Carnegie Hall selects Asian-heavy national youth orchestra

Carnegie Hall today named its annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, to go on tour with conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The largest ethnic group is East Asian.

Oh, and British Columbia is now part of the USA, apparently.

The 96 kids, aged 16 to 19, are:
Arizona
Elenor Rushall, Violin (Flagstaff)
Jacqueline Rodenbeck, Violin (Tucson)

Arkansas
Macy Brummal, Viola (Rogers)+

British Columbia
Justin Ha, Violin (Vancouver)

California
Lydia Kang, Clarinet (Corona)
Sophia Zhou, Flute (Diamond Bar)
Benjamin Jiang, Cello (Elk Grove)+*
Kenny Song, Clarinet (Fullerton)
Rubi Lee, Violin (Irvine)
Ninah Chan, Cello (Loma Linda)
Aaron Ma, Violin (Palo Alto)
Haben Naizghi, Apprentice Orchestra Manager (Pleasanton)
Gabriel Irazabal, Cello (San Jose)+
Kayla Lee, Violin (San Jose)+*
Ian Kim, Bass (Saratoga)+
Hannah Cho, Oboe (Tustin)+
Josephine Velez, Cello (Yorba Linda)+*

Colorado
Jane Hanselman, Viola (Littleton)

Connecticut
Grace Yoon, Bassoon (Wallingford)+
Mindy Zhao, Violin (West Hartford)

Costa Rica
Julian Jimenez-Pardo, Timpani/Percussion (San José)*

District of Columbia
Ricardo M. Cruz, Timpani/Percussion (Washington)*

Florida
Madelyn Urbine, Horn (Gainesville)
Aidan Davis, Violin (Orlando)+
Omari Gregory, Viola (Orlando)
Leila Warren, Violin (Ponte Vedra Beach)+
Mathew Harper, Trumpet (West Palm Beach)

Georgia
Stephanie Kim, Flute (Johns Creek)*
Jocelyne Andronache-Opris, Violin (Suwannee)

Idaho
Matias Vidal-Russell, Trombone (Boise)*

Illinois
Elyse Margaret Schlesinger, Horn (Hoffman Estates)
Paloma Furst Chavira, Violin (Park Forest)

Indiana
Eishin Richard Hiraishi, Viola (Muncie)
Braden Riley, Violin (Evansville)+

Maryland
Luke Zegowitz, Oboe (Crofton)+
Kyle Cho, Oboe (Potomac)*
Katie Hwang, Viola (Rockville)*
Mason Lee, Bass (Rockville)

Massachusetts
Yuxuan (Daniel) Ma, Horn (Wellesley)

Michigan
Minji Kim, Violin (Ann Arbor)*
Alec Jachalke, Bassoon (Dansville)

Minnesota
Sophia Alexander, Cello (Minneapolis)+
Christian Garner, Trumpet (Minnetonka)+
Lorelei Schoenhard, Violin (St. Cloud)
Luke Soneral, Apprentice Composer (Waconia)

Missouri
Anya Akhmadullina, Violin (Columbia)*
Katherine Nguyen, Viola (St. Louis)

Montana
Tarquin Bennion, Violin (Sidney)

Nevada
Sachi Blevins, Flute (Las Vegas)

New Jersey
Ananth Raman, Trumpet (Bridgewater)+
Dana Chung, Viola (Englewood Cliffs)+
Trinity Williamson, Violin (Montclair)
Edward Lee, Viola (Teaneck)

New York
Shaw Edwards, Cello (Brooklyn)*
Austin Vitello, Bassoon (Clarence Center)+
Eileen Li, Timpani/Percussion (New York)+
Hazel Peebles, Viola (New York)+
Liana D. Logan, Bass (Queens)+
Benjamin Posner, Tuba (Red Hook)
Lukas Witek, Violin (Tappan)
Mason Jay Lee, Viola (Tarrytown)

North Carolina
Levi Wexler, Violin (Raleigh)
Alex Palmer, Bass (Statesville)

Ohio
Louis X. Wang, Cello (Solon)

Oklahoma
Stephan Zhang, Violin (Stillwater)+*

Oregon
Leo Trajano, Violin (Hillsboro)+
Katie Liu, Violin (Portland)*
Naomi Margolis, Apprentice Orchestra Librarian (Portland)

Pennsylvania
Audrey Kim, Violin (Philadelphia)
Miro Raj, Violin (Philadelphia)*
Cyrano Jett Rosentrater, Apprentice Composer (Philadelphia)
CJ Inkenhaus, Bass (Pittsburgh)

Tennessee
Oscar Edgardo Ruiz, Cello (Bartlett)+*
Myles Martin, Viola (Germantown)
Luke Davis, Timpani/Percussion (Memphis)+

Texas
Dorian Herri, Bass (Austin)
Lerchen Zhong, Violin (Austin)
David Suarez, Clarinet (Bedford)+
Tae Han, Bass (Dallas)
Levi Robertson, Horn (Dallas)+
Osiel Cárdenas, Viola (Denton)*
Rebekah Koh, Violin (Harker Heights)+
Marco Longoria, Bass (Heath)+
Devin Spaulding, Bass Trombone (Houston)
Leah Wu, Bassoon (Katy)+*
Michael Treadway, Trombone (Keller)
Julia Sung-Ah Mukaida, Harp (McKinney)
Daniel Tauhert, Clarinet (Plano)*
Jackson Ingram, Horn (Richmond)*
Oliver Lampson, Trumpet (Seabrook)*

Virginia
Emma-Grace Kim, Violin (Herndon)
Jaemin Lee, Violin (McLean)
Jayden Hunter Lee, Flute (McLean)*

Washington
Juliana Zheng, Oboe (Bellevue)

Wisconsin
Collin Runnoe, Cello (Milwaukee)*
Lucy Wu, Cello (Whitefish Bay)