Building Our Future Together—In Celebration of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Friday / December 5, 2025 / 7:30 p.m.

Carnegie Hall

881 Seventh Avenue

New York

10019

United States

Upon invitation from the United Nations General Assembly, in celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the UN Charter, the Boston Conservatory Orchestra joins forces with Maestro Jorge Soto and soloists Byron Zhou, Karen Slack, SarahAnn Duffy, Corey Leak, and Sidney Outlaw, as well as the choruses of Columbia University for an exciting performance.

Program Information

Repertoire

FLORENCE PRICE (ed. STEPHEN SPINELLI, orch. WILLIAM CUTTER):
“Desire”
“Winter Idyll”

Karen Slack, soprano

SEGEI RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Intermezzo: Adagio
III. Finale: Alla breve

Byron Zhou, piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
II. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Presto
III. Adagio molto e cantabile
IV. Finale. Presto – allegro assai

Karen Slack, soprano soloist
SarahAnn Duffy, alto soloist
Corey Leak, tenor soloist
Sidney Outlaw, baritone soloist

Ensemble

CONDUCTOR
Jorge Soto

PICCOLO
Sabrina Clubine, MM '27

FLUTE
Maggie Stuteville, BM '27
Talley Powell, MM '27

OBOE
Jesse Myers, BM '26
JD Uchal, MM '26

CLARINET
Rose Lao, MM '26
Andrew Lee, BM '26

BASSOON
Carson Saponaro, BM '26
Alexander Weber, BM '27

CONTRABASSOON
Kyle Sodman, GPD '26

HORN
Cameron McCarty, GPD '27
Drew Lingenfelter, BM '28
Holly Fullerton, BM '26
Ricardo Verde, BM '26

TRUMPET
Freddie Poor, BM '27
Elliot Wlasiuk, BM '27
Emily Dillon, BM '27

TROMBONE
Kevin Smith, MM '26
Collin Hawkinson, BM '28

BASS TROMBONE
Collin Good, BM '26

TUBA
Clayton Frank, BM '27

PERCUSSION
Dustyn Carter, BM '27
John Hanchey, BM '27
Grant Mellone, BM '27
Lesely Silva-Garcia, BM '27

VIOLIN I
Isabella Yee, BM '26
Acadia Kunkel, BM '28
Lauren Oeser, MM '27
Zhuoma Jianyong, MM '26
Anna Vittoria Furlanetto, GPD '26
Jocelyn Wang, MM '26
Adrian Atonya, BM '26
Jules Rabinalek, BM '29
Fang-Yu Lin, MM '27
Pippin Forrest, BM '27
Emily Tang, MM '26
Raylene DeBenedictis, BM '29
Spencer Lee, MM '26
Shuyi Huang, BM '27

VIOLIN II
Melanie Ooi, MM '27
Annali Wirtz, BM '26
Ha-Min Lee, BM '29
Clara Frantzen, BM '29
Tess O.B. Reed, BM '28
Logan Boyd, BM '28
Joshua Rosenthal, BM '26
Lazaro Manzano, BM '29
Isabelle Parker, BM '28
Tian Tian, BM '26
Tony Che Hsun Hsu, MM '27
Mia Widner, BM '29

VIOLA
Katy Rose Bennett, MM '26
Changhyun Paek, GPD '25
Emily Tardiff, MM '26
Webb Hiaasen, BM '27
Dylan Cohen, BM '28
Julian Bernal, BM '27
Jocelyn Scully, BM '28
Lydia Tan, BM '27

CELLO
Adam Broce, MM '26
Madeleine Corrigan, MM '26
Milla Chitwood, BM '27
Danielle Hall, MM '26
Yi-Hsien Lin, MM '26
Matt Williams II, BM '26
Zi Zeng, MM '26
Nadia Brooks, MM '26
Jayla Mitchell, MM '27
Ethan Lee, BM '27

BASS
Gabriel de los Reyes, BM '27
Zakar Basan, BM '27
Josiah Baiza, BM '29
Joe Holt, faculty artist

Concert Services Staff

Assistant Director, Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Coordinator, Concert Services – Matthew Carey
Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalov