America announces names of its National Youth Orchestra
mainAnd it came to pass that Carnegie Hall brought forth the names of the children of America who will play in the next cycle of its National Youth Orchestra, known as NYO-USA.
And these are they:
2016 Orchestra Roster
| Arizona | ||
| Justin Kang, Timpani/Percussion | (Gilbert) | |
| Bobby Nunes, Oboe | (Mesa) * | |
| Arkansas | ||
| Eric Meincke, Apprentice Conductor | (Little Rock) | |
| California | ||
| Elena Ariza, Cello | (Cupertino) | |
| Jonathan Chu, Violin | (San Francisco) | |
| Andrew Lee, Violin | (Los Altos Hills) | |
| Minku Lee, Cello | (Palo Alto) * | |
| Jamie Pfauth, Horn | (San Diego) | |
| Connor Rowe, Trombone | (Lompoc) | |
| Jay Shankar, Clarinet | (San Diego) | |
| Colorado | ||
| Jessica Shand, Flute | (Colorado Springs) | |
| Florida | ||
| Annabel Chyung, Violin | (Miami) * | |
| Marco A. Gómez, Bass Trombone | (Miami) | |
| Alejandro Lombo, Flute | (Miramar) * | |
| Elias Medina-Brewster, Oboe | (Miami) | |
| David Norville, Oboe | (Fort Myers) | |
| Jimmy Qin, Cello | (Lake Mary) | |
| Emma Shaw, Horn | (Tampa) | |
| Kevonna S. Shuford, Viola | (West Palm Beach) | |
| Georgia | ||
| Emma DeJarnette, Viola | (Snellville) | |
| James Kang, Viola | (Lawrenceville) | |
| Nick Pelletier, Viola | (Duluth) * | |
| Idaho | ||
| Anna Black, Violin | (Eagle) | |
| Illinois | ||
| Kayla Cabrera, Viola | (Crete) | |
| Alec Mawrence, Tuba | (Northbrook) | |
| Charles Stuedemann, Trumpet | (Geneva) | |
| Lucie Ticho, Cello | (Chicago) | |
| James Vaughen, Trumpet | (Champaign) * | |
| Indiana | ||
| Travon DeLeon, Violin | (South Bend) | |
| Iowa | ||
| Nina Bernat, Bass | (Iowa City) | |
| Kansas | ||
| Akshay Dinakar, Violin | (Prairie Village) * | |
| Dana Rath, Cello | (Lawrence) | |
| Emily Shehi, Violin | (Olathe) | |
| Maine | ||
| Seoyeon Kim, Violin | (Falmouth) * | |
| Maryland | ||
| Nicholas Kim, Violin | (Clarksville) | |
| Ethan Shrier, Trombone | (Potomac) * | |
| Massachusetts | ||
| Reuben Stern, Bassoon | (Needham) * | |
| Michigan | ||
| Sara Han, Clarinet | (Interlochen) * | |
| Elisabeth Pesavento, Horn | (Interlochen) | |
| Minnesota | ||
| Sarrah Bushara, Oboe | (Eden Prairie) * | |
| Jamie Gorski, Trumpet | (Little Canada) | |
| Lydia Grimes, Viola | (Shoreview) | |
| Missouri | ||
| Ryan Wahidi, Bass | (Creve Coeur) * | |
| Montana | ||
| Rosie Weiss, Violin | (Billings) * | |
| Nevada | ||
| Corbin Krebs, Bassoon | (Las Vegas) * | |
| Paul Novak, Apprentice Composer | (Reno) | |
| New Jersey | ||
| Mikaela Chang, Apprentice Orchestra Manager | (Closter) | |
| Omar El-Abidin, Timpani/Percussion | (Wall) | |
| Simon Housner, Cello | (Cherry Hill) | |
| Andrew Hughes, Viola | (Old Tappan) | |
| David Kim, Cello | (East Brunswick) * | |
| Daniel Kim, Clarinet | (Skillman) | |
| Soyeong Park, Violin | (Princeton Junction) * | |
| Timothy Ruszala, Bassoon | (Fairfield) | |
| Samuel Wang, Violin | (Medford) * | |
| Ryan Zhang, Apprentice Conductor | (West Windsor) | |
| New York | ||
| Taylor Abbitt, Bass | (Ballston Lake) * | |
| Ryan Chung, Cello | (Manhasset) | |
| Elizabeth Egan, Apprentice Composer | (New York) | |
| Michael Gabriel, Bass | (Manhasset) | |
| Sean Juhl, Viola | (New York) | |
| Sae Rheen Kim, Viola | (New York) | |
| Faith Pak, Viola | (Auburndale) * | |
| Michael Stevens, Horn | (East Islip) * | |
| William Swett, Bass | (New York) | |
| Alan Yao, Violin | (Scarsdale) | |
| Elizabeth Yeoh-Wang, Harp | (New York) | |
| North Carolina | ||
| Ella Sharpe, Bass | (Winston-Salem) | |
| Emilia Sharpe, Violin | (Winston-Salem) | |
| Ohio | ||
| Marguerite Cox, Bass | (Hudson) * | |
| Joshua Elmore, Bassoon | (Shaker Heights) * | |
| Claire Geho, Violin | (Twinsburg) | |
| Henry Shapard, Cello | (Cleveland Heights) * | |
| Chad Wesselkamper, Bass | (Cincinnati) * | |
| Oklahoma | ||
| Joseph Bates, Violin | (Tulsa) | |
| Ben Lanners, Cello | (Stillwater) * | |
| Oregon | ||
| Fumika Mizuno, Violin | (Portland) * | |
| Pennsylvania | ||
| Sein An, Violin | (West Chester) * | |
| Julie Choe, Violin | (Pittsburgh) | |
| Jim Cunningham IV, Viola | (Pittsburgh) | |
| Neil Goh, Violin | (North Wales) * | |
| Cheyenne J. King, Violin | (Philadelphia) | |
| Ziqi Meng, Violin | (Pittsburgh) | |
| Devin Moore, Violin | (Pittsburgh) | |
| Jason Vassiliou, Violin | (Berwyn) * | |
| Elizabeth Geena Woo, Viola | (Radnor) | |
| Joy Zhao, Cello | (Chalfont) | |
| Rhode Island | ||
| William Yao, Violin | (Barrington) * | |
| South Carolina | ||
| Katherine Woo, Violin | (Greer) | |
| Tennessee | ||
| David Bender, Cello | (Nashville) | |
| Chloe Harvel, Violin | (Brentwood) | |
| Texas | ||
| Hannah Burnett, Viola | (Waco) * | |
| Harry Dearman, Bass | (Denton) | |
| Jonathan Jalbert, Clarinet | (Houston) | |
| Nitish Jindal, Timpani/Percussion | (Dallas) | |
| Evan Jose, Timpani/Percussion | (San Antonio) | |
| Ethan Le, Violin | (Katy) | |
| Patrick Magee, Orchestral Keyboard | (Dallas) | |
| Adam Phan, Harp | (Dallas) * | |
| Ethan Russo, Apprentice Librarian | (Austin) | |
| Mei Stone, Flute | (Waco) * | |
| Megan Wade, Trumpet | (Friendswood) | |
| Vermont | ||
| David Horak, Violin | (Norwich) | |
| Washington | ||
| Andrew Angelos, Horn | (Seattle) * | |
| Evan Falls Hjort, Violin | (Fall City) * | |
| Bronwyn James, Violin | (Seattle) * | |
| Evan Johanson, Violin | (Seattle) * | |
| Elise Kim, Flute | (Mukilteo) | |
| Daniel Miles, Viola | (Puyallup) |
Good luck to all of them! :))
NYO2 is actually a new project in addition to NYO-USA, designed for slightly younger students from underserved communities. Giancarlo Guerrero will work with NYO2, and Eschenbach and Gergiev with NYO.