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 April 13 to experience this collaboration firsthand.
Free admission to Medical Sciences Orchestra Spring Concert on April 13
Join the Medical Sciences Orchestra of the School of Medicine and Public Health for their Spring Concert on Sunday, April 13 at 5 p.m. in the Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall of Hamel Music Center located at 740 University Avenue. Admission is free!
Beethoven’s dramatic Coriolan Overture begins the evening followed by Brahms’ reverent slow movement from his third symphony. The Berlioz, Debussy, and Falla highlight the development of orchestration and how composers used the orchestra to create colors and images within the imagination of the audiences.
Orchestra members include students, faculty, staff, and alumni from SMPH. The Medical Sciences Orchestra Spring roster can be found below.
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Medical Sciences Orchestra Spring 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
Tuba
- Kathryn Fox, UW Carbone Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Lab
Percussion
- Garrett Fullerton, SMPH Medical Physics/Radiology
- 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 and Health Sciences
- Brandon Walton, SMPH Medical Student
- Daniel Meyers, SMPH Department of Psychiatry/Department of Neurobiology
- Eui-Jun Kim, SMPH Department of Oncology
- Jessica Ryan, SMPH Research Assistant, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
- Abigail Keller, SMPH Medical Student
- Katherine Dolan, SMPH Medical Student
- Emily Cheng, SMPH Medical Student
- Ashton Barber, SMPH Department of Psychiatry/Neuroscience Training Program
- Ariel Kim, SMPH Student
- Peter Liu, College of Engineering
- Julia Bach, SMPH Department of Medicine
- Manlu Liu, SMPH Medical Student
- Ethan Warrington, Department of Chemistry
- Samantha Soens, College of Engineering
- 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
- Olivia Lin, College of Engineering
- Glen Han, College of Engineering
- Sonia Cromp, Department of Computer Sciences
- Madison Jaeger, College of Letters and Science
- Anna Lowe, 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
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
- Liv Romanov, SMPH Cellular & Molecular Pathology PhD Student
- Abbey Woldt, School of Education
- Amanda Young, SMPH Informatics & Information Technology
- Megan Stevens, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Cello
- Maria Flory, SMPH Department of Orthopedics, Rehabilitation, & Urology
- Calvin Gallagher, Department of Mathematics
- Emeline Hanna, SMPH Medical Physics/Radiology
- Madeline Hayes, SMPH Microbiology Doctoral Training Program
- Grant Mahan, UW Carbone Cancer Center Experimental Animal Pathology Lab
- David Skrovanek, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Caitlyn Klostermann, SMPH Population Health Institute
Bass
- Bailey Wilde, Department of Psychology
- Tarun Naren, SMPH Medical Physics
Flute
- Melinda Chen, SMPH Pediatrics
- Madeline McLaughlin, SMPH Department of Medicine
- Angela Meyer, SMPH Department of Anesthesiology
- Teresa Sundararajan, SMPH Genetic Counselor Studies
Oboe
- Zack Alesch, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Anne Marie Singh, SMPH Department of Pediatrics
- Liz Townsend, SMPH MD/PhD Student
Clarinet
- Didier Mandelbrot, SMPH Department of Medicine
- Robyn Perrin, SMPH Office of Strategic Communications
- Thomas Staniszewski, SMPH MD/PhD Student
- Nicole Strecker, SMPH Medical Physics
Bassoon
- Ed Harris, SMPH Rheumatology (Retired)
- Chandler Hellenbrad, 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
- Trevor Healy, School of Music Friend of the Orchestra
- Amiya Gupta, College of Engineering
- Keith Kozma, SMPH Department of Neurological Surgery
Trumpet
- Matt Zammit, SMPH Medical Physics
- Laura Zitur, SMPH Alum & Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
Piano
- Thomas Staniszewski, SMPH MD/PhD Student
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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