Interlochen students and alumni selected to 2019 National Youth Orchestra Ensembles
36 current and former Interlochen students are among the NYO-USA and NYO2 ranks.
Interlochen Arts Academy's five National Youth Orchestra musicians. From left: Alexis DePaolo, Jakob Schoenfeld, Miranda Lucas, Carys Sutherland, and Rebekah Hou.
Five current Interlochen Arts Academy students and 19 Interlochen Arts Camp alumni and have been selected as members of the 2019 National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA).
Every year, the Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute chooses musicians aged 16-19 from across the nation to fill the NYO-USA ranks. Current Interlochen Arts Academy students Miranda Lucas, Alexis DePaolo, Carys Sutherland, Jakob Schoenfeld, and Rebekah Hou, along with their Camp alumni peers, will join conductor Sir Antonio Pappano during their three-week training residency and European tour.
Additionally, 12 Interlochen Arts Camp alumni are amongst this year’s roster of NYO2 musicians. NYO2 selects talented musicians aged 14–17 with a particular focus on students from groups underserved by and underrepresented in the classical orchestral field. NYO2 musicians work closely with players from American orchestras and conservatories during their residency at Purchase College, SUNY, in addition to their performances.
Congrats to all of our students and alumni!
NYOU:
Violin
Messiah Ahmed (IAC 18)
Viola
Sophie Choate (IAC 16)
Juliette Duguid (IAC 14)
Gillian Hilscher (IAC 17)
Miranda Lucas (IAA 17-)*
Cello
Camden Archambeau (IAC 11-12)
Alexis DePaolo (IAA 17-)*
Alice Guo (IAC 16)
Bass
Eliot Lee (IAC 18)
Flute
David Davisson (IAC 17)
Phoebe Rawn (IAC 16)
Oboe
Caroline Becker (IAC 18)
Clarinet
Andrew Chang (IAC 17)
Anoush Pogossian (IAC 17)
Jefferson Sheng (IAC 17)
Noah Yi (IAC 16, 18)
Horn
August Haller (IAC 13-14)
Carys Sutherland (IAC 16-17, IAA 18-)*
Timpani and Percussion
Will Harris (IAC 17)
Robert Lenau (IAC 18)
Jakob Schoenfeld (IAC 17, IAA 17-)*
Harp
Rebekah Hou (IAC 18, IAA 18-)*
Apprentice Composer
Benjamin S. Beckman (IAC 11-17)
Apprentice Orchestra Manager
Sofia Corona (IAC 17)
*denotes current Arts Academy student
NYO2:
Violin
Nicholas Garcia-Hettinger (IAC 18)
Karalyn Harper (IAC 18)
Elizabeth Jerstad (IAC 15-16)
Viola:
Jeremiah Moultrie (IAC 18)
Haile Onikura-Southward (IAC 17)
Oboe
Helen Skilbred (IAC 18)
Horn
Yui Ginther (IAC 18)
Trombone
Jonathan Salcedo (IAC 18)
Trumpet
Evelyn Hartman (IAC 18)
Percussion
Sean C. Edwards (IAC 16, 18)
