Portland Youth Philharmonic - Alumni

Alumni

Notable alumni of the orchestra include Robert Mann, who helped found the Juilliard String Quartet, and Eugene Linden, founder and conductor of the Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra. Additional students of Gershkovitch that later became professional musicians include Jesse Kregal, Marilynn (Nudelman) Kregal, Barry Lamont, Beverly LeBeck, Frederic Rothchild, Warren Signor, and Jacob Avshalomov himself.

Other professional musicians that were once part of the orchestra include Glenn Reeves, later a principal violist for the Oregon Symphony, Brian Hamilton, who became a cellist player for the Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra, and Marion Fox, who also later joined the Oregon Symphony as a violinist. Harp player Frances Pozzi and Earl Rankin later became staff artists for KOIN and KGW, respectively.