Congratulations to the following WPMA students for winning a chair in 2018-2019 of the following youth orchestras!

Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO)
Violin: Kirsten Lee, Nina Youn, Kevin Chen, Eileen Liu, Kelly Jeong, Jinsol Shin, Ellie Park
Viola: John Cho (principal), Kaci Xie (principal), Jason Seo
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Emory Symphony Youth Orchestra (EYSO)
Violin: Bryan Chong, KangHee Jin, Jenny Heo
Viola: Nicholas Chang
Cello: Evan Nicholson (2nd chair), Adam Wang (3rd chair)

Emory Junior Chamber Orchestra (EJCO)
Violin: Katherine Chong, Jihwan Shin

Emory Youth Chamber Music Program with Vega Quartet (EYCP)
Violin: Abigail Stone, Angelina Lu
Cello: Nathaniel Stone, Emma Surbrook, Roy Lee

Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO)
Cello: Maya Takeda, 1st chair

Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra – Philharmonic (GYSO Philharmonic)
Cello: Hitanshu Jani

Gwinnett County Youth Orchestra:
Violin: Olivia Cei, Pearl Li
Cello: Roy Lee

Fulton County Youth Orchestra:
Cello: Kai Lee, Catherine Chang, Jeffrey Zhang

Beethoven Orchestra:
Mahalia Mason, 2nd chair

Since 1964, Georgia GHP (Governor’s Honor Program) is the most desirable summer educational program among all the 10th & 11th grade high school students in Georgia. It is a four-week long summer program designed to provide the intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Best of all, it’s FREE!

Thousands of nominated students went through at least two rounds of audition and interview before being selected. Its a real HONOR!

Congratulations to record of Eight WPMA students are selected by 2018 GHP! They are:

• Serena Gao (violin from Lambert HS)
• Nina Youn (violin from Mill Creek HS)
• Kaci Xie (viola from Alpharetta HS)
• John Cho (viola from Mill Creek HS)
• Alicia Shin (cello from North Gwinnett HS)
• William Kim (cello)
• Adam Wang (math from Alpharetta HS)
• Emma Menardi (social study)

Congratulations to the following 41 WPMA students who won 2018 GMEA All-State Orchestra positions! Bravo!

Middle School Orchestra – Terry Shade, Conductor
1^stViolin:  Ellie Park (Concertmaster), Katherine Chong
2^ndViolin:  Clara Wang
Viola:  Jason Seo (2^ndChair)
Cello:  Cal Walrath

Middle School Orchestra – Sarah Angeles, Conductor
1^stViolin:  Daniel Ng, Charles Kim
2^ndViolin:  William Zhang (3^rdChair), Cynthia Ruan, SaiAnirudh Vedartham, Kate “Sunny” Kim
Viola:  Nicholas Chang (3^rdChair)
Cello:  Matthew Kim (Principal), Alexander Lee (2^ndChair), Noel Park

9/10 Full Orchestra – Jay Dean, Conductor
1^stViolin:  Zhimei Xu, Jinsol Shin, Kevin Chen, Zoe Gotlin
2^ndViolin:  Jenny Heo (2^ndChair), Eillen Liu, Bryan Chong, Ethan Sunghyun Kim

9/10 String Orchestra – Jeremy Woolstenhulme, Conductor
1^stViolin:  Rebecca Ho
2^ndViolin  Justin Kim
Viola:  John Cho (Principal), Kaci Xie (3^rdChair)
Cello:  Alicia Shin (2^ndChair), Evan Nicholson (4^thChair)

11/12 Full Orchestra – Dean Angeles, Conductor
1^stViolin: Serena Gao (3^rdChair), Rebekah Jane McCallum, Nina Youn, Sarah Chen
Viola: Susan Yi

11/12 String Orchestra – Dr. Nove Deypalan, Conductor
1^stViolin:  Brian Kang
2^ndViolin:  Yueci (Grace) Chen
Cello:  Jennifer Ahn, Adam Wang
Bass:  Alex Pu (2^ndChair)

Alternates
Middle School Violin: Darsha Krishnamurthi
11/12 Violin: Derek Wang

Big Congratulations to WPMA students Grace Chen, Kevin Kim, QiRu Lin, Alex Pu, and David Wen as finalists and Nina Youn as an alternate for the 2017 (Governor’s Honors Program) GHP! The Georgia Governor’s Honors Program (GHP) is a residential summer program for talented high school students who will be rising juniors and seniors during the program. The program is designed to provide students with academic, cultural, and social enrichment necessary to become the next generation of global critical thinkers, innovators, and leaders. The Governor’s Honors Program is extremely competitive and more than 1,600 nominees participated in the 2017 state-level interview event. GHP is held in mid-summer (mid-June to mid-July) as a residential educational experience at Berry College.

Congratulations to the following 48 WPMA students for winning positions in the 2017 GMEA (Georgia Music Educator Association) All State Orchestra audition!

All-State Middle School Orchestras
1st Violin: Bryan Chong, Zoe Gotlin, Daniel Lee, Ethan Kim, Terry Ma, Ellie Park
2nd Violin: Ori Kang, Daniel Ng, Justin Kim, William Zhang, Madison Park, Danielle Najarian, Katherine Chong
Viola: Jason Seo
Cello: Evan Nicholson, Alexander Lee, Emma Surbrook

9 /10 Grade Full Orchestra
!st Violin: Elieen Liu:
2nd Violin: Angela Cheng
Cello: Adam Wang, Christine Jeong, Alicia Shin

9 /10 Grade String Orchestra
1st Violin: Nina Youn, Jenny Heo, Zhimei Xu
2nd Violin: Serena Gao (Principal), Derek Wang
Cello: Max Lou, William Kim, Ariel Najarian, Jun-ha Jung

11 /12 Grade Full Orchestra
1st Violin: Sarah Chen, Brian Kang, Irene Chen
2nd Violin: Amy Zhang (Principal), Kelvin Kim, Yueci Chen, Samuel Surbrook, David Wen
Viola: Susan Yi
Cello: Joe Billips, Jennifer
Bass: Alex Pu

11 / 12 Grade String Orchestra
1st Violin: Kyle Qian (Concert Master), Mashu Takeda
2nd Violin: Minjoo Kim (Principal), Serena Song, Julia Surbrook

Congratulations to WPMA student Grace Chen to being selected as a member of the prestigious 2017 Honor Orchestra of America!Members of the applied music faculty from some of our country’s leading universities evaluated the recordings. We are very proud of Grace’s accomplishments! Jeffrey Grogan, Education and Community Engagement Conductor of New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Conductor and Artistic Director of the Greater Newark Youth Orchestras, the InterSchool Orchestras of New York, and the New Jersey Youth Symphony, will be the Conductor.

WPMA students winning 2016-2017 youth orchestra positions!
Congratulations to the following WPMA students for winning a chair in the 2016-2017 Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO), Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra (EYSO), Emory Junior Chamber Orchestra (EJCO),Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO), Gwinnett County Youth Symphony (GCYS), Gwinnett County Youth Symphony (GCYS) and Fulton County Youth Orchestra (FCYO). Bravo everyone!

Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO):
Violin: Monica Chang, Grace Chen, Sarah Chen (Assistant Concertmaster), Angela Cheng, Serena Gao, Ori Kang, Kyle Qian (Assistant Concertmaster), Mashu Takeda, Samuel Surbrook, Nina Youn