Youth Chamber Music Program

The Casa Romantica Youth Chamber Music Program provides structured classical chamber music training for students ages 12–17, offering young musicians the opportunity to deepen their technical skills and musical understanding through small-ensemble performance modeled after collegiate chamber programs.

Under the instruction of experienced performers and educators from the Romantica Piano Quartet, students receive professional-level mentorship while developing ensemble skills, musical interpretation, and collaborative discipline. Instruction is led by two professional chamber musicians.

Participants rehearse weekly on Mondays from 5:30–7:00 PM at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens. In addition to weekly instruction, students gain meaningful performance experience through concerts at Casa Romantica events and community venues, fostering confidence, artistic growth, and public engagement.

The program emphasizes artistic excellence, mentorship, and access to high-quality music education, supporting the development of the next generation of classical musicians.

Current Roster

Lullaby Anderson
Nathan Elliott
Mikayla Ho
Sylvia McKean
Henry Reynolds
Vanna Zargarian

Upcoming Events

Chamber Music Masterclass: Jack Cousin
Monday, April 27 from 6-7:30 PM
FREE
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Classical Concert: Youth Chamber Music Program Recital
Thursday, May 28 at 7 PM
$10 ($5 Members)
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Audition Information (2026-27 School Year)

Requirements for auditions

  • One scale of choice that best demonstrates current ability
  • One piece of music that best demonstrates current ability
    • string applicants do not need piano accompaniment
  • Statement introducting yourself (in audition video)
    • Name
    • Age
    • Instrument
    • School
    • How long you have studied your instrument
    • Goals with music

Audition videos are due by May 31, 2026. Selections will be made the last week of June, and practices will run through the school year (September 2026 – June 2027).
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Instructors

Adriana Triggs, violin

Adriana Triggs is the founder and violinist of the Romantica Piano Quartet, Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens’ first chamber music ensemble-in-residence and is the Casa Romantica Youth Chamber Music Program Coordinator. She holds a Masters Degree in Violin Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. In addition, she holds a Bachelors Degree in Violin Performance and Music Education from Chapman University. She has had the pleasure of playing in such groups as the Mozart Classical Orchestra, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Choir, Musishare Chamber Players, Golden State Pops Orchestra, Sinfonia at the prestigious Aspen Music Festival, Blackbird Music Project and others. She has served as a guest artist faculty member at the Orange County Youth Symphony and taught at the Orange County School of the Arts. Most of her time is spent teaching her private violin students from her home studio in Mission Viejo, CA. She teaches students of all ages and levels from the Capistrano, Saddleback, and Irvine Unified School Districts. Her students have gone off to major in Violin Performance, have been accepted to the Orange County School of the Arts and have also been accepted to the following performing groups: Orange County Youth Symphony, Musishare Young Artists Program Quartet Initiative, Casa Romantica Youth Chamber Music Program, Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings, Prelude Chamber Strings, Southern California Youth Philharmonic, CYOSC, All Southern Middle School and High School Honor Orchestras (SCSBOA), Capistrano Unified School District Honor Orchestra and Irvine Unified School District Honor Orchestra. When she’s not practicing her violin, teaching or performing, she can be found at the pilates studio or spending time with her husband, violist, Phillip Triggs and her two children.

Kevin Garnica, piano

Kevin Garnica is an active musician based in Los Angeles. He is the pianist in the Romantica Piano  Quartet, Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens’ first chamber music ensemble in residence. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in Central and South America, Europe, and throughout the United States. Garnica received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Texas at Austin with a full assistantship under the tutelage of Anne Epperson, specializing in Collaborative Piano. Garnica was one of the youngest ever winners of the ASCAP Composition Competition when his piano piece, Sonata for Scriabin, was chosen from over five hundred entries.
Kevin Garnica has performed with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, including Concertmaster Martin Chalifour, the Pacific Symphony, The Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and Pacific Chorale.