The Medical Sciences 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 was formed in 2018 to provide students, faculty, staff, and alumni from the school an opportunity to cultivate creativity, promote wellness and build community.
Join them in their upcoming performance on November 22 to experience this collaboration firsthand.
Free admission to Medical Sciences Orchestra Fall Concert on November 22
Join the Medical Sciences Orchestra of the School of Medicine and Public Health for their Fall Concert on Saturday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall of Hamel Music Center located at 740 University Avenue. Admission is free!
Orchestra members include students, faculty, staff, and alumni from SMPH. The Medical Sciences Orchestra roster can be found below.
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Medical Sciences Orchestra roster
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
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 MD 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 Neurobiology
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
Lydia Estrella Weaver, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
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
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
Crystal Karas, SMPH Department of Medicine
Ben Bush, SMPH Medical Student
Brenden Chen, SMPH Department of Surgery
Cello
Maria Flory, SMPH Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, & Urology
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 MD 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
Brad Karas, Friend of SMPH
Flute
Angela Yang, SMPH Pediatrics
Melinda Chen, SMPH Pediatrics
Teresa Sundararajan, SMPH Genetic Counselor Studies Alumna
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
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
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
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.
To learn more about the orchestra’s journey and its impact on the SMPH community, check out the full story here.
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