Orchestra

January 27th, 2024
Today is a big day for me! I passed the audition for All Southern California honor symphony orchestra (SCSBOA) and we performed at Hyatt Hotel. We played Gustav Holst’s Mars, Venus, and Jupiter in his Planet suite, and I feel like Holst did such a great job picturing these three planets. I kind of felt like I was in Star Wars 🙂

May 5th, 2024
This is me preparing for the audition for Orange County Youth Symphony, which I believe is one of the most prestigious youth orchestras here in southern California. The audition includes one
solo piece under 2 minutes, in which I chose the Elgar cello concerto, and 2 excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s symphony no.5. I really hope that I can play this piece with the orchestra in the future.

July 13th, 2024
Made it to Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Youth Philharmonic Orchestra! We had just three days to rehearse the entire concert program, but somehow we made it work! Honestly, I knew I was becoming a real musician the moment I connected to the backstage artist WiFi…

November 24th, 2024
Today I had my very first concert with OCYS at Soka Performing Arts Center! We played some well-known pieces such as Beethoven’s symphony no.7 and On the Beautiful Blue Danube as well as some technically demanding pieces such as Borodin’s Prince Igor Overture. We also had the opportunity to cooperate with famous violinist Moni Simeonov and perform Tzigane.