Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra

With its debut in 1993, the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra (PSYO) became the first educational program of the Pacific Symphony. This youth orchestra gives an opportunity to young, talented musicians in the Orange County and Inland Empire areas to grow and be trained as orchestral musicians. Members range from 12 to 18 years of age. Members of this orchestra are given the opportunity to work with the professional musicians of the Pacific Symphony and are conducted by Maxim Eshkenazy, the Assistant Conductor of the Pacific Symphony. In the 2008-2009 Eshkenazy takes the place of Michael Hall, the Music Director of the PSYO and Associate Director of the Pacific Symphony for 6 seasons. The Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra currently performs its annual concert series in Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. [ [http://www.pacificsymphony.org/anypage.php?cpid=199 Pacific Symphony - Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra - 15 Year Anniversary ] ]

Conductors

*2002-2008: Michael Hall
*2008:Maxim Eshkenazy

Repertoire

2007-2008 season

*"Finlandia", Sibelius
*"Serenade for Winds", Strauss
*"Scheherazade", Rimsky-Korsakov
*Sympnony No. 2: "Totenfeier", Gustav Mahler
*"Tzigane", Ravel
*"Symphony No. 5", Beethoven
*"Festive Overture", Dimitri Shostakovich
*"Radiant Voices", Frank Ticheli
*"Swan Lake Suite", Tchaikovsky

2008-2009 season

*"Capriccio Espagnol", Rimsky-Korsakov
*"Andante Cantabile for Strings", Tchaikovsky
*"Snow Dance", Przytulski
*"Hary Janos Suite", Kodaly
*"Symphonic Dances from West Side Story", Bernstein
*"Polovtsian Dances from the Opera Prince Igor", Borodin
*Symphony No.1: "Titan", Gustav Mahler

Members

2007-2008 roster

Violin I

*Ian Wong - Co-Concertmaster
*Jason Chen - Co-Concertmaster
*Susie Joe - Co-Concertmaster
*Dan Bae
*Samuel Chen
*Heeyeon Chung
*Ha Rim (Andrew) Jung
*Hyun-Shil (Rachel) Kim
*Paul (Doo Sun) Kim
*Jason Kim
*Jennifer Kim
*Norman Kung
*Jamie Niu
*Young Jee Oh
*Stephanie Pak
*Tomlin Su
*Ashley Sun
*Rebecca Wang

Violin II

*Tiffany Lin - Principal
*Youmi Park - Assistant Principal
*Kumiko Bankson
*Eun-Jung (EJ) Cho
*Halle Davis
*Moses Kim
*Tae Kim
*Paul Lang
*James Lee
*Michael Lee
*Brian Liao
*Katie Nakamura
*Monica Nguyen
*Somin (Gena) Park
*Amy Tang
*Vivian Tang
*David Wang
*Claire Yee

Viola

*Seungjoon (Sean) Chung - Principal
*Jialin Jia - Assistant Principal
*Stephanie Chen
*Ming-Shao Cheng
*Rhea Hosanny
*Yeon Hee Kim
*Chris (Soomin) Noh
*Rose Rodgers
*Charles Sharzer
*Jongmin Song
*Youval Yadlin
*Allen Zhi

Cello

*Hyo Na (Heidi) Chung - Principal
*Brian (Dong Hyun) Kim - Assistant Principal
*Sam Bae
*Ahyeon (Alice) Chung
*Justin Ho
*Irene Kang
*Hyun Jae (Eric) Lee
*Michael Ljungh
*Austin Lu
*George Ma
*Matthew Rashoff
*Kristen Wernick

Bass

*Daniel Smith - Principal
*Nathan Dessouky
*Marlon Martinez
*Martin Pham

Flute

*Melissa Hulett - Principal
*Grace Ban
*Leah Espinoza *

Oboe

*Michelle Lee - Principal
*Michael Lindeborg
*Melissa Carrington
*Brian Mitchell ‡

Clarinet

*Tessa Kaplan - Principal
*Sangmin (Eugene) Lee
*Vincent Zayek
*Ruth Kim

Bassoon

*Sarah Widner - Co-Principal
*Samuel Moehring - Co-Principal
*Stefanie Yee
*Andrew Seward

Horn

*Elyse Woodruff - Principal
*Greg Oertel
*Corrine Cook
*Andrew Izumi
*David Liu
*Parisanne Parisi

Trumpet

*Ray Bazz - Co -Principal
*Nick Reyna - Co -Principal
*Eric Acciani
*Ian Dolan

Trombone

*Daniel Lawlor - Co -Principal
*Isaac Kramer - Co-Principal
*Christopher Kim

Bass trombone

*Gavin Thrasher

Tuba

*Spencer Groh - Principal

Percussion

*Emily Backal - Principal
*Janelle Kassarjian
*Betty Ling
*Shana Ochsner
*Jordan Su
*Claudia Yu

Harp

*Susie Choi - Principal
*Melody Swen

* Piccolo‡ English Horn

References

External links

* [http://www.pacificsymphony.org/anypage.php?cpid=199 PSYO website]