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New England Yankees

April 26, 2026 - 3pm

Van Horn High School

1109 S Arlington Ave, Independence, MO 64053

Music by American Yankee composers

American Salute, Morton Gould

John Henry, Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 2, Howard Hanson

      I.    Adagio

      II.   Andante con tenerezza

      III.  Allegro con brio

Ensemble Musicians

Winds & Percussion

Flute and Piccolo

Julia Craig
Maren Tims
Sara Atwell##

Oboe

Amelia Stern
Laura Woolsey (English Horn)
Pat Ketter##

Clarinet

Sean Jones

Valerie Reese (Bass Clarinet)

Bassoon

John Bennet
Amy Knudsen
Rob Gray (Contra)##

French Horn

Micaela Barber
Christian Straif
Erik Mason##
Riley Swaffar##

Trumpet

Dave Hershberger
Jon Ward
Kim Harrison

Trombone

Tyler Thomason##
Don Wampler##
Josue Molina

Tuba

Adrian Gutierrez, Jr

Timpani

Jonathan Huhn

Percussion

Mitch Shulfer
Matt Shoaf
Ryan Wood

Strings

Violin I

John Moretti*
Beth Presler
Bill Hetrick
Mirah Nash
Erin Daffer
Kat Forster Parks
Robyn Tuster
Hannah Hillyer (harp)

Violin II

Snow Zhang*
Kristin Davies
Denise Garcia
Jill Turner
Carter Vleisides
Ryan Zhao
Ananya Pawar

Viola

Beth Macleod*
Jacob Price
Lynette Fonner
Heather Franklin
Han Tang

Cello

Samantha Bianculli*
Jillian Snyder
Daphne Brandt
KJ Murphy
James Simms

Bass

Barron Weir*##
Andrew Bowels*
Dante Stokes ##
Leo Hovey

*section leader
## new to Westwood Ensemble

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Performances made possible in part by a grant from the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund.

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