Weill Music Institute
2018 Table of Contents
Donor Salute 2
Guest Artists 4
NYO Jazz Residency and Tour 6
NYO2 Residencies 22
NYO-USA Residency and Tour 32
NYO Jazz Musicians 50
NYO2 Musicians 54
NYO-USA Musicians 62
Residency and Tour Staff 72
Carnegie Hall Administrative Staff 74
NYO2 musicians at the New World Center in Miami Beach Carnegie Hall Board of Trustees 76
In the summer of 2018, more than 200 talented young musicians from across the country came together for the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), NYO2, and the inaugural season of NYO Jazz—a new ensemble showcasing the legacy and bright future of American jazz. Following intensive training residencies at Purchase College, State University of New York, coached by leading professional musicians, the respective groups embarked on international tours and a residency in Miami Beach, which were anchored by memorable concerts at Carnegie Hall. NYO Jazz visited the cultural capitals of Europe, with performances in Bury St. Edmunds, London, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Kassel, and Berlin led by trumpeter Sean Jones and featuring renowned vocalist Dianne Reeves. NYO2 traveled to Miami Beach as part of a new partnership with the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy, performing at the state-of-the-art New World Center with conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto and violinist Gil Shaham. NYO-USA traveled to Asia, returning to Shanghai and Beijing and making debuts in Taipei, Seoul, and Daejeon under the baton of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Donor Salute
Carnegie Hall gratefully acknowledges Hope and Robert F. Smith, Carnegie Hall salutes the major supporters who made the 2018 tours Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen and residencies for NYO-USA, NYO2, and NYO Jazz possible. Foundation, and Beatrice Santo Domingo for their leadership gifts to help sustain Carnegie Hall’s national youth ensembles over the next decade. NYO-USA NYO2 Lead Donors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, Marina Kellen Lead Donors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Beatrice Santo Domingo, and Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari. and Beatrice Santo Domingo.
NYO-USA Sponsors: Fubon Financial; MBK Partners; and Leadership support for NYO2 is provided by United Airlines®, Official Airline of Carnegie Hall. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION
Major funding has been provided by The Horace W. Founder Patron: Beatrice Santo Domingo. Goldsmith Foundation, The Carl Jacobs Foundation, Jean Eric Salata and Baring Private Equity Asia, JMCMRJ Sorrell With additional funding provided by Sarah Arison and Foundation, Poongsan Corporation, PwC, and WEmusic Inc. Ernst & Young LLP.
Public support is provided by the National Endowment for Additional funding has been provided by Sarah Arison, the Arts. the Jack Benny Family Foundation, CHIMEI Culture Foundation, and Jolyon Stern and Nelle Nugent.
Founder Patrons: Blavatnik Family Foundation; Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen NYO Jazz Kellen Foundation; The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Lead Donors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, Foundation; Ronald O. Perelman; Robertson Foundation; Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Beatrice Santo Domingo; Hope and Robert F. Smith; Sarah Stephen Kellen Foundation, and Beatrice Santo Domingo. Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon; and Joan and Sanford I. Weill and the Weill Family Foundation. Major support has been provided by the Doris Duke BLAVATNIK Charitable Foundation and Clive Gillinson. FAMILY FOUNDATION Additional support has been provided by Sarah Arison, Bank of America, and The Netherland-America Foundation.
NYO-USA performs at Shanghai Symphony Hall.
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NYO Jazz 1 3 5 Sean Jones, Bandleader and Trumpet
Dianne Reeves, Vocals
NYO2 Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
NYO-USA Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
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1. Sean Jones 2. Dianne Reeves 3. Carlos Miguel Prieto 4. Gil Shaham 5. Michael Tilson Thomas 6. Jean-Yves Thibaudet
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Repertoire
JOHN CLAYTON I Be Serious ’Bout Dem Blues
JOHN COLTRANE Giant Steps (arr. Frank Foster)
GEORGE DUKE Someday (arr. John Beasley)
DUKE ELLINGTON / Isfahan BILLY STRAYHORN
FRANK FOSTER Shiny Stockings
MARVIN GAYE Got to Give It Up (arr. Etienne Charles)
WYCLIFFE GORDON Medley: We’re Still Here / He’s Alright
SEAN JONES The Ambitious Violet (arr. John Clayton, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
THAD JONES Tiptoe
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MICHAEL LEGRAND / The Windmills of Your Mind ALAN BERGMAN / (arr. Peter Martin) MARILYN BERGMAN Concert at Kongress Palais Kassel
FRANK LOESSER If I Were a Bell (arr. John Clayton) Carnegie Hall’s new national youth jazz orchestra, and ensemble coach Reggie Thomas. The young musicians audiences while also experiencing the richness of European CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE Brother Mister NYO Jazz—comprising 22 outstanding young American also had the special opportunity to meet Miguel Zenón and culture and music. In this spirit, the trip to London included John Clayton, who wrote and arranged new pieces for the a side-by-side rehearsal with the UK’s National Youth Jazz THELONIOUS MONK Light Blue (arr. John Beasley) jazz musicians ages 16–19, selected from across the US— came together for its first year of extraordinary music ensemble. Orchestra (NYJO), giving talented young jazz players from WAYNE SHORTER Speak No Evil (arr. Igmar Thomas) making, culminating in the ensemble’s historic first-ever different countries the chance to get to know each other. international tour in the summer of 2018. Acclaimed During their time in New York, the members of NYO Jazz JULE STYNE / Make Someone Happy trumpeter Sean Jones led the group in its inaugural year, had the chance to hear trumpeter Jon Faddis at Dizzy’s Club The tour continued with a performance in Amsterdam as BETTY COMDEN / (arr. John Beasley) with renowned jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves featured as Coca-Cola. They also met the members of NYO-USA and part of Robeco SummerNights at the Royal Concertgebouw. ADOLPH GREEN guest artist. The NYO Jazz concerts offered a rare chance to NYO2 before embarking on their travels. The group’s time in Amsterdam also included a visit to the hear the five-time Grammy Award winner perform with a Rijksmuseum and a tour of the city’s gorgeous canals. The IGMAR THOMAS R&P Following an open dress rehearsal at Purchase College, big band, singing jazz standards in new arrangements that group next traveled to Edinburgh for a concert at Usher Hall NYO Jazz made its Carnegie Hall debut in a star-studded had been commissioned especially for this tour. NYO Jazz’s at the invitation of the Edinburgh International Festival. MIGUEL ZENÓN Run With Jones performance that featured Jones, Reeves, and Gordon, inaugural European tour included debut performances at Several members of the ensemble also had the opportunity to (commissioned by Carnegie Hall) with solos from nearly every member of the ensemble and a some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls and perform live on the BBC Radio 3 program In Tune. rousing standing ovation from an appreciative audience. music festivals, inspiring audiences with a beloved American The memorable trip continued with a performance in music genre. Throughout the tour, NYO Jazz’s program ranged from big Kassel, Germany, at the Kongress Palais Kassel as part of band standards to the first Carnegie Hall–commissioned As part of their training residency at Purchase College, the Kultursommer Nordhessen festival. As with most of the works for NYO Jazz, as well as other contemporary pieces SUNY, the band members received individual coaching concerts on tour, the audience was on their feet and dancing exploring jazz’s influence on hip-hop, R&B, and pop music. from leading jazz musicians, including drummer Obed by the end. The tour concluded with a swingin’ concert in The ensemble first traveled to the UK for performances at Calvaire, trumpeter Etienne Charles, pianist Gerald Berlin at the Konzerthaus as part of the Young Euro Classic The Apex in Bury St. Edmunds and Cadogan Hall in London. Clayton, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, bassist Mimi Jones, Festival, streamed live around the globe via medici.tv. NYO Jazz’s 2018 touring activities were designed to allow the saxophonist Erica von Kleist, guitarist Matthew Stevens, young musicians to share their artistry with international
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Sean Jones Mimi Jones Bandleader and Trumpet Bass Obed Calvaire Erica von Kleist Drums Saxophone Etienne Charles Matthew Stevens Trumpet Guitar Gerald Clayton Reginald “Reggie” Thomas Piano Ensemble Coach Wycliffe Gordon Trombone
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Jazz may not be the lingua franca of Generation Z, but this performance was resounding proof that the music still bridges the chasm.” —The Times (London) 4
1. Cyrus Mackey 2. Brooke Wyatt, Anna Abondolo, Summer Camargo, and Janelle Finton cross Abbey Road. 3. Concert at Rich Mix in London 4. A member of Britain’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra chats with Nico Wohl.
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This young players’ tour, which they executed with such brilliance and heart-warming generosity, has come not a moment too soon.” —The Telegraph
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1. Concert at Kongress Palais Kassel 1. Inside the glass dome of the Reichstag 2. August Braatz warms up on the roof 2. Concert at Konzerthaus Berlin, part of of Kongress Palais Kassel. the Young Euro Classic Festival 3. Seth Finch 3. Visiting the Brandenburg Gate 4. Outside the Konzerthaus
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Repertoire 1 SILVESTRE REVUELTAS Suite from Redes (arr. Erich Kleiber)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphon y No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
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GERÓNIMO GIMÉNEZ Intermezzo from La boda de Luis Alonso
ALBERTO GINASTERA Malambo, from Estancia
In its third season, NYO2 partnered with the New World A few days later, NYO2 joined NYO-USA for a series of outdoor their skills and experience with young players participating in Symphony for the first time, traveling to Miami Beach for a chamber music performances at the picturesque Caramoor the Greater Miami Youth Symphony Summer Camp at Ponce six-day residency and performance at the state-of-the-art Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York. de Leon Middle School. Later that day, they enjoyed a visit to New World Center. In preparation for the exciting trip, the Pérez Art Museum Miami and met the institution’s director, musicians trained at Purchase College, SUNY, working with Following two weeks of sectionals, rehearsals, master classes, Franklin Sirmans. The week culminated in a sold-out a world-class faculty that included professional musicians and private lessons, the talented young musicians headed performance and some much-deserved rest and relaxation in from top US orchestras, as well as New World Symphony down to Miami Beach, where they had the chance to work the Florida sun. fellows and alumni. Resident Conductor Joseph Young led closely with select New World Symphony fellows and alumni. the musicians during the Purchase residency, preparing In the culminating event of the residency, NYO2 made its Following their Miami Beach residency, the NYO2 musicians them for the arrival of maestro Carlos Miguel Prieto. New World Center debut under the baton of Carlos Miguel returned to New York for a final celebratory performance Prieto, with violinist Gil Shaham as soloist. The performance at Carnegie Hall before returning home from a successful The residency included several performances and unique was shared with a wide audience via WALLCAST®, with the summer of music making. opportunities. During the second week, some of the NYO2 full concert projected onto the 7,000-square-foot eastern musicians traveled to New York City for a side-by-side façade of the building, facing SoundScape Park. It was also 1. Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts NYO2 at rehearsal with music teachers from across the country as streamed live on medici.tv. the New World Center in Miami Beach. part of Carnegie Hall’s Summer Music Educators Workshop. During their time in Miami Beach, the NYO2 musicians also had the opportunity to engage with local musicians, sharing 22 | NYO-USA / NYO2 / NYO Jazz | 2018 NYO2 Residencies | 23 1 NYO2 Faculty
Joseph Young Rudi Heinrich Fellows of the New World Symphony Resident Conductor Assistant Principal Bassoon, Milwaukee Alex Gonzalez Ruth Reinhardt Symphony Orchestra Violin Assistant Conductor Rufus Olivier, Jr. Christen Greer Principal Bassoon, San Francisco Opera Violin Orchestra and San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Alex Kerr Sarah Peters Concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra Violin Inoel Jirau Michelle Baker Christopher Robinson Principal Second Violin, Puerto Rico Second Horn (Retired), The MET Orchestra Violin Symphony Orchestra Denise Tryon Daniel Fellows Amy Oshiro-Morales Professor of Horn, Peabody Institute of Viola The Johns Hopkins University Second Violin, The Philadelphia Orchestra Helen Hess Jonathan Chu Karin Bliznik Viola Assistant Principal Viola, St. Louis Symphony Principal Trumpet, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Michael Frigo Orchestra Cello Tage Larsen Eric Nowlin Blake-Anthony Johnson Principal Viola, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Fourth/Utility Trumpet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Cello Melissa Brooks Megumi Kanda Andrew Chilcote Associate Principal Cello, St. Louis Symphony Bass Orchestra Principal Trombone, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Michael Fuller 2 3 Anthony Elliott Bass Professor of Cello, University of Michigan Ava Ordman Professor of Trombone, Michigan State Daniel Parrette Blake Hinson University Clarinet Assistant Principal Bass, New York Philharmonic Christopher J. Hall Francisco Joubert Bernard Principal Tuba, The MET Orchestra Bassoon Ali Yazdanfar Principal Bass, Montreal Symphony Kyle Turner Priscilla Rinehart Orchestra Principal Tuba, Orchestra of St. Luke’s Horn Joseph Kelly Percussion Seth Morris Jason Haaheim Principal Flute, The MET Orchestra Principal Timpani, The MET Orchestra Erich Rieppel Percussion/Timpani Stephanie Mortimore Don Liuzzi Principal Piccolo, The MET Orchestra Principal Timpani, The Philadelphia Orchestra Erin Hannigan Professional affiliations as of July 2018 Principal Oboe, Dallas Symphony Orchestra Marc Damoulakis Principal Percussion, The Cleveland Pedro Díaz Orchestra Solo English Horn, The MET Orchestra Jacob Nissly Alex Laing Principal Percussion, San Francisco 4 5 Principal Clarinet, Phoenix Symphony Symphony 1. Resident Conductor Joseph Young leads Ricardo Morales Stacey Shames NYO2. Principal Clarinet, The Philadelphia Principal Harp, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2. Blake Hinson, Assistant Principal Bass Orchestra Jessica Zhou of the New York Philharmonic, leads a Principal Harp, Boston Symphony Orchestra string sectional with Inoel Jirau, Principal Second Violin of the Puerto Rico Brett Rowe Symphony Orchestra. Collaborative/Orchestral Keyboard 3. Trumpeter Parker Bruce with Karin Bliznik, Principal Trumpet of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 4. Ava Ordman, Professor of Trombone at Michigan State University, and Denise Tryon, Professor of Horn at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University 5. Cellist Anthony De Pena with Anthony Elliott, Professor of Cello at the University of Michigan
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These young musicians played with both maturity and youthful enthusiasm.” —Superconductor
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NYO-USA and NYO2 joined forces to create 33 chamber ensembles this summer. This music was showcased during a chamber music concert at Purchase College, and selected pieces were also performed at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts July 7, 2018 in Katonah, New York, as part of the Second Annual Chamber Feast. On tour in Asia, members of NYO-USA repeated some of For the second year in a row, NYO-USA and NYO2 invited young orchestral players from the New York City area to join them these pieces in informal community performances. in a massive rehearsal and performance at the landmark building 583 Park Avenue. James Ross and Joseph Young led the musicians in Saint-Saëns’s “Organ” Symphony—featuring Raymond Nagem, Associate Organist at New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine—as well as the Allegro non troppo from Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, “Song of the Rivermen” and “Manhattan Skyline” from William Grant Still’s The American Scene, and “America the Beautiful.”
The following week, members of NYO2 returned to New York City for a day to rehearse with music teachers from across the country as part of Carnegie Hall’s Summer Music Educators Workshop.
Members of NYO-USA and NYO2 perform at Caramoor. NYO2 bassist Ethan S. Olaguibel helps out a young local musician.
NYO2 trombonist Luis Cortez and NYO-USA bass trombonist NYO-USA violinist Wilson Hsu and NYO2 cellist NYO2 flutist Laura Futamura plays with music teachers during NYO-USA and NYO2 musicians perform alongside local David Schonberger perform at Caramoor. Gregory Llewellyn in rehearsal Carnegie Hall’s Summer Music Educators Workshop. New York City instrumentalists at 583 Park Avenue.
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Repertoire
TED HEARNE Br ass Tacks (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
GEORGE GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F Major
JEAN SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Encores:
GEORGES BIZET Farandole from L’Arlésienne
AARON COPLAND Hoe-Down, from Rodeo
MEREDITH MONK Panda Chant II, from The Games
TRADITIONAL Longing for Mt. Geumgang (arr. Lincoln Valdez)
NYO-USA performs an encore in Beijing.
In the summer of 2018, the National Youth Orchestra of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2. It also included the premiere of for the orchestra members, including a panel discussion with the United States of America (NYO-USA)—comprising Brass Tacks, by American composer Ted Hearne—a new work local students, a side-by-side rehearsal with the Taipei Wind 106 outstanding young musicians (ages 16–19) from across commissioned especially for NYO-USA, described by Hearne Orchestra and Symphonic Band, and pop-up performances at the United States—came together for its sixth year of as “a noisy dance, playful and ferocious … inspired by trap high-speed rail stations in the city. Peer-to-peer engagement extraordinary music making, which included a performance music and the rhythmic energy and dance culture of the hip- continued in Beijing, with a joint chamber music concert at Carnegie Hall and concerts in five cities across Asia, hop music of the American South.” at the Beijing American Center alongside members of NYO including Taipei, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, and Daejeon. China, hosted by US Ambassador Terry Branstad. Following the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall concert on July 19, The members of the 2018 orchestra—who came from 28 US NYO-USA returned to Asia with appearances in cultural Reaching an even broader audience, the orchestra’s states and Puerto Rico—were recognized by Carnegie Hall as capitals across the continent, including debut performances performance at the National Centre for the Performing Arts some of the finest young players in the country following a at the Taipei National Concert Hall, LOTTE Concert Hall in Beijing was streamed live around the globe via medici.tv; comprehensive and highly competitive audition process. The in Seoul, and the Daejeon Arts Center. The orchestra the concert at Carnegie Hall was broadcast live on the radio orchestra featured 36 returning musicians from previous also returned to Beijing and Shanghai following debut thanks to an ongoing partnership with WQXR. seasons of NYO-USA, as well as 18 players who had honed performances in the summer of 2015 as part of a seven-city their skills in NYO2. tour of China. The tour concluded in South Korea with two fantastic performances, plus opportunities to tour Buddhist temples, Celebrated conductor Michael Tilson Thomas led NYO-USA, As part of their travel schedule, NYO-USA musicians had visit the War Memorial of Korea, and even check out a K-pop joined by internationally renowned pianist Jean-Yves the opportunity to tour each city they visited, meet and museum. The young musicians then returned home inspired Thibaudet as guest soloist. The concert program performed collaborate with local young musicians, and experience the and motivated to share what they learned with their local at Carnegie Hall and the tour venues included Gershwin’s richness of Asian cultures. In Taipei, the American Institute communities. Piano Concerto in F Major (featuring Mr. Thibaudet) and in Taiwan organized a variety of cultural exchange activities
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James Ross David Cooper Orchestra Director Principal Horn, Berliner Philharmoniker Joseph Young Andrew Balio Resident Conductor Principal Trumpet, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Ruth Reinhardt Weston Sprott Assistant Conductor Acting Principal Trombone, The MET Orchestra Andrew Crust Peter Sullivan Assistant Conductor Principal Trombone, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Chris Hall Benjamin Bowman Principal Tuba, The MET Orchestra Concertmaster, The MET Orchestra Kyle Turner David Halen Principal Tuba, Orchestra of St. Luke’s Concertmaster, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Justin Bruns Jason Haaheim Associate Concertmaster, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Principal Timpani, The MET Orchestra Beth Guterman Chu Don Liuzzi Principal Viola, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Principal Timpani, The Philadelphia Orchestra Wei Yu Marc Damoulakis Principal Cello, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Principal Percussion, The Cleveland Orchestra Robin Kesselman Jacob Nissly Principal Bass, Houston Symphony Principal Percussion, San Francisco Symphony Jeff Turner 2 3 Principal Bass, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Sean Shepherd Director of Composition Program Julia Bogorad-Kogan David Hertzberg Principal Flute, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Connor Way Jonathan Fischer Nico Muhly Principal Oboe, Houston Symphony Lembit Beecher Max Grafe Mark Nuccio Guest Composers Principal Clarinet, Houston Symphony Steve Williamson Principal Clarinet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Professional affiliations as of July 2018 Daniel Matsukawa Principal Bassoon, The Philadelphia Orchestra
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1. Orchestra Director Jim Ross and Daniel Matsukawa, Principal Bassoon of The Philadelphia Orchestra 2. Robin Kesselman, Principal Bass of the Houston Symphony, coaches Mitchell Ballester. 3. Jason Haaheim, Principal Timpani of The MET Orchestra 4. Wei Yu, Principal Cello of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, coaches Haddon Kay. 5. Jeff urner,T Principal Bass of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, coaches Ella Sharpe.
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As part of NYO-USA, six student apprentices explored key aspects of the orchestral music field outside instrumental practice, gaining direct experience in their respective crafts. The apprentice librarian and orchestra manager supported production Purchase College and operations for rehearsals, concerts, and cultural exchange activities. Two apprentice conductors were mentored by the conducting faculty, and two apprentice composers were coached by Sean Shepherd, workshopped their music with the orchestra, and observed rehearsals for Ted Hearne’s new work. July 18, 2018
Apprentice conductor Christina Morris works with Michael Tilson Thomas. NYO-USA in its open dress rehearsal
Apprentice conductor Richard Backstage at Purchase College, apprentice Apprentice composers Elise Arancio Kaminuma leads the orchestra in a librarian Nick Jack Agliata III chats with and Justin Zeitlinger listen to NYO-USA Akili Farrow helps Amelia Abouljoud reading session. Fabrice Curtis, NYO-USA’s orchestra librarian. read their works. with her concert tie. Epongue Ekille Kofi Kwapong and Jonathan Jalbert
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Jeremy Davis checks out one of the huge bells at the NYO-USA attends a performance of traditional Korean music at Seoul’s Bongeunsa Temple in Seoul. National Gugak Center.
NYO-USA warms up backstage at the Daejeon Arts Center.
Michael Tilson Thomas autographs a program book for NYO-USA and Michael Tilson Thomas on stage at LOTTE Concert Hall Annalisa Welinder. Robin Park
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Evan Mickas, 18 Chris Ferrari, 17 Saxophone (far left) (center) Hometown: Lafayette, CA Hometown: Littleton, CO Matt Clarke, 18 School: Stanford University School: Denver School of the Arts (second from right) Youth Ensemble: Stanford Jazz Orchestra Youth Ensemble: The Colorado Hometown: Devon, PA Conservatory for the Jazz Arts Big Band School: Interlochen Arts Academy Kevin Oliver, Jr., 17 Youth Ensemble: Philadelphia Ambassador Cole Palensky, 16 (second from left) Big Band Hometown: Atlanta, GA (far right) Papillion, NE School: Westlake High School Hometown: Papillion–La Vista South Youth Ensemble: Rialto Youth Jazz School: Trumpets Orchestra High School Youth Ensemble: NAfME All-National (left to right) Honor Jazz Ensemble Summer Camargo, 16 Hometown: Hollywood, FL School: Dillard Center for the Arts Youth Ensemble: NAfME All-National Honor Jazz Ensemble Trumpets Geoff Gallante, 17 Hometown: Alexandria, VA School: West Potomac High School Youth Ensemble: Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
Cyrus Mackey, 17 Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL School: Dillard Center for the Arts Youth Ensemble: Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble
Eric Gonzalez, 18 Hometown: Kissimmee, FL School: Osceola County School for the Arts Youth Ensemble: Florida All-State Jazz Band
Janelle Finton, 16 Hometown: Wheeling, IL School: Buffalo Grove High School Youth Ensemble: Illinois All-State Honors Jazz Band
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Tenor Trombones Bass Trombone Keyboards Basses Drums
August Braatz, 16 Wyatt Forhan, 18 Seth Finch, 16 Anna Abondolo, 17 Domo Branch, 17 (far left) (far right) (third from right) (second from left) (third from left) Hometown: Beloit, WI Hometown: St. Louis, MO Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Hometown: Portland, OR School: Beloit Memorial High School School: St. Dominic High School School: Baton Rouge Magnet High School School: Crossroads School for Arts & School: Ulysses S. Grant High School Youth Ensemble: Wisconsin School Music Youth Ensemble: Next Generation Jazz Youth Ensemble: Baton Rouge Magnet Sciences Youth Ensemble: American Music Association State Honors Music Project Jazz Orchestra High School Talented Arts Combo Youth Ensemble: Berklee Summer Jazz Program Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra Ensemble Workshop Brooke Wyatt, 17 Nick Kepron, 19 Andrew Sumabat, 19 (far left) Guillermo Lopez, 17 (fourth from left) (second from left) Hometown: Houston, TX (fourth from right) Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD Hometown: Seattle, WA School: High School for the Performing and Hometown: El Paso, TX School: Gaithersburg High School School: University of Washington Visual Arts School: Montwood High School Youth Ensemble: MPAC (Philadelphia- Youth Ensemble: University of Washington Youth Ensemble: High School for the Youth Ensemble: El Paso Youth Jazz based fusion/funk ensemble) Studio Jazz Ensemble I just feel like I grew up. Performing and Visual Arts Jazz Ensemble Ensemble
Jett Lim, 16 There’s no turning back at this point, (second from right) and I’ve learned so much about Guitars Hometown: Richmond, CA School: Albany High School musicianship and how to play and Ethan Bailey-Gould, 18 Youth Ensemble: SFJAZZ High School what I want to do musically (far right) All-Stars Big Band Hometown: Melbourne, FL and creatively.” School: Eastern Florida State College —Nick Kepron, Nico Wohl, 17 NYO Jazz Drummer (second from right) Hometown: Great Barrington, MA School: Monument Mountain Regional High School Youth Ensemble: Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Big Band
52 | NYO-USA / NYO2 / NYO Jazz | 2018 NYO Jazz Musicians | 53 Matthew Sakiyama, 14 Aneesha Sampath, 17 Front Row (left to right) Hometown: Millbrae, CA Hometown: North Potomac, MD School: The Nueva School School: Thomas S. Wootton High School Bethany Simon, 16 NYO2 Musicians Youth Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: NAfME All-National Hometown: Montgomery, AL Youth Orchestra Symphony Orchestra School: Homeschooled Youth Orchestra: Montgomery Symphony Ethan Hillman, 17 Julia Marielle Tan, 16 Orchestra Hometown: Tampa, FL Hometown: Boise, ID School: Middleton Magnet High School School: Timberline High School Jiddu Vega, 16 Youth Orchestra: Tampa Metropolitan Youth Orchestra: Boise Philharmonic Hometown: Miami, FL Youth Orchestra Youth Orchestra School: New World School of the Arts Youth Orchestra: New World School of the Bryan Kim, 14 Allen Zhang, 16 Arts Symphony Orchestra Hometown: Blacksburg, VA Hometown: Manhattan, KS School: Blacksburg High School School: Manhattan High School Ashni Budge, 15 Youth Orchestra: Roanoke Youth Youth Orchestra: Gold Orchestra Hometown: La Verne, CA Symphony Orchestra School: Bonita High School Edward Jung, 16 Youth Orchestra: Colburn Chamber Second Row (left to right) Hometown: San Jose, CA Orchestra School: Leland High School Yudai Leonzon, 16 Susan Lee, 15 Youth Orchestra: California Philharmonic Hometown: San Diego, CA Youth Orchestra Hometown: Honolulu, HI School: Canyon Crest Academy School: Moanalua High School Youth Orchestra: San Diego Youth Youth Orchestra: Hawaii Youth Symphony Symphony
Violins
Emma Boyd, 14 Rosee Head, 15 Violins Hometown: Madison, AL Hometown: New Hartford, NY Back Row (facing page, left to right) School: Bob Jones High School School: Perry Junior High School Youth Orchestra: Alabama All-State Youth Orchestra: Symphoria Youth Myles Bell, 14 Orchestra Orchestra Hometown: West Chester, PA School: Henderson High School Payton Lee, 15 Soyoung Cho, 16 Youth Orchestra: Merit String Orchestra Hometown: Duncan, SC Hometown: Rochester, MI School: James F. Byrnes Freshman School: Cranbrook Schools Tyler Tan, 14 Academy Youth Orchestra: Oakland Symphony Hometown: Cheshire, CT Youth Orchestra: Carolina Youth Youth Orchestra School: Dodd Middle School Symphony Youth Orchestra: Cheshire Youth Valerie Mun, 16 Orchestra Dylan Fernandez de Lara, 16 Hometown: Old Tappan, NJ Hometown: San Antonio, TX School: Northern Valley Regional High Bethlehem Kelley, 16 School: Claudia Taylor Johnson School at Old Tappan Hometown: Lenexa, KS High School Youth Orchestra: New York Youth School: Homeschooled Youth Orchestra: Youth Orchestra of Symphony Youth Orchestra: Youth Symphony of San Antonio Kansas City Jaycee Cardoso, 16 Third Row (facing page, left to right) Hometown: Huntington Station, NY Katherine Zhu, 16 School: Walt Whitman High School Hometown: San Diego, CA Aaron Berger, 15 Youth Orchestra: New York Youth School: Del Norte High School Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Symphony Youth Orchestra: Colburn School School: Allderdice High School Youth Orchestra: Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra 54 | NYO-USA / NYO2 / NYO Jazz | 2018 NYO2 Musicians | 55
Violas Sarah G. Yoon, 15 Hometown: Newtown Square, PA School: Great Valley High School Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Sinfonia
Kaede Ishidate, 17 Hometown: Holden, MA School: Wachusett Regional High School Youth Orchestra: Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
Sabine Jung, 17 Hometown: West Chester, PA School: Unionville High School Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Basses Back Row (left to right) Cellos Jamie Park, 14 Hometown: Beachwood, OH School: Beachwood Middle School Youth Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Front Row (left to right) Gregory Miguel Padilla, 17 Violas Cellos Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Back Row (left to right) Tristin Saito, 15 Back Row (facing page, left to right) School: Philadelphia High School for the Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Creative and Performing Arts Basses Luna Simone-Gonzalez, 16 School: Coronado High School Aaron Chen, 16 Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Youth Hometown: New York, NY Youth Orchestra: Las Vegas Youth Hometown: Asheville, NC Orchestra School: Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Orchestra School: Christ School of Music & Art and Performing Arts Youth Orchestra: Asheville Symphony Middle Row (left to right) Youth Orchestra: Young Artist Program at Lawrence Chai, 14 Youth Orchestra Kaufman Music Center Hometown: Mount Sinai, NY Thomas A. Green, 15 School: Mount Sinai Middle School Vincent Louis Claes, 14 Hometown: Medford, OR Danyoung Kim, 17 Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College Hometown: Phoenix, AZ School: South Medford High School Hometown: Montvale, NJ String Ensemble School: Arizona School for the Arts Youth Orchestra: Youth Symphony of School: Bergen County Academies Youth Orchestra: Phoenix Youth Symphony Southern Oregon Youth Orchestra: Manhattan School of Tyrun Willoughby Jr., 14 Music Pre-College Symphony Orchestra Hometown: Corpus Christi, TX Sean Yu, 15 Cruise Myers, 17 School: Richard King High School Hometown: Ellicott City, MD Hometown: Gilbert, AZ Adam Savage, 14 Youth Orchestra: Corpus Christi Area School: Marriotts Ridge High School School: Highland High School Hometown: Port St. Lucie, FL Youth Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Howard County Gifted Youth Orchestra: Youth Symphony of the School: Homeschooled and Talented Orchestra Southwest Youth Orchestra: Treasure Coast Youth Peirce Ellis, 15 Symphony Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Anthony De Pena, 16 Skyler I. Lee, 15 School: Homeschooled Hometown: Miami, FL Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Shinwho Kwun, 16 Youth Orchestra: Temple University School: Coral Reef Senior High School School: Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Hometown: San Ramon, CA Music Preparatory Center for Gifted Young Youth Orchestra: Miami Youth for School: Dougherty Valley High School Musicians Youth Chamber Orchestra Chamber Music Youth Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony Front Row Youth Orchestra David Stephens III, 17 Gregory Llewellyn, 17 , 17 Hometown: Ellicott City, MD Hometown: Englewood, NJ Ethan S. Olaguibel Magy Hernandez, 16 School: Marriotts Ridge High School School: Riverdale Country School Hometown: Miami, FL Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Youth Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra: Manhattan School of School: Coral Reef Senior High School School: Alexander Hamilton High School Youth Orchestra Music Pre-College Philharmonic Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Florida Music Educators Youth Orchestra: Youth Orchestra of Association All-State Symphonic Orchestra Los Angeles
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Tracie Kwon, 17 Ingrid Hernandez, 17 Bassoons Hometown: Germantown, MD Hometown: Los Angeles, CA School: Richard Montgomery High School School: Synergy Quantum Academy Youth Orchestra: Maryland Classic Youth Youth Orchestra: Youth Orchestra Orchestras Los Angeles
Scott Quirk, 16 Laressa Winters, 17 Hometown: Simi Valley, CA Hometown: Columbia, MD School: Monte Vista School School: Atholton High School Youth Orchestra: Colburn Youth Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra Laura Futamura, 16 Flutes Hometown: Middletown, NJ Arthur Hu, 15 School: High Technology High School Hometown: Bethesda, MD Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College School: Montgomery Blair High School Symphony Youth Orchestra: Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras Oboes (left to right) Horns Back Row (left to right) Darren Chiu, 17 Hometown: Chino Hills, CA Liam McConlogue, 17 School: Diamond Bar High School Hometown: Greenbelt, MD Youth Orchestra: Colburn Youth Orchestra School: Eleanor Roosevelt High School Youth Orchestra: Maryland Classic Youth Esther Kim, 14 Orchestras Hometown: Potomac, MD School: Holton-Arms School Adolfo Pena, 16 Youth Orchestra: Maryland Classic Youth Hometown: Brownsville, TX Orchestra School: Veterans Memorial High School Youth Orchestra: TMEA 6A All-State Thomas Juhasz, 14 Symphonic Band Oboes Hometown: Carlisle, MA School: Homeschooled Front Row (left to right) Youth Orchestra: New England Conservatory Youth Repertory Orchestra Hannah Suh, 17 Hometown: Potomac, MD School: Winston Churchill High School Clarinets Youth Orchestra: Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras (left to right)
Armâan Karimpour, 16 Jaila Carr, 17 Chicago, IL Hometown: Ona, WV Hometown: Thornton Fractional South School: St. Joseph Central Catholic School: High School High School Merit School of Music Youth Orchestra: West Virginia Youth Youth Orchestra: Symphony Danielle Jöstlein, 15 Anoush Pogossian, 15 Hometown: Coeur d’Alene, ID Hometown: Glendale, CA School: Homeschooled School: Verdugo Academy Youth Orchestra: Spokane Youth Symphony Youth Orchestra: Glendale Youth Orchestra
Clarinets Heejun Park, 16 Hometown: Irvine, CA School: Orange County School of the Arts Horns Youth Orchestra: Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra
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Gabriel Ortiz, 16 Hometown: San Marcos, TX School: San Marcos High School Youth Orchestra: TMEA All-State Orchestra
Parker Bruce, 16 Hometown: Baldwinsville, NY School: Charles W. Baker High School Youth Orchestra: Symphoria Youth Orchestra
Trumpets Joseph Yu, 15 Hometown: San Francisco, CA School: Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
Rafniel E. Rios Babilonia, 17 Hometown: Aguada, PR School: Dr. Carlos Gonzalez High School Youth Orchestra: Preparatory School of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico Percussion, Harp, and Orchestral Tenor Trombones Keyboard Luis Cortez, 15 (left) Hometown: Weston, FL School: American Heritage School Youth Orchestra: Florida Music Educators Timpani and Harp Orchestral Association All-State Concert Band Percussion Priyanka Gohal, 16 Keyboard Alex Russell, 15 (second from right) Trombones (center) Avi Gotskind, 15 Hometown: Indianapolis, IN Joshua Mhoon, 15 Hometown: Cambridge, MA (center) School: Homeschooled (far left) School: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Hometown: Chicago, IL Youth Orchestra: New World Youth Hometown: Chicago, IL Youth Orchestra: Boston Youth Symphony School: Jones College Prep High School Orchestras School: Fusion Academy Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Percussion Scholarship Program Leila Hudson, 16 (far right) Bass Trombone Samuel Keh, 17 Hometown: Yorktown Heights, NY (third from left) Liam J. Barron, 17 School: Yorktown High School Hometown: Ellicott City, MD Youth Orchestra: Norwalk Youth (right) School: Howard High School Symphony Hometown: Ashburn, VA Youth Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony School: Briar Woods High School Youth Orchestra Youth Orchestra: American Youth Philharmonic Angelica Lorenzo, 16 (third from right) Hometown: Chicago, IL Tuba School: Loyola Academy Grace Tifford, 16 Youth Orchestra: World Youth Wind Symphony Hometown: Rockville, MD School: Brookewood School Caleb York, 16 Tuba Youth Orchestra: National Symphony (second from left) Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program Hometown: Tucson, AZ School: Catalina Foothills High School Youth Orchestra: Tucson Philharmonia Youth Orchestra 60 | NYO-USA / NYO2 / NYO Jazz | 2018 NYO2 Musicians | 61 Kingston Ho, 17 Sophia Yiwen Zheng, 16 Anabel Carvajal, 18 Hometown: New Providence, NJ Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL Hometown: Miami, FL School: Union County Academy for Allied School: Alexander W. Dreyfoos School School: New World School of the Arts NYO-USA Musicians Health Sciences of the Arts Youth Orchestra: New World School of the Youth Orchestra: New Jersey Youth Youth Orchestra: Lynn University Arts Symphony Orchestra Symphony Conservatory of Music Hannah Duncan, 17 Adrian Rogers, 17 Second Row (left to right) Hometown: Belle Plaine, IA Hometown: Bronx, NY School: Homeschooled School: Horace Mann School Symphony Koss, 17 Youth Orchestra: Waterloo–Cedar Falls Youth Orchestra: New York Youth Hometown: Vancouver, WA Symphony Symphony School: Columbia River High School Youth Orchestra: Portland Youth Sofia Matthews, 16 Erica Yeawon Hwang, 18 Philharmonic Hometown: Berkeley, CA Hometown: San Diego, CA School: Berkeley High School School: Torrey Pines High School Claire Cai, 18 Youth Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: San Diego Youth Hometown: Mount Sinai, NY Youth Orchestra Symphony School: Mount Sinai High School Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College Front Row (left to right) Haeun Moon, 17 Orchestra Hometown: Waco, TX Kevin Bai, 18 School: Midway High School Alyssa Kim, 18 Hometown: Plano, TX Youth Orchestra: Waco Symphony Youth Hometown: River Edge, NJ School: Plano West Senior High School Orchestra School: River Dell High School Youth Orchestra: Greater Dallas Youth Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra Faustina Housner, 17 Orchestra Hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ Jason Wang, 19 School: Homeschooled Epongue Ekille, 18 Hometown: Keller, TX Youth Orchestra: Temple University Hometown: Rochester, NY School: Gap Year Music Prep Youth Chamber Orchestra School: Yale University Youth Orchestra: Yale Symphony Johnny May, 17 Charlotte Loukola, 18 Orchestra Hometown: Penn Valley, PA Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL School: Germantown Friends School School: Schildt High School Nicholas Abrahams, 17 Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Youth Youth Orchestra: Jean Sibelius Orchestra Hometown: Boca Raton, FL Orchestra School: Alexander W. Dreyfoos School Arianna Brusubardis, 17 of the Arts Ryan Jeong, 17 Hometown: Dousman, WI Hometown: Ames, IA Sam Parrini, 18 Julia Su, 17 School: Homeschooled School: Ames High School Violins Hometown: Greenville, SC Hometown: Marietta, GA Youth Orchestra: Milwaukee Youth Youth Orchestra: Iowa All-State Orchestra Back Row (facing page, left to right) School: Wade Hampton High School School: Joseph Wheeler High School Symphony Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Greenville County Youth Youth Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Brandon Aponte, 17 Orchestra Youth Orchestra Hometown: Blue Hill, ME School: John Bapst Memorial High School Matthew Hakkarainen, 17 Javier Fernando Torres-Delgado, 17 Youth Orchestra: Bangor Symphony Youth Hometown: Palm Beach Gardens, FL Hometown: San Juan, PR Orchestra School: Alexander W. Dreyfoos School School: Ernesto Ramos Antonini High Violins of the Arts School of Music Devin Lai, 16 Youth Orchestra: Dreyfoos School of the Youth Orchestra: Advanced Strings Hometown: Morgantown, WV Arts Philharmonic Ensemble Preparatory Music School at School: Morgantown High School Puerto Rico Music Conservatory Youth Orchestra: Pittsburgh Youth Rohun Rajpal, 18 Symphony Orchestra Hometown: Eastchester, NY Fiyifolu Adebekun, 18 School: Hackley School Hometown: Gilbert, AZ Drew Dansby, 17 Youth Orchestra: Boston University School: Hamilton High School Hometown: Charlotte, NC Tanglewood Institute Youth Orchestra: Phoenix Youth School: Homeschooled Symphony Youth Orchestra: Charlotte Symphony Third Row (facing page, left to right) Youth Orchestra Annalisa Welinder, 17 Akili Farrow, 18 Hometown: Port Jefferson, NY Simon Luke Brown, 18 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA School: Earl L. Vandermeulen High School Hometown: Davis, OK School: Philadelphia Performing Arts: A Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College School: Murray State College String Theory School Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Oklahoma Youth Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Orchestra 62 | NYO-USA / NYO2 / NYO Jazz | 2018 NYO-USA Musicians | 63 Violas Cellos
Yong Ha Jung, 18 Alexandra Hong, 17 Robin Park, 17 Annie SeEun Hyung, 18 Violas Hometown: Flower Mound, TX Hometown: Manhasset, NY Cellos Hometown: Princeton Junction, NJ Hometown: Orange, CA Back Row (left to right) School: Flower Mound High School School: Manhasset High School Back Row (left to right) School: West Windsor–Plainsboro High School: Arnold O. Beckman High School Youth Orchestra: Greater Dallas Youth Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College School North Youth Orchestra: American Youth Cameren Anai Williams, 18 Orchestra Orchestra Ryan Chung, 18 Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Youth Symphony Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL Hometown: Manhasset, NY Orchestra School: Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of Sophie Choate, 18 Juliette Duguid, 17 School: Manhasset Secondary School Joshua Chiang, 17 the Arts Hometown: Provo, UT Hometown: Westfield, NJ Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College Roric Cunningham, 18 Hometown: San Jose, CA Youth Orchestra: New York String School: Timpview High School School: Academy for Allied Health Sciences Orchestra Hometown: Manchester, NH School: Lynbrook High School Orchestra Seminar Youth Orchestra: Timpanogos Symphony Youth Orchestra: New York Youth School: Manchester Central High School Youth Orchestra: California Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony Haddon Kay, 18 Youth Orchestra: New Hampshire Youth Orchestra Clara Bouch, 18 Hometown: Chicago, IL Philharmonic Hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ Amelia Abouljoud, 18 Julian Seney, 18 School: Adlai E. Stevenson High School Kristy Park, 17 School: Homeschooled Hometown: Detroit, MI Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Youth Orchestra: Midwest Young Artists Quenton Xavier Blache, 16 Hometown: Bellevue, WA Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Youth School: Interlochen Arts Academy School: Verdugo Academy Conservatory Hometown: Wake Forest, NC School: Newport High School Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Youth Youth Orchestra: Colburn Academy School: Ravenscroft School Youth Orchestra: Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Eric Zaks, 17 Youth Orchestra: Triangle Youth Orchestra Brian Isaacs, 18 Hometown: Needham, MA Philharmonic Hometown: Forest Hills, NY Middle Row (left to right) Front Row (left to right) School: The Roxbury Latin School Megan Savage, 19 School: Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Youth Orchestra: Boston Philharmonic Front Row (left to right) Hometown: Port St. Lucie, FL of Music & Art and Performing Arts Alex Koller, 18 Anabel Tejeda, 18 Youth Orchestra School: Stetson University Youth Orchestra: New York Youth Hometown: Orlando, FL Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL Alexander Wu, 18 Youth Orchestra: Treasure Coast Youth Symphony School: Dr. Phillips High School School: Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of Simon Housner, 18 Hometown: Penn Valley, PA Symphony Florida Symphony Youth the Arts Hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ School: Harriton Senior High School , 17 Youth Orchestra: Matthew Garcia Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Florida All-State School: Homeschooled Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Sinfonia Hometown: Harlingen, TX Symphonic Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Temple University Music School: Harlingen School of Health Wilson Hsu, 18 Prep Youth Chamber Orchestra Professions Hometown: Brookline, MA Elizabeth Nguyen, 18 School: Brookline High School Hometown: Clayton, MO Youth Orchestra: Youth Philharmonic School: Clayton High School Orchestra (New England Conservatory Youth Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Preparatory School) Youth Orchestra 64 | NYO-USA / NYO2 / NYO Jazz | 2018 NYO-USA Musicians | 65 Oboes (left to right)
Peter Davies, 17 Hometown: Dallas, TX School: Highland Park High School Youth Orchestra: Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
Kara Poling, 16 Hometown: Reisterstown, MD School: Franklin High School Youth Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra
Kate Wegener, 17 Flutes Hometown: Easton, CT School: Joel Barlow High School Youth Orchestra: Greater New Haven Youth Orchestra
Alexander Mayer, 17 Hometown: Phoenix, AZ School: Arizona School for the Arts Youth Orchestra: Phoenix Youth Basses Symphony Clarinets (left to right)
Kofi Kwapong, 18 William Swett, 18 Hometown: Sarasota, FL Basses Hometown: New York, NY Flutes School: Harvard University Back Row (left to right) School: The Dalton School (facing page, left to right) Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College Javier Morales-Martinez, 17 , 17 , 18 Oboes Diego Garza-Romero Orchestra Alyssa Tinsley Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Hometown: Edinburg, TX Hometown: Kingwood, TX School: Los Angeles County High School School: Johnny G. Economedes High School Front Row (left to right) School: Kingwood High School for the Arts Youth Orchestra: Corpus Christi Youth Orchestra: Houston Youth Youth Orchestra: Colburn Youth Orchestra Symphony Orchestra Dimitrios Mattas, 18 Symphony Hometown: Fruit Heights, UT Alisha Zamore, 18 , 18 , 16 Pablo Kennedy School: Davis High School Khoi Dinh Hometown: Stockbridge, GA Hometown: Austin, TX World Youth Symphony Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Youth Orchestra: School: McIntosh High School School: McCallum High School Orchestra School: Los Angeles County High School for
Jordan Farber, 17 Remi Beltran, 17 Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Hometown: Nanuet, NY School: Las Vegas Academy of the Arts School: Clarkstown High School South Youth Orchestra: Las Vegas Young Artists Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra Symphony
Vincent Igusa, 16 Forrest Johnston, 17 Hometown: Baltimore, MD Hometown: Great Falls, VA School: Towson High School School: Langley High School Youth Orchestra: Peabody Youth Youth Orchestra: American Youth Orchestra Philharmonic Orchestra
Julian Gonzalez, 17 Samuel Stout, 18 Hometown: Miami, FL Hometown: Grand Ridge, IL School: New World School of the Arts School: Streator Township High School Youth Orchestra: New World School of the Youth Orchestra: Chicago Youth Arts Symphony Orchestra Symphony Orchestras Bassoons Trumpets Quincey Trojanowski, 17 Shania Cordoba, 19 Hometown: Hillside, IL Hometown: El Paso, TX School: Montini Catholic High School School: Texas Tech University Youth Orchestra: Chicago Youth Youth Orchestra: El Paso Symphony Symphony Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Tenor Trombones Horns Noah Stein, 18 Back Row (left to right) (far left) Yardley, PA Nathan Cloeter, 17 Hometown: School: Pennsbury High School Hometown: Lake Jackson, TX Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Youth School: Brazoswood High School Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Houston Youth Symphony Megan Martin, 17 Scott Sanders, 17 (far right) Hometown: Grayslake, IL Hometown: Mansfield, TX School: Grayslake Central High School School: Lake Ridge High School Youth Orchestra: Chicago Youth Youth Orchestra: Greater Dallas Youth Symphony Orchestras Orchestra Front Row (left to right) Bass Trombone Clare Phelps, 18 David Schonberger, 17 Hometown: Darien, CT (second from left) School: Darien High School Hometown: El Paso, TX Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College School: Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra Low Horns Youth Orchestra: El Paso Symphony Brass Youth Orchestra August Haller, 18 Hometown: Brooklyn, NY School: St. Ann’s School Tuba Youth Orchestra: New York Youth Symphony David Stein, 18 (second from right) Gaby Pho, 17 Hometown: Morristown, NJ Hometown: Annandale, VA School: Morristown High School School: Annandale High School Youth Orchestra: Philadelphia Youth Youth Orchestra: American Youth Orchestra Philharmonic Orchestra
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Timpani and Apprentice Apprentice Apprentice Percussion Orchestra Composers Conductors (left to right) Elise Arancio, 17 Richard Kaminuma, 19 “I feel so lucky to have had Librarian Jeremy Davis, 17 (third from left) (second from right) Nick Jack Agliata III, 18 Tucker, GA Chelmsford, MA the chance to play in such an amazing Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA Hometown: Hometown: (far left) Lakeside High School Northeastern University School: Diamond Bar High School School: School: orchestra with a conductor as incredible as Hometown: Oakbrook, IL Youth Orchestra: Emory Youth Symphony Youth Orchestra: Boston Youth Symphony Youth Orchestra: Pacific Symphony Youth School: York Community High School Orchestra Orchestra Orchestras Maestro Tilson Thomas. I learned so Youth Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras much from all of my colleagues and coaches, Will Harris, 17 Justin Zeitlinger, 18 Christina Morris, 18 Hometown: Greenville, SC (third from right) (far right) made lifelong friends, and the experience of Dumont, NJ Freeport, NY School: Eastside High School Hometown: Hometown: Apprentice School: Bergen County Academies School: Crane School of Music at performing Sibelius’s Second Symphony in Youth Orchestra: Carolina Youth Symphony Youth Orchestra: Juilliard Pre-College SUNY–Potsdam the many cities in Asia we visited Orchestra Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York is one I’ll never forget.” Jakob Schoenfeld, 17 Manager Hometown: Oviedo, FL —Phoebe Rawn, School: Interlochen Arts Academy Antonio Jarvey, 17 Youth Orchestra: World Youth Symphony (second from left) NYO-USA Flutist Orchestra Hometown: Great Falls, MT School: Great Falls High School Simon Herron, 18 Youth Orchestra: Interlochen World Youth Hometown: Hanover, NH Wind Symphony School: Hanover High School Youth Orchestra: Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra
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Clive Gillinson Susan Brady Wayne Paul NYO-USA Resident Summer Assistants Executive and Artistic Chief Development Coordinator, Assistants Daniel Guevara Director, Carnegie Hall Officer, Director, Educational Media and Allison Woodside Nicolas Hernandez Sarah Johnson Development Technology, Digital Cody Chang Chief Education Officer, Jeremy Leung Media Justin Kang Director, Weill Music Manager, Corporate Akshay Dinakar Alexa Dumont Cheyenne King Bails Institute Relations and Producer, NYO-U Alex Mersman Colton Thomas Potter Sponsorships Aaron Michael Lopez
Douglas Beck Ricky McWain Mia Schmidt 3 4 5 Director, Artist Training Synneve Carlino NYO-USA Orchestra International Tour Lincoln Valdez Programs Chief Communications Manager Management by Vincent Carbone Officer Joe Soucy Askonas Holt Ltd Assistant Director, Artist Mari Beth Bittan NYO2 Orchestra NYO2 Resident Donagh Collins Training Programs Associate Director, Manager Assistants Chief Executive Siobhan Falanga Public Relations Paul Boothe Leonard Hayes Sergio Porto Associate, Artist Eli Rumpf NYO Jazz Sound Head of Tours and Training Programs Manager, Public Engineer Alex de Aguiar Reuter Projects Relations Amanda Fischer Andrew Stephens Yara Ferrer Suzanne Doyle Associate, Artist Chris Lee NYO Jazz Production Janelle Francisco Senior Project Manager Training Programs NYO-USA Photographer Manager Jessica Goodrich Mette Windberg Baarup Nick Johnson Gregory F. Reed Fabrice Curtis Project Administrator Coordinator, Artist NYO2 Photographer NYO-USA Librarian Chad Lilley Robert Kearns Training Programs Gerard Minaya Todd Rosenberg Matt Searing Project Administrator Angelica Tran NYO Jazz Photographer NYO2 Librarian Intern, Artist Training Stephanie Berger Grace Parisi NYO Jazz Resident Programs NYO Jazz Librarian Fadi Kheir Assistants MAESTRO! Tour Chihiro Shibayama Management Jennifer Taylor Phillip Barker Joanna Massey Photographers Percussion Manager Ken Grundy 6 7 Director, Learning and Dr. Ryan McAuley Jonathon Schruer Executive Director Engagement Programs NYO-USA Tour Leanne Donlevy Sam Livingston Chris Amos Physician Director of Touring Chief Digital Officer Director of Operations, Heather Hunt Services Weill Music Institute Matthew Williams Nurse Nigel Foo Jenniffer DeSimone Director, Educational General Manager Assistant Director, Media and Technology, Stacey Friend Education Production Digital Media Manager, Touring Sarah Jick Aryana Alexis Anderson Services Associate, Education Senior Associate, Sam Green Production Educational Media and Technology, Digital Coordinator, Touring Media Services
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1. NY O-USA resident assistants (clockwise 3. T he summer assistants on a cruise 7. NY O2 staff (left to right): Janelle from top left): Allison Woodside, Alexa of New York Harbor (left to right): Francisco, Angelica Tran, Nick Johnson, Dumont, Alex Mersman, Mia Schmidt, Cheyenne King Bails, Colton Potter, Alex Reuter, Heather Hunt, Siobhan Cody Chang, Lincoln Valdez, and Aaron Daniel Guevara, Justin Kang, and Nico Falanga, Chad Lilley, Joe Soucy, Daniel Michael Lopez Hernandez Guevara, Matt Searing, Gerard Minaya, 2. S taff on the last night of the NYO Jazz 4. Michael Tilson Thomas and NYO-USA Justin Kang, Jessica Goodrich, Leonard tour (clockwise from top left): Joanna Orchestra Manager Ricky McWain Hayes, and Yara Ferrer Massey, Chris Amos, Matt Williams, Doug 5. Jona than Schruer and Phillip Barker 8. Susan Brady and Jeremy Leung Beck, Sean Jones, Rob Kearns, Mari Beth 6. V incent Carbone and Jenniffer 9. Ho ward Herring, President and CEO Bittan, Sam Livingston, Humphrey Cobb, DeSimone of the New World Symphony, and Dianne Reeves, and Paul Boothe Sarah Johnson
72 | NYO-USA / NYO2 / NYO Jazz | 2018 Residency and Tour Staff | 73 Finance Technology Services Alison Saltz Emily Blair Iesha Burgess Associate Director, Kavita Mahabir Administrative Patricia Long Tak Lai Volunteers and Visitor Assistant, Education Carnegie Hall Chief Financial Officer Manager, Network Antoinette Rogers Architecture Services Nick Singh Production Mary Benjamin Karen Meberg CarnegieCharge Controller Nick Calamuso Representatives Learning and Senior Technical Analyst Marketing Manager Aris Siliverdis Engagement Programs Administrative Staff Abby Hull Assistant Director, Zara Ahmad-Post Public Relations Marketing Analyst Joanna Massey Financial Reporting Rachel Ballou Synneve Carlino Director Technical Analysts Emily Palmer Executive Office Emily Robinson Thomas Ciganko Development Caroline Ritchie Matthew Eng Chief Communications Amy Mereson Coordinator Thomas Rogers Senior Manager Assistant, Marketing Officer Clive Gillinson Susan J. Brady Accountant, Society Aaron Siegel Blair Sordetto and Visitor Services Executive and Artistic Chief Development Jonathan Slawson Caroline Bonilla Legal Mari Beth Bittan Assistant Directors Artistic Planning Performance Managers Director Officer Senior Manager, Senior Accountant Digital Content and Associate Director Karen Cueva Jeremy Geffen Vera Zlatarski Rachel S. Davis Notables Engagement Corinne Zadik Beck Hillarie O’Toole Catherine Schaefer Senior Director and Anna Dugan Tom Huynh General Counsel Director of Production Samantha Nemeth Executive Assistant Artistic Adviser Assistant Friends Corporate Accountant Eric Woodhams Anouska Swaray Michael Domue Assistant Directors Managers Kristen Marsch Director Liz Mahler John Lant Development Services Kevin Groob Marketing and Analyst, Budget and Jesse Yang Leah Rankin Matt Frey Administration Artistic Administrator Chad Zodrow Director Kristen Henry Financial Planning Creative Services Web Content Manager Eli Rumpf Associate Richard Malenka Adriaan Fuchs Production Managers Director, Development Karen Chia Sara Villagio Michael Tomczak Pamela Harris Jamie Kraus Hannah Santisi Chief Administrative Associate Artistic Systems and Manager Chief Marketing Officer Associates Leszek Wojcik Analyst, Hall Operations Manager, Email and Thomas Werring Officer Administrator Recording Studio Administration Nicole Zee Maria Loor Jacob Subotnik Digital Operations Emily Walsh Coordinators Susanna Prough Lea Slusher Manager Jamie Santamour Coordinator Manager, Retail Assistant Payroll Manager Rio Vander Stahl Director, Capital Director, Artistic Christopher Stuart Social Impact Joseph C. Reid Lindsay Laird Manager, Engagement Projects Projects Head Usher Managers Campaigns and Special Alvina Yeung Archives and Rose Programs Projects Associate Marketing Coordinator and Digital Operations Patrick Sharpe Cory Snoddy Museum Building Operations Michael Boyman Ann Gregg Associate Director, Operations Coordinator Coordinator Carl K. Steffes Information Publishing and Ticketing Services Gino Francesconi Director Anthony J. Strano Artistic Projects Director Creative Services Director, Archives and Kayla Dempsey Dan Van Note Timmy Wasley Ayanna Cole Director, Security Technology Rose Museum Alicia Jones Administrative Administrative Assistant Vivian Wang Kathleen Schiaparelli Director Assistant Director, William O’Flaherty Senior Manager, Coordinator and Interactive Director Social Impact Programs Coordinator Ed Denning Kathleen Sabogal Manager, Security Program Administration Corporate Relations Services Assistant Director, Forrest Wu Jonathan Aisenberg Alex Ammar Treasurer Cydney Gray and Sponsorships John Fabbricante Jennifer Flores Assistant, HMO Administrative Assistant Aaron Levine Editorial Director Archives Assistant Director, Director, Engineering Wendy Magro Chief Information Joseph Coster Dori Fisher J. Adams Holman Robert Hudson Youth Programs Managers, Artistic Special Events Officer First Assistant Treasurer Stage Crew Director Assistant Managing Manager, Archives Tiffany Ortiz Building Services Projects Valeri Olson Ken Beltrone Jeremy Leung Ginger Vallen Maria Luo Editor Kathryn Gronsbell Manager, Lullaby Tamika Reid Victoria Frommer Director Administrative Manager, Subscriptions Carpenter Manager Eric Lubarsky Digital Collections Project Director Manager, Artistic Coordinator Sebastian Armoza Philip Alfieri Leila Ghaznavi William Reid Senior Editor Manager Caitlin Arias Melissa Herrmann Programs Associate Director Senior Manager, John Goodson Associate Information Systems Natalie Slack Lisa Barrier Associate, Future Music Manager Leslie Leung CarnegieCharge and Electricians Gabriella Napoli Hilary Kromnick DeFeo Senior Editor, WMI Asset Cataloger Project Manager, Program Denise Brooks Customer Service Wesner Bazin Administrative Assistant Manager Margaret Fortunato Administration Kenneth Clark Director, IT and New Katie Johnson Rayna Bourke Associate, Office Services Associate, Youth Dennis O’Connell Colin Revels Media Associate Editor Senior Manager, Group Weill Music Juan Juarez Debby King Properties Foundation Relations Senior Associate Programs Artist Liaison Afshin Mahabadi Bernard Hallstein Sales and Tourism Institute Coordinator, Office Callie Herzog Heather Pulkowski Director, Information Design Director Terri L. Brown Kate Pfaff Services Education Wing Director Assistant Sarah Johnson Associate, Social Impact Booking Operations Systems Cherry Liu Senior Manager, Ticket Chief Education Officer Julie Rhodes Timothy Wilson Programs Elaine Georges Simon Basyuk Assistant Art Director Services and Director, Weill Coordinator Jenny Weber Manager Director Manager, Database Tatiana Trkulja Music Institute LeBrandon Smith Director of Operations Digital Media Anna Sayer Associate, NeON Arts Carly Landon Administration Patron Desk Manager Event Services Denise Alfarone Christian Tucci Christopher Amos Associate Art Director Sam Livingston Associate Director of Operations Sarah Zeltzer Assistant Director Associate Chief Digital Officer Ruslan Nikandrov Raphael Davison Matthew Scarella Artist Training Jeanette Chen Manager, Business Ticketing Associate Programs Director David Suss Wayne Lopes Kevin Chan Hiromi Park Sue Landis Administrative Assistant Applications Manager, Education Tamara Schuler Assistant Manager Gary Peterson Coordinator Senior Graphic John Gerteisen Douglas Beck Deven Pitcher Designers Senior Associate Administration Manager Stagehands Government Relations Matthew Williams Director Hall Operations Technical Project Manager, Melanie Hershman Amy Daly-Fisher David Freudenthal Director, Educational Ephrat Seidenberg Vincent Carbone Joseph Schmaderer Ensemble Connect Manager CarnegieCharge Robin Patterson Associate Director Media and Technology Graphic Designer Assistant Director Director of Operations A program of Carnegie Yelizaveta Rudnitsky Sofia Giammarresi Associates, Education Aryana Alexis Anderson Ross Bonanno Siobhan Falanga Hall, The Juilliard Brandi Mathis Application Support Associate Manager, Administration Human Resources Jill Marshall Senior Associate, Production Director School, and the Weill Senior Manager Specialist CarnegieCharge Amanda Fischer Nia Monroe Hall Manager Educational Media and Lai Fun Tsui Maria Moschopoulos Associates Music Institute Charles Baranowski Sharon Clarke Coordinator, Education Director Joshua Reynolds Technology Web Development Production Manager Nicholas Johnson Amy Rhodes Associate Michael Kumor Administration Allison Meistrell Associate Hall Manager Wayne Paul Coordinator Director Shannon Rockett Kristin Bufano Beth Nerich Manager Peter Huitzacua Coordinator, Marketing and Visitor Jenniffer DeSimone Coordinator Director Manager, Accessibility Deanna Kennett Educational Media and Services Matthew Poulos Assistant Director, Richard and Barbara Blake Faulds and Operations Senior Manager, Technology David C. Wyeth Joe Smith Education Production Debs Composer’s Chair Patron Program Manager, Website Artistic Planning Education Director Joseph Wittleder Jessica Gaynor Frank Cardillo Don Spalding Operations Box Office Philip Glass and Operations Front of House Manager Ross Marshall Jennifer Hempel Manager, Education Director, Patron Michael Peppler Representatives Production Anna Weber Operations Manager Director, Advertising Program and Senior Web Developer Dennette Dyton General Manager and Promotion Sarah Jick As of June 30, 2018 Membership Claudia Julian Craig Zeichner Associate, Education Subscription Production Associate Director, Representatives Special Markets and Copy 74 | NYO-USA / NYO2 / NYO Jazz | 2018 Carnegie Hall Administrative Staff | 75 NYO-USA musicians outside LOTTE Carnegie Hall Concert Hall in Seoul, South Korea Board of Trustees
Robert F. Smith Isaac Stern Sanford I. Weill Chairman President, 1960–2001 President, 2015–present
Officers Mercedes T. Bass, Vice Chairman Clarissa Alcock Bronfman, Vice Chairman Burton P. Resnick, Vice Chairman Sarkis Jebejian, Secretary Thomas G. Maheras, Treasurer Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director
Chairmen Emeriti Richard A. Debs James D. Wolfensohn
Secretary Emeritus Kenneth J. Bialkin
Trustee Fellow Honorary Trustees Trustees Robert F. Arning Laura H. Pomerantz Earle S. Altman Clive Gillinson Joshua Nash Sir Martin Sorrell The Honorable Felix G. Rohatyn Martina Arroyo Marilyn Horne Jessye Norman Kurt G. Strovink George T. Wein Emanuel Ax Stephen R. Howe Jr. Gbenga Oyebode S. Donald Sussman Advisory Directors Mercedes T. Bass Sarkis Jebejian William G. Parrett James Taylor Giancarla Berti Ex Officio Trustees Norton Belknap Robert W. Jones Don M. Randel Richard Tsai Alan Fleischmann Bill de Blasio, Mayor of the City of New York Kenneth J. Bialkin Suzie Kovner Burton P. Resnick Igor Tulchinsky Mary E. Klein Corey Johnson, Speaker, New York City Council Len Blavatnik Robert K. Kraft Susan W. Rose Linda Wachner Firoz Ladak Scott M. Stringer, Comptroller of the City of New York Ronald E. Blaylock Lang Lang Charles M. Rosenthal Darren Walker Sherry Liu Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President Clarissa Alcock Bronfman Isabel Leonard Joshua Ruch Roy Weathers Tracy Long Tom Finkelpearl, Commissioner, New York City Department of Nicola Bulgari Michael E. Liebowitz Sana H. Sabbagh Sanford I. Weill Emily K. Rafferty Cultural Affairs Valentino D. Carlotti Terry J. Lundgren Suki Sandler James D. Wolfensohn Kathryn Steinberg Richard A. Debs Yo-Yo Ma Beatrice Santo Domingo Judy Francis Zankel Dafna Tapiero Joyce DiDonato Thomas G. Maheras Thomas P. Sculco MD Simon D. Yates As of June 30, 2018 Gregory T. Durant Andrew Martin-Weber Tracy Chutorian Semler Judith W. Evnin Audra McDonald Stanley S. Shuman Anne M. Finucane Harold McGraw III David M. Siegel Renée Fleming Lester S. Morse Jr. A. J. C. Smith Marina Kellen French Clarke Murphy Robert F. Smith Sabrina Fung Dennis M. Nally Sarah Billinghurst Solomon
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Videos, blog posts, and more information about NYO-USA, NYO2, and NYO Jazz are available online. Stay tuned for NYO-USA’s 2019 tour to Europe under the baton of Sir Antonio Pappano with mezzo-sopranos Dame Sarah Connolly, Joyce DiDonato, and Isabel Leonard; NYO2’s return to Miami Beach with Carlos Miguel Prieto and pianist Gabriela Montero; and NYO Jazz’s first-ever trip to Asia with Sean Jones and vocalist Kurt Elling. carnegiehall.org/NYOUSA carnegiehall.org/NYO2 carnegiehall.org/NYOJazz facebook.com/NYOUSA facebook.com/NYOJazz youtube.com/NYOUSA #NYOUSA / #NYO2 / #NYOJazz @NYO.USA
Check out NYO-U—a digital collection of original mini–master classes on various music techniques and topics written and produced by NYO-USA, NYO2, and NYO Jazz musicians—at youtube.com/NYOUSA.
Photography: Residency by Stephanie Berger, Fadi Kheir, and Jennifer Taylor. NYO2 in Miami by Gregory F. Reed, MFA. NYO-USA tour by Chris Lee. NYO Jazz tour by Todd Rosenberg.
78 | NYO-USA / NYO2 / NYO Jazz | 2018 … A program that is not only incredible but also constantly evolving for the better. The number of times I had to pinch myself this year to remember that I wasn’t dreaming—in the midst of traveling across the world, sharing the passion that I have for this art along with so many talented colleagues from across the country, all without paying a cent—that is a testament to the incredible faith you have in the young musicians of this country.” —Sophie Choate, NYO-USA Violist