KEY PEOPLE
JAYDEN YEUNG
Founder & President
Jayden is currently a junior 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 was the concertmaster of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra from 2021-2023 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 performed at the 2021 Music Teachers' Association of California Panel Honors Recital for piano. Jayden has performed four times at the Carnegie Hall in New York.
Jayden majors in Data Science at Stanford and is planning to pursue a master degree in Computer Science. He was part of John Hopkins Center For Talented Youth program from 2019 to 2023 and has achieved a perfect score of 36 in ACT.
KYLE YEUNG
Cofounder & Program Director
Kyle is a 12th 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 2018-2020. He was the 2024-25 National YoungArts Winner and 2025-26 National YoungArts Winner with Distinction. He was named 2019 and 2023 National First Prize winner by Music Teachers National Association in composition and 2023 National Third Prize winner in piano performance. Kyle is a 2023-2025 United States Chopin Foundation scholarship recipient and first-prize recipient at the Stravinsky Awards Bach International Piano Competition, Glendale Piano Competition, ENKOR International Music Competition, and a gold medalist at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Northwest Chopin Competition. Kyle performed at the Walt Disney Concert Hall as a Spotlight 2024 Classical Instrumental Grand Prize Finalist.
As a composer, his compositions have won numerous national and international competition awards. Kyle performed at the 2019 World Composers’ Recital in Vienna as the Golden Key International Music Festival first-prize winner. He is also a 2024 Music Teacher Association of California Young Composers Guild winner. Kyle is a Yamaha International Junior Original Concert Artist.
Kyle has been accepted into Stanford University and has committed to attend Stanford starting in September 2026.