Harry Jo (Violinist)
Member from 2021 - 2022
Harry Jo, a violinist, attends Amador Valley High School. He has been playing the violin for 6 years. Prior to joining the SFSYO in 2021, he held the Assistant Principal position in both the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra from 2019 to 2021 and the Livermore-Amador Symphony from 2018 to 2019. He was the Concertmaster in the Amador Valley High School’s Concert Orchestra. Harry has won numerous competitions on the violin, including the 2021 Junior Bach Festival and 1st Prize in the 2018 Korean-American Music Supporters' Association Competition. In 2021, at the age of 14, he won the American Protégé Music Competition and performed at Carnegie Hall.
Harry has been playing the piano for 9 years as well. He is a recipient of the Certificate of Merit (CM) Advanced Level State Honors. On the piano, he won 1st Prizes in multiple competitions, including the Korean-American Music Supporters' Association, Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC) Piano Solo Competition, United States Open Music Competition, MTAC Contra Costa Branch Sonata Competition, MTAC Contra Costa Branch Baroque Festival, and the North California Young Talents Music Competition. Most recently, he won the Youth Excellence in Arts Competition for piano.
Harry has also been playing the alto saxophone for 4 years. Harry has held the lead alto position in the Amador Valley High School’s Jazz Band. He passed the CM Advanced Level with State Honors on the saxophone. In 2020 and 2021, Harry was selected as one of two altos in the Junior High Jazz Band at the California All-State Music Education Conference. He also received the Scholarship Award at the 2020 Campana Jazz Festival.
