Viola Lynn Grants studied viola at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. She has recorded on many studio albums including Neil Diamond’s Melody Road and Michael Jackson’s This is It,…

Rodolfo Leone, piano

  Twenty-six-year old pianist Rodolfo Leone has already amassed a list of major international performances and was the First Prize Winner at the 15th International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna in 2017.  …

Viola Suzanna Giordano Gignac, (Viola) is a NY native who studied Violin at the Hartt School of Music with Renato Bonacini and then CSU Northridge with Kathleen Lenski and Manuel…

Olga Kern piaon

Russian-American pianist Olga Kern is now recognized as one of her generation’s great artists. With her vivid stage presence, passionately confident musicianship and extraordinary technique, the striking pianist continues to…

Viola In addition to her work with the Pasadena Symphony and POPS orchestra, Carole Castillo has also performed regularly with the LA Chamber, LA Opera and Hollywood Bowl orchestras, and…

Melissa White

American violinist Melissa White has enchanted audiences around the world as both a soloist and a chamber musician. A first-prize laureate in the Sphinx Competition, Ms. White has received critical acclaim for…

Assistant Principal Viola Carrie Holzman-Little has been a busy free-lance violist in Southern California for the past 25 years. She received a Bachelor of Arts from University of California at…

Liz Callaway

Liz Callaway Soloist Liz Callaway is a Tony nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer and recording artist. She made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, received a Tony…

Andrew Picken

Viola Andrew Picken is the Principal Violist of the Pasadena Symphony, and has served as Associate Principal Viola of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra since 2004. He has also served as Principal Violist…

Soloist. Photo courtesy Variety, Alex Hoerner

In 2013, John Lloyd Young was appointed by Barack Obama to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.  He was sworn in at the Supreme Court of the United States by Justice Elena Kagan. Tony Award winner JOHN…