Arts & Entertainment
Beverly Hills Audition Winners in a Shared Recital
JENNI OLSON
flute, piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute
with BRYAN PEZZONE piano, MARCIA DICKSTEIN harp,
and CHRISTIN PHELPS WEBB bassoon
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OHTAE KWON trombone
with TAE-YEON LIM piano
Virtuoso Alumni of the USC Thornton School
Flutist Jenni Olson's most recent album The Dreams of Birds was picked up by the Delos label and will be internationally distributed. She is currently principal flute with the Stockton Symphony and second flute with both the Long Beach Symphony and Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. She also performs frequently with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, and Pacific Symphony.
Born in Seoul, Korea, Ohtae Kwon, is the first brass player ever accepted to the Artist Diploma Program of USC Thornton School of Music, where he is studying with Terry Cravens on full scholarship. He toured with the Seoul Trombone Ensemble as a soloist, became principal trombonist of National Symphony Orchestra at the age of 22, and served as the principal trombonist of the Los Angeles Festival Orchestra, LA National Symphony, USC Thornton Symphony orchestra, and Southern California Philharmonic.