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ANNA JOHNSONUCLA Chapter President
Anna Johnson, founder of Harmonic Youth Orchestra, has been playing violin for over a decade, studying under Dr. Gregory Fried. Anna has won festival awards in San Diego, New York, and New Orleans, and has served as the concert mistress in several orchestras. She also plays tenor saxophone in the UCLA Marching Band. Anna founded the organization in 2017 and continues to oversee the organization’s chapters located nationally, run the HYO-UCLA chapter, and organize scholarships and summer programs. Anna is a public policy major and public health minor at UCLA and aspires to serve as a lawyer in the U.S. Navy and work for state and local governments while continuing to manage Harmonic Youth Orchestra.
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Lauren CarterLauren Carter is a graduating senior at Agoura High School. She plays flute in Wind Ensemble Honors and sings in Agoura’s Madrigals, Agourapella, and Agoura’s Barbershop Quartet. She has been singing in choir since she was four years old and started playing flute in sixth grade. Lauren joined Agoura’s Tri-M her freshman year and last year began performing with Harmonic Youth Orchestra. She has also been singing in Los Robles Children’s Choir for eight years and has been playing in Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra for two years. She looks forward to spreading happiness through music with HYO!
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Eliana RojanyEliana began playing the alto saxophone when she was 11 and is a part of her high school’s top jazz and wind ensembles. She has received an “outstanding soloist” award at the Newbury Park Jazz Festival in 2019 and was selected for the 2020 Bill Green Mentorship Program and Berklee Jazz Institute. Eliana participates in a highly competitive jazz band who competed in the Newbury Park Jazz Festival, Swing Central Jazz competition in 2019, and was one of two California bands to place in the 2020 Essentially Ellington national jazz competition. She has studied with Vince Trombetta II, Tom Peterson, and Brian Scanlon.
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Vibiana CardenasVibiana began learning violin at age 8 and continued her studies on the instrument until 7th grade when she switched to viola. She quickly fell in love with the instrument and has participated in the Certificate of Merit and has made the All-State Symphony Orchestra for 3 years. She is a part of the CSUN philharmonic orchestra, Colburn youth orchestra, and took part in the Idyllwild Chamber Festival Orchestra. She has also played in junior chamber groups and has won the TO Phil solo competition. By joining her friends in HYO, Vibiana hopes to bring music and happiness to her community.
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