2023-24 Directors and Guest Artists
Announcing our roster of world-class conductors, mentors, and fellows.
New York
Met Opera
UCLA
Herb Alpert School
California Young
Artists Symphony
Orchestra Roster
Flute
Sergio Miragliotta (Principal)
Elvin Schlanger
Chloe Descher
Marcos Ramirez
Piccolo Flute
Chloe Descher
Marcos Ramirez
Oboe
Lauren Breen (Principal)
Tina Shigeyama
Adam Frary
Neil Cole
English Horn
Tina Shigeyama
Adam Frary
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)
Benamin Richard
Taki Salameh
Adam Moss
Contrabassoon
Taki Salameh
French Horn
Rachel Lauson (Principal)
Avery Jett
Jean Smith
Steven Phan
Daniel Ward
Lauren Goff
Evelyn Webber
Gloria Aranda
Franciszek Krupa
Josh Olson
Trumpet
Svend Lykkegaard (Principal)
Richard Francisco
Jorge Araujo Felix
Carlos Gonzalez
Wellington Lima
Trombone
Spencer Schaffer (Principal)
Gracie Potter
Alex Melzer
Nathan Culcasi
Bass Trombone
Charles Johnson
Tuba
Derek Zimmerman
Diego Stine
Percussion
Austin Cernosek (Principal)
Preston Spisak
Lisandro Atencio
Viraj Sonawala
Leigh Wilson
Harp
Kaitlin Miller
Paulina Delgadillo
Piano
OPEN
Organ
OPEN
Violin
Ezra Shcolnik (Concertmaster)
Ariana O’Connell (Associate Concertmaster)
Michael Freed (Principal Second)
Cole Perez (Associate Principal Second)
Janice Hu
Lina Saleh
Nathan Nguyen
Sarah Beth Overcash
Mana Tatsuki
Mia Eddy
Becca Beerstein
Sophia Shih
Bryan Huang
Angela Eddy
Alisa Luera
Nathan Robinson
Joshua de Senna
Rose Anderson
Sofia Tseitlin
Jack Sugimoto
Karl Baumgartner
Viola
Cam Audras (Principal)
Damon Zavala
Daisy Swanson
Hope Hyink
Esra Irena Arin
Simiao Xiao
Sogol Aliabadi
Luigi Ito
Cello
Jonathan Lin (Principal)
OPEN (Associate Principal)
Eva Tseitlin
Griblas Brian Almeida Lizama
Hao Hsuan Yen
Karen Cristina Carvalho Dos Santos
Benz Marston
Magdaline Kovalchuk
Theodore Hom
Edward Li
Naomi Bernardino
Contrabass
Lucas d’Almeida (Principal)
Aidan Neuman
Zachary Pickens