Event Details

Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 7:30pm

Catherine Cassidy Gallagher Great Hall, GBPAC

Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra

Erik Rohde, conductor

Featuring the Northern Iowa Youth Orchestra

with the Northern Iowa Youth Orchestra

I. Allegro moderato

Bethany Winget, flute
2025 Instrumental Concerto Competition Winner

INTERMISSION

Theme (Enigma: Andante) 
Variation I (L’istesso tempo) “C.A.E.” 
Variation II (Allegro) “H.D.S-P. 
Variation III (Allegretto) “R.B.T.” 
Variation IV (Allegro di molto) “W.M.B.” 
Variation V (Moderato) “R.P.A.” 
Variation VI (Andantino) “Ysobel” 
Variation VII (Presto) “Troyte” 
Variation VIII (Allegretto) “W.N.” 
Variation IX (Adagio) “Nimrod” 
Variation X (Intermezzo: Allegretto) “Dorabella” 
Variation XI (Allegro di molto) “G.R.S.” 
Variation XII (Andante) “B.G.N.” 
Variation XIII (Romanza: Moderato) “***” 
Variation IV (Finale: Allegro) “E.D.U.”

Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra
Erik Rohde, conductor

Personnel

NORTHERN IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Flute
Jenny Valenzuela
Aldo Escalera, piccolo
Janie Owens

Oboe
Charlotte York
Blake Daale

Clarinet
Abby Voshell
Elizabeth Stanish
Emma Denner, bass

Bassoon
Marco Olachnovitch
Madison Meyer
Adam McDonald, contra

Horn
Rose Stuber
Emilee Garcia
Aurelia Zylstra
Morgan Westphal

Trumpet
Sean Kiefer
Austin Efflandt
John Broulik

Trombone
Spencer Schnetzer
Jackson Elliott
Jonathan Grorud, bass

Tuba
Brian Chea

Harp
Mara Caylor

Percussion
Claretta Larson, timpani
Brayden Devries, timpani
Adam Schroeder
Seth Chronister

Violin I
José Villalba, concertmaster
Nathan Fornal
Lily Stevens
Ian Hill
Payton Schunk

Violin II
Aaron Beraki
Abbey Seidl
Xander Porath
Ellen Kamba
Izzy Loeffler
Owen Schneider

Viola
Isaac Simpson
Caleb Burdine
Lucy Galloway
Luis Tapia
Ryan Schueller
Gale Lesemann
Lex Taylor

Violoncello
Eric Nickerson
Matt Glascock
Max Stelzer
Korbin Herman
Sidnie Clark
Louis Miller

Bass
Martin Hachmann
Vincent Valadez
McCaffrey Brandt
Leo Burchett
Jack Border
Xavier Bean

Orchestra Librarian
Emily Paul

 

Northern Iowa Youth Orchestra
John Chiles, conductor

Flute
Mai Luan
Jaya Delegardelle

Oboe
Lucas Halvorsen
Anya Hagarty

Bassoon (saxophone)
Kayson Paige

Horn
Jaxon Thoms
Lucas Geerts

Trumpet
Anis Kantarevic
Elizabeth Peterson

Trombone
Tyler Peterson

Tuba
Aaliyah Lewis

Percussion
Samantha Brasch
Carter Bolick
Mason Myrmo
Bennett Bolick

Violin I
Kevin Du
Mason Li
Ian Simpson
Rana Teke

Violin II
Rishika Shettigar
Liberty Eagan
Carter Rohde
Miles Sandell
Ali
Hattie Geiger
Sam Halvorsen
Dakota Chamberlain

Viola
Jake Snodgrass
Lily Myrmo
Alayna Nottger
Lexi Snodgrass
Ailish Vetter

Violoncello
Elliot Bieber
Gabe Eagan
Ramona Saavedra-DuBord
Will Sandell

Bass
Beckett Hunzelman
Ava Carstens

About the Artists

About the Soloist

Bethany Winget is a third-year Flute Performance and Performing Arts Management double major studying with Dr. Hannah Porter-Occeña. She has performed at UNI with the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra, the UNI Wind Ensemble, the Selah Flute-Clarinet Duo, the UNI Flute Choir, and the Violette Flute Quartet. When not fluting at UNI, she works as a marketing and public relations intern at the Civic Music Association in Des Moines. Her former teachers include Grace Peterson and Erika Leake McKnight.

About Erik Rohde

About John Chiles