts and Missouri
public schools, most recently 20 years with the Parkway School
District (St. Louis County) in high school, middle school, and
elementary school. She helped Parkway grow their Suzuki program for
all third grade students in 18 schools. Vicki trained with John
Kendall and Vera McCoy-Sulentic at SIUE. She is a member of the SAA
and taught Suzuki violin and viola students at her home studio in
West St. Louis County for 6 years. Vicki has taught private lessons
at SIUE since 2007, and co-directed the SIUE Summer String Camp for
eight years. Vicki is the mother of two boys who studied Suzuki
violin and cello.
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Tour Group,
This year has been one for the history books. Each of you has
impressed me with your hard work and positive attitude, through the
entire year. I could not be prouder of you. Thank you for
continuing to work and support each other, and together we will not
only survive but thrive!
To our graduating seniors Hannah, McKenna and Julia, we will
miss you and we wish you ever success and happiness ahead, and
don’t forget, you can always come back!
Much love to each of you, and gratitude for all the music, the
laughter and the love. Tour Group is so much more than just the
beautiful music; it’s about the beautiful souls that make it!
From Room to Zoom and back again!
Allison Woerner
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Faculty (cont’d)
Mikaila Seo (viola, violin) received her Master of Music
Performance degree in 2012 from Roosevelt University in Chicago,
after earning her Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Boston
Conservatory in 2009. She has studied with Law-rence Neuman, Sally
Chisholm, and Rictor Noren. Mikaila has completed Suzuki violin
teacher training with Dr. Laurie Scott, Nancy Lokken, Nancy
Jackson, Ann Montzka-Smelser, and Alice Joy Lewis, and Suzuki viola
teacher training with Wil-liam Preucil, Sr. In the summer, Mikaila
directs the SIUE String Development Camp. In addition to her
teaching duties at the SIUE Suzuki String Program, she plays with
the Salem-St. Louis Chamber Orchestra, and freelances in the area.
Prior to teach-ing in Edwardsville, Mikaila lived in Austin, Texas,
and studied Suzuki Pedagogy with Dr. Laurie Scott. During her time
in Austin, she served as the Assistant Direc-tor of the String
Project at the University of Texas at Austin, was a violin and
viola instructor at Southwestern University, maintained a full
private studio, Seo String Studio, alongside her husband Jun, a
cellist, and served as the Director of the Young Artist Division at
Texas Strings Camp. In addition to teaching and performing,
Mi-kaila enjoys cooking, reading, playing with her daughter Stella,
and taking her doo-dle, Lulu, on long walks.
Adjunct and Group Class Teachers
Kim Gindler will be teaching cello and reading classes. She
began studying the vio-lin in the SIUE Suzuki Program when she was
four years old and was a member of Mr. Kendall’s first tour group
to Ireland and Sweden. She received her undergradu-ate and graduate
degrees in music from SIUE and finished three levels of Orff
certifi-cation through Webster University. In addition to the
violin, she loves dancing, and playing the flute and the piano. Kim
has taught high school and middle school or-chestra, elementary
strings, middle school general music, and middle school choir. Her
son, Lars, is a cello student in the SIUE Suzuki Program. Daniel
Mieloch moved to Illinois in 2003 to attend SIUE and earn his
master’s de-gree in conducting after attaining his bachelor’s
degrees in music education and vio-lin performance from Lebanon
Valley College. Daniel Mieloch is director of orches-tras at Fort
Zumwalt West High School. Daniel has been honored to work with the
SIUE Suzuki Department since the spring of 2010 and is the
principal conductor of the Edwardsville Youth Orchestra. Lansin
Kimler, piano, studied at Southern Illinois University,
Edwardsville, earning
Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in music, following study with
Ruth Slenczynska &
Linda Perry. She has worked with the Suzuki String Program at
SIUE and the Communi-
ty Music School at Webster University, and now teaches and
accompanies at East Cen-
tral College, Union, and the University of Missouri – St. Louis.
She also serves as accom-
panist for the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Third Baptist Church
(Grand Center), and
the Parkway School District. She has given numerous solo
recitals, and in the past has
played and recorded with the St. Louis Ocarina Trio. Among her
notable affiliations is
the Ladies’ Friday Musical Club, one of St. Louis’s most storied
institutions.
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Graduate Teachers
Daniela Belen Jofré Arroyo began her violin studies at the pre
college conservatory of the Universidad de Talca, Chile at the age
of nine. After graduating high school, she pursued the degree of
Violin Performance at the same university. During her years of
undergraduate studies, Jofre was principal second violin of the
Universidad de Talca Symphony Orchestra; and Concertmaster,
assistant Concermaster and principal second violin of the Maule
State Youth Symphony Orchestra. Among her academic achievements,
Jofre received the Aca-demic Achievement Award to the best student
of the Music School of the year 2012 and the Francisco Encina Award
to the best student of her promotion. After graduating, she started
working as a violin teacher at the pre college conservatory of the
Universidad de Talca. Currently, Jofre is recipient of a Fulbright
grant and a graduate assistant at Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, where she studies a Master in Perfomance with an
emphasis in Suzuki Pedagogy. Andrea Isabel Gómez Fernández is
currently a student seeking an MM in viola perfor-mance with an
emphasis in Suzuki pedagogy from SIUE. She grew up in Colombia and
stud-ied Viola at EAFIT University. Andrea taught viola and violin
in Colombia for 4 years. in institutions such as the House of
Culture, Municipality of Caldas. Antioquia, Colombia, Batu-ta
Caldas Foundation, Colombia, Center of Continuous Formation (CEC)
of EAFIT University and Red of Music Schools in Medellin, Colombia.
She has played in Iberacademy Orchestra, Joven Sinfonica de
Colombia, Joven Filarmonica de Colombia, Filarmonica de Medellin,
Or-questa Sinfonica de Caldas, Filarmonica del Cafe , among others.
Also, she have played side by side with Houston Symphony Orchestra
and New World Symphony Orquesta. Moreover, she have participated of
courses such as Suzuki Philosophy and Book 1 in Bogota , Colom-bia,
Pedagogy Workshop Seminar on Orchestral Practice in CEC and Group
Class Tech-niques with Carey Hockett. Mu-Chi (Monica) Hsieh
Violinist and educator, is a native of Taiwan, and has recently
moved to Illinois to pursue a M.M. in violin performance with an
emphasis on Suzuki peda-gogy from Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville (SIUE). At SIUE, she studies with Le-nora-Marya Anop.
Hsieh has taught violin in Taiwan for more than 10 years; she has
tre-mendous experience helping students as young as age three learn
how to play violin from the start. Hsieh herself began learning
violin in Suzuki pedagogy at the age of five from her mother. Hsieh
was selected to be one of the 2019-2020 Competitive Graduate Award
(CGA) Winners from a highly competitive applicant pool and will
conduct a research project in cooperation with Ms. Vera and Dr.
Greenwood throughout this year. Mu-Chi Hsieh and An-drea Gomez won
the 2019 SIUE music department concerto competition, and played
Mo-zart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola (1st movement)
with the university orches-tra. Ana Cecelia Villegas is currently a
student seeking a MM in Music Education with empha-sis in Suzuki
pedagogy. She grew up in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Went to the
National Conservatory of Music “Germa n Alca ntara” where she
learned to play violin and was part of the students orchestra in
first and second violins. She studied at Universidad del Valle de
Guatemala and earned the degrees Highschool Music Teacher, Bachelor
in Arts and a Bach-elor in Music. She has been a music and English
teacher for preschoolers for 10 years so took training for Suzuki
books 1 (2015) and 2 (2016). She enjoys teaching as much as she
enjoys music, she likes sports, animals and exploring new
places.
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Kindermusik
Ellen Singh’s lifelong passion and joy has been her work
experience in the music field alongside young children and their
families. She has been a li-censed Kindermusik educator since 2004.
A graduate of both the University of Evansville (B.S. in Sociology
and Interpersonal Communications) and the Uni-versity of Illinois
(Master's Degree in Social Work with LMSW licensure), she has a
broad spectrum of educational and clinical experiences including
child development, group dynamics, and relationship building which
are essential in teaching music to children and their families.
Equally, she has gained wide-spread networking/public relations and
entrepreneurial experiences as her Kindermusik business has grown
and continues to develop throughout the years. Musically, she has
her foundations in many years of piano and flute les-sons as well
as having taught herself to play electric bass guitar. She has
per-formed in various groups throughout high school and college.
Additionally, she has enjoyed the opportunities of performing
(flute) in her church and in vari-ous community orchestras
throughout the country as well as teaching flute lessons. She
taught the SIUE Suzuki Program Pre-Reading Music Theory class from
2005-2011. Currently, she is an adjunct professor for both SIUE and
Lew-is & Clark Community College where she teaches a class
entitled, “Music for the Preschool Teacher”. As a licensed
Kindermusik educator, Ellen brings the love of music, movement, and
learning to children and families in her commu-nity and the region,
in partnership with the SIUE Suzuki program, in her Kin-dermusik
program. Additionally, as of July 2017, she has officially begun
serv-ing a 3-year term on the Kindermusik International
'Partnership of Kinder-musik Educators' (PKE) Board of Advisors, or
more appropriately called, "The Sound Board". The mission of this
board is to represent and support the com-munity of 5000+
Kindermusik Educators and work cooperatively with Kinder-musik
Corporate Staff to bring Kindermusik to the world. She is honored
and humbled to take on this volunteer position in which she aspires
to utilize her passion for music in expansive ways. Her greatest
love is being a wife and mother of her four children.
Graduate Teachers continued...
James Brian Wall is currently a student seeking an MM in violin
performance with an emphasis in Suzuki pedagogy from SIUE. Brian
grew up playing the violin in the Alton School District, playing in
the Alton Youth Symphony Orchestra, Alton Symphony Orchestra, and
was concertmaster of the symphonic orchestra at Alton High School.
He has also been a member of the St Louis Youth Symphony
Orches-tra, the St.Louis Philharmonic, and was concertmaster of the
Webster University Symphony Orchestra where he received his
bachelor's degree in violin perfor-mance. He has performed and
taught around the Greater St Louis area for over 10 years, and also
plays piano, sings, and composes in his spare time.
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Beginners –
2019-2020
Violin
Alex Chen
Boris Chen
Isabelle Dalla Riva
Elizabeth Jarrell
Veronica Jarrell
Hadley Johnson
Gus Stegman
Evie Thompson
Alisa Zhao
Max Zvolensky
Hunter Hodges
Veer Sangani
Kate Hohman
Grace Hohman
Reagan Ruhlin
Cello
Mia Leatherman
Abigail Prince
Sara Willen
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Families who Grew Up in the Program and have Kids in the
Program:
Kim Gindler—Lars Gindler
Robin Meier— Marissa Meier Chris Schwertman— Kaleigh Schwertman
Aaron Myers— Sabrina, Ashlyn, Ansley,
Xander Myers
Families who have been in the SIUE Suzuki Program for More than
10 Years:
Voss Family—20 years
Johnson Family— 19 years Siampos Family— 19 years
Schwertman Family—15 years Singh Family—15 years
Lueking Family—13 years Washam Family—13 years
Wei Family—13 years Malik Family— 12 years
Miracle Family— 12 years Gindler Family— 11 years
VanMiddendorp Family— 11 years
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Participating Students – 2019-2020
Suzuki Selin Aktuna Abdullah Bahrainwala Ammar Bahrainwala
Jumana Bahrainwala Elise Baxter Mackenzie Berczek Nathaniel Berczek
Harrison Birk Julia Brandtner* Claire Charles Eleanor Charles Aike
Chen Alan Chen Karis Chen Runmo Boris Chen Runquian Alex Chen Tyler
Chrenka Isabelle Dalla Riva Anna Demetrulias Elijah Demetrulias
James Dombrowski Vylaisri Dombrowski Ely Eardley Emery Eardley
Jeremiah Eardley Lizzy Eardley Toby Eardley Connor Evans Charlotte
Flowers Jack Floyd Kaitlyn Foppe Veronica Foppe Jacob Foster Luke
Foster Taylor Frick Alec Frohnert Lucas Frohnert Nicolette
Frohnert
Olivia Fults Lars Gindler Elusha Golovay Esaiah Golovay Yoseph
Golovay Evelyn An Greenwood Grant Hagaman Josie Hagaman Ann Marie
Handshy Darian Hawkins Camyll Heitmann Quilan Heitmann Hunter
Hodges Grace Hohman Kate Hohman Evelina Jacinto Elizabeth Jarrell
Owen Jarrell Veronica Jarrell Wesley Jarrell Clara Johnson Evie
Johnson Hadley Johnson Joey Johnson Sawyer Johnson Lillie Kaufman
Zoe Kaufmann Kevin Kays Ashley Kim Ian Kim Elijah Kimler Lauren
Klaas Siddanth Kuchangi Harper Kurtz Addilyn Ladwig Elise Larrew
Emmy Larrew Abby Leatherman Mia Leatherman Caden Lechtenberger
Calvin Limbach Estelle Limbach Everett Limbach Addie Lingafelter
Anna Linn Tori Linn Madeline Loyd Makenna Lueking Maya Lueking
Akira Malik Derek Markus Sarah Matson Abbie May Grace May Timothy
McLaughlin-Heil Marissa Meier Brynn Miracle Charlie Monaco Maggie
Monaco Paul Monaco Nicholas Monahan Caroline Moody Elliana Moody
Emily Moody Maggie Moseley Vanessa Musch Ansley Myers Ashlyn Myers
Sabrina Myers Xander Myers Kaitlyn Nelson Katherine Nguyen Mathew
Nguyen Derek Nunes Kiera Nunes Eileen Pan Graham Pezza Helen Pezza
Allegra Piazza
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Abigail Prince Rachel Probasco Julia Rafaelle MaryAnn Rainey
Jace Rodgers Willa Ruder Reagan Ruhlin Hayeon Ryu Veer Sangani
Kaleigh Schwertman Stella Seo Evonne Siampos Anna Singh Fred
Stegman Gus Stegman Sasha Steinheimer Apollonia Sumnlers Arabella
Sumnlers Annie Thoelke Emily Thoelke Olivia Thoelke Evelyn Thompson
Hannah Thompson* Jonah Tinge Linnea Turner Peter Valkov Erin
VanMiddendorp Sophie VanMiddendorp McKenna Vereeke* Lillian
Vittetoe Elliot Voss Andrew James Wang William Wang Bailey Washam
Elaine Wei Anna Willen Sara Willen Alyssa Wong Jenae Wright Josie
Wright Justin Wright
Ali Zaber Alisa Zhao Caroline Zhao Jaiden Zook Max Zvolensky
Kindermusik Mayleigh Alsop Finley Becker Bryce Becoat Ashton
Bennett Klara Bezhanova Sloane Bilbruck Rye Blevens Gia Bossetto
Ella Bossetto Leah Branch Piper Burcham Nora Burcham Lila Casteel
Carter Copeland Arjun Detmer Moira Guntren Moira Guntren Lisbeth
Hall Theodore Hall Ellory Hunt Jobie Hutchinson Ellen Kurtz Caleb
Landrum Lyla Lawson Amelia Leese Nora Leese Alexandra Lett Emma
Mangian Maxwell Markovich Marlo May Thea McCann Hazel McKoon-Speer
Oliver Nusser
Anders Page Noah Parker Kaden Pieper Caroline Ridgeway Eleanor
Rigdon Lilah Robbins Collins Ruwe Vivian Schelp Theodore
Tetzner
Community Strings Murtuza Bahrainwala Christian Bristol Naomi
Brunner Angela Loveridge Corinne Morris Ling Munsell Bjorn Peterson
Lacey Rodgers *Graduating Seniors Community Strings is a program
for adult stu-dents and other students who do not take Suzuki
lessons.
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www.siue.edu/suzuki
@SiueSuzuki
Fun Facts Number of students in program
......................................................... 214
Number of students in Tour Group
...................................................... 28
Number of students in Cello
Ensemble................................................. 9
Number of students in Viola Camerata and Ensemble
.................. 7
Concerto Competition Participants
...................................................... 20
Practice Challenge Participants
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51
Events in year 2019-2020
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12
Students Graduated from Suzuki Books this year
......................... 28
Number of Beginners
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18
Number of Faculty Teachers
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7
Number of Grad Assistants
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5
Number of Seniors
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3
Number of Saturday Classes and Concerts
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Advanced Division Participants
Selin Aktuna
Karis Chen
Quilan Heitmann
Camyll Heitmann
Brynn Miracle
Eileen Pan
Kaleigh Schwertman
Evonne Siampos
Annie Thoelke
Olivia Thoelke
Erin VanMiddendorp
Bailey Washam
Jenae Wright
Justin Wright
Intermediate Division Participants Darian Hawkins
Evie Johnson
Kaitlyn Foppe
Jaiden Zook
Jonah Tinge
Emily Thoelke
John and Kay Kendall Concerto Competition Winners
Intermediate Division
1st Place Darian Hawkins
2nd Place Evie Johnson
3rd Place Kaitlyn Foppe
Advanced Division
1st Place Justin Wright
2nd Place Erin VanMiddendorp
3rd Place Evonne Siampos
Concerto Competition 2019-2020
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High School Solo/Ensemble Participants
Akira Malik
Annie Thoelke
Ashley Kim
Bailey Washam
Brynn Miracle
Derek Markus
Eileen Pan
Elaine Wei
Elliot Voss
Emmy Larrew
Erin VanMiddendorp
Evie Johnson
Hannah Thompson
James Dombrowski
Jenae Wright
Julia Brandtner
Justin Wright
Lars Gindler
Linnea Turner
MaryAnn Rainey
McKenna Vereeke
Olivia Fults
Peter Valkov
Selin AktunaOlivia Thoelke
Tim McLaughlin-Heil
Tyler Chrenka
Elementary/Middle School Solo/Ensemble
Participants Addie Lingafelter
Annie Handshy
Connor Evans
Elise Larrew
Elli Moody
Elusha Golovay
Emily Moody
Grace May
Graham Pezza
Ian Kim
Jaiden Zook
Jumana Bahrainwala
Kaitlyn Nelson
Karis Chen
Lauren Klaas
Maggie Moseley
Nicholas Monahan
Sasha Steinheimer
Zoe Kaufmann
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Violin Twinkles
Elijah Kimler
Calvin Limbach
Charlie Monaco
Jace Rodgers
Sasha Steinheimer
William Wang
Anna Willen
Alyssa Wong
Violin Minuets
Willa Ruder
Violin Book One
Mackenzie Berczek
Clara Johnson
Harper Kurtz
Abby Leatherman
Addie Lingafelter
Maggie Monaco
Rachel Probasco
Arabella Sumnlers
Caroline Zhao
Viola Book One
Estelle Limbach
Violin Book Two
Kaitlyn Foppe
Joey Johnson
Abby Leatherman
Maddie Loyd
Abbie May
Violin Book Three
Kaitlyn Foppe
Darian Hawkins
Abby Leatherman
Violin Book Four
Nicholas Monahan
Honors Performers
Kaitlyn Foppe
Erin VanMiddendorp
Graduation from any Suzuki Book for the SIUE Suzuki Program
means that students have not only played all the pieces in the book
and perfected them, but that they have rec-orded them and those
recordings have been approved by their teacher. They must perform
the last piece in the book on a graduation recital to receive a
certificate of graduation.
Graduation and Honors
Recital 2019-2020
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*Abby Leatherman
Addie Lingafelter
*Aike Chen
*Alan Chen
Alisa Zhao
Ana Cecilia Villegas
Anna Linn
*Annie Handshy
*Apollonia Sumnlers
*Arabella Sumnlers
Calvin Limbach
Caroline Zhao
*Christian Bristol
Claire Charles
Clara Johnson
*Darian Hawkins
Derek Nunes
Eleanor Charles
Elise Larrew
Ely Eardley
Emery Eardley
Emmy Larrew
Erika Lord-Castillo
Esaiah Golovay
Estelle Limbach
Everett Limbach
Graham Pezza
Helen Pezza
Jace Rodgers
James Brian Wall
Jeremiah Eardley
Joey Johnson
*Jonah Tinge
Kaitlin Nelson
*Karis Chen
Kaitlyn Foppe
Kiera Nunes
Lizzy Eardley
Madeline Loyd
Maggie Moseley
Mia Leatherman
Mikaila Seo
*Nicholas Monahan
*Runmo Boris Chen
*Runqian Alex Chen
Sasha Steinheimer
Stephanie Hunt
Toby Eardley
Tori Linn
Vicki Lottes
*William Wang
Zoe Kaufmann
Practice Challenge Completers
Practiced 100 Days or More in a Row *Practiced 200 days!
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Edwardsville String
Ensemble
2019-2020
Linda Bristol,
Director
Mackenzie Berczek
Michele Brannan*
Claire Charles
Anna Demetrulias
Brittany Demetrulias*
Elijah Demetrulias
Vylaisri Dombrowski
Ely Eardley
Lizzy Eardley
Toby Eardley
Jack Floyd
Alec Frohnert
Lucas Frohnert
Clara Johnson
Zoe Kaufmann
Kevin Kays
Lauren Klaas
Harper Kurtz
Elise Larrew
Everett Limbach
Addie Lingafelter
Grace May
Maggie Monaco
Paul Monaco
Elliana Moody
Ansley Myers
Ashlyn Myers
Xander Myers
Kaitlyn Nelson
Mathew Nguyen
Graham Pezza
Rachel Probasco
Willa Ruder
Hayeon Ryu
Arabella Sumnlers
Jonah Tinge
Andrew James Wang
Ali Zaber
Caroline Zhao
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Viola Camerata & Ensemble
2019-2020
Erika Lord-Castillo, Director
Julia Brandtner#
Elusha Golovay#
Ian Kim
Estelle Limbach
Derek Markus#
Emily Thoelke#
Peter Valkov#
#=Viola Camerata
Cello Ensemble 2019-2020
Stephanie Hunt, Director
Selin Aktuna
Tyler Chrenka
James Dombrowski
Luke Foster
Olivia Fults
Lars Gindler
Timothy McLaughlin-Heil
Olivia Thoelke
Justin Wright
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Tour Group
2019-2020
Allison Woerner , Director
Karis Chen#
Camyll Heitmann#
Quilan Heitmann#
Evie Johnson#
Ashley Kim#
Emmy Larrew
Makenna Lueking#
Maya Lueking
Akira Malik#
Marissa Meier
Brynn Miracle#
Nicholas Monahan
Eileen Pan#
MaryAnn Rainey
Kaleigh Schwertman#
Evonne Siampos#
Anna Singh
Annie Thoelke#
Hannah Thompson#
Linnea Turner#
Erin VanMiddendorp#
Sophie VanMiddendorp
McKenna Vereeke#
Elliot Voss#
Bailey Washam#
Elaine Wei#
Jenae Wright#
Jaiden Zook
#= Tour Group Level 2
Beginning Orchestra
2019-2020
Vicki Lottes, Director
Nathaniel Berczek
Esaiah Golovay
Josie Hagaman
Wesley Jarrell
Sawyer Johnson
Lillie Kaufman
Caroline Moody
Julia Rafaelle
Sasha Steinheimer
Anna Willen
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Edwardsville Youth
Orchestra
2019-2020
Daniel Mieloch,
Director
Selin Aktuna
Ammar Bahrainwala
Jumana Bahrainwala
Elise Baxter
Julia Brandtner
Alan Chen
Tyler Chrenka
James Dombrowski
Kaitlyn Foppe
Jacob Foster
Luke Foster
Taylor Frick
Olivia Fults
Lars Gindler
Elusha Golovay
Ann Marie Handshy
Darian Hawkins
Evelina Jacinto
Joey Johnson
Ian Kim
Siddanth Kuchangi
Emmy Larrew
Abby Leatherman
Estelle Limbach
Madeline Loyd
Maya Lueking
Derek Markus
Abbie May
Timothy McLaughlin-Heil
Marissa Meier
Nicholas Monahan
Emily Moody
Maggie Moseley
Katherine Nguyen
MaryAnn Rainey
Anna Singh
Emily Thoelke
Olivia Thoelke
Peter Valkov
Sophie VanMiddendorp
Josie Wright
Justin Wright
Jaiden Zook
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Performances and Community Involvement
2019-2020 String Camp
Cello Camp
Kindermusik Camp
St. Mary’s Fall Festival
Edwardsville Art Fair
Edwardsville Halloween Costume Contest
Justin Wright, Concerto Competition Winner performed with SIUE
Orchestra
Chamber Project
Fall Ensembles Concert
Culver’s Christmas Performance
Graduation and Honors Recital
Concerto Competition
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All-District and All-State Orchestras
All-District Senior Orchestra
Akira Malik, Annie Thoelke, Ashley Kim, Brynn Miracle, Eileen
Pan, Elaine Wei, Elliot Voss, Emmy Larrew, Evie Johnson, Hannah
Thompson, Jenae Wright, Julia Brandtner, Justin Wright, Linnea
Turner, MaryAnn Rainey, McKenna Vereeke, Olivia Fults, Olivia
Thoelke, Selin Aktuna, Taylor Frick, Tyler Chrenka. St. Louis,
Missouri District Orchestra: Evonne Siampos
All-District Junior Orchestra
Annie Handshy, Grace May, Jaiden Zook, Jumana Bahrainwala, Karis
Chen, Maddie Loyd, Maggie Moseley
Congratulations to our many students who are
members of their local school orchestra programs
members of Illinois or Missouri All District Orchestra
participated in Solo and Ensemble competition
Members of All-State Orchestra in Illinois or Missouri
Participate in Honors Ensembles and Orchestras
Play in Community Orchestras
Our students receive numerous scholarships and honors and we are
proud of everyone!
All-State Orchestra
Congratulations to Akira Malik, Brynn Miracle, Elaine Wei,
Elliot Voss, Julia Brandtner, Justin Wright, and Olivia Thoelke who
were selected to participate in the 2020 All-State Orchestra in
Peoria, Illinois!