Double Gold Tour
2018 Tours
Sponsored in part by the Florence V. Carroll Charitable Trust

Donald Sinta Quartet, Gold Medal Winner, Senior Wind Division
Dan Gaser, soprano saxophone; Joe Girard, tenor saxophone; Zach Stern, alto saxophone; Danny Hawthorne-Foss, baritone saxophone
Public Performances
Thursday, September 20 | Con Spirito Concert Series, David Johnson Memorial Chapel Thiel College, Greenville, PA | Concert 7:00 pm |
Saturday, September 23 | Guest Artist Concert, Duesenbeg Recital Hall, Valparaiso University Center for the Arts, Valparaiso, IN | Concert 5:00 pm (central) |
Sunday, September 23 | Visiting Artist Series, Salter Concert Hall, Wabash College Fine Arts Center, Crawfordsville, IN | Concert 4:00 pm |
Wednesday, September 26 | The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL. Broadcast live on WFMT 98.7FM and streamed live at www.wfmt.com | Concert 12:15 pm (central) |
Friday, September 28 | Rieth Chamber Series, Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center, Goshen, IN | Concert 7:30 pm |
Masterclasses & Workshops
LaSalle Intermediate Academy, South Bend, IN | ||
Penn High School, Mishawaka, IN | ||
Upton Middle School, St. Joseph, MI |

Callisto Quartet, Grand Prize Winner & Gold Medal Winner, Senior String Division
Paul Aguilar, violin; Rachel Stenzel, violin; Eva Kennedy, viola; Hannah Moses, cello
Public Performances
Sunday, October 21 | Howard Center Presents, Howard Performing Arts Center, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI | Concert 7:00 pm (Eastern) |
Wednesday, October 24 | The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL. Broadcast live on WFMT 98.7FM and streamed live at www.facebook.com/WFMTClassical | Concert 12:15 pm (Central) |
Thursday, October 25 | Culver Academies, Heritage Room of Legion Memorial Building (1300 Academy Road, Culver, IN). For info, contact Cathy Duke 574.842.8254 | Concert 7:30 pm (Eastern) |
Saturday, October 27 | Music at the Fort Concert Series, Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, MYAC Center, Highwood, IL | Concert 7:00 pm (Central) |
Sunday, October 28 | DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Presenting Series, Leighton Concert Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN | Concert 2:00 pm (Eastern) |
Masterclasses & Workshops
Culver Acadmies, Culver, IN |
LaSalle Intermediate Academy, South Bend, IN |
Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, Highwood, IL |
Penn High School, Mishawaka, IN |
Upton Middle School, St. Joseph, MI |
Accolades
Your performance and workshop with our orchestras was greatly informative. The discussion of cueing, especially the difference in individuals that cue, showed us the amount of trust and effort that goes into making a spectacular orchestral group. The ability to convey such feeling and emotion through your playing was inspiring to all of us. Our chamber orchestra has improved so much due to your insight into making a spectacular orchestral group. The ability to convey such feeling and emotion through your playing was inspirign to all of us. Our chamber orchestra has improved so much due your insight into their playing, and our orchestra as a whole has benefitted from all your knowledge.
The St. Joseph High School Orchestra
Recap: 2017 Tours
Milton String Quartet
October 11 | Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series & WFMT live performance, Chicago, IL | Concert |
October 12 | DeBartolo Performing Arts Presenting Series, University of Notre Dame, IN | Concert |
October 13 | Con Spirito Chamber Music Concert Series, Thiel College, Greenville, PA | Concert |
October 15 | Rieth Chamber Series, Goshen College, Goshen, IN | Concert |
October 16 | Perley Fine Arts Academy, South Bend, IN | Masterclass & Workshop |
Penn High School Orchestra, Mishawaka, IN | ||
October 17 | Guest Artist Concert, Valparaiso University Center for the Arts, Valparaiso, IN | Concert |
October 18 | St. Joseph High School Orchestra | Masterclass & Workshop |
Fuego Quartet
October 23 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL | Recital |
Waubonsie Valley High School, Aurora, IL | Masterclass & Workshop | |
October 25 | Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series & WFMT live performance, Chicago, IL | Concert |
October 26 | LaSalle Intermediate Academy, South Bend, IN | Masterclass & Workshop |
Notre Dame Center for Arts & Culture, Notre Dame, IN | ||
Wellfield Botanic Garden, Elkhart, IN | Concert | |
October 27 | Culver Academies, Culver, IN | Masterclass & Concert |
October 29 | Howard Center, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI | Concert |
October 30 | Upton Middle School, St. Joseph, MI | Masterclass & Workshop |
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | Concert | |
October 31 | Discovery Middle School, Granger, IN | Masterclas & Workshop |
John Young Middle School, Mishawaka, IN |