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OYO survived a fabulous retreat
September 16-18, 2005 at
Redwood Glen
Camp.
We play by the book. And we have
fun.
Sectionals
Wind Coach Robin May; Brass Coach (and OYO alumna) Trish Grima; and Bass coach Michel Taddei (with Bil Hager). B. Stack photos.
Cello coach Leighton Fong (with new Principal cellist Matthew Auyoung and Emily Gee) and Viola coach Linda Green (with Dennis Lam)
Solomon and her sister: Violin coaches Heghine Boloyan and Debbra Schwartz tackle the daunting task of ranking 30 talented violinists after seating auditions.
Grant Lipson, tuba; Baron Arnold, bass trombone; Eva Herndon and Matthew Striplen, trombones
Trumpets Sarah Garcia and Adam Louie.
L to R: French Horns Kalyn Jang, Marisa Ishimatsu, and Andrew Watson.
L to R: Flutes Kelly Jenkins, Arturo Rodriguez, and Courtney Nippa. Oboes Carolyn Kwok, Jessica Huntsman and Lori Jue.
R to L: Bassoonists Doré Deffebaugh and Antonio Cade. Clarinets Leslie Chiang, Lawrence Chu, and Jack Draper.
L to R: Cellists Brady Anderson, Andrew Cheng, Gabriela Fragiadakis, and Josh Chen.
L to R: Violists Dawn Liu, Lucy Archer, Principal viola Yennie Lee, and Samantha Alemania
L to R: Tim Duff, Bil Hager, coach Michel Taddei.
Rehearsals
Saturday night, while Bryan was working at Opera San Jose, Ming Luke came down from Sacramento to conduct a rehearsal. Deborah Lee and Whitney Wu-Chu are shown.
L to R: Horns Marisa Ishimatsu, Caitlin Lew, Andrew Watson, Kalyn Jang, and Victoria Lau.
L to R: clarinets Jack Draper, Leslie Chiang, and Lawrence Chu, and bassoonists Doré Deffebaugh and Antonio Cade.
Bassists Bil Hager and Tim Duff.
French Horns (R to L): Principal Victoria Lau, Kalyn Jang, Andrew Watson, Caitlin Lew and Marisa Ishimatsu.
L to R: Principal Violist Yennie Lee and cellists Josh Chen, Tim Hsu, Christine Hsia, Andrew Cheng, Gabriela Fragiadakis, Brady Anderson, Liftech Principal
Cellist Matt Auyoung, and OYO Principal Conductor Bryan Nies.
Bryan Nies shows the Faure Requiem score to violists Ted Yuan and Viola Principal Yennie Lee, while cellists Brady Anderson and Gabriela Fragiadakis look on.
L to R: Violists Sami Alemania, Lucy Archer, Megan Gaebler, Reuben Moss, Rachel Taylor, Michael Chang, Dawn Liu, Dennis Lam, and Yennie lee.
