Daryn Bauer, bassoon – Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto No. 1 in B flat Major, 1st mvmt And Misun Jung, violin – Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 3 in b minor
2005
Brian Bak, Violin
2004
Eric Wu, Piano & Michell Antonette Cann, Piano
2003
Kristian Banatzianou, piano. He is Romanian born and played Rhapsody in Blue
2002
Kimberly Cann, piano
2001
Janice Chik, violin – Symphonie Espanol by Lalo
2000
Tsun-Yen Luo, piano & Julie Newport, cello
1999
Wan Yu Hsieh, Piano & Geoffrey Pilkington, French Horn
1998
Julia Lee, Piano
1997
Nathaniel Amadeus Yangco, piano & William Quillen, Tuba (That was Benny Yangco’s son – Benny was our principal clarinet for many years – his son became a medical doctor and tragically died in a scuba diving accident)
1996
Emi Stefanov, Piano
1995
David Kim, Piano – Beethoven piano concerto No. 1
1994
Elizabeth Weinzierl, Piano
1993
Noemie Dharamraj, Viola & Elizabeth Weinzierl, Violin
Jerome Butler, bass viol (interesting to note: he performed mvts. 2 and 3 of the Dvorak Cello Concerto on the Bass, which was unprecedented at the time!)
1987
Diane Cawein, Clarinet – played Concert Fantasia from Verdi’s Rigoletto.
1986
We formed in this year, November 1987 was our first YAC winner
