KEY PEOPLE
JAYDEN YEUNG
Founder & President
Jayden is currently a freshman at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He attended Portola High School in Irvine, was the Valedictorian of Beacon Park School, and served as the Concertmaster of the IUSD Honor Chamber Strings and Honor Orchestra. Jayden has been the concertmaster of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra since 2021 and served as the Concertmaster of Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings from 2017 to 2019. His First Place prizes include awards at numerous music competitions in violin and piano including: American Protégé Music Competition, Golden Classical Music Awards Music Competition, Hong Kong Piano Open Competition, Great Composer Series Strings Competition, AADGT International Young Gifted Musicians Festival, CAPMT Contemporary Festival, and MTAC VOCE competition. Jayden was awarded the Quadruple Crown Winner at the Pelican International Music Competition and Second Prize at the Costa Rica International Piano Competition. He had the honor to perform at the 2021 Music Teachers' Association of California Panel Honors Recital for piano and the VOCE Winners' Recital as the First Prize State Winner. Jayden has performed four times at the Carnegie Hall in New York.
Jayden is an academically advanced student. He has been part of John Hopkins Center For Talented Youth program since 2019 and has achieved a perfect score of 36 in ACT.
KYLE YEUNG
Cofounder and Program Director
Kyle is a 10th grader at the Pacific Academy in Irvine, CA. At age 7, Kyle won first place at the CAPMT Young Musician Concerto Competition and was featured as a soloist with an orchestra. He attended The Juilliard School Pre-College Program between 2018-2021. Kyle had won first prize awards at numerous music competitions including: AADGT International Young Gifted Musicians Festival, Glendale Piano Competition, Enkor International Music Competition, Pelican International Music Competition, MTAC VOCE competition, and awarded the Artist of the Year 2018 and 2020 by the Great Composer Competition Series. He is currently the Principal Pianist of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra. Kyle also plays the violin and served as the Concertmaster of the 2019 All-Southern California Elementary Honor Orchestra and IUSD Elementary Honor Chamber Strings.
Kyle also likes to compose. His compositions have won First Prize at the MTAC Composers Today, Golden Key Music Festival, and Music Teachers National Association. He performed his composition, The Matador, at the World Composers Recital in Vienna, Austria, and at the 2019 National MTNA Conference in Washington as the National Winner.