Loyola Academy's Spring Orchestra Concert took place on Wednesday, May 9. It featured our symphony orchestra, beginning guitar, guitar ensemble, and combined orchestras playing music by Michael Giacchino, Train, Bob Lipton, and more.
To watch a recording of the concert,
click here.
The program for the concert was as follows:
Beginning Guitar (Patrick Rustandi, director)
Can’t Help Falling Love by Elvis Presley
Bill Brandstrader '88, drums
Dust in the Wind by Kerry Livgren
Bill Brandstrader '88, drums
Guitar Ensemble (Sean McQuinn, director)
Irish Folk Medley by Jeremy Sparks
Bambou Calypso by Thierry Tisserand
Combined Orchestras (Patrick Rustandi, director)
Back Country Ramble by Bob Lipton
Anna Miller '23, piano
Bill Brandstrader '88, drums
Lovely by Billie Eilish, feat. Khalid
Anna Miller '23, piano
Careless Whisper by George Michael
Valentina Iusco '23, voice
Eamon Ryan '23, saxophone
Francis Tamayo '26, piano
Bill Brandstrader '88, drums
Experience by L. Einaudi
Jack McBrearty '24, piano
Bill Brandstrader '88, drums
Pirates of the Caribbean by K. Badelt, arr. by Ted Ricketts
Abigail Lavaccare '23, piano
Bill Brandstrader '88, drums
Music for Ratatouille by M. Giacchino, arr. by S. Bulla
Daniel Blanchard '25, piano
Allegro by J.H. Fiocco, arr. by P. Rustandi
50 Ways to Say Goodbye by Train, arr. by P. Rustandi
Daniel Blanchard '25, piano
Bill Brandstrader '88, drums
Congratulations to the following student musicians on an excellent performance that filled our theater with beautiful music!
Violin 1
James Casey, concertmaster
Karolina Doroszkiewicz
Bella Licudine
Guadalupe Vazquez
Francesca Wildi
Joan Geoly
Emma Hernandez
Ruth Duressa*
Lena Barhoumeh*
Violin 2
Sofia Zlatkovic, principal 2nd violin
Eleanor Goodrich
Bria Licudine
Molly FitzSimmons
Kasani Guerra
Emelia D'Anniballe
Joshua Mannancheril*
Tran Pham*
Viola
Giorgi D'Angelo, principal
Julia Narkun
Lieselle Curry*
Andrea Paz*
Cello
Sam Cho, principal cello
Audrey Johnston
David Reyes
Daniel Malan
Ika Fifita
Tofunmi Ojikutu*
*Denotes beginning strings
Bass
Andrew Belmonte, russo
Bill Cadigan*
Piano
Daniel Blanchard
Francis Tomayo
Abigail Lavaccare
Jack McBrearty
Anna Miller
Voice
Valentina Iusco
Saxophone
Eamon Ryan
Beginning Guitars
Samrawit Aznato
Anya Cominios
Grace Dickson
Henry FitzSimmons
Sinit Gebrehiwet
Brandon Haynie
Ethan Hogg
Noah Isaac
Maggie Lusk
Samson Madariso
Hannah Mastrofski
Credo Mlope
Naffy Okbamichael
Melvin Poku
Zach Roth*
Izzie Schario
Sean Vanegas
Ellie Vehovsky
Elizabeth Xanos*
Michael York
Guitar Ensemble
Paul Awdisho
Michael Byrnes
Ben Greismeyer
Ryan Horn
Grace Leader
John McCormick
Elizabeth Xanos*
*Denotes additional musicians
To view the complete program,
click here.