Amos Yang, cello

Amos Yang joined the San Francisco Symphony in 2007 as Assistant Principal Cello. He was previously a member of the Seattle Symphony. Born and raised in San Francisco, he was a member of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and San Francisco Boys Choir and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, including regular appearances with the Seattle Chamber Music Society and at the Olympic Music Festival, and from 1996 to 2002 he was the cellist in the Maia String Quartet. He has served on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory, the University of Iowa, Grinnell College and the Interlochen Advanced String Quartet Institute. He has also served as a mentor for the San Francisco Symphony Community of Music Makers program.

 

Charles Chandler, bass

Bassist Charles Chandler has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony since 1992. Prior to his current position, he was Associate Principal Bass and Soloist with the Phoenix Symphony.  He also served as Principal Bass of the Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra and the New York 20th Century Chamber Players.  His primary teachers were Shinji Eshima of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and David Walter at the Juilliard School.  His numerous honors and awards include the San Francisco Symphony Pepsi Cola Young Musician Award, the Pittenger Scholarship, the Irving Klein Scholarship, and first prize in the A.S.T.A. National String Competition.  Upon receiving his Bachelor of Music degree from Juilliard in 1987, Charles Chandler was selected to perform as a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival under the direction of Leonard Bernstein.  Playing with Marin Symphony, he has enjoyed performing with his wife Van, a violinist.  He also has performed at the Music@Menlo Festival and Chamber Music Sundaes series and frequently records at Skywalker Ranch.  Mr. Chandler resides in San Francisco with his wife and their daughter Julie.  When not playing on his 1750 double bass made by the Venetian luthier, Domenico Busan, he enjoys organic gardening, bicycling, hiking and spending time with his family.