Student Conductors and Soloists
Student Conducting Competition
The Student Conductor Competiton started in 2001 to provide an additional opportunity for UWEC Student Musicians to rehearse, conduct, and perform with the Symphony Band and the Wind Symphony on their final concerts of the year.
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Wind Symphony |
Symphony Band |
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2001 |
Eugene Power |
2001 |
Timothy Doleysh |
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2002 |
Curt Campbell |
2002 |
Stacy Kern |
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2003 |
Timothy Doleysh |
2003 |
Bryan Jaeckel |
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2004 |
Jeffrey Specht |
2004 |
Andrei Strizek |
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2005 |
Andrei Strizek |
2005 |
Jonathan Juedes |
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2006 |
Adam Boll |
2006 |
Amy McCoy |
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2007 |
Mike Vallez |
2007 |
Theresa Soules |
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2008 |
Ashley Singer |
2008 |
Matthew Gullickson |
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2009 |
Michael Renneke |
2009 |
Michael Vallez |
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2010 |
Bryce Bielec |
2010 |
William Schwartz |
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2011 |
Mary Claxton |
2011 |
Stefanie Berkopec |
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2012 |
Vicky Wilda |
2012 |
Nick Drayton |
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2013 |
Nathan Rakow |
2013 |
Justin Kevan |
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2014 |
Jordan Jenkins |
2014 |
Chris Caine |
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2015 |
Nicholas Hansberry |
2015 |
Jordan Jenkins |
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2016 |
Connor Pietrzak |
2016 |
Andrew Nicholson |
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2017 |
David Lofy |
2017 |
Alex Plum |
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2018 |
Alex Plum |
2018 |
Tyler Schuster |
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2019 |
Gloria Dorschner |
2019 |
Megan Hutera |
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2020 |
COVID-19 – No winner |
2020 |
COVID-19 – No Winner |
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2021 |
COVID-19 – No winner |
2021 |
COVID-19 – No winner |
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2022 |
Charles Kuban |
2022 |
Emmeline Liske |
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2023 |
Wyatt Cameron |
2023 |
Jason Spencer Lima |
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2024 |
Ashleigh Madsen |
2024 |
Joey Elliott |
Student Soloist Competition
The Student Soloist Competiton begain in 2000 to provide student musicians the opportunity to perform as a featured performer with the Symphony Band and Wind Symphony on their final concerts of the year. Prior to the iniatition of the compstition, student soloists were at the discretion of the ensemble directors.
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Wind Symphony |
Symphony Band |
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2000 |
Toby Jerome Yatso, bassoon |
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2001 |
William Olson, alto saxophone |
2001 |
Heidi Lynn Olsen, flute |
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2002 |
Andrew French, piano |
2002 |
Keith Hilson, trombone |
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2003 |
Stacy Kern, bass clarinet |
2003 |
Tom Krochock, trumpet |
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2004 |
Kara Sorensen, flute |
2004 |
Kristin Yost, piano |
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2005 |
Laura Barth, flute |
2005 |
Elizabeth Wilson, clarinet |
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2006 |
Josh Lee, tuba |
2006 |
Colin Gilliland, trombone |
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2007 |
Jenny Ritchie, flute |
2007 |
David Hurd, piano |
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2008 |
Lexi Zunker, flute |
2008 |
Rachel Kelm, clarinet |
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2009 |
Kyle Siegrist, trombone |
2009 |
Benjamin Cold, alto saxophone |
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2010 |
Anna Torgerson, piano |
2010 |
Cole Hanson, clarinet |
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2011 |
Tyler Anderson, saxophone |
2011 |
Megan Pattarozzi, clarinet |
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2012 |
Megan Pattarozzi, clarinet |
2012 |
Elizabeth Tomlinson, trumpet |
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2013 |
Eric Schultz, clarinet |
2013 |
Melissa Nehm, flute |
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2014 |
Sarah Dipiazza, clarinet |
2014 |
Kurtis Polishinski, tuba |
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2015 |
Collin Hough, trombone |
2015 |
Andrew Michor, French Horn |
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2016 |
Matthew Strom, euphonium |
2016 |
Nicholas Liebl, tuba |
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2017 |
Kathryn Beu, mezzo-soprano Yi Hsein Li, piano |
2017 |
Tyler Schuster, alto saxophone |
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2018 |
Jaryn Danz, viola |
2018 |
Ben Mackie, French Horn |
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2019 |
Wesley Boehm, oboe |
2019 |
Hunter Nicholson, clarinet |
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2020 |
Cade Passe, trombone (performed in October 2022) |
2020 |
Daniel Geisler, trumpet (performance cancelled due to COVID-19) |
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2021 |
Emmeline Liske, French Horn |
2021 |
Elizabeth Hainlen, French Horn |
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2022 |
Idyllic Reeds Lauren Ische, oboe, Nora Reschke, clarinet, Nick Miskimen, alto sax, Jack Ford, bass clarinet, Noah Larson, bassoon |
2022 |
Charles Kuban, clarinet |
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2023 |
Rafael Puga, clarinet |
2023 |
Humerus Trombones Cade Passe, Jacob Miller, Kathryn Mohrhauser, Matt Sandler |
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2024 |
Amelia Milton, Adam Wotjisiak, Issac Barton – Marimba trio |
2024 |
Berit Fitzsimonds, oboe soloist |