Cello Dane Little is a native of Washington State, where he earned a Bachelor of Music from Washington State University. After studies with Stephen Kates in Baltimore and Claus Adam…

Cello George Kim Scholes has successfully pursued a variety of musical activities. His career has encompassed chamber music, pop-rock touring and recording, composing and arranging, solo classical performing, recordings for…

Viola John Qiang Wang has been a violist with the Pasadena Symphony and POPS orchestra since 1991. He has studied viola at Roosevelt University, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and…

Viola Aaron Oltman has performed with many of the orchestras in the Southern California area, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Pasadena Symphony, New…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Second Violin Sam Fischer, violinist, enjoys a versatile career as a performer, recording artist and educator. Mr. Fischer appears regularly as a soloist with orchestras throughout his native Los Angeles,…