Junior Suhh Yeon Kim has been invited to perform with the California All-State High School String Orchestra. (photo courtesy of the BHUSD)

Suhh Yeon Kim, a junior at Beverly Hills High School, audi­tioned for this year’s California All-State High School String Orchestra and was accepted to participate as one of the few out of several hundred that auditioned.

On the weekend of Feb. 18, the orchestra met at the California Music Educators Conference in Fresno and gave a performance on Saturday, Feb. 19, at the William Sorayan Theatre.

The guest conductor was Kayoko Dan, music director of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera and current director of orchestral studies at Sam Houston State University.

Yeon said the opportunity to meet and work with other out­standing California high school musicians – and Dan – was both educational and rewarding.