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AYS is one of the most prestigious orchestras for this country's best young musical artists. It is a Southern California cultural treasure that attracts the best and the brightest young people the world has to offer. They come to Los Angeles where they add their talent to the city's burgeoning reputation as a world center of the arts.

"...AYS wows an audience with not-to-be missed performances." -Los Angeles Times

MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR
Alexander Treger


FIRST VIOLIN
Nigel Armstrong
   Concertmaster
Francesca de Pasquale
   Associate Concertmaster
Cheryl Kim
   Assistant Concertmaster
Michelle Cardenas
   Assistant Concertmaster

Kelsey Blumenthal
Georgia Broughton
Marina Chen
Maxwell Karmazyn
Esther Kim
Christopher Kovalchick
Mia Laity
Lusine Marukyan
Kayla Moffett
Diana Newman
Ramon Osa
Jacqueline Pabst
Edgar Sandoval
Tomlin Su
Ashley Sun
Adam Waddell


SECOND VIOLIN
Radu Paponiu Principal
Enosh del Monte Assistant Principal

Shawn Cai
Angela Chen
Olivia Cottrell
Max Dembow
Yvette Holzwarth
Tim Joo
Esther Kang
Min-Jae Kim
Samantha Kim
Amanda Kopcsak
Eric Lan
Esther Lin
Stephanie  Pak
Melinda Rice
Luke Santonastaso
Shannon Xue


VIOLA
Zach Dellinger Principal
Jeremy Berry Assistant Principal

Sophia Acheson
Benjamin Bartelt
David Beytas
Alejandro Duque
Bryan Gonzalez
Cyrus Hwang
Paula Karolak
Matthew Maffett
Alison Spieth
Min-Kyung Sung
Nashira Thomas
Renata van der Vyver


CELLO

Indira Rahmatulla Principal
Juan Emme Principal

Seth Biagini
Juan-Salvador Carrasco
Stella Cho
Nathan Cottrell
Maria Crosby
Jamie  Kim
Robert Lee
Austin Lu
Sami Myerson
Hillary Smith


BASS

Paul Macres Principal
Matthew Feczko Principal
Robin Kesselman Assistant Principal

Carla Capolupo
Richard Cassarino
Gabriel Golden
Erica McNeill
Jay Rubottom
Lucas Wallis


FLUTE
Timothy Hagen Principal
Alexandra Wallin Principal
Martha Long


OBOE
Jennifer Johnson Principal
Linda Brest
Gabrielle Castriotta English Horn


CLARINET
Laura Odegaard Principal
Gabriel Campos Zamora Principal
Leah Schwartz Bass Clarinet


BASSOON
Christina Havens Principal
Marat Rakhmatullaev Principal
Paul Curtis Contrabassoon


HORN
Dylan Hart Principal
Emily Nagel Assistant
Katelyn Faraudo
Allen Fogle
Anna Bosler


TRUMPET
Cheonho Yoon Principal
Adam Bhatia
Scott Copeland


TROMBONE
Noah Gladstone Principal
Sean Pawling
Callan Milani Bass Trombone


TUBA
Steven Caron


PERCUSSION
Kristen Kang Timpani
Jamie Strowbridge Principal
Lorry Black
Sidney Hopson
Patrick Weber


HARP
Charissa Barger Principal
Caroline Hales


KEYBOARD
Michael Armstrong


ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Michael Powers


CONDUCTING FELLOW
Radu Paponiu



 






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