Members

2022-2023 UCI SYMPHONY

CONDUCTOR | Dr. Geoffrey Pope
Teaching Assistant | Hope Tian
Librarian | vacant

Membership and seating are tentative and subject to change.

VIOLIN I
Joseph Wong, concertmaster
Phillip Wang, assistant concertmaster
Richard Chong
Linden Jao
Lucas Kang
Aaron Kwok
Anthony Wang
Jadan Ip
Andrew Ramirez
Mia Murasaki
Shayna Sparks
Brian Calaguas
Juwon Lee

VIOLIN II
Moses Carter, principal
Lauren Gauvin
Jennifer Jin
Cindy Tayagua-Abarca
Luke Xia
Sam In Cheang
Yuriko Mikasa
Madeline Stewart
Chelsea Hays
Guy Kritin Deeprompt
Annie Lin

VIOLA
Sarah Soza, principal
Elek Yozie
Lawrence Cheung
Adam Tassos
Fulong Huang
Ashley Chong
Aria Roach

CELLO
Allison Liu, principal
Sophie Wheeler
Annie Guo
Aaron Jordan
Yilin Cai

BASS
Chelsea Wong, principal
Eric Ashkarian
Belinda Oceguera
Jincheng (Gavin) Lyu
Isaac Weise

FLUTE
Savanna Nygard
Minami Mori

OBOE
Jeffrey Shen
Alana Lee

CLARINET
Qifan Zhang
Taesung Hwang

BASSOON
Christopher Lopez
TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HORN
Ethan Nguyen
Emmeline Kim

TRUMPET
TBA
TBA
TBA

TROMBONE
Kory Ha
Haven Beares
TBA

TUBA
TBA

PERCUSSION
Haley MacKay
Nathan Chao

HARP
Daniel Cadenes

CELESTA
Sihan Ruan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.