Biography
Saxophone
Harry Jo
Harry Jo, the winner of the 2023–24 San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, is a first violinist in the orchestra and a senior at Amador Valley High School. He began his musical journey at age five on the piano, took up violin at eight, and finally alto saxophone at 11. He joined the SFJazz High School All-Stars Band in 2022, where he is currently lead alto saxophone and a member of the combo ensemble. He recently toured with the award-winning group to New Orleans and New York.
On saxophone, Jo has performed on NPR’s From the Top and was recognized as a 2023 National YoungArts Winner in Jazz. He is also the winner of a 2023–24 Jazz at the Ballroom Scholarship Award and a 2024 Creative Youth Awards Presidential Award. In 2020 and 2021, he was a member of the Junior High Jazz Band at the California All-State Music Education Conference and received the Scholarship Award at the Campana Jazz Festival in 2020 and 2023. He has won many awards on all three of his instruments, and as the winner of the American Protégé Music Competition, he performed on violin at Carnegie Hall.
On saxophone, Jo has performed on NPR’s From the Top and was recognized as a 2023 National YoungArts Winner in Jazz. He is also the winner of a 2023–24 Jazz at the Ballroom Scholarship Award and a 2024 Creative Youth Awards Presidential Award. In 2020 and 2021, he was a member of the Junior High Jazz Band at the California All-State Music Education Conference and received the Scholarship Award at the Campana Jazz Festival in 2020 and 2023. He has won many awards on all three of his instruments, and as the winner of the American Protégé Music Competition, he performed on violin at Carnegie Hall.
