The Kessler Academy

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