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1970s
Richard Lohmann,
'73, received his B.M. from Oberlin Conservatory in 1977 and a M.M. from UW-Madison in 1979. He was principal second violin in the Madison Symphony from 1978-79, in the Florida Philharmonic from 1979-80; Asst. Concertmaster of the Omaha Symphony from 1980-85 and Concertmaster from 1985-2000. Currently he is co-director and teacher of a Suzuki violin program in Santa Fe, NM, violinist with the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra and a regular coach with the Santa Fe Youth Symphony.
1980s
Nancy (Ou) Chu,
'88, played clarinet in the UW-Madison Symphonic Band and played in a trio with two other MFY alums. Currently she and her husband are passing their love of music to their six children (the oldest three are--or have been--in MYSO playing violin, the fourth and fifth children play violin and cello, and the youngest daughter is tinkering with the piano). She plays piano through her church, accompanies at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and now at the Milwaukee Ballet School. Eight years ago, she formed a youth orchestra at her church.
1990s
Dario
Landazuri
,
'95, received his degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Kansas. He lives and works in Austin, TX, and also plays with the Austin Civic Orchestra (currently principal 2nd violin), Temple (TX) Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Mahlerfest Orchestra.
2000s
Heather (June) Kamikawa,
'01, is teaching high school orchestra at Bradford High School in Kenosha, maintaining her viola studio and playing viola as much as possible.
Alyssa Pon-Franklin, 08, works in Admissions at Rogers Memorial Hospital and is pursuing a Masters in School Counseling through UW-Milwaukee with a goal of being a bilingual counselor, working with Hispanic populations of the Greater Milwaukee area. She has been playing flute in local community bands and is searching for more pit orchestra opportunities.
2010s
Matthew Griffith
,
'10, graduated in 2014 from Yale University with Distinction in music and computer science. Currently he is pursuing a Master of Music degree in Clarinet Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music.
Charles Phil,
'13, joined the Cornell Glee Club and the a cappella subset "The Hangovers," and will be singing in Carnegie Hall with the American Symphony Orchestra on April 19 with the Cornell Glee Club.
Brigette Hall, '14, is studying English at Hillsdale College.
Francesca Pessarelli, '14, is in her first year at UW-Madison as an Art History and French major. She is playing in the All University Strings Orchestra and is excited to be playing again.
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We met while both playing trombone in Philharmonia when Dave was 16 and I was 14. I was smitten like many a 14-year-old girl are of an attractive older guy, but even at that age, I knew that Dave was special and one I should probably stay in touch with. I tried to get to know him better by chatting with him during the many periods of rest we had as low brass players. Dave was extremely focused and insisted on counting all of the rests even when I told him that I knew when we came in and would tell him. Apparently my "chats" during rehearsals made Dave nuts, and he told Mr. Melby at the end of the year that he was not coming back next year because "Amy Tess-Mattner talked too much and was not focused enough." The following year I was disappointed that he was not in MYSO but thought nothing of it. Happily for me, his senior year and my sophmore year, Dave was back; the Senior symphony was traveling to Spain and Italy and he was not going to miss that opportunity. During the year we talked a little, but I was much more focused than I had been two years prior. I still joked to my other friends in MYSO that I was going to marry Dave someday but he just didn't know that yet.
