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NYO-USA 2022
Orchestra members, faculty, and staff

Violins
Annika Bennion / Sidney, Montana
Aidan Daniels*+ / Frankfort, Illinois
Brandon Du* / Ellicott City, Maryland
Douglas Dyer* / Rockledge, Florida
Ethan Fisher-Chaves / Charlton, Massachusetts
Benjamin Frueh* / Corvallis, Oregon
Mika Gibbs / Overland Park, Kansas
Ella Golden* / Memphis, Tennessee
Leena Hocutt Duarte* / Cary, North Carolina
Samuel Cheidu- Onyemordi Igbo+ / Boerne, Texas
Jenna Seohyeong Kang / Palo Alto, California
Ben Koenig / Fort Collins, Colorado
Grace Koh* / Harker Heights, Texas
Clair Koo / Palo Alto, California
George Lawson / Orlando, Florida
Daniel Lee* / Kenner, Louisiana
Tobias Liu / Johns Creek, Georgia
Shannon Ma / Saratoga, California
Brady Mandeville / Lynchburg, Virginia
Marena Miki / Los Angeles, California
Luis Pedro Alasuuraq Muñoz+ / Anchorage, Alaska
Serin Isabelle Park* / New York, New York
Suhaas Patil / Austin, Texas
Milan Rohatgi / Stanford, California
Keshav Srinivasan* / Sunset Valley, Texas
Tyler Tan*+ / Cheshire, Connecticut
Moshi Tang+ / Cleveland, Ohio
Suzuka Wada / San Mateo, California
Stacy Widyono* / San Diego, California
Claire Yoo*+ / Freehold, New Jersey
Marina Ziegler / Akron, Ohio

Violas
Lawrence Chai*+ / Mount Sinai, New York
Camille Cole / Salt Lake City, Utah
Aliza Creel / Middlebury, Connecticut
Josh Felser / Denver, Colorado
Loxea Hipsky / Guilford, Indiana
Emily Hwang / Palo Alto, California
Mack Jones* / Greenville, North Carolina
William Mathangani+ / Tampa, Florida
Elisabeth Meade / Omaha, Nebraska
Ashley Park* / Palisades Park, New Jersey
Jason Seo / Johns Creek, Georgia
Maanas Varma* / Flower Mound, Texas
Ian Woodrich / Cocoa, Florida
Ray Zhang+ / San Antonio, Texas

Cellos
Alex Aranzabal+ / Londonderry, New Hampshire
Jonathan Fuller* / Atlanta, Georgia
Tristen Johnson* / Raleigh, North Carolina
Amy Jong / Diamond Bar, California
Sarah Kave*+ / Los Angeles, California
Elliot Kim / Los Altos, California
Irene Lee* / Irvine, California
Celilo Bauman Swain / Charlotte, Vermont
William Tan / Chicago, Illinois
Kira Wang / Portland, Oregon
Camden Wentz / Buckhannon, West Virginia
Danielle Yoon / Frisco, Texas

Basses
Joseph Escobar / Houston, Texas
Robert Lynn Kohler* / McAllen, Texas
Esteban Lindo+ / Los Angeles, California
Christian Luevano* / Corinth, Texas
Israel MacDonald+ / Alamo, Texas
Jamie Park+ / Cleveland, Ohio
Bria Rives* / Fayetteville, Georgia
Brennen Taggart / Lexington, Kentucky

Flutes
Ryan Clever* / Cumming, Georgia
Carolyn Lau / Roslyn Heights, New York
Abi Middaugh / Ypsilanti, Michigan
Erica Wang+ / San Diego, California

Oboes
Izaiah Cheeran+ / Apple Valley, Minnesota
Daniel Choi+ / Pleasantville, New York
Adriana Koch / Gurnee, Illinois
Ben Price* / Portland, Oregon

Clarinets
Jake Glaser / San Antonio, Texas
Noah Jung* / Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Adam Kolers / Louisville, Kentucky
Cadee Lee / Cresskill, New Jersey

Bassoons
Preston Atkins / Cedar Falls, Iowa
Eleanor Ha+ / Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Keegan Neely / Portland, Oregon
Diego Pena / Southlake, Texas

Horns
Elijah Barclift / Greensboro, North Carolina
Connor Cowart+ / Bentonville, Arkansas
Nicholas Ivy / St. Petersburg, Florida
Diego Solis / Laredo, Texas
Keneil Soni+ / Albertson, New York
London Faiye Stovall+ / Mustang, Oklahoma
Samantha Strickland* / Martinsville, New Jersey

Trumpets
Lydia Hanje+ / Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Joshua Kucharski / Bowie, Maryland
William Lewis / Highland Park, Illinois
Jack Ramu+ / Cumming, Georgia

Trombones
Devin Drinan / McKinney, Texas
Orlandis Maise+ / Antioch, Tennessee
Kimberly Nelson / Dallas, Texas

Bass Trombone
William Zhu+ / Potomac, Maryland

Tuba
Cameron Hall / Newnan, Georgia

Harp
Janice Hur / La Cañada, California

Timpani and Percussion
Tim Barron / Solon, Ohio
Glenn Choe*+ / Cedar Park, Texas
Jacqueline Guo+ / San Jose, California
AJ Hudson* / Centennial, Colorado
Preston Spisak+ / Greenville, South Carolina

Apprentice Orchestra Librarian
Sydney Wall / Lantana, Texas

Apprentice Orchestra Manager
Xayvion Davidson+ / LaVergne, Tennessee

Apprentice Composers
Yuri Lee / Tuckahoe, New York
Taki Salameh / Skokie, Illinois

Artistic Staff
James Ross / Orchestra Director
Kyle Dickson / Assistant Conductor
Shira Samuels-Shragg / Assistant Conductor

Orchestra Staff
Clinton Soisson / Orchestra Manager
Fabrice Curtis / Librarian
Ryan McAuley / MD, MPH
Margaret E. Kane / RN, BSN
Daniella DiClerico / MSN, BSN
Raychel Taylor / Percussion Manager
David Bender / Production Assistant
Ilana Inselbuch / Production Assistant
Bram Schenck / Production Assistant

Resident Assistants Andrés Ayola, Michael Cantu, Cody Chang, Jessica Ding, Haneen Eldiri, Phoebe Kolby, Alex Mersman, Joseph Trpkosh

*Prior NYO-USA member
+Prior NYO2 member

NYO-USA 2022
Orchestra members, faculty, and staff

Violins
Annika Bennion / Sidney, Montana
Aidan Daniels*+ / Frankfort, Illinois
Brandon Du* / Ellicott City, Maryland
Douglas Dyer* / Rockledge, Florida
Ethan Fisher-Chaves / Charlton, Massachusetts
Benjamin Frueh* / Corvallis, Oregon
Mika Gibbs / Overland Park, Kansas
Ella Golden* / Memphis, Tennessee
Leena Hocutt Duarte* / Cary, North Carolina
Samuel Cheidu- Onyemordi Igbo+ / Boerne, Texas
Jenna Seohyeong Kang / Palo Alto, California
Ben Koenig / Fort Collins, Colorado
Grace Koh* / Harker Heights, Texas
Clair Koo / Palo Alto, California
George Lawson / Orlando, Florida
Daniel Lee* / Kenner, Louisiana
Tobias Liu / Johns Creek, Georgia
Shannon Ma / Saratoga, California
Brady Mandeville / Lynchburg, Virginia
Marena Miki / Los Angeles, California
Luis Pedro Alasuuraq Muñoz+ / Anchorage, Alaska
Serin Isabelle Park* / New York, New York
Suhaas Patil / Austin, Texas
Milan Rohatgi / Stanford, California
Keshav Srinivasan* / Sunset Valley, Texas
Tyler Tan*+ / Cheshire, Connecticut
Moshi Tang+ / Cleveland, Ohio
Suzuka Wada / San Mateo, California
Stacy Widyono* / San Diego, California
Claire Yoo*+ / Freehold, New Jersey
Marina Ziegler / Akron, Ohio

Violas
Lawrence Chai*+ / Mount Sinai, New York
Camille Cole / Salt Lake City, Utah
Aliza Creel / Middlebury, Connecticut
Josh Felser / Denver, Colorado
Loxea Hipsky / Guilford, Indiana
Emily Hwang / Palo Alto, California
Mack Jones* / Greenville, North Carolina
William Mathangani+ / Tampa, Florida
Elisabeth Meade / Omaha, Nebraska
Ashley Park* / Palisades Park, New Jersey
Jason Seo / Johns Creek, Georgia
Maanas Varma* / Flower Mound, Texas
Ian Woodrich / Cocoa, Florida
Ray Zhang+ / San Antonio, Texas

Cellos
Alex Aranzabal+ / Londonderry, New Hampshire
Jonathan Fuller* / Atlanta, Georgia
Tristen Johnson* / Raleigh, North Carolina
Amy Jong / Diamond Bar, California
Sarah Kave*+ / Los Angeles, California
Elliot Kim / Los Altos, California
Irene Lee* / Irvine, California
Celilo Bauman Swain / Charlotte, Vermont
William Tan / Chicago, Illinois
Kira Wang / Portland, Oregon
Camden Wentz / Buckhannon, West Virginia
Danielle Yoon / Frisco, Texas

Basses
Joseph Escobar / Houston, Texas
Robert Lynn Kohler* / McAllen, Texas
Esteban Lindo+ / Los Angeles, California
Christian Luevano* / Corinth, Texas
Israel MacDonald+ / Alamo, Texas
Jamie Park+ / Cleveland, Ohio
Bria Rives* / Fayetteville, Georgia
Brennen Taggart / Lexington, Kentucky

Flutes
Ryan Clever* / Cumming, Georgia
Carolyn Lau / Roslyn Heights, New York
Abi Middaugh / Ypsilanti, Michigan
Erica Wang+ / San Diego, California

Oboes
Izaiah Cheeran+ / Apple Valley, Minnesota
Daniel Choi+ / Pleasantville, New York
Adriana Koch / Gurnee, Illinois
Ben Price* / Portland, Oregon

Clarinets
Jake Glaser / San Antonio, Texas
Noah Jung* / Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Adam Kolers / Louisville, Kentucky
Cadee Lee / Cresskill, New Jersey

Bassoons
Preston Atkins / Cedar Falls, Iowa
Eleanor Ha+ / Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Keegan Neely / Portland, Oregon
Diego Pena / Southlake, Texas

Horns
Elijah Barclift / Greensboro, North Carolina
Connor Cowart+ / Bentonville, Arkansas
Nicholas Ivy / St. Petersburg, Florida
Diego Solis / Laredo, Texas
Keneil Soni+ / Albertson, New York
London Faiye Stovall+ / Mustang, Oklahoma
Samantha Strickland* / Martinsville, New Jersey

Trumpets
Lydia Hanje+ / Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Joshua Kucharski / Bowie, Maryland
William Lewis / Highland Park, Illinois
Jack Ramu+ / Cumming, Georgia

Trombones
Devin Drinan / McKinney, Texas
Orlandis Maise+ / Antioch, Tennessee
Kimberly Nelson / Dallas, Texas

Bass Trombone
William Zhu+ / Potomac, Maryland

Tuba
Cameron Hall / Newnan, Georgia

Harp
Janice Hur / La Cañada, California

Timpani and Percussion
Tim Barron / Solon, Ohio
Glenn Choe*+ / Cedar Park, Texas
Jacqueline Guo+ / San Jose, California
AJ Hudson* / Centennial, Colorado
Preston Spisak+ / Greenville, South Carolina

Apprentice Orchestra Librarian
Sydney Wall / Lantana, Texas

Apprentice Orchestra Manager
Xayvion Davidson+ / LaVergne, Tennessee

Apprentice Composers
Yuri Lee / Tuckahoe, New York
Taki Salameh / Skokie, Illinois

Artistic Staff
James Ross / Orchestra Director
Kyle Dickson / Assistant Conductor
Shira Samuels-Shragg / Assistant Conductor

Orchestra Staff
Clinton Soisson / Orchestra Manager
Fabrice Curtis / Librarian
Ryan McAuley / MD, MPH
Margaret E. Kane / RN, BSN
Daniella DiClerico / MSN, BSN
Raychel Taylor / Percussion Manager
David Bender / Production Assistant
Ilana Inselbuch / Production Assistant
Bram Schenck / Production Assistant

Resident Assistants Andrés Ayola, Michael Cantu, Cody Chang, Jessica Ding, Haneen Eldiri, Phoebe Kolby, Alex Mersman, Joseph Trpkosh

*Prior NYO-USA member
+Prior NYO2 member