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



