Carnegie Hall has announced the names of the 120 young musicians, aged 16 to 19, who have been selected to come together this summer as the second annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). The orchestra will be led by conductor David Robertson and joined by virtuoso violinist Gil Shaham in summer 2014.NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2014 Orchestra Roster
Alabama |
Michael Brown, Violin |
(Hoover) |
Andrew Downs, Bass |
(Birmingham)* |
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Arkansas ** |
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Carson Bohner, Violin |
(White Hall) |
Brett A. Kelly, Trombone |
(Rison) |
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California |
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Carlos Aguilar, Flute |
(Escondido) |
Matthew Chow, Violin |
(Los Altos) |
Janice Gho, Bass |
(Cupertino) |
Liam Glendening, Trombone |
(Redlands) |
Aaron Grisez, Timpani/Percussion |
(Fresno) |
Oliver Herbert, Cello |
(San Francisco) |
Nathan Kirchhoff, Bassoon |
(San Gabriel)* |
Adrian Lin, Timpani/Percussion |
(Cupertino) |
Ryan Roberts, Oboe |
(Santa Monica)* |
Josephine Stockwell, Viola |
(El Sobrante) |
Dalton Tran, Clarinet |
(Irvine) |
Alexander van der Veen, Violin |
(Palo Alto) |
Nathan Wong, Viola |
(San Gabriel)* |
Annie Wu, Flute |
(Pleasanton)* |
Helen Wu, Violin |
(Saratoga) |
David Yoon, Timpani/Percussion |
(Irvine)* |
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Colorado |
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Andrew Burgan, Violin |
(Aurora)* |
Jeremy Kreutz, Cello |
(Loveland) |
Alexi Whitsel, Violin |
(Longmont) |
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District of Columbia ** |
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Lily Honigberg, Violin |
(Washington DC) |
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Connecticut |
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Margaret Klucznik, Viola |
(Glastonbury)* |
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Florida |
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Andrew Cheshire, Violin |
(Merritt Island)* |
Kaila DeLany, Oboe |
(Tarpon Springs) |
Alejandro Lombo, Flute |
(Miramar) |
Connor Monday, Horn |
(Jacksonville) |
Evan Musgrave, Bass |
(Ormond Beach) |
Athalie Claude-Lilia Vaval, Viola |
(Miami) |
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Georgia |
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Kathryn Evans, Bass |
(Marietta) |
Nathan Hung, Viola |
(Peachtree City) |
Madeline Miller, Bassoon |
(Atlanta) |
Keanu Mitanga, Violin |
(Atlanta) |
Cassie Pilgrim, Oboe |
(Chamblee) |
Erin C. Pitts, Viola |
(Atlanta) |
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Illinois |
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Torin Alexander Bakke, Clarinet |
(Buffalo Grove) |
Garrett Chou, Cello |
(Northbrook)* |
Karen Dai, Timpani/Percussion |
(Chicago) |
Josh Davidoff, Apprentice Orchestra Manager |
(Evanston) |
Nivanthi Karunaratne, Horn |
(Gurnee) |
Jack McCammon, Horn |
(Naperville) |
Alaina Rea, Viola |
(Orland Park) |
Ricardo Zapata, Trumpet |
(Chicago) |
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Indiana |
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Clara Abel, Cello |
(Indianapolis)* |
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Louisiana |
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Georgia Bourderionnet, Cello |
(New Orleans) |
Eliot Haas, Cello |
(Shreveport) |
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Maryland |
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Rachel Barnett, Viola |
(Westminster) |
Silvio Guitian, Clarinet |
(Baltimore) |
Chad Lilley, Alto Saxophone |
(Olney) |
Henry Whitaker, Trumpet |
(Annapolis)* |
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Massachusetts |
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Harrison Dilthey, Bass |
(North Adams) |
Sharon Kim, Violin |
(Belmont) |
Leah Meyer, Horn |
(Belmont)* |
Elizabeth Sperry, Flute |
(Chelmsford)* |
Reuben Stern, Bassoon |
(Needham) |
Evan Wood, Cello |
(Dover) |
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Michigan |
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Rebecca Luppe, Orchestral Keyboard |
(Kalamazoo) |
Caelan Stewart, Horn |
(Clarkston)* |
Ivan Suminski, Violin |
(Traverse City) |
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Minnesota |
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Arjun Ganguly, Viola |
(St. Cloud)* |
Anna Humphrey, Violin |
(Rogers) |
Emma Richman, Violin |
(Minneapolis) |
Liam Smith, Timpani/Percussion |
(Minneapolis) |
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Mississippi |
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Zakary Joyner, Violin |
(Sallis) |
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Missouri |
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Sean Byrne, Viola |
(Chesterfield)* |
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Nevada ** |
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Liam Mansfield, Violin |
(Las Vegas) |
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New Hampshire |
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Claire Walter, Violin |
(Keene) |
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New Jersey |
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Matthew Gajda, Trumpet |
(Mahwah)* |
Tess Jacobson, Viola |
(Bridgewater) |
James Lin, Violin |
(Bridgewater) |
Hannah Lam, Violin |
(Cherry Hill) |
David Kim, Clarinet |
(Mount Laurel) |
Soyeong Park, Violin |
(Princeton Junction)* |
Evan Pasternak, Violin |
(Scotch Plains) |
Samuel Wang, Violin |
(Medford) |
Amy Zhang, Viola |
(Princeton) |
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New York |
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Tristen Jarvis, Bass |
(Colonie) |
Faith Pak, Viola |
(Auburndale) |
Phillip Solomon, Clarinet |
(Montrose) |
Martine Thomas,Viola |
(Rochester)* |
Helen K. Wong, Violin |
(Rochester) |
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North Carolina |
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Gordon Ma, Violin |
(Cary) |
Willa Finck, Violin |
(Boone) |
Aden Beery, Tuba |
(Madison) |
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Ohio |
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John Mietus, Bass |
(Shaker Heights) |
Chad Wesselkamper, Bass |
(Cincinnati) |
Ann Yu, Violin |
(Hudson) |
Grant Zempolich, Cello |
(Shaker Heights) |
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Oklahoma |
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Kevie Yu, Violin |
(Edmond) |
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Oregon |
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Esther Aviana Platt, Violin |
(Ashland) |
Katie Reinders, Viola |
(Portland) |
Angela Tang, Violin |
(West Linn) |
Gabriel Young, Oboe |
(Ashland)* |
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Pennsylvania |
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Jessica Ding, Harp |
(State College) |
Rebecca Krown, Bassoon |
(Quakertown) |
Bihn Park, Cello |
(Haverford) |
Inori Sakai, Violin |
(Pittsburgh) |
Miles Shore, Bassoon |
(Yardley) |
James Tobias, Trombone |
(Wynnewood) |
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Puerto Rico ** |
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Rosa Ortega, Violin |
(San Juan) |
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South Carolina ** |
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Paul Aguilar, Violin |
(Greenville) |
Daniel H. Murray, Bass |
(Columbia) |
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Tennessee |
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Benjamin Parton, Violin |
(Sevierville)* |
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Texas |
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Abby Easterling, Flute |
(Grapevine) |
Riley Giampaolo, Bass Trombone |
(Houston) |
Lincoln Valdez, Trumpet |
(Austin)* |
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Utah |
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Molly Ann Langr, Harp |
(Salt Lake City) |
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Vermont ** |
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David Fickes, Violin |
(Peacham) |
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Virginia |
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Davey Van Beveren, Oboe |
(Chesapeake) |
Tyler Cunningham, Timpani/Percussion |
(Vienna) |
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Washington |
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Andrew Angelos, Horn |
(Seattle) |
Audrey Chen, Cello |
(Redmond)* |
Hana Cohon, Cello |
(Seattle) |
Alena Hove, Violin |
(Issaquah) |
Bronwyn James, Violin |
(Seattle) |
Trey Sakazaki, Apprentice Orchestra Librarian |
(Bellevue) |
Sophia Stoyanovich, Violin |
(Bainbridge Island)* |
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Wisconsin |
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Kartik Papatla, Cello |
(Mequon) |
* Returning 2013 NYO-USA Member
** New State / Territory represented in 2014 NYO-USA
NYO-USA US Tour—Summer 2014
July 20 Performing Arts Center; Purchase, NY
July 22 Carnegie Hall; New York City, NY
July 24 Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood; Lenox, MA
July 26 Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts; Boone, NC
July 28 Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park; Chicago, IL
July 30 Walk Festival Hall; Teton Village, WY
August 2 Weill Hall, Sonoma State University’s Green Music Center; Rohnert Park, CA
August 4 Walt Disney Concert Hall; Los Angeles, CA
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Laura studied in Bologna and Cremona, has worked up to now in Winterthur, Switzerland.
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Our social secretary reports the birth of a baby girl for Ladino heritage singer Yasmin Levy, who plays a prominent part in my forthcoming series, Music and the Jews.
Mazal tov to the fabulous Yasmin and to her wonderful mother, Cochava, who features as the first singing voice in the series.
CNN counts 15 eye-catchers, including most of the obvious moderns and none of the oldies (Musikverein, the art-deco marvels in Stockholm, Paris and Liverpool). Click here for gallery.
The only UK venue is the Sage at Gateshead. London’s detractions are too blatant to discuss.
Alan Turing was the genius who cracked the German Enigma code and helped to win the Second World War. He died by his own hand after persecution by the British authorities for his sexual activities. In this aspect, as in others, Turing was ahead of his time: he saw no issue or shame in being homosexual and took no measures to conceal his encounters which were, at the time, illegal. He was, and remains, by any definition – a hero.
James McCarthy’s Codebreaker, sung by Hertfordshire Chorus with David Temple, premieres at London’s Barbican Hall, Saturday 26th April. Watch, listen, reflect. Just as Turing did at Bletchley.
The German magazine Opernwelt has announced a new Gerard Mortier award to recognise artists who contribute to the renewal of opera.
Michael Eckerle, Organist and Kantor of St. Franziskus, Pforzheim, collapsed and died on Friday of a heart attack. He was some weeks short of his 50th birthday. Eckerle, a considerable virtuoso, toured widely in Europe and the US.
The conductor Jesús López Cobos has launched an appeal against the court ruling that he was not slandered by Gerard Mortier and the Real Theatre over the ending of his period as music director.
The lower court ruled that a conductor, as a public figure, should be prepared to accept different opinions and a degree of criticism.
The maestro, evidently, disagrees. He insists it’s a matter of honour.
The picture popped up this weekend on the Minnesota musicians’ facebook page. Do they know something we don’t?
On Friday the board met to decide whether to fire Michael Henson and/or rehire Osmo Vänskä. The two options are mutually exclusive. A decision appears to have been taken but nothing has yet been announced.
This picture may be the first harbinger of Minnesota spring.
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Click here to read.
Manuela Hoelterhoff is an unhappy opera bunny. Each time she goes to the Met in the line of duty, her heart sinks deeper into her Jimmy Choos at the lack of consumer comforts and general progress at her regular place of worship.
What’s to be done? Manuela, who has probably seen more Met operas than any New York critic, has offered ten improvement ideas on the Bloomberg site. Nine of them are commonsense. The tenth is totally radical. Manuela is the first to break a taboo about the sacrosanct music director. It deserves to be widely discussed.
Read the full article here. The ten tips follow:
1. Open the Met an hour before, not half an hour, so people
can mingle.
2. Morph the useless and unloved gallery into a bar.
3. Turn the souvenir shop into a media center showcasing
material from the company’s huge archives and information on new
productions. Move the press room from its dim hole by the
bathrooms and provide seating for visitors to tweet. There’s
hardly any old-style press left anyway.
4. Get rid of the overpriced Grand Tier restaurant, which
blights a huge swathe of territory underneath one of the two
murals by Chagall. Have designer David Rockwell and Chef Marcus
Samuelsson create a casual dining space with bar tables and
sofas that flows across to the other Chagall.
5. Drop that pompous “no seating once the performance
starts” ukase. This is a place of entertainment. Every act has
a moment that is less sacred than others.
Sippy Cup
6. Permit drinks inside like the Brooklyn Academy of Music
and most New York theaters. For a long show in cramped seats, a
sippy cup can be your friend.
7. Expand and encourage the use of a free coat check. The
auditorium often looks like a refugee center.
8. In nice weather, fill that loggia with bars on both ends
and students from Juilliard next door playing operatic
transcriptions that drift enticingly to pedestrians below.
9. Start performing on Sundays. Is there another opera
company or theater that shuts down on Sunday to please unions?
10. Hire a charismatic music director to articulate a
vision for the future and excite a new generation. James Levine,
here since 1971, has never become a public personality
identified with New York. What is wrong with “emeritus”? The
Met needs a visible, socially engaged leader to supplement
general manager Peter Gelb. We need someone like Gustavo Dudamel
in Los Angeles or Riccardo Muti in Chicago. It’s time for a
change.
(Manuela Hoelterhoff is an executive editor at Bloomberg
News. All opinions are her own.)