2022-23 Directors and Guest Artists

Announcing our roster of world-class conductors, mentors, and fellows for our 2022-2023 season!

USC
Thornton School

California Young
Artists Symphony

Los Angeles
Philharmonic

New York
Met Opera

Orchestra Roster

Flute
Sergio Miragliotta (Principal)
Elvin Schlanger
Chloe Descher
Marcos Ramirez

Piccolo Flute
Chloe Drescher

Marcos Ramirez

Oboe
Lauren Breen
Bobby Nunes
Tina Shigeyama
Monica Song

English Horn
Tina Shigeyama

Clarinet
Jacob Freiman (Principal)
Besnik Abrashi
Ednaldo Jose dos Santos Alves
Darren Liou

Eb Clarinet
OPEN

Bass Clarinet
Besnik Abrashi

Darren Liou

Bassoon
Matthew Rasmussen (Principal)
Zane Marquez
Corey Castillo

Contrabassoon
Corey Castillo

French Horn
Rachel Lauson (Principal)
Avery Jett
Aiman Khan
Daniel Ward
Daniel Ota
Caleb Durant
Gloria Aranda
Josh Olson

Trumpet
Svend Lykkegaard (Principal)
Richard Francisco
Jorge Araujo Felix
Carlos Gonzalez
Lima Wellington

Trombone
Spencer Schaffer (Principal)
Gracie Potter
Alex Melzer
Nathan Culcasi

Bass Trombone
Charles Johnson

Tuba
Diego Stine (Principal)
Derek Zimmerman

Percussion
Austin Cernosek (Principal)
Preston Spisak
Nicholas Bonanno
Anna Dunford
Justin Ochoa

Harp
Kaitlin Miller

Paulina Delgadillo

Piano
OPEN

Organ
OPEN

Violin
Ezra Shcolnik (Concertmaster)
Ariana O’Connell (Associate Concertmaster)
Michael Freed (Associate Principal Second)
Kristina Tsanova (Associate Principal Second)
Dmitrii Tabala
Lina Saleh
Janice Hu
Nathan Nguyen
Sarah Beth Overcash
Skyler Lee
Mia Eddy
Gabrielle Gans
Angela Eddy
Rose Anderson
Bryan Huang
Jack Sugimoto
Karl Baumgartner

Viola
OPEN (Principal)
Leonardo Santi (Associate Principal)
Cam Audras
Daisy Swanson
Esra Irena Arin
Lorenna Garcia
Sogol Aliabadi
Simiao Xiao
Luigi Ito

Cello
Jonathan Lin (Principal)
Joel Shimada (Associate Principal)
Madelynn Bolin
Eva Tseitlin
Pablo Elizalde
Hao Hsuan Yen
Griblas Brian Almeida Lizama
Karen Cristina Carvalho Dos Santos
Benz Marston
Magdaline Kovalchuk
Naomi Bernardino
Naomi Gans

Contrabass
Lucas d’Almeida (Principal)
Aidan Neuman
Zachary Pickens