The Kessler Academy
2023 Participants
violin
Alayna McNeil
Alina Khvatova
Caleb Chiu
Cathy Reckenberg
Isabel Ryznar
Marcus Chiu
Maryam Ahdy Khamis
Merett Ahdy Khamis
Matteya Lee
Norah Mix
viola
Catherine Chen
Julian Huang
cello
Julian Lee de Vita
Da-Yong Chan
William Voth
bass
Alexander Holliday
Zarita Lee
2022 Participants
violin
Alina Khvatova
Allen Lee
Brooklyn Wood
Caleb Chiu
Christina Zhang
Joseph Zheng
Ken Hung
Marcus Chiu
Mio Nakajo
viola
Eunjin Veronica Lee
Leah Liu
Ludmilla Kranek
cello
Da-Yong Chan
Julian Lee de Vita
William Voth
bass
Christine Yang
Alexander Holliday
2021 Participants
violin
Brooklyn Wood (composer-in-residence, member of Sequoia String Quartet)
Caleb Chiu
Francisco Barradas (Associate Mentor)
Joseph Zheng
Kai Chow (member of Sequoia String Quartet)
Ken Hung
Kevin Cho
Mio Nakajo
Yubin Kim
viola
Davin Mar (member of Sequoia String Quartet)
Evren Yalcin
Maki Yamagata
cello
David Han (member of Sequoia String Quartet)
Julian Lee de Vita
Joseph Eggleston
bass
Kelsea Hopkins
2020 Participants
violin
Aidan Yu
Brooklyn Wood
Caleb Chiu
Clara Chisholm
Jessica Tovey
Jessica Tseng
Kai Chow
Natasha Hall
Shijin Kim
viola
Caroline Olsen
Davin Mar
Wennie Wei
cello
Isidora Nojkovic
Jennifer Lim
bass
Christine Yang
Kelsea Hopkins
2019 Participants
violin
Aliayta Foon-Dancoes*
Emily Earl*
Rachel Baek
Francisco Barradas
Brooklyn Wood
Mizuki Yaesawa
Jessica Tseng
Teodora Dimova
viola
Clara Loeb*
Caroline Olsen
Erin MacDonald
cello
Eliza Millett*
Sadie Malmberg
Nathan Kwok
bass
Naomie Champoux
*Echéa Quartet - Associate Mentors
2018 Participants
violin
Maia Siradze
Elana Cooper
Maxine Stenford
Majka Demcak
Boris Ulanowicz
Stefanie Schiffner
Viola
Yu-Hsin Chen
Katie Purcell
Angela Chen
Cello
Jennifer Lim
Seoyoon Selina Lee
Constantine Yannakoulias
Bass
Christine Yang
2017 Participants
violin
Aliayta Foon-Dancoes
Angela Cavadas (associate mentor)
Bruno Cavalca
Jasper Meiklejohn
Jessica Tovey
Jonathan Na
Kathryn Wiebe
Sharon Fong
Veronica Zupanic
viola
Christopher Redsell (associate mentor)
Jinyoung Ahn
Luci Barz
cello
Matthew McPhalen
Olivia Saurette
Peter Egger
bass
Alex Holliday
Christine Yang
2016 Participants
violin
Julianna Bouso
Bruno Cavalca
Katie Ho
Vincenzo Iormetti
Ingrid Malmberg
Andrew Park
Sarah Yang
Matthew Yep
viola
Sarah Kwok
Wennie Wei
Nicole Au Yeung
cello
Rosanna Butterfield
Matthew McPhalen
Shin-Jung Nam
bass
Evan Gratham
Yefeng Yin
2015 Participants
violin
Annabelle Kilham
Ayumi Yaesawa
Bruno Cavalca
Emily Young
Ingrid Malmberg
Kevin Ng
Majka Demčak
Sarah Yang
Simon Gidora
Sophie Grégoire-Mitha
viola
Calvin Yang
Nicole Au Yeung
Sarah Kwok
cello
Judy Lou
Matthew McPhalen
Min Jee D’Angelo
bass
Evan Gratham
Jesse Lu
