Orchestra

Stanford Symphony Orchestra

On December 16, 1891, two months after Stanford University opened its doors, the first Stanford Orchestra was organized. It consisted of eleven members. More than a century later, the Stanford Symphony Orchestra has grown to a 90-member organization.

The Stanford Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is the largest on-campus student music organization, supported by the Music Department and the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU). Membership is open to all members of the community, although priority is given to Stanford students. Every year, the SSO attracts a diverse membership ranging from local computer scientists and aeronautics graduate students to English majors.  Each spring, the members elect committee members who donate their time to run the orchestra, taking care of everything from finances to publicity. During the years when tours are planned, an expanded committee is responsible for organizing the tour.

The SSO rehearses twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.  It presents approximately six concert programs each season. Winners of Stanford Symphony Orchestra’s annual Concerto Competition are regularly featured as guest soloists.  In addition, the orchestra often collaborates with some of the world-renown artists, as well as performs in joint concerts with on-campus choral groups and the Stanford Wind Ensemble. Over the years, the orchestra has performed many major symphonic works, and premiered numerous works by Stanford composers.  The SSO has visited many countries around the world.  Under the direction of Maestro Cai, the orchestra has toured to Australia and New Zealand in 2005 and China in 2008 as part of Beijing Olympic Cultural Festival.   In Fall 2012, the SSO will move into its new home on campus – the Bing Concert Hall.

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Bassoon:
DEBRAY Arun Albert
DIBELLA Nick
PERKINS Sarah

Cello:
ALPERIN Paul
BILIR Eren
BURNETT Steven
EGERTON Chris
EHRLICH Gabriel
HSU Jeremy
HSU Kevin
SOLOMAN Justin
JANSSON Lennart
SMITH Sarah
WITTSTRUCK Anna Vinson (assistent conductor)

Clarinet:
QUINN Stephanie
SAYLES Emily
VOLK Matthew
WANG Richard Yufan

Double Bass:
CAVAZOS Jared
McDEVITT Megan
MILLETT Matthew
MOYER Bruce
SHENG Audrey Li-Hsing

Flute:
COLOCCI Natalia
DRABON Nadja
FRENCH-OWEN Darien
GARG Aaron
RENGARAJAN Pavitra
RODIA Nicole Celeste
SPEISER Jacqueline (Piccolo)

Horn:
DOYLE Tyler
GOTTLIEB Peter
GRUSKIN Rebecca LeAnn
PALOCZ Stephanie
REYES America
SIMPSON David Richard

Oboe:
KIM Steve (Won Yong)
KISUNZU Conrad
WOODWARD Trent
YANG Edward Z.

Percussion:
KORNBERG Giuliano

Trumpet:
BROWN Aaron
GROTH Alexandra Masters
STANKO Sean
XIAO Yifu

Viola:
ANDERSON George R.
AQUILANTI Alessandra
COLLADO Danielle
FROSH Alexandra
MOALEM Beeri
MOKHTARI Tara Emily
WONG Russell
ZHOU Bright

Violin:
BI Yawei Weiwei
CHENG Ricky
CHESNUTT Kristin
DAGENAIS Genevieve Erin Elan
GIRARDEAU Bradley Garrison
HINTZ Peter
JOO William
KIM Geurim
KIM Patrick
KOZATO Akiko
LAN Andrew James
LEWIS Maya
LOOI David Yuan-Wen
MAEDA Hiroko
MAY Stephanie
MOK Charis
PARK Do-Hyoung
QIAN Lisa
STAIB Matthew
SULEM Gabriel
SUNG Ben-han
TANG Emily
TIU Wesley Douglas Cui
TRIEU Jenny
XUE Shannon
YAGI Aya