NYO2 2025 Orchestra Roster
Meet the Orchestra
Strings
Violin
Ryan Byun
Andover, KSRamón Campos
Rochester, MNRichard Celiceo
New York, NYSemin Chun
Cresskill, NJAsher Cupp
Fresno, CALawrence Du
Ellicott City, MDJack Feng
Memphis, TN +Samantha Flottman
Mechanicsville, VAEva Gray Hernandez
Brandon, SDAva Howell
Viera, FLLena Kim
Los Angeles, CALumi Kim
San Jose, CAB. Andrew Lee
Johns Creek, GAHannah Lee
San Jose, CAJoshua Lee
Phoenix, AZ +Lilia Li
Baltimore, MDKaylee Nah
Portland, ORNatalie Oh
Oradell, NJ +Alicia Peng
Albuquerque, NMBethmarie Solís Cuevas
Orlando, FLJenna Son
Davis, CAHenry Stroud
Berkeley, CA +Sevastyan Swan
Mililani, HI +Angela Tang
Mason, OHRaymond Wu
Wayne, PAJamie Xu
Barrigada Heights, GuamAndy Zhang
Anchorage, AKBenjamin Zhou
The Woodlands, TXViola
Jia Choi
Jericho, NYBrady Conley
Pittsburgh, PAJonathan Henderson
North Potomac, MD +Bryan Im
San Jose, CAAngelica Jones
North Sioux City, SDLucas Kim
Fort Lee, NJLundyn McEntyre
Birmingham, ALMarcos Salvador Riera
Wilmington, DEArsheya Singh
Alpharetta, GAObinna Uchime
Marietta, GASabine Voelker
Eugene, OR +Eric Z Wang
Plano, TXCello
Emily Alexander
Minneapolis, MNNoah Crumbly
Chesapeake, VA +Juliet Diaz Onderwyzer
West Nyack, NYEly Gonzalez
Norman, OKZoë Hawthorne
Boulder, COSofiaLee Lugo
Wilton, CTHannah Oh
Boxborough, MADylan Antonio Perez
Tulsa, OK +Alejandro Quintero Cashore
East Greenwich, RIBass
Xavion Boyd-Gray
Columbia SCOdie Femi-oke
Bayville, NJRouyan Lechner
Moraga, CALogan Lee
Great Neck, NYWoodwinds
Flute
Alina Zhou
Laredo, TXOboe
Lela Buck
Clovis, CAElizabeth Ha
Saddle River, NJEric Myung
Harrison, NYClarinet
Alex Duran
Dickinson, TXJun Kim
San Diego, CALeila Novak Mostaghimi
Newton, MADavid Vasquez
Aurora, ILBassoon
Christian Eduardo Betancurt
Brownsville, TXEvelyn Ha
Saddle River, NJChloe Robertson
Rockville, MDBrass
Horn
Aaron Klein
Rexburg, IDIsaac Sprouls
Paris, TXTrumpet
Khalid Abdallah
Flushing, NYSolanite Ketema
Rosemount, MNErik Links
Jacksonville, FLIssac Won
Potomac, MD +Trombone
James Leffew
Johns Creek, GAReece Mirkes
Bixby, OKBass Trombone
John Teruel Flores
Freeport, NYTuba
Raphael Zhu
Princeton, NJPercussion
Timpani and Percussion
Derick Shu
Fremont, CAYoyo Wu
San Diego, CAHarp
Camille Chu
Palo Alto, CAOrchestral Keyboard
Kieran Alston
Makawao, HI+ Prior NYO2 member
NOTE: Ages are as of July 1, 2025
Lead Donors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, The Kovner Foundation, and Beatrice Santo Domingo.
Public support for NYO2 is provided by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand through the U.S. Department of Education.
Global Ambassadors: Michael ByungJu Kim and Kyung Ah Park, Hope and Robert F. Smith, and Maggie and Richard Tsai.
Leadership support for NYO2 is provided by the Estate of Joan Eliasoph.
Major support for NYO2 is provided by Veronica Atkins, Mercedes T. Bass, Ronald E. Blaylock and Petra Pope, Clive and Anya Gillinson, Beth and Joshua Nash, Pershing Square Philanthropies, Melanie and Jean E. Salata, Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon, and the Victor and William Fung Foundation.
United Airlines®, Airline Partner to the National Youth Ensembles.
Founder Patron: Beatrice Santo Domingo.
With additional funding provided by Alphadyne Foundation, Sarah Arison, Ernst & Young LLP, Mary I. and John E. Hull, Stella and Robert Jones, Martha and Robert Lipp, the Morton H. Meyerson Family Foundation, and David S. Winter.