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 YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS

 

Artistic Advisor
Plácido Domingo

Principal Conductors
Carlos Miguel Prieto
Gustavo Dudamel

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOA Alumni Faculty


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Ulises Ascanio
Violin
Venezuela
Instructor, Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar

Jeanne Baxtresser
Flute
United States
Solo Flutist, New York Philharmonic

Davis Brooks
Violin
United States
Professor, Butler University

Edward Brown
French Horn
Chile
Principal French Horn, Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago

David Carroll
Bassoon
United States
Co-Principal Bassoon, New York Philharmonic

Carlos Céspedes
Clarinet
Argentina
Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra

Pedro Cocchiararo
Oboe
Argentina
Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra

Frank DiPolo
Viola
Venezuela
President, National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

Jonathan Feldman
Piano
United States
Deutsche Grammophone Recording Artist

Chris French
Cello
United States
Principal Cello, Houston Symphony

Angel Frette
Percussion
United States
Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra

Alvaro Gonzalez
Cello
Costa Rica
Principal Cello, National Symphony of Costa Rica

Elizabeth Hainen
Harp
United States
Principal Harp, Philadelphia Orchestra

Gary Hardie
Cello
United States
Professor, Baylor University

Ann Hobson Pilot
Harp
United States
Principal Harpist, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Jeffery Irvine
Viola
United States
Professor, Cleveland Institute of Music

Christina Kind
Viola
United States
Principal Viola, San Francisco Symphony

Eugene King
Trumpet
Chile
Principal Trumpet, Santiago Symphony Orchestra

Peter Lloyd
Bass
United States
Principal Bass, Minnesota Orchestra
University of Minnesota

Paul Merkelo
Trumpet
Canada
Principal Trumpet, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Vinicio Meza
Clarinet
Costa Rica
Principal Clarinet, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional

Filiberto Nunez
Bassoon
Venezuela
Principal Bassoon, Venezuela Symphony Orchestra

Amy Porter
Flute
United States
Professor, University of Michigan

Cuauhtémoc Rivera
Principal Violin
México
Orquesta Filarmónica dela UNAM

Gregory B. Sarchet
Bass
United States
Principal Bass, Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Pablo Savari
Violin
Argentina
Concertmaster, Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra

Marylou Speaker Churchill
Violin
United States
Former Principal Second Violin, Boston Symphony Orchestra

 

YOA Alumni Musicians


Orlando Aguilar Velásquez
Percussion
México

Alejandro Andrés Aldana
Violin
Argentina

Sofia Haydee Almanza Saavedra
Bassoon
Panama

Maria Alvarez González
Violin
Argentina

Irving Jose Angulo Luna
Cello
Dominican Republic

Jesús Antón Rincón
Clarinet
Venezuela

Johann Haydn Aparicio Bohorquez
Perú

Darwin Aquino
Violin
Dominican Republic

Moisés Abraham Arango Ferrer
Violin
México

Pamela Arce
Cello
Perú

Pamela Cinthia Arce Santos
Cello
Perú

Emilio Vicente Argento
Viola
Argentina

Luis Miguel Arias Polanco
Double Bass
Ecuador

Jennifer Michelle Arnold
Viola
United States

Roberta Ferrão Arruda
Violin
Brazil

Victor Antonio Astorga
Oboe
Chile

Kiran Rose Auerbach
Violin
Austria / United States

Gloria Maria Auxiliadora Britez
Viola
Paruguay

Juan Fernando Avendaño Restrepo
Trumpet
Colombia

Camila Barrientos
Clarinet
Bolivia

Luisa Elena Barroso Cabeza
Violin
Venezuela

Sarah Bass
Viola
United States

Breana Bauman
Violin
United States

Caroline Elizabeth Bean
Cello
United States

Roy Curtis Beason III
Oboe
United States

Carolina Beate
Violin
United States

Rodrigo Andres Becerra Ibanez
Double Bass
Chile

Jahaziel Aram Becerril Marin
Clarinet
México

Matthew Beck
Percussion
United States

Alexander Bedenro
Clarinet
United States

Juliana Maria Bello Bautista
Violin
Colombia

Ari Bensimhon
Double Bass
United States

Jeremy Berry
Viola
United States

David Birrow
Percussion
United States

Steven Blutman
Percussion
United States

Paule-Marjolaine Bodson-Clermont
Flute
Canada

Maia Broido
Violin
Canada

Aaron Kenneth Brown
Double Bass
United States

Mary-Elizabeth Brown
Violin
Canada

Christopher Burns
Trombone
United States

Marisa Guttman Bushman
Viola
United States

Leonidas Caceres
Violin
Colombia

Catalina Calderon
Cello
Costa Rica

Linda Campos
French Horn
United States

Javier Cardenas
Viola
Argentina

Franco Carranza Cardenas
Trumpet
Perú

Alejandro Alberto Carreño Godoy
Violin
Venezuela

Isaac Miguel Casal Rodriguez
Cello
Panama

Paul Elliot Casey
Viola
Canada

Gabrielle Castriotta
Oboe
United States

Jaqueline Castro
Violin
Guatemala

Ernesto Pedro Castro Zegara
Viola
Perú

Rodolpho Cavalcanti Borgez
Cello
Brazil

Marcio Cecconello
Violin
Brazil

Alexis Cedeño
Double Bass
Venezuela

Juan Carlos Chacón
Viola
Venezuela

Sasha Miriam Chandler
Violin
United States

Glaucia Chignolli Faelis
Viola
Brazil

Katherine Claros Rollano
Cello
Bolivia

Joseph Howard Collura
Trombone
United States

Marlon Jeremias Contreras Calera
Viola
Honduras

Seth Abraham Cook
Tuba
United States

Ingrid Neyza Copa de Finot
Violin
Bolivia

Lillian Copeland
Oboe
United States

Ibar Cortes
Trombone
Chile

Javier Eduardo Cruz Monico
Clarinet
México

Carolina Cuervo Bonilla
Violin
Colombia

Karin Andrea Cuillar Randon
Violin
Bolivia

Andrew Cuneo
Bassoon
United States

William Jose Dale
Cello
United States

André Gustavo Dalvio Gonçalves
French Horn
Brazil

Flávia de Castro Machado Freire
Violin
Brazil

Mateus de Castro Machado Freire
Violin
Brazil

Tias Maria de Moura Gomes
Double Bass
Brazil

Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk
Viola
Canada

Jordan Delphos
Violin
United States

Whitney Delphos
Cello
United States

David A. DeRiso
Double Bass
United States

Brenda Carolina Diaco
Bassoon
Argentina

Gloria Marcela Diaz Dits
Violin
Colombia

Talia Dicker
Cello
United States

Deborah Wanderley dos Santos
Violin
Brazil

Marilyn dos Santos de Oliveira
Cello
Brazil

Iryna Dovgal
Violin
México

Ana Drobac
Violin
Serbia / Canada

Rose Drucker
Violin
United States

Mayra Stela Dunin-Pedroza
Double Bass
Brazil

Andrew Dunn
Cello
United States

Katrina-Lee Eakin
Violin
United States

Juan Ignacio Emme Tramontana
Cello
Argentina

Elizabeth Scheffield England
Oboe
United States

Jeremy Warren Epp
Percussion
Canada

David Esteban Escobar
Cello
Colombia

Hernando Escobar
Oboe
Venezuela

Eugenia Espinales Correa
Harp
México

Dennis Fallas
Percusion
Costa Rica

Karl Fenner
Double Bass
United States

Vinicius Ferreira Amaral
Violin
Brazil

Joshua Firer
Bassoon
United States

Marcial Flores
Trombone
Costa Rica

Eduardo Daniel Flores Hernandez
French Horn
México

Anthony Flynt
Double Bass
United States

Celia Florencia Fogliati
Bassoon
Argentina

Hilda Patricia Franceschy Saucedo
Percussion
México

Jose Franch-Ballester
Clarinet
United States

Brita Christine Fray
Viola
United States

Carola Natalia Fredes Henríquez
Viola
Chile

Gaston Frosio
Horn
Argentina

Carlos Alberto Garcés García
Flute
Ecuador / Spain

Bianca Rose García
Flute
United States

Marilinda Joy García
Harp
United States

Jorge Garibay Soriano
Violin
Perú

Patricia Ann Garvey
Cello
United States

Claire Garza
Viola
United States

Béatrice Gaudreault-Laplante
Oboe
Canada

Nhassim Nicolas Gazale
Double Bass
Chile

Paul Ghica
Cello
United States / Romania

Griselda Noemí Giannini
Clarinet
Belgium / Argentina

Katy Gillan
Violin
United States

Nicolás Martín Giordano Pisano
Violin
Uruguay

Frank Reinaldo Giraldo Garcia
Oboe
Venezuela

Gabriel Giró
Violin
Uruguay

Ricardo Gomez
Percussion
Colombia

Ana Patricia Gomez Galindo
Violin
Colombia

Raúl Gomez Rojas
Violin
Costa Rica

Ricardo Alfonso Gómez Silva
Percussion
Columbia

Andrés González Parra
Violin
Venezuela

Jocelyn Goranson
Flute
United States

Carmen Gragirena
Viola
Venezuela

Mikki Gramoll
Trumpet
United States

Daniela Carolina Graterol
Viola
Venezuela

José A. Guédez Gómez
Violin
Venezuela

Reyner Guerrero
Violin
Cuba

Cristian Manuel Guerrero Rojas
Flute
Colombia

Nelly Karina Guevara Chacón
Violin
Honduras

Jackson Humberto Guillen Alfaro
Violin
Honduras

Danny Gutierrez
French Horn
Venezuela

Tara Hanish
Cello
United States

Alyssa Hardie
Viola
United States

Scott Ian Harrison
Bassoon
United States

Maria Harrold
French Horn
United States

Katherine Hasard
Trombone
United States

Lacey JaRae Hays
Trumpet
United States

Claire Hellweg
French Horn
United States

Brett Jory Herman
Bass
United States

Héctor Hernández
Violin
México

Rene Adan Hernández
Violin
El Salvador

José Alejandro Hernandez Cadengo
Double Bass
México

Felisa Hernandez-Salmeron
Viola
México

Caitlin Hickey
Trombone
United States

Harrison Hollingsworth
Bassoon
United States

EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks
Violin
United States

Luanne Homzy
Violin
Canada

Robert Hudson
Percussion
United States

Jessica Hull-Dambaugh
Flute
United States

Pavel Ilyashov
Violin
United States

Jennifer Jernigan
Cello
United States

Filipe Johnson da Silva
Violin
Brazil

Nathan Joiner
Trumpet
United States

Nelly Juarez Villegas
French Horn
Costa Rica

Alejandro Kamayd Rodríguez
Violin
Cuba

Amanda Jung Kyen Kim
Piano
United States

Marcus Kim
Percussion
United States

Rena Kimura
Violin
United States

Jesse King
Trumpet
United States

Ivan Kulikov
Cello
México / Ukraine

Timothy LaCrosse
Viola
United States

Anne Lanzilotti
Viola
United States

 

Mariana Noemí Larrosa
Trombone
Argentina 

Shelby Latin
Violin
United States

Horacio Lavandera
Piano
Argentina

Jorge Luis Leal
Double Bass
Venezuela

Sandro Leal-Santiesteban
Violin
Cuba

Daniel Leon
French Horn
Costa Rica

Maria José León Rosas
Flute
Venezuela

Natalie Lewis
French Horn
United States

Marissa Licata
Violin
United States

Alma Liebrecht
Trumpet
United States

Julian David Linares Chaves
Viola
Colombia

Tiago Linck
Trumpet
Brazil

Mao-Chen Shaw Pong Liu
Violin
United States

Caroline Lohmann
Cello
Brazil

Enrique López Ledesma
Double Bass
Mexico

Rubén Darío López Osorio
Violin
Venezuela

Cheryl Lynn Losey
Harp
United States

Jhon Eduar Lozano Rubiano
Oboe
Colombia

Felipe David Luzuriaga Guaricela
Violin
Ecuador

Tiago Jose Machado de Almeida
Cello
Brazil

Gabriel Henrique Marin
Viola
Brazil

Guillermo Alberto Marín Rodriguez
Clarinet
Colombia

Felipe Sebastìan Marìn Torres
Viola
Chile

Daniel Marques de Almeida Rolim
Viola
Brazil

Enrique Márquez Almazán
Viola
México

Jose David Marquez Carreno
Cello
Venezuela

Samuel Marrell
Double Bass
United States

Andrés Martín
Double Bass
Argentina

Geneviève Martineau
Violin
Canada

César Masano Cavaloti
Percussion
Brazil

Aimon J. Mata González
Cello
Venezuela

Stephanie Matthews
Violin
United States

Eli Maurer
Trumpet
United States

Beth McCafferty
Flute
United States

Jonathan Maxfield McCormick
Tuba
United States

David Gonzalo Medina Rodríguez
Clarinet
Venezuela

Moisés Medina Vegas
Violin
Venezuela

Jorge Andres Mejia Fernández
French Horn
México / Costa Rica

Steve Menard
Trombone
United States

Maricel Méndez
Viola
Costa Rica

Dorothy Micklea
Percussion
United States

David Milburn
Double Bass
United States

Hannah Min
Violin
Canada

José Miguel Miranda Ríos
Violin
Paraguay

Benjamin Moermond
Bassoon
United States

Luisfelipe Molina Cestari
Violin
Venezuela

Elisa do Rego Monteiro
Viola
Brazil

Juan Pablo Mora
Bass
Costa Rica

Juan Carlos Moreno Heredia
Cello
Ecuador

Manuel Ignacio Moreno Heredia
Viola
Ecuador

Guillermo David Mota
Double Bass
Dominican Republic

Emma Kirsten Murley
Trumpet
United States

Paul Daniel Murphy
Trumpet
United States

Georgina Mussin
Cello
Argentina

Niuris Naranjo
Violin
Cuba

Clara Nardozza
Violin
Argentina

Diego Roberto Naser
Violin
Uruguay

Steven Nugget
Trombone
United States

Olialin Ordinski Olbrychski Olarte Marin
Viola
Colombia

Mauricio Oliveros
Violin
United States

Stephen Paul Omelsky
Trombone
United States

Khai-Ern Ooi
Violin
United States

Andrés Irving Ortega Loredo
Viola
México

Ivette Ortiz
Percussion
Costa Rica

Leonardo Ottoni do Rosario
Violin
Brazil

Joshua Jay Pantoja
French Horn
Puerto Rico

Dietrich Paredes
Violin
Venezuela

Everhard Paredes
Violin
Venezuela

Flavio Gabriel Parro da Silva
Trumpet
Brazil

David Eliud Pedraza Guzman
Viola
México

Gil Perel
Bassoon
United States

Daniel Alberto Pérez Plaz
Double Bass
Venezuela

Eric William Petersen
Violin
United States

Reenat Pinchas
Cello
United States

Patricio Piñero
Percussion
Argentina

Freddy Mauricio Pinzón
Clarinet
Colombia

Megan Pokorney
Violin
United States

Juan Pablo Polanco
Cello
Dominican Republic

Pablo Polanco
Cello
Dominican Republic

Anne Marie Power
Bassoon
United States

Taide Prieto Carpio
Cello
Perú

Virya Quesada-Monge
Bassoon
Costa Rica

Anabel Ramirez
Violin
México

Catalina Ramirez
Clarinet
Costa Rica

Saul Geovanny Ramos Villa
Violin
México

Jim Raposa
Trombone
United States

Alvaro Alexander Reyes Sagastume
Violin
Guatemala

Guerrero Reynier
Violin
Cuba

Leslie Marie Richmond
Flute
United States

Herman Sigfrido Ringer
Violin
Argentina

Arístides Rivas
Cello
Venezuela

Michael Robinson, Jr.
Trombone
United States

Gilberto Gerardo Rocha Martinez
Viola
México

Julian Gil Rodriguez
Violin
Colombia

María Pía Rodríguez
Flute
Costa Rica

Mario Rodríguez Gutiérrez
Viola
México

Daniel Alberto Rodríguez Martínez
Oboe
México

Arturo Lehi Rodriguez Ramos
Violin
México

Peter D. Rogers
Double Bass
United States

Esteban Rojas
Double Bass
Costa Rica

Karla Rojas
Tuba
Costa Rica

Sebastián Rojas
French Horn
Chile

Jeffrey Aman Rúbens Silva
Double Bass
Nicaragua

Sergio Bautista Ruiz
Double Bass
México

Federico Nathan Sabetay
Violin
Uruguay

Gaudy Sánchez
Trumpet
Venezuela

Saúl Sánchez Zea
Clarinet
México

William Sandoval Chinchilla
Tuba
Costa Rica

Ramesh Sarathi
Cello
United States

Carlos Sell
Violin
Brazil

Ravi Shankar
Oboe
Brazil

Jhoanna Leticia Síerralta Fermin
Viola
Venezuela

Kathryn Sievers
Viola
United States

Israel Silas Muniz
Oboe
Brazil

Leah Siltberg
Piano
United States

Cláudia Silva do Amaral
Double Bass
Brazil

Wallas Silva G. Pena
Viola
Brazil

Loren Silvertrust
Violin
United States

Mariano Slaby
Bass
Argentina

Jorge Solano
Cello
United States

Erasmo Solerti
Violin
Costa Rica

David Solomón Jarquin Rios
Trumpet
Nicaragua

Misako Sotozaki
Violin
Canada

Bridget Alexandra Sprouls
Double Bass
United States / Canada

Richard Stiles
Trombone
United States

Noah Strick
Violin
United States

Erin Svoboda
Clarinet
United States

Marisol Taub
Bassoon
United States / Chile

Natalie Tenenbaum
Piano
United States

Pablo Cesar Thimental
Clarinet
Argentina

David Threatte
Bassoon
United States

Florencia Emilia Tomasini
Cello
Argentina

Mario Torres
Viola
Honduras

Earecka Tregenza
Harp
United States

Cecilia Ulloque
Flute
Argentina

Laura Umbro
Bassoon
United States

Richard Urbano
Viola
Venezuela

Miguel Angel Urbieta
Violin
México

Osvaldo Alejandro Urbieta Mendez
Violin
México

José Luis Urquieta
Oboe
Chile

José Andrés Valerio Maléndez
Violin
Costa Rica

Yaitza Lopez Valle
Cello
Puerto Rico

Thomas Van Dyck
Double Bass
United States

Arend Vargas
Percussion
Costa Rica

Aramhv Ismael Vázquez Rebollo
Double Bass
México

Ollantay Velásquez Sanchez
Violin
Venezuela

Francisco Velázquez Salinas
Violin
México

Gustavo Vergara
Violin
Chile

Raul Vergara
Percussion
Chile

Carla Catalina Vicens
Piano
Chile

Brian Bodo Viliunas
Clarinet
United States

Victor Antonio Villa
Oboe
Chile

Alejandro Villegas
Cello
Bolivia

Blás Claudio Vivé
Violin
Paraguay

Azize Wahby
Violin
United States

Raffaela Wahby
Violin
United States

Jackson Warren
Violin
United States

Amie Weiss
Violin
United States

Hannah Bess Whitehead
Cello
United States

Charlene Widzinski
Oboe
United States

Roseanne Wieringa
Flute
Canada

Mark Williams
Oboe
United States

George Williamson
Percussion
United States

Adam Wolfe
Percussion
United States

Patrick Woodard
Violin
United States

Kathryn Wyatt
Viola
United States

Andrew Zamudio
Percussion
United States

Stephanie Zimmerman
French Horn
United States
 

 
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