SMPH Orchestra performance

Medical Sciences Orchestra

The Medical Sciences Orchestra was formed in 2018 to provide students, faculty, staff, and alumni from the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) an opportunity to cultivate creativity, promote wellness, and build community. The Orchestra brings together peers and colleagues across many disciplines of SMPH (and beyond) to work together in interprofessional teams to collaborate in making music. The Orchestra is led by co-conductors Jared Sierra and Katie Crim, with Madeline Traeger serving as Orchestra Liaison. Administrative and musical production support is coordinated and provided by SMPH and the Mead Witter School of Music. 

Join them in their upcoming performance on December 12 to experience this collaboration firsthand.

Free Admission: Concert on December 12

Join the Medical Sciences Orchestra of the School of Medicine and Public Health for their concert on Saturday, December 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall of Hamel Music Center, located at 740 University Avenue.

Trombone

  • Zach Bennett, Department of Chemistry 
  • Hana Hieshima, SMPH Department of Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Livvy Johnson, SMPH Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics  
  • John Szot, SMPH Department of Surgery 
  • Madison Taychert, SMPH Department of Urology 
  • William Park, SMPH Department of Psychiatry/Fellow in Clinical Informatics 
  • Marc S. Williams, SMPH Medical Genetics Alumnus 

Tuba

Kathryn Fox, UW Carbone Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Lab 

Percussion 

  • Catey Garland, SMPH Department of Surgery 
  • Campbell Haasch, SMPH Medical Physics 
  • Garrett Fullerton, SMPH Medical Physics/Radiology

Violin 

  • Prithvi Thakur, SMPH & Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences 
  • Hailey Ballard, SMPH Department of Population Health Sciences 
  • Daniel Meyers, SMPH Department of Psychiatry/Department of Neurobiology 
  • Eui-Jun Kim, SMPH Department of Oncology 
  • Jessica Ryan, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders Alumna 
  • Katherine Dolan, SMPH Medical Student 
  • Emily Cheng, SMPH Medical Student 
  • Ariel Kim, SMPH Medical Student 
  • Peter Liu, College of Engineering 
  • Julia Bach, SMPH Department of Medicine 
  • Ethan Warrington, Department of Chemistry 
  • Gwendolyn Tuffnell, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders 
  • Brittany Trinh, Department of Chemistry 
  • Jiaxin Gong, Department of Physics 
  • Susan Lei, Department of Integrative Biology 
  • Grace Hackinson, Department of Biochemistry 
  • Sofia Castagnozzi, Department of Biomedical Engineering 
  • Tehya Crego, School of Veterinary Medicine 
  • Kangyu Huang, Department of Neurobiology 
  • Lily Lawinger, School of Education 
  • Verene Einwalter, Department of Astronomy 
  • Madison Jaeger, College of Letters and Science 
  • Anna Dickfoss, SMPH Medical Microbiology and Immunology 
  • Lindsey Kourafas, UW Community Arts Collaboratory 
  • Sarah Yanke, SMPH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
  • Ingrid Anderson, SMPH Medical Student 
  • Emma Mohr, SMPH Department of Pediatrics 
  • Boya Chen, SMPH Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology 
  • Norah Boerner, Department of Integrative Biology 
  • Leah Mushall, SMPH Medical Student 
  • Arisha Sobhani, Student
  • Lydia Weaver, College of Letters and Science, Department of Biology 
  • Kailani Pardon, SMPH and Department of Physics 
  •  Rachel Walkup, SMPH, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology 
  • Genevieve Lee-Uhler, School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences 
  • Anna Huber, College of Engineering 
  • Inga Kokens, SMPH Physician’s Assistant Student 
  • Jiaxin Gong, Department of Physics 

Viola

  • Regan Finn, SMPH Department of Pediatrics 
  • Julia Light, SMPH Department of Psychiatry/Neuroscience Training Program 
  • Elizabeth Mei, SMPH Genetics 
  • Enze Price, Department of Biomedical Engineering 
  • Elliot Richer, College of Letters and Science 
  • Liv Romanov, SMPH Cellular & Molecular Pathology PhD Student 
  • Abbey Woldt, School of Education 
  • Amanda Young, SMPH Informatics & Information Technology 
  • Ben Bush, SMPH Medical Student 
  • Brenden Chen, SMPH Department of Surgery 
  • Nick Cottam, SMPH Waisman Center 
  • Alexandria Prostko, Wisconsin School of Business 
  • Viola Rintoul, SMPH Microbiology Doctoral Training Program 
  • Mary Bosch, SMPH Sciences Communications 

Cello

  • Calvin Gallagher, Department of Mathematics 
  • Emeline Hanna, SMPH Medical Physics/Radiology 
  • Madeline Conroy, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 
  • David Skrovanek, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 
  • Jack Stonecipher, Department of Mechanical Engineering  
  • Samuel Lee, SMPH Medical Student 
  • Brandon New, College of Letters and Sciences 
  • Arun Wahlquist, Department of Electrical Engineering 
  • Thomas Cook, SMPH Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics 
  • Zoë Semersky, Integrated Program in Biochemistry 
  • Ethan Orr, SMPH UW Health 
  • Simon Golde, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene 

Bass

  • Bailey Wilde, Department of Psychology 
  • Nistha Panda, SMPH Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics 

Flute

  • Angela Yang, SMPH Pediatrics 
  • Melinda Chen, SMPH Pediatrics 
  • Angela Meyer, SMPH Department of Anesthesiology 
  • Danielle Sitman, School of Veterinary Medicine 
  • Madeline Traeger, SMPH Department of Medicine 
  • Julia Marshall, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics Department 

Oboe

  • Zack Alesch, Department of Biomedical Engineering 
  • Anne Marie Singh, SMPH Department of Pediatrics 
  • Devann Harris Loveless, SMPH Physician Assistant Student 

Clarinet

  • Robyn Perrin, SMPH Office of Strategic Communications 
  • Thomas Staniszewski, SMPH MD Student 
  • Nicole Strecker, SMPH Medical Physics 
  • Emma Leith, School of Veterinary Medicine 
  • Kate Jakubowski, SMPH Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology 

Bassoon

  • Chandler Hellenbrand, SMPH Microbiology Doctoral Training Program 
  • Sue Killips, SMPH Emeritus 
  • Ed Harris, SMPH Department of Medicine 

Horn

  • Charlie Adkins, Department of Mechanical Engineering 
  • William Beimers, SMPH Department of Biomolecular Chemistry 
  • Kevin Koesser, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carbone Cancer Center 
  • Amiya Gupta, Department of Mechanical Engineering 
  • Keith Kozma, SMPH Department of Neurological Surgery 
  • Kate Eickhoff, SMPH Medical Student 

Trumpet

  • Matt Zammit, SMPH Medical Physics 
  • David Uselman, SMPH Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
  • Jordan Phillips, UW Health American Family Children’s Hospital 
  • Jonathan Wong, SMPH Pediatrics 

Harp

Sonia Driskill, Friend of the Orchestra 

About the Orchestra

Founded in 2018, the Medical Sciences Orchestra brings together students, faculty, staff, and alumni from the school to cultivate creativity, promote wellness, and build community through music. Initially created by fourth-year medical student Joohee Son, the orchestra offers a unique space for interprofessional collaboration across disciplines.

The orchestra’s inaugural concert in December 2018, conducted by Michael Dolan and Jenny Yim, featured classical works by Dvorak, Sibelius, and Schubert. Since then, the group has grown and performed multiple times, fostering both musical talent and a supportive community environment.

Learn more about the orchestra’s journey and its impact on the SMPH community.

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