SF SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SF SYMPHONY Youth Orchestra Roster 24-25
FIRST VIOLIN
Ian Cheung, Euisun Hong, Madison Lin, Xinyan Shi
Co-Concertmasters
Connor Chin
Hyesun Hong
Isaiah Iny-Woods
Ella Jeon
Spencer Kogoma
Constance Kuan
Andre Lu
Aaron Ma
Henry Miller
Lisa Saito
Jenna Son
Luke Spivey
Henry Stroud
Joy Wang
SECOND VIOLIN
Valery Breshears, Sydney Li-Jenkins
Co-Principals
Asher Cupp
Udo Funke
Christina Hong
Maximilian Huang
Kayla Hwang
William Liang
Veronica Qiu
Carolyn Ren
Yujin Shin
Lucy Wang
Kate Vo
Junnosuke Yanagisawa
Katherine Yoo
Andrew Zhang
VIOLA
Andrew Hwang, Bryan Im, Rebekah Sung
Co-Principals
Harper Berry
Jamie Cheung
Timothy Cheung
Ethan Han
Jaydon Li
Haoching Liu
Charlotte Lopez
Olivia Park
Yufei Shen
Kenji Sor
Nicole Targosz
Katherine Yang
CELLO
Starla Breshears, Huisun Hong, Benjamin Jiang, Melissa Lam
Co-Principals
Irei Fromme
Gabriel Irazabal
Claire Law
Kenneth Ma
Sunny Moon
Claire Topper
Keiya Wada
Cara Wang
DOUBLE BASS
Alec Blair, Allison Prakalapakorn, Raiden Tan
Co-Principals
Joshua Ahn
Youmy Gonzalez
Haku Homma
Vera Kolodko
Jackson Pascual
FLUTE
Sophia Bian
Diego Fernandez
Cadence Liu
Yuzuka Williams
OBOE
Gabriel Chodos
Nicholas Karr
Jesse Spain
Valerie Xu
CLARINET
Ryan Beiter
Subin Kim
Hanting Liu
Adam Thyr
BASSOON
Matthew Chan
Adam Erlebacher
Zach Noble
Aya Watanabe
FRENCH HORN
Thomas Chang
Violet MacAvoy
Samay Sayala
Owen Sheridan
Nick Taylor
TRUMPET
Kanon Homma
Logan Manildi
Brady Phan
Mason Rogers
TENOR TROMBONE
Mason Chambers
Thomas Valle
BASS TROMBONE
Lenel Gomintong
TUBA
Cameron Strahs
PERCUSSION
Leo Chun
Gabriela Garcia
Jeffrey Lee
Naoto Watanabe
Alexander Xie
HARP
Jessica Cheung
Camille Chu
KEYBOARD
Dylan Hall
YOUTH ORCHESTRA ADMINISTRATION
Ronald Gallman, Director of Education and Youth Orchestra
Daniel Hallett, Associate Director, Youth Orchestra Program
Katie Lee, Youth Orchestra Administrative Apprentice
Charlotte Lopez, Youth Orchestra Library Apprentice
Lily Wang, Youth Orchestra Library Apprentice
SF SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA COACHING FACULTY
The Youth Orchestra’s success has a great deal to do with its innovative, tuition-free training program which taps members of the San Francisco Symphony. Youth Orchestra musicians receive weekly coaching with SF Symphony members before the full ensemble rehearses with Wattis Foundation Music Director Radu Paponiu. The San Francisco Symphony extends its deepest thanks to the following musicians for their dedication and commitment to the Youth Orchestra program.
Violin - David Chernyavsky, In Sun Jang, Chen Zhao
Viola - Adam Smyla
Cello - Jill Brindel, David Goldblatt
Double Bass - Stephen Tramontozzi
Flute - Catherine Payne
Oboe - Russell deLuna
Clarinet - Matthew Griffith, Jerome Simas
Bassoon - Justin Cummings
French Horn - Jesse Clevenger
Trumpet - Jeff Biancalana
Trombone/Tuba - Christopher Bassett
Percussion/Timpani - Marty Thenell, Jacob Nissly
Harp - Katherine Siochi
Keyboard - Marc Shapiro