With its debut in 1993, the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra (PSYO) became the first educational program of the Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony

The Pacific Symphony is a symphony orchestra located in Orange County, California. The orchestra performs at the Renée and Henry Segerstom Concert Hall, part of the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California...

. This youth orchestra gives an opportunity to young, talented musicians in the Orange County

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

 and Inland Empire

Inland Empire (California)

The Inland Empire is a region in Southern California. The region sits directly east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Inland Empire most commonly is used in reference to the U.S. Census Bureau's federally-defined Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, which covers more than...

 areas to grow and be trained as orchestral musicians. Members range from 12 to 18 years of age. Members of this orchestra are given the opportunity to work with the professional musicians of the Pacific Symphony and are conducted by Maxim Eshkenazy, the Assistant Conductor of the Pacific Symphony. In the 2008-2009 Eshkenazy takes the place of Michael Hall, the Music Director of the PSYO and Associate Director of the Pacific Symphony for 6 seasons. The Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra currently performs its annual concert series in Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center

Orange County Performing Arts Center

The Orange County Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex located in Costa Mesa, California, United States.The Center offers the world’s leading dance companies, Broadway shows, award-winning classical, jazz and cabaret artists, family entertainment, special events and year-round...

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2008-2009 season

• "Capriccio Espagnol
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  ", Rimsky-Korsakov
• "Andante Cantabile for Strings", Tchaikovsky
• "Snow Dance", Przytulski
• "Hary Janos Suite", Kodaly
• "Symphonic Dances from West Side Story", Bernstein
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• "Polovtsian Dances from the Opera Prince Igor", Borodin
• Symphony No.1: "Titan", Gustav Mahler
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2007-2008 season

• "Finlandia
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  ", Sibelius
• "Serenade for Winds", Strauss
• "Scheherazade
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  ", Rimsky-Korsakov
• Sympnony No. 2: "Totenfeier", Gustav Mahler
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• "Tzigane", Ravel
• "Symphony No. 5", Beethoven
• "Festive Overture", Dimitri Shostakovich
• "Radiant Voices", Frank Ticheli
• "Swan Lake Suite", Tchaikovsky

2008-2009 Roster

VIOLIN I

Ashley Sun, Co-concert master

Stephanie Pak, Co-concert master

Jason Chen, Co-concert master

Ye Won An

Samuel Chen

Ray Cheng

Ha Rim (Helen) Choi

Halle Davis

Ha Rim (Andrew) Jung

Justin Kamiya

Ryan Kim

Anna Lee

Kiyoe Matsuura

Young Jee Oh

Shawn Wang

Claire Yee

VIOLIN II

Jamie Niu, Co-principal

Heeyeon (Sarah) Chung, co-principal

Jason Kim, Co-principal

Natalie Cervantes

Soyoung (Katie) Hahm

Justin Hamilton

Tiffany Huang

Pheobe (Hee Ju) Kim

Kyung Soo Lee

James Lee

Katie Nakamura

Asa Ohsaki

Paya Sarraf

Amber Sun

Anna Vosbigian

Willis Wung

Esther Yoo

VIOLA

Jeni Seo, Principal

Gregory Yung, Assistant principal

Stephanie Chen

Jon Chin

Christopher Chin

Abigail Choi

David (Donghee)Han

Brandon Kim

Jasmin Kung

Rose Rodgers

Jongmin Song

Youval Yadlin

CELLO

Hyun Jae Eric (King Kong) Lee, Principal

Eunice (Saem) Heo, Assistant Principal

Paul Chang

Ahyeon (Alice) Chung

Justin Ho

Ji-Hye Hyeon

Irene Kang

Brian (Dong Hyun) Kim

Michael Ljungh

George Ma

Kevin Mills

Nathaniel Park

Ryan Song

BASS

Marlon Martinez, Principal

Andrew Benz

Eric Fu

Christopher (Shota) Horikawa

Martin Pham

Andrew Remley

Elise Reysbergen

Melanie Cebula

FLUTE

Melissa Hulett, Principal

Grace Ban

Leah Espinoza*

OBOE

Melissa Carrington, Co-principal

Michael Lindeborg, Co-principal

Brian Mitchell**, Co-principal

CLARINET

Sangmin (Eugene) Lee, Co-principal

Ruth Kim, Co-principal

Andrew Pak

Ceasar Tejada+

BASSOON

Samuel Moehring, Principal

Alexander Chay

Jonathan Lee

FRENCH HORN

Corinne Cook, Principal

Daniel (Sung-Joon)Pak, Associate Principal

Greg Oertel, Assistant Principal

Amanda Mausbach

Clayton Ellis

Kevin Acciani

TRUMPET

Nick Reyna, Principal

Matthew Zelazo, Assistant Principal

Andrew Gilliam

Jonathan Kang

TROMBONE

Daniel Lawlor, Principal

Isaac Kramer

BASS TROMBONE

Gavin Thrasher

TUBA

Andrew Selfridge

PERCUSSION

Emily Backal, Principal Timpani

Betty Ling, Principal Percussion

Kyle Alanis

Natalie Collison

Lindsey Eastham

Jennifer Lee

Katie Pipal

HARP

Daria Sarraf, Principal

Melody Swen

*Piccolo
**English Horn
+Bass Clarinet