SFS Youth Orchestra
SFSYO Rosterfor the 19-2020 season
FIRST VIOLINS
Andromeda Kepecs
Roger Xia
Co-Concertmasters
Lawrence V. Metcalf Chairs
Andrew Choi
Katrina Chou
Kristy Chu
Andrew Gao
Aaron Hsia
Emily Hsu
Grace Huh
Hannah Jang
Laura Kim
Lauren Kim
Sabrina Kim
Audrey Lin
Anna Renton
Eurie Seo
Andrew Sima
Nicole Yun
SECOND VIOLINS
Clair Koo
Evander Li
Co-Principals
Minyoung Choi
Chili Ekman
Loren Gigi
Sophia Horng
Isaiah Iny-Woods
Samantha Kao
Seyon Kim
Bedelia Law
Chloe Lee
Oliver Liang
Stephanie Ma
Eunseo Oh
Cheryl Tang
Suzuka Wada
Ethan Yu
William Zhang
Kerrie Zhu
VIOLAS
Anju Goto
Principal
Paulina Flores
Assistant Principal
Jonah Blaydes-Greenberg
Eloise Brotzman
Ethel Chernyavsky
Ian Grossman
Michelle Koo
Hannah Lam
Subin Lee
Odin Nguyen Marin
Ingrid Nordberg
Rachel Stokol
Lily Wang
Leila Yokoyama
CELLOS
Isabelle Nichols
Principal
Samantha Der
Assistant Principal
Alexander Chang
Isabelle Fromme
Anna Lee
Christine Kang
Erin Kim
Iris Kwok
Renee Su
Angela Sun
Benjamin Wu
Daniel Yim
BASSES
Htut Khaung Oo
Principal
Dylan Lewis
Sara Simoni
Abhiram Vinnakota
Chelsea Wang
Arielle Zakim
FLUTES
Anthony Lee
Phoebe Lin
William Poulter
Haylie Wu
OBOES
Jini Baik
Clare Chua
Francis Chua
Nyah Santiago
CLARINETS
Igor Aprelev
Jacob Byers
Eugenia Coe
Omar Wahby
BASSOONS
Shelby Capozzili
Oleksandr Kashlyuk
Sean Martin
Samuel Troxell
HORNS
Mattias Bengtsson
Jenessa Hettwer
Adolfo Peña
Molly Shannon
Megan Twain
TRUMPETS
Cyrus Alva
David Green
Michail Thompson
Finley Shanks
TROMBONES
Ken Kagawa
Katie Kearney
BASS TROMBONE
Jeremy Mojado
TUBA
Jacob Malek
PERCUSSION
Darrin Cheng
Joshua Kao
Shun Kodaira
Jeffrey Marcos
Ye Khaung Oo
Fiona Sun
Kyle Yuen
HARP
Naomi Sun
KEYBOARD
Amy Bao
YOUTH ORCHESTRA MANAGER
Jason Pyszkowski Associate Director, Youth Orchestra Program
YOUTH ORCHESTRA ADMINISTRATIVE APPRENTICES
Ava Bradley Administrative Apprentice
Elisabeth Bruckner Assistant Librarian
SFSYO COACHING FACULTY
The Youth Orchestra’s success has a lot to do with its innovative, tuition-free training program, which taps members of the San Francisco Symphony to coach the young musicians every week before the full ensemble rehearses with SFSYO Music Director Christian Reif. The San Francisco Symphony extends its deepest thanks to the following musicians for their dedication and commitment to this program.
Violin - Diane Nicholeris, Chen Zhao
Viola - Adam Smyla
Cello - Jill Brindel, David Goldblatt
Bass - Stephen Tramontozzi
Flute - Catherine Payne
Oboe - Russ deLuna, James Button, James Moore
Clarinet - Jerome Simas
Bassoon - Mike Gamburg
French Horn - Jessica Valeri
Trumpet - Jeff Biancalana
Trombone/Tuba - Nick Platoff
Percussion/Timpani - Jacob Nissly, Ed Stephan, Stan Muncy
Harp - Douglas Rioth
Keyboard - Robin Sutherland, Marc Shapiro
