LONG BEACH, CA (May 10, 2004) interTrend
Communications, Inc., a full service marketing
communications agency, was honored by the Asian America
Symphony and Guild
(AASG) during its 2004 Bravo Awards. This year's awards
ceremony took place on Sunday, May 2nd at the Omni Hotel
in Downtown
Los Angeles.
Julia Huang, CEO of interTrend Communications, accepted
the award on behalf of the agency. Others honored at
the event were Sheri Sakamoto, former Deputy to
Supervisor Donald Knabe; David Ono, KABC 7 News Anchor; and Kay Inose, immediate
past president of the AASG.
Founded in 1961, the Asia America Symphony was originally
known as the Japanese Philharmonic Orchestra of Los
Angeles, a community ensemble of union and
nonunion musicians. In 1991, under the director of former Los Angeles Philharmonic
violist
and assistant conductor Heiichiro Ohyama, it became a fully professional
orchestra and was renamed the Japan America Symphony Orchestra. To better
reflect the diversity
of Los Angeles' growing Asian population, it was renamed the Asian America
Symphony Orchestra in 1995.
Renowned pianist and composer David Benoit was appointed
music director and conductor in 2001. Benoit was on
hand May 2nd to conduct the Asia America
Symphony Youth
Orchestra during the 2004 Bravo Awards presentation. Benoit and Ted T.
Tanaka,
AASA president and Bravo Awards chairman presented Julia Huang with the
award.
In accepting the award on behalf of interTrend Communications,
Julia Huang noted that the ad agency's team of specialists
"work diligently
on behalf
of all of
its clients to build strong communications within the Asian American
community in the U.S. This award is significant and much appreciated
by our team."
interTrend Communications, Inc., a full-service communications
agency that helps corporate
America target the Asian American segments such as Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, Vietnamese and Filipinos nationwide. For more than a decade,
the agency
has been successful in helping Fortune 1000 clients to nurture and
establish brand leadership
positions in this emerging market through an integrated mix of advertising,
public relations, promotions, events and interactive strategies via
various in-language
media outlets.
