On July 23, 2023, the nearly 100 young musicians from Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra had a very special opportunity.
They were joined on the stage of Kresge Auditorium by 31 members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
The DSO had given its own concert the previous night, part of its summer residency at Interlochen.
During the same weekend, members of the orchestra taught master classes for Interlochen Arts Camp's high school students musicians and played alongside various high school ensembles.
This episode features the side-by-side performance of WYSO and the DSO musicians.
DSO music director Jader Bignamini conducted this performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony no. 1.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians featured in this recording
*denotes Interlochen Arts Camp or Academy alum
Violin I
Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy*
Hai-Xin Wu
Greg Staples*
Eun Park Lee
Rachel Harding Klaus
Kyoko Kashiwagi
Violin II
Adam Stepniewski
Hong-Yi Mo
Elizabeth Furuta
Alexander Volkov
Molly Hughes
Joachim Stepniewski
Viola
Eric Nowlin*
Hang Su
John Madison
Romona Merritt
Cello
Abraham Feder
Peter McCaffrey
David LeDoux
Sarah Cleveland
Double Bass
Stephen Molina*
Christopher Hamlen
Flute
Sharon Sparrow
Oboe
Monica Fosnaugh
Clarinet
Ralph Skiano
Bassoon
Conrad Cornelison*
Horn
Scott Strong
Trumpet
Hunter Eberly
Trombone
Kenneth Thompkins
Tuba
David Zerkel
Percussion
Keith Claeys
Michael Culler engineered the recording featured in this episode.
Additional support came from Nancy Deneen, Mary Larson, Carolyn Purcell and Emily Duncan Wilson.
