Members

2023-2024 UCI SYMPHONY

CONDUCTOR | Dr. Geoffrey Pope
Teaching Assistant | João Martins
 

Membership and seating are tentative and subject to change.

Violin 1

Matthew Yee, concertmaster

Phillip Wang, assistant concertmaster

Selina Hsieh

Jun Zhu

Lucas Kang

Lauren Gauvin

Linden Jao

Jadan Ip

Joshua Mori

Simon Li

Michael Jang

John Le Mai

 

Violin 2

Anthony Wang, principal

David Jou

Rong Hu

Jared Pepito

Brian Calaguas

Alicia Clasquin

Annie Lin

Annika Vinekar

Shayna Sparks

Cindy Tayagua

Mia Murasaki

Arushi Pattar

Guy Deeprompt

Chelsea Hays

 

Viola

Ashley Chong, principal

Adam Tassos

Lawrence Cheung

Megan Eng

Luke Li

Sarah Soza
 

Cello

Ellie Chae, principal

Benjamin Stern

Allison Liu

Annie Guo

Scott Schick

Yilin Cai

Alex Zhuang

Adalmina Sarkar

Peter Krapp

Audrey Stanton

 

Contrabass

Chelsea Wang, principal

Gavin Lyu

Eric Ashkarian

Kaleb Hsieh

Abel Esparza

 

 

Flute

Savanna Nygard, principal

Minami Mori

Kelly Choi

 

Piccolo

Minami Mori

 

Oboe

Jeffrey Shen, principal

Scott Reese

 

English Horn

Jeffrey Shen

 

Clarinet

Qifan Zhang

Taesung Hwang

Midori Dragics

Bella Bravo

 

Bassoon

Caleb Martinez, principal

Chris Lopez

 

Contrabassoon

Lieza Hansen Kallin

 

Horn

Ethan Nguyen

Hugo Ziche Zheng

Melissa Hendrickson

Mark Ghiassi

 

Trumpet

Michael Kallin, principal

Wanzee Lin

 

Trombone

Kory Ha, principal

Michael Rushman

Haven Beares

 

Bass Trombone
Haven Beares

 

Timpani

Haley MacKay

 

Percussion (rotating)

Haley MacKay

Katelyn Lin

Taesung Hwang

 

Harp

Brianna Chang

 

Celesta

Sihan Ruan

 

Librarian/Teaching Assistant

João Martins

 

Contractor

June Satton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Conductor

Dr. Geoffrey Pope has been recognized through numerous appointments, commissions, and awards as a conductor and composer. Pope’s musical work has taken him throughout the United States and Europe, where he seeks to present provocative and engaging performances that have a strong cultural impact. He joins UCI in 2022, having led in an interim capacity in the spring quarters of 2019 and 2021. For more information, click here.

Upcoming Performances