NYO-USA 2024 Orchestra Roster
Meet the Orchestra
Strings
Violin
Anya Akhmadullina
Columbia, MOEnzo Baldanza
Arlington, VAOlivia Cai
Ellicott City, MD +Cade Carter
Tomball, TXRoger Chen
San Jose, CAYuli Choi
Cupertino, CA + *Rishab Das
Philadelphia PAAyi Ekhaese
Sugar Land, TX + *Ana Isabella España
New York, NYAnna Hilderbrand
Mount Savage, MDSeohyun Hwang
Sammamish, WASamuel Igbo
Boerne, TX + *Jenna Seohyeong Kang
Palo Alto, CA *Christy Kim
Mason, OH +Julie Kim
Northvale, NJMinjae Jaden Kim
Irvine, CA + *Minji Kim
Ann Arbor, MIKayla Lee
San Jose, CA +Logan Lee
New York, NYKatie Liu
Portland, ORChristine Miller
Emporia, KS +Katherine Mombo
Southbury, CT +Jaehyun Park
New York, NY +Atom Paz
Fresno, CALaura Pollack
Edmond, OKSean Qin
Short Hills, NJ +Gabriela Salvador Riera
Wilmington, DECadence Shevy
Rock Hill, SC +Didi Stone
Alpharetta, GAAlvin Wang
Temple City, CANicholas Hyunkun Yoo
Ramsey, NJ + *Stephan Zhang
Stillwater, OK +Viola
Josephine Buruma
New York, NYOsiel Cárdenas
Denton, TXDaniel De La Cruz
Laguna Niguel, CA *Liam DeRosa
Cranston, RILillie Harper
Fountain Hills, AZIris Hur
Paramus, NJAndrew Hwang
Palo Alto, CAKatie Hwang
Rockville, MDJeremiah La Fayette
Tampa, FL *A. Jesse Schopflocher
New York, NYKatherine Eunbee Song
Potomac, MD +Tejas Tirthapura
Saratoga, CA *Kara Wong
Tustin, CA +Kristen Yu
Columbia, MOCello
Jaia Alli
Atlanta, GAShaw Edwards
Brooklyn, NYMary Brook Hartmann
Sugar Land, TXBenjamin Jiang
Elk Grove, CA +Natalie Kwok
Fullerton, CA +Michelle Kwon
Closter, NJ *Aaron Liu
Philadelphia, PAOscar E. Ruiz
Memphis, TN +Collin Runnoe
Milwaukee, WIJosephine Velez
Yorba Linda, CA +Bass
Brandon Garcia
Miami, FLMaxine Gimbel
Oak Park, ILGavin Hardy
Winston-Salem, NC +Heike Lowe
Omaha, NEElla Marchetti
Tampa, FL +Devin O’Brien
Mount Pleasant, SC *Michael Stratford
Winston-Salem, NCSimon Vázquez-Carr
Durham, NC +Woodwinds
Flute
Eunah Kim
Philadelphia, PAStephanie Kim
Atlanta, GAJayden Hunter Lee
McLean, VAJoseph Yoo
Chino Hills, CAOboe
Kyle Cho
Potomac, MDKaitlyn Choi
Jericho, NYAshley Na
Suwanee, GA *Jacob Pagone
Sioux Falls, SDClarinet
Tyler Anderson
Springfield, VATiffany Chang
Ridgewood, NJ +Santiago Del Curto
Queens, NY +Daniel Tauhert
Plano, TXBassoon
Ariana Kim
Irvine CAKatelyn Nguyen
Portland, OR *Daniel Torrero
San Diego, CALeah Wu
Katy, TX +Brass
Horn
Brayden Rooks
Cibolo, TXNathan Spergel
Livingston, NJTrumpet
Christopher LeDoux
Staten Island, NY +Diogo Muggiati-Feldman
New York, NY + *Aidan Peterson
Ardmore, PANoah Semsar
Austin, TXTrombone
Henry Price
Arlington, VAMatias Vidal-Russell
Boise, IDBass Trombone
Joe Maiocco
Prospect, KYTuba
Rufino Medado
Portland, TXPercussion
Timpani and Percussion
Julian Jimenez-Pardo
San José, Costa RicaCampbell Stewart
Tucson, AZ +Harp
Olivia Sunim Lee
Boston, MAApprentices
Apprentice Composer
Alex Robertson
New York, NYMarvel Jem Roth
Los Angeles, CAApprentice Orchestra Librarian
Nihar Bhavsar
West Palm Beach, FLApprentice Orchestra Manager
Anika Gandhi
San Francisco, CA* Prior NYO-USA member
+ Prior NYO2 member
NOTE: Ages are as of July 1
Lead Donors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, The Kovner Foundation, and Beatrice Santo Domingo.
Global Ambassadors: Michael ByungJu Kim and Kyung Ah Park, Hope and Robert F. Smith, and Maggie and Richard Tsai.
Major funding has been provided by Veronica Atkins, Mercedes T. Bass, Ronald E. Blaylock and Petra Pope, Lorraine Buch Fund for Young Artists, Estate of Joan Eliasoph, Clive and Anya Gillinson, The Carl Jacobs Foundation, Melanie and Jean E. Salata, JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation, and United Airlines, Airline Partner to the National Youth Ensembles.
Additional funding has been provided by the Alphadyne Foundation, Sarah Arison, The Jack Benny Family Foundation, Mary Anne Huntsman Morgan and The Huntsman Foundation, IAC, Stella and Robert Jones, Martha and Robert Lipp, Beth and Joshua Nash, The Netherland-America Foundation, The Morton H. Meyerson Family Foundation, and David S. Winter.
Founder Patrons: Blavatnik Family Foundation; Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation; The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation; Ronald O. Perelman; Robertson Foundation; Beatrice Santo Domingo; Hope and Robert F. Smith; Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon; and Joan and Sanford I. Weill and the Weill Family Foundation.