Meet Our Players
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Alaire Dandel
Alaire is currently a high school junior and has played violin for 12 years. At school, she is part of the orchestra, robotics team, and the Varsity tennis team. In her free time, she loves to bake, go for runs, and spend time with her friends. Her favorite composers are Vivaldi and Dvořák.
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Leo Kitaen
Leo Kitaen is currently a senior in high school. He has been playing piano for 11 years and violin for 9 years. His favorite music-related memory is playing a solo performance in Spain with the Seraphim Symphony. Apart from music, he likes to fish, run, and cook (he makes some pretty mean chicken nuggets).
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Sally Chow
Sally is currently a senior in high school and has been playing violin for 8 years. Some of her favorite memories involving music are getting to listen to Dvořák’s New World Symphony performed live and performing in a string quintet with some of her favorite people.
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Robin Wang
Robin Wang is currently a sophomore in high school and is a trilingual student who loves math, science and violin. Robin has played violin for 9 years and used to be a member in Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings in the year of 2022-2023. In his free time, Robin builds legos and watches movies. His favorite composer is Brahms.
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Helen Zhang
Helen is currently a freshman and has been playing violin for 6 years. She’s passionate about music and has played in Prelude Strings, Southern California Youth Symphony Orchestra, and is currently principal second violin of the Pacific Symphony Foundation Orchestra. Her favorite composers are Brahms, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky.