NYO2 2021 Orchestra Roster
Meet the Orchestra
Strings
Violin
Robert Aguila
Miami, FLYuli Choi
Cupertino, CAAyi Mariko Ekhaese
Houma, LAHonor Frisco
Palos Verdes Estates, CAAshley Gomez
Miami, FL +Arianna Greggs
Norfolk, VASarah Hong
Grand Forks, NDSamuel Igbo
Boerne, TXAiri Ito
Elk Grove Village, ILDante Jordan
Doral, FL +Jaeyee Jung
Raleigh, NCKaitlyn Kaminuma
Chelmsford, MA +Jaden Kim
Irvine, CARachel Kim
Irvine, CA +Erica Liu
San Jose, CASeungchan Min
Chandler, AZLuis Pedro Alasuuraq Muñoz
Anchorage, AK +Grace Opong
Landenberg, PALeonardo Rincon
Boynton Beach, FLJennifer Son
San Ramon, CASofia Taylor
Albuquerque, NMMichael Vitanza
Pinedale, WY +Claire Yoo
Idaho Falls, ID +William Zhang
Cupertino, CAViola
Kunal Arora
Mason, OHDaniel Castorena
Humble, TXMichelle Koo
Palo Alto, CAT'Yara Lesueur
San Diego, CAAudrey Lim
Reno, NVSandhya Mahesh
Pearland, TXWilliam Mathangani
Tampa, FLCindy Xu
San Jose, CA +Justin Yi
Boyds, MD +Ray Zhang
San Antonio, TXCello
Celina Chen
San Jose, CAVincent Claes
Phoenix, AZ +Sophie Deng
Stillwater, OKElora Kares
Cleveland, OHBenjamin Serur
Houston, TXIvan Wang
Trabuco Canyon, CACamden Wentz
Buckhannon, WVDaniel Yoon
San Jose, CABass
Woodwinds
Flute
Ivy Lee
Johns Creek, GARodrigo Rodriguez Hernandez
Kissimmee, FL +Erica Wang
San Diego, CAOboe
Izaiah Cheeran
Apple Valley, MN +Daniel Choi
Pleasantville, NYAbigail Hong
Diamond Bar, CAClarinet
Benjamin Eubanks
Richmond, VAMira Kim
Fairfax, VAAlan Sun
Conway, ARBassoon
Jackson Bernal
Rockville, MD +Xayvion A. Davidson
La Vergne, TNEleanor Ha
Upper Saddle River, NJ +Brass
Horn
Christian León
Manassas Park, VALondon Faiye Stovall
Mustang, OKTrumpet
Michael Arizmendi
Brownsville, TX +Lydia Hanje
Vestavia Hills, ALChristopher LeDoux
Staten Island, NY +Jack Ramu
Cumming, GATrombone
Sarah Goldberg
Fort Worth, TX +Orlandis Maise
Antioch, TNBass Trombone
William Zhu
Potomac, MDTuba
Diego Jaquez
Tucson, AZPercussion
Timpani and Percussion
Gabriel Hsieh
Chicago, ILMaya Otterback
La Grange, KYKevin Reyes
Chicago, ILPreston Spisak
Greenville, SC+ Prior NYO2 member
Lead Donors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, The Kovner Foundation, and Beatrice Santo Domingo.
Global Ambassadors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, and Maggie and Richard Tsai.
Leadership support for NYO2 is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Major support for NYO2 is provided by Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon, and Joyce and George Wein Foundation, Inc.
Founder Patron: Beatrice Santo Domingo.
With additional funding provided by Ardian US Foundation, Sarah Arison, Ernst & Young LLP, and The Morton H. Meyerson Family Foundation.
Public support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.