2024 - 2025 Season
About Harmonia California
Harmonia California was founded in February 2023 after a performance in San Jose, done by friends of our Board President, Alan Hebert. Members of the orchestra for that concert decided to keep playing together, and what a success it has been! Harmonia California strives to be a small, intimate group where every players contribution is important. We perform in that space between string quartets and "big" orchestra repertoire. Scroll down to learn more about Harmonia California's conductors, players and supporters.
Kristin Link
principal
conductor
Kristin Turner Link has music degrees from the Universities of Wisconsin and Michigan. Her violin teachers included Norman Paulu, Bob Culver and Ruggiero Ricci and she had the good fortune to study conducting with Robert Fountain, Catherine Comet, Gustav Meier and Paul Vermel. After a decade teaching in public schools and leading youth orchestras in the Midwest, Kristin joined her husband in California. She was the Assistant Conductor of Redwood Symphony for 25+ years and was blessed to served as the Director of Music at the First Congregational Church of San Jose from 2005 to 2023.
Jason Lin
concertmaster
Jason Lin is the associate concertmaster of the Redwood Symphony, as well as serving as concertmaster of Harmonia California. Jason solo'ed and conducted the orchestra in Vivaldi's "Winter" concerto at our rehearsal churches annual Christmas gathering in December 2024. He is also scheduled to play Édouard Lalo's Symphonie Espanol in the summer of 2025 with Redwood Symphony. Jason also enjoys participating as part of two different string quartets within Harmonia California. Jason graduated from UC Berkeley in 2017.
Mezzanotte String Quartet
The Mezzanotte String Quartet is one of the core groups within Harmonia California. Mezzanotte is: Vera Shinsky and Deborah Simon, violins, Greer Hoffmann, viola, and Oliver Patterson, 'cello. You can hear them at our annual May Chamber Music concert, every year.
Our Musicians: 2024-2025
Cellos
Amy Brooks Annabelle Chan
Tate Fisher Hannah Gallagher
Oliver Patterson Anthony Yee
Bass
Brian Link David Mitchell
Piano/Harpsichord
Barbara Sunseri
Violins
Senyuan Fan Clarice Horelick Joe Hintz
Greer Hoffman Alexander Huang Gene Huang
Jason Lin Sarah Moskovitz Mari Shimizu Ormiston
Vera Shinsky Deborah Simon Karen Tsuei
Johnathan Wong Victor Zhang
Violas
Monte Benaresh Tanya Buxton
Jonah Capella Griffin Derryberry Greer Hoffman Michael Luxton Brooke Mickelson Sarah Moskovitz
Associate Conductor:
Peter Susskind
Founders ($200 - $499)
Ann & Alan S. Yee
Alan Hebert
Sustainers ($100 - $199)
Bethany Owen
"Resinators" ($40-$99)
Anonymous
Without the support of people who love the music we create, we couldn't do what we do! Thank you so much for supporting Harmonia California!