Whose kid made it into the US National Youth Orchestra?

Whose kid made it into the US National Youth Orchestra?

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norman lebrecht

April 15, 2021

Carnegie Hall released the selection for two orchestras this afternoon:

Alabama
Emma Boyd, Violin (Madison) +
Solomon Sigmon, Clarinet (Huntsville)
Arizona
Jeremy Bryant, Trumpet (Tucson) *
Grant Thomas, Bass (Tucson)
California
Matthew Chang, Violin (Los Angeles) +
Melody Choi, Violin (San Jose) + *
Sarah Kave, Cello (Tarzana) +
Hannah Kim, Violin (Newport Beach) *
Irene Lee, Cello (Irvine)
Dara Moayer, Violin (Westlake Village)
Ingrid Nordberg, Viola (Walnut Creek)
Eunseo Oh, Violin (San Jose)
Matthew Sakiyama, Violin (Millbrae) + *
Julia Wang, Violin (Sunnyvale) *
Stacy Widyono, Violin (San Diego)
Sein Yun, Violin (Irvine) *
Colorado
AJ Hudson, Timpani and Percussion (Denver) *
Andrew S. Jung, Viola (Englewood)
Sophie Urban, Trumpet (Colorado Springs)
Connecticut
Tyler Tan, Violin (Cheshire) + *
Florida
Gisel Dominguez, Bass (Miami) *
Douglas Dyer, Violin (Rockledge)
Sophia Molina, Violin (Miami) *
Annabella Paolucci, Violin (West Palm Beach) *
Samuel Watson, Bassoon (Jacksonville) *
Georgia
Ryan Clever, Flute (Cumming)
Jonathan Fuller, Cello (Atlanta)
Juliyan Martinez, Clarinet (Powder Springs) *
Ansley Moe, Viola (Milledgeville) +
Bria Rives, Bass (Fayetteville)
Idaho
Fernando A. Perez, Flute (Boise) *
Illinois
Nicholas Boettcher, Bass (Naperville)
Aidan Daniels, Violin (Frankfort) +
Noah Jung, Clarinet (Hoffman Estates)
Rafael Noriega, Bass Trombone (Chicago) + *
Indiana
Nathan Shepherd, Bassoon (Lanesville) +
Iowa
Britta Elsbernd, Apprentice Orchestra Manager (Mason City)
Dorothy Junginger, Viola (West Des Moines) *
Kansas
Kaleb Zhu, Oboe (Olathe) +
Kentucky
Jake Alford, Tuba (Lexington) *
Louisiana
Daniel Lee, Violin (New Orleans)
Maine
Colin Aponte, Violin (Blue Hill) +
Maryland
Amy Hwang, Flute (West Friendship) *
Asha Kline, Bassoon (Ellicott City) + *
Max Lu, Apprentice Composer (Dayton) *
Massachusetts
Zoey Long, Viola (Winchester)
Michigan
Andrew Burhans, Horn (Portage)
Missouri
Wendy Kleintank, Violin (Otterville)
Anna Tetreault, Apprentice Orchestra Librarian (St. Louis)
Nevada
Lourdes Pinney, Viola (Henderson) *
New Jersey
Dylan Hamme, Violin (Leonia) *
Claire Kho, Oboe (Cresskill)
Ashley Y. Park, Viola (Palisades Park)
Hannah Park, Violin (Tenafly) +
Samantha Strickland, Horn (Martinsville)
Tienne Yu, Violin (Freehold) +
New York
Serena Bangia, Timpani and Percussion (Buffalo) *
Lawrence Chai, Viola (Mount Sinai) + *
Alessandra Liebmann, Horn (Buffalo) *
Serin Isabelle Park, Violin (New York)
Daniel Simmons, Viola (Laurelton) + *
Henri Yoon, Cello (New York)
North Carolina
Sergey Blinov, Cello (Durham) *
Leena Hocutt Duarte, Violin (Cary)
Tristen Johnson, Cello (Raleigh)
Mack Jones, Viola (Greenville)
Sophia Knappe, Cello (Raleigh) *
Aaron Lipsky, Clarinet (Asheville)
Ohio
Dasara Beta, Trumpet
Oklahoma
Henry Ingels, Violin (Norman) *
Jaylin Vinson, Apprentice
Orchestra Manager
(Oklahoma City) +
Naomi Wharry, Trombone (Edmond) *
Sylvan Zhang, Violin (Stillwater) *
Oregon
Benjamin Frueh, Violin (Corvallis)
Thomas Green, Bass (Medford) +
Abigail Kim, Oboe (Portland)
Ben Price, Oboe (Portland) *
Kira Wang, Cello (Portland)
Pennsylvania
Peirce Ellis, Viola (Broomall) + *
South Carolina
Philip Rawlinson, Viola (Greenville) *
Will Rawlinson, Cello (Greenville) *
South Dakota
Anna Kruse, Apprentice
Orchestra Librarian
(Huron)*
Tennessee
Ella Golden, Violin (Memphis)
Sasha Hitachi-Kizziah, Flute (Chattanooga) + *
Texas
Dillon Akerman, Timpani and Percussion (Mansfield) *
George Andrews IV, Horn (Sugar Land)
Matthew Averyt, Cello (San Antonio)
Olivia Bennett, Apprentice Composer (Houston) *
Glenn Choe, Timpani and Percussion (Cedar Park) +
Gina Gravagne, Viola (Waco) +
Elliot Kim, Violin (Austin) *
Grace Koh, Violin (Harker Heights)
Robert Kohler, Bass (McAllen) *
Christian Luevano, Bass (Denton)
Donovan McManus, Horn (Dallas) *
Cecilia O’Brien, Violin (Dallas) *
Keshav Srinivasan, Violin (Austin)
Maanas Varma, Viola (Flower Mound)
Andrew Zaharis, Trombone (Trophy Club)
Matthew Zhang, Cello (Houston)
Virginia
Ben J. D’Haiti, Trumpet (Oakton) *
Bryan Kim, Violin (Blacksburg) +
Washington
Eliot Lee, Bass (Seattle) *
Andrew Vinther, Bass (Lynnwood)

* * * * *

NYO2 2021 Orchestra Roster
+ Prior NYO2 member

Alabama
Lydia Hanje, Trumpet (Vestavia Hills)
Alaska
Luis Pedro Alasuuraq
Muñoz, Violin
(Anchorage) +
Arizona
Vincent Claes, Cello (Phoenix) +
Jaquez Diego, Tuba (Tucson)
Seungchan Min, Violin (Chandler)
Arkansas
Connor Cowart, Horn (Bentonville)
Alan Sun, Clarinet (Conway)
California
Celina Chen, Cello (San Jose)
Yuli Choi, Violin (Cupertino)
Honor Frisco, Violin (Palos Verdes Estates)
Abigail Hong, Oboe (Diamond Bar)
Rachel Kim, Violin (Irvine) +
Jaden Kim, Violin (Irvine)
Michelle Koo, Viola (Palo Alto)
T’Yara Lesueur, Viola (San Diego)
Esteban Lindo, Bass (Los Angeles)
Erica Liu, Violin (San Jose)
Jennifer Son, Violin (San Ramon)
Josia Sulaiman, Bass (Riverside)
Ivan Wang, Cello (Trabuco Canyon)
Erica Wang, Flute (San Diego)
Cindy Xu, Viola (San Jose) +
Daniel Yoon, Cello (San Jose)
Florida
Robert Aguila, Violin (Miami)
Ashley Gomez, Violin (Miami)+
Dante Jordan, Violin (Doral) +
William Mathangani, Viola (Tampa)
Rodrigo Rodriguez Hernandez, Flute (Kissimmee) +
Georgia
Aliceyn Covington, Horn (Blairsville) +
Ivy Lee, Flute (Johns Creek)
Jack Ramu, Trumpet (Cumming)
Idaho
Claire Yoo, Violin (Idaho Falls) +
Illinois
Gabriel Hsieh, Percussion (Chicago)
Airi Ito, Violin (Elk Grove Village)
Kevin Reyes, Percussion (Chicago)
Kentucky
Maya Otterback, Percussion (La Grange)
Louisiana
Ayi Mariko Ekhaese, Violin (Houma)
Maryland
Jackson Bernal, Bassoon (Rockville) +
Bianca Wilson, Bass (Annapolis)
Justin Yi, Viola (Boyds) +
William Zhu, Bass Trombone (Potomac)
Massachusetts
Kaitlyn Kaminuma, Violin (Chelmsford) +
Minnesota
Izaiah Cheeran, Oboe (Apple Valley) +
Missouri
Roshen Chatwal, Horn (St. Louis)
New Jersey
Eleanor Ha, Bassoon (Upper Saddle River) +
New Mexico
Sofia Taylor, Violin (Albuquerque)
New York
Daniel Choi, Oboe (Pleasantville)
Christopher LeDoux, Trumpet (Staten Island)+
Charles Loh, Violin (Manlius) +
Nevada
Audrey Lim, Viola (Reno)
North Carolina
Gavin Hardy, Bass (Winston-Salem)
Jaeyee Jung, Violin (Raleigh)
North Dakota
Sarah Hong, Violin (Grand Forks)
Ohio
Kunal Arora, Viola (Mason)
Elora Kares, Cello (Cleveland)
Oklahoma
London Faiye Stovall, Horn (Mustang)
Sophie Deng, Cello (Stillwater)
Pennsylvania
Abimelec Guerra, Bass (Stroudsburg) +
Grace Opong, Violin (Landenberg)
South Carolina
Preston Spisak, Percussion (Greenville)
Tennessee
Xayvion A. Davidson, Bassoon (La Vergne)
Orlandis Maise, Trombone (Antioch)
Texas
Michael Arizmendi, Trumpet (Brownsville) +
Daniel Castorena, Viola (Humble)
Sarah Goldberg, Trombone (Fort Worth) +
Samuel Igbo, Violin (Boerne)
Israel MacDonald, Bass (Alamo)
Benjamin Serur, Cello (Houston)
Ray Zhang, Viola (San Antonio)
Virginia
Benjamin Eubanks, Clarinet (Richmond)
Arianna Greggs, Violin (Norfolk)
Mira Kim, Clarinet (Fairfax)
Christian León, Horn (Manassas Park)
West Virginia
Camden Wentz, Cello (Buckhannon)
Isabella Yee, Violin (Fairdale) +
Wyoming
Michael Vitanza, Violin (Pinedale) +

 

 

Comments

  • Greg Bottini says:

    “WHOSE KID MADE IT INTO THE US NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA?”
    What a silly headline – all of these “kids” have parents, who are all right now very proud of their children.
    Congratulations everybody!

  • caranome says:

    Is California a province of China? 90% Chinese, maybe couple of Koreans in both orchestras. Overall they are way more than 5% of the US population, which in the race-mad obsession in the US it’s a good thing. But noooo, you innocent/unaware knaves, they don’t count in the minority quotas n woke virtue signaling games. ONLY Blacks count. Sick.

  • Larry says:

    Great to see the wide geographic representation. Bravo to them all! Do we know who the conductors are?

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