Edith Yuh is working for her A.B. degree in Political Science and
Music Performance with a minor in Chinese. She has been playing
flute for nearly 10 years and currently studies with Tod Brody.
Edith enjoys travelling, fine arts, and fine food.
Rachel Taylor Geier holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from
the University of Minnesota, a Master of Music degree from San
Francisco State University and a Bachelor of Music degree from
DePauw University.Her principal teachers have included Immanuel
Davis, Linda Lukas, Anne Reynolds, and Rhonda Bradetich and she
has performed in masterclasses by Keith Underwood, Mario Caroli,
Pedro de Alcantara and Gary Schocker. Ms.
Abby Green is a third year music performance major at UC Davis,
and is thrilled to be starting her third season with the UCDSO.
She has been studying the flute for 12 years, and has performed
in many ensembles throughout the Bay Area including the East Bay
Youth Band, the Berkeley Youth Orchestra, and the Young People’s
Symphony Orchestra, with which she toured to Australia and New
Zealand in June of 2008. Abby studied the flute with Leslie Chin
before coming to UCD, and is currently a student of Tod Brody.
Chris Brown has been playing flute since he was 11. He studied
with Linda Threatte of the Orlando Philharmonic before moving to
California where he studied with Susan Sigge. At San Jose State
University, Chris studied with Cathy Payne of the San Francisco
Symphony. He currently studies with Tod Brody at UC Davis in
pursuit of a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a
minor in Music and Philosophy.
Jonathan Martinez is a senior majoring in Music Performance, and
Sociology: Law and Society emphasis. Jonathan has been playing
the flute since he was 12 and is currently studying with Tod
Brody. Jonathan discovered the flute in his freshman year of high
school. It was only until he attended an LA Phil concert that his
passion for flute set forth. His love of the flute is only
rivaled by his adoration of the piccolo, the smaller yet
infinitely more powerful sibling of the flute.
Michael Dohn is currently a Jr. at Davis High School and has been
a member of the Davis school’s orchestra program ever since he
was in fourth grade. He has been a member of the CODA honors
orchestra and the CMEA California All State Symphony, and he
really enjoys being able to be a part of some many different
orchestral groups.
Michael Yun grew up in Los Angeles and has been playing the bass
for 4 years. He is currently a freshman double-majoring in
International Relations and Music Performance, and is studying
bass under Thomas Derthick. He is also currently a soldier in the
Army National Guard. In his free time he enjoys reading
newspapers with the addition of coffee and french toast.
Taylor Hunsucker is a freshman animal science major who hopes to
become a veterinarian. She has played bass for 4 years after
switching from viola and is currently studying under Thomas
Derthick. She watches way too much internet tv and complains
about not getting enough sleep.
Melissa Zerofsky is a graduate student in nutritional biology at
UCD. She grew up in Madison, WI, where she studied bass with
Richard Davis, and was a member of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony
Orchestra (WYSO) and the Wisconsin Honors Orchestra. Melissa
received her ScB in Biology from Brown University in 2003. While
at Brown, Melissa played in the Brown University Orchestra, in
the pit for various musical theater productions, and with the
Brown New Music ensemble.
Jeremy Chen is currently a Junior at Davis Senior High School and
has been in the DJUSD music program since 4th grade; now
currently residing in the DHS Symphony. He has played cello for 8
years and piano for 12 years. Aside from the school program,
Jeremy has played in the Sacramento Youth Symphony Premier
Orchestra , as well as the UCD Summer Symphony. Additionally,
Jeremy enjoys running with the DHS Cross Country and Track teams.
Fifi Homan is a third year exchange student from Winchester, UK,
studying American Literature. Despite being initially bemused as
to what ‘half notes’ and ‘eighth notes’ could possibly be – and
receiving similarly puzzled looks when she mentioned ‘minims’ and
‘quavers’ – she is delighted to be playing with UCDSO, and is
simply glad she learned the American names for note values early
on, as she fears if she had said ‘hemidemisemiquavers’ instead of
‘sixty-fourth notes’, she might have been laughed out of the
Mondavi Centre.
Bill Flynn is a geriatric psychiatrist who recently joined
the VA Northern California Health Care System. His musical
studies began at age 9 with the classical guitar. At age 13 he
began playing the double bass and played in school and community
orchestras continuously for 17 years, until finishing his
residency. Lacking access to a school bass any longer, he turned
to classical voice for the next decade or so until 7 years ago
when he began studying the cello. His cello teachers have been
Miriam Perkoff and David Mollenauer.
Chris Allen has been a member of the UCDSO since 1981/82. In
addition to playing with the UCDSO, he participates in various
Sacramento-based chamber groups and sings with the Valley Choral
Society. Chris also performed at weddings and other occasions
with his late wife, pianist Debra Miller, and played in many
productions of the Davis Comic Opera Company and other Davis
performance groups. Chris graduated from U.C. Davis in 1987 with
a B.S. in geography, went on to Berkeley to acquire a M.S.