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. Composed of youth in grades 9 through 12, members of this orchestra are given the opportunity to work with the professional musicians of the Pacific Symphony and are conducted by Roger Kalia, the Assistant Conductor of the Pacific Symphony. The Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra currently performs its annual concert series in Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.^[1]

Music Directors

• 2015-Present : Roger Kalia
• 2012-2015 : Alejandro Gutierrez
• 2008-2012: Maxim Eshkenazy
• 2002-2008: Michael Hall

Repertoire

2015-2016 season

• "Finlandia", Sibelius
• "Carmen Suite", Bizet
• "Pictures at an Exhibition", Mussorgsky
• " Mars and Jupiter from The Planets", Holst
• "Imperial March from Star Wars Suite", Williams
• "Symphonic Dances from West Side Story", Bernstein
• "Suite from Der Rosenkavalier", Strauss
• "Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah", Saint-Saens
• "Symphony No. 4", Tchaikovsky

2014-2015 season

• "Candide Overture", Bernstein
• "Swan Lake Suite", Tchaikovsky
• "Pines of Rome", Respighi
• "Russian Easter Overture", Rimsky-Korsakov
• "Main Theme and Imperial March from Star Wars Suite", Williams
• "Superman", Williams
• "Symphony No.8", Dvorak
• "Saint-Saens Violin Concerto"
• "Dvorak Cello Concerto"
• "David"
• "Tarentella", Bottesini
• "Symphony No.5", Shostakovich

2013-2014 season

• "4 Norwegian Dances", Grieg
• "La Forza del Destino Overture", Verdi
• "Symphony No.3 (Organ)", Tchaikovsky
• "Inner Sanctum and the Egg Travels", Newton Howard
• "Jurassic Park", Williams
• "Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 and 2", Prokofiev
• "Tuning Up", Varese
• "Suite Estancia", Ginastera
• "Symphony No. 5", Tchaikovsky
• "Fantasie Brilliante", Borne
• "Cello Concerto No.2", Haydn
• "Symphonie Espagnole", Lalo
• "Tuba Concerto in F Minor", Vaughan-Williams

2008-2009 season

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

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

Members

2014-2015 Roster

VIOLIN 1

• Bj Kim, concertmaster
• Phil Chen, assistant concertmaster
• Heidi Chen
• Joanne Do
• Elaine Huang
• Jonathan Huang
• Lauren Huang
• David Huh
• Brandon Kim
• Emily Kim
• Heesoo Kim
• Jessica Lee
• Ethan Liao
• Danielle Liu
• Justin Liu
• Leonardo Matsuoka
• Jennifer Park
• Tyler Rho
• Caitlyn Zhang

VIOLIN 2

• Sydney Mariano, principal
• Katherine Park, assistant principal
• Annie Chang
• MaryAnn Choi
• Evette Chung
• Grace Gee
• Luchi Jiang
• Ying Jin
• Andrew Lee
• Colleen Louie
• Chelsea Mariano
• Jean Park
• Christina Tang
• Katherine Wee
• Shelby Wong
• Alicia Xie
• Daniel Yang
• Jennifer Yang
• Gordon Yin
• Julia Yuan

VIOLA

• Christine Lin, principal
• Eunji (Sarah) Shim, assistant principal
• Hanlin Chen
• Christina Chung
• Kenneth Han
• Isaac (Hoon) Ki
• Claire (Seo Kyung) Lee
• Karen Li
• Sandra Na
• Noah Pacis
• Luke Quintanilla
• Yerim Seo
• BoSung (Michael) Suh
• Kevin Tsao

CELLO

• Hannah Kim, principal
• Emma Lee, assistant principal
• Julianne Chen
• Erica Huang
• Annie Hyung
• Justin Koga
• Samantha Lee
• Sabrina Oh
• Daniel Paik
• Wesley Park
• Phillip Seo
• Yunjoo Shin
• Christopher Ye
• Kelly Zhou

DOUBLE BASS

• Jake Platt, principal
• Yena Chung
• Edmund Fung
• Nhi Nguyen
• Seemal Tahir
• Tomoka Takeuchi

FLUTE

• Gloria Liu*, principal
• Alison Huh
• Jennifer Lee
• Bridget Pei*

OBOE

• Amy Dong, principal
• Sophia Lou
• Daniel Moore
• Juliana Victoria

CLARINET

• Matthew Kimn, principal
• Natasha Cuenco
• Jonathan Myong
• Jane Park

BASSOON

• Kahayla Rapolla, co-principal
• Stephen Shu, co-principal
• Molly Smit
• Gabriela Victoria

FRENCH HORN

• Ellie Antici, principal
• Ava Conway
• Janis Jin
• Noah Tingen
• Jacob Williams

TRUMPET

• Tatiana Giesler, principal
• Kenny Abbott
• Aaron Alcouloumre
• Andrew Liu

TROMBONE

• Hanae Yoshida, principal
• Dominic Diaz
• Eliana Leish
• Christopher LIu

BASS TROMBONE

• Phillip Lee, principal

TUBA

• Will Nazareno, principal

PERCUSSION

• Nate Johnson, principal
• Ryan Aguilar
• Geneva Daniels
• Anthony Gilleland

HARP

• Sydney Gang, principal

PIANO

• Valerie Narumi, principal

CELESTE

• Megumi Suzuki

Administrative Staff

Bella Staav, Director of Youth Ensembles Justin Sun, Manager of Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra

References

External links

• PSYO website