AVA TYLER, soprano following the Civic Morning Musicals Vocal competition in Fall of 2023. Ava won first place in the Young Artists Division and also won the David Ross Prize for the performance of African America Art Song. She is a 2024 graduate of Cicero-North Syracuse High School and has completed her first year of study at Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Ava will perform arias and musical theater repertoire in our July 22 Young Artists Concert. We are delighted to present Ava in what promises to be a beautiful evening of exciting young talents. Our Young Artists Concert is supported and funded by the generosity of Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music. The performance is part of our community outreach initiative.
ABIGAIL FENG, cellist is a senior at Jamesville-Dewitt High School. This year, Abby won the 53rd annual CMM-The Syracuse Orchestra Youth Concerto Competition and performed solo with the Syracuse Orchestra. She served as principal cellist of the Syracuse Young Artists Orchestra as well as of the NYSSMA festival orchestras and her high school orchestra. Abigail has been honored to receive the Robinson Award and the Susan R. Klenk Award for Musical Excellence, among others. Abigail graduated from ECMS with a Diploma in Cello Performance with Honors. This summer, she will be studying cello and chamber music at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Abby currently studies with Professor David Ying. She will be attending the Juilliard School to study cello performance.
HUDSON BRENNER is a rising senior at Fayetteville-Manlius High School. Hudson won 1st place at the CNYAMT Advanced Piano Competition in March 2024, and received an Honorable Mention at the Civic Morning Musicals Concerto Competition in January 2025. Also an accomplished violist and vocalist, Hudson is a member of the Syracuse Young Artists Orchestra, as well as the Fayetteville-Manlius Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra. Hudson performed in The Prom ensemble at Fayetteville-Manlius High School and performs with Chorale and Swing Choir. When not making music, Hudson also enjoys participating in German Club, Model United Nations, The Buzz newspaper, Chess Club, and several other student organizations.
2025 Season Artists
H. Bernard Alex, Ava Andrews, Hudson Brenner, Mary Carroll, Abby Feng, Eliot Fisk, Tobias Galloway, Marcia Hagan, Sonya Hines, Evelyn Ingram, Michael Jones, Kate LaVerne, Sandra Miller, David Ross, Julia Ross, Gregory Sheppard, Sar Shalom-Strong, Kymberley Smith, Ava Tyler, Katie Weber
2025 Season Repertoire
"Frolic of the Bears" from Treemonisha, Scott Joplin arranged David Ross
Concerto for Violoncello in C Major, Josef Haydn
"O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, Giacomo Puccini
"And This Is My Beloved" from Kismet, Borodin, Wright and Forrest
arranged David Ross
"Mein Herr, Marquis" from Die Fladermaus, Johann Strausee II
Prelude to Act III from Treemonisha, Scott Joplin
Concerto No, 2 for Piano, Camille Saint-Saens
Starburst, Jessie Montgomery
Wedding Song, Margaret Brouwer
Trancension, Dorothy Rudd Moore
Inner Light, Diane Jones
Soul Dance, Diane Jones
Cringlemire Garden, Ruth Gipps
Five Freedom Songs, Jessie Montgomery
Festival Orchestra
VIOLINS
Noemi Miloradovic, Sonya Williams, Edgar Tumajyan, Linda Carmona
Anita Gustafson, Tales Navarro, Noah Fields
VIOLAS
Arvilla Wendland, Carol Sasson, William Ford-Smith
CELLOS
Kate LaVerne, George Macero
DOUBLE BASSES
Spencer Phillips, Steven Fayette
FLUTE
Cindy Decker
OBOES
Eduardo Sepulveda, Mickenna Miller
CLARINET
Allan Kolsky
BASSOON
Jessica King
PERCUSSION
Julia Ross
PIANO
Sar-Shalom Strong