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Spring concert showcases award-winning RE Symphony and recognizes senior award winners

The RE Symphony Orchestra offered an inspiring finale to the Upper School Spring Instrumental Music Concert on April 24 by performing symphonic classics from Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. The symphony's performance under co-directors Jon Hamm and Scott O'Donnell capped an emotional night that included a salute to 14 departing seniors and the presentation of two special music awards: Vicky Pinilla '25, a flautist, was named the recipient of the 2025 Bill Pender Service Award, and Andrew Gedde '25, a trumpet player, received the Leonard Bernstein Award for Creativity and Musicianship. Photo Gallery
Hamm and O'Donnell introduced and thanked all of the program's departing seniors: Sirja Jõeveer '25, Sindhu Talluri '25, Mikey Day '25, Anu Tewari '25, Noah Martin '25, Pinilla, David Luan '25, Carlos Horcasitas '25, Gedde, Hudson Kaplan '25, Patricio de Lope '25, Griffin Nelson-Montet '25, Paloma Lopes '25 and Sofia Rakhimi '25.

Earlier in April, the RE Symphony traveled to Titusville to perform in the state concert music performance assessment, marking the first time in school history that a full concert band or orchestra advanced to the state event. The RE Symphony earned straight Excellent ratings from the three concert adjudicators, a strong inaugural performance for the young orchestra.
 
Besides the RE Symphony, the spring concert featured acclaimed RE Jazz Combo and Blue Note Combo, and Guitar Ensembles, String Orchestra, Advanced Chamber Ensemble and RE String Quartet.

Guitar II
Juju Hommen ’27
Charlie Holleman ’26
Enrique Macias ’26
Lucas Praca ’27
Ellie Stokes ’26
 
Guitar I
Hank Derick ’28
R.J. Donaldson’25
Victoria Garcia Pinochet-Pena ’28
Miles Gelber ’25
Yiani Tettamanti ’28
 
Blue Note Combo
Vicky Pinilla ’25, Flute
Hudson Kaplan ’25, Trombone
Andrew Gedde ’25, Piano
Antonio de Andrade ’27, Bass
Lily Poses ’26, Drums
Patricio de Lope ’25, Guitar
Auguste Houlle ’27, Vibes
 
RE Jazz Combo
Simone Carrasco ’27, Tenor Sax
Carlos Horcasitas ’25, Bari Sax
Sofia Rakhimi ’25, Piano
Morgan Williams ’26, Bass
Griffin Nelson-Montet ’25, Drums
Noah Martin ’25, Guitar
Paloma Lopes ’25, Vibes

String Orchestra
Violin 1
Emma Fayad ’27
Ivanna Barroso Ruiz ’28
Isha Mavinkurve ’28
Victoria de Vera ’27
 
Violin 2
Girish Raju ’27
Eva Cunningham ’27
Brayden McDaniel ’27
Ryan Vinocur ’28
 
Viola
Alicia Medina ’26
Andrea Medina ’28
 
Cello
Ethan Moskovitz ’27
 
RE String Quartet
Sirja Joeveer ’25, Violin 1
Gianna Carvalho ’26, Violin 2
Scott O’Donnell, Viola
Mikey Day ’25, Cello
 
Advanced Chamber Ensemble
Violin 1
Sirja Joeveer ’25
Gianna Carvalho ’26
 
Violin 2
Sindhu Talluri ’25
Sienna Bautista ’27
 
Viola
Scott O’Donnell
 
Cello
Mikey Day ’25
Ephram Brandwayn ’26
Tariq Maduro ’26
Anu Tewari ’25
 
Scott O’Donnell, Strings Music Director

RE Symphony Orchestra
Violin 1
Sirja Joeveer ’25
Gianna Carvalho ’26
Sindhu Talluri ’25
Sienna Bautista ’27
Emma Fayad ’27
 
Violin 2
Girish Raju ’27
Braden McDaniel ’27
Ivanna Barroso Ruiz ’28
Eva Cunningham ’27
Victoria de Vera ’28
Isha Mavinkurve ’28
Ryan Vinocur ’28
 
Viola
Alicia Medina ’26
Andrea Medina ’28
 
Cello
Mikey Day ’25
Tariq Maduro ’26
Ephram Brandwayn ’26
Ethan Moskovitz ’27
Anu Tewari ’25
 
Bass
Noah Martin ’25
Morgan Williams ’26
 
Flute
Vicky Pinilla ’25 I
Emilia Awad ’26 I
Sukhari Afflick ’27 II
Israel Garcia ’28 II
 
Clarinet
Avery Zubok ’27 I
Lucas Chen ’28 II
 
Bassoon
William Ramirez ’27
 
Alto Sax
David Luan ’25 I
Roberto Erana ’27 I/II
Inti Yankelevich ’28 II
 
Tenor Sax
Simone Carrasco ’27
 
Baritone Sax
Carlos Horcasitas ’25
 
Trumpet
Isaac Zide ’28 I
Kyla Harris ’27 II
Andrew Gedde ’25 III
 
Horn
Annabelle Etra ’28 I
 
Trombone
Hudson Kaplan ’25 I
Patricio de Lope ’25 II
Edwin Carr ’26 III
 
Timpani
Antonio de Andrade ’27
 
Percussion
Griffin Nelson-Montet ’25
Paloma Lopes ’25
Sofia Rakhimi ’25
Lily Poses ’26
Auguste Houlle ’27
Lucas Noblet ’28
 
Jon Hamm and Scott O’Donnell, Co-Directors
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