43 WPMA Students Won GMEA All-State!

Thanks to WPMA faculty’s hard work on preparing their students for the 2018 GMEA (Georgia Music Educators Association) All-State Orchestra final round audition! William Pu Music Academy students again have achived incredible results, at least 43 WPMA students will participate the GMEA All-State events in Athen, Georgia. Congratulations to the following WPMA students:

Middle School Orchestra – Terry Shade, Conductor
1^st Violin: Elie Park (Concertmaster), Katherine Chong
2^nd Violin: Clara Wang, Aidan Hong
Viola: Jason Seo (2^nd Chair)
Cello: Cal Walrath

Middle School Orchestra – Sarah Angeles, Conductor
1^st Violin: Daniel Ng, Charles Kim
2^nd Violin: William Zhang (3^rd Chair), Cynthia Ruan, SaiAnirudh Vedartham, Kate “Sunny” Kim
Viola: Nicholas Chang (3^rd Chair)
Cello: Matthew Kim (Principal), Alexander Lee (2^nd Chair), Noel Park, Nathaniel Stone

9/10 Full Orchestra – Jay Dean, Conductor
1^st Violin: Zhimei Xu, Jinsol Shin, Kevin Chen, Zoe Gotlin
2^nd Violin: Jenny Heo (2^nd Chair), Eillen Liu, Bryan Chong, Ethan Sunghyun Kim

9/10 String Orchestra – Jeremy Woolstenhulme, Conductor
1^st Violin: Rebecca Ho
2^nd Violin: Justin Kim
Viola: John Cho (Principal), Kaci Xie (3^rd Chair)
Cello: Alicia Shin (2^nd Chair), Evan Nicholson (4^th Chair)

11/12 Full Orchestra – Dean Angeles, Conductor
1^st Violin: Serena Gao (3^rd Chair), Rebekah Jane McCallum, Nina Youn, Sarah Chen
Viola: Susan Yi

11/12 String Orchestra – Dr. Nove Deypalan, Conductor
1^st Violin: Brian Kang
2^nd Violin: Yueci (Grace) Chen
Cello: Jennifer Ahn, Adam Wang
Bass: Alex Pu (2^nd Chair)

Alternates
Middle School Violin: Darsha Krishnamurthi
11/12 Violin: Derek Wang