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4 ■ 18 ■ 2018Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Presenting Students of theIrvine Unified School District

Contents

Welcome Letter

Concert Program

Acknowledgements

Conductor Biographies

IUSD Student Performers

IUSD BOARD Paul Bokota ■ Lauren Brooks ■ Betty Carroll ■ Ira Glasky ■ Sharon Wallin

Welcome

36th Annual Donald Bren Honors Concert 1

Dear IUSD Families,

On behalf of the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) Board of Education, District leadership and our many dedicated music educators, IUSD is proud to present the 36th Annual Donald Bren Honors Concert at Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The Bren Honors Concert is without question a signature event for the District and is a reflection of IUSD’s commitment to music and the arts.

This annual concert, featuring more than 650 outstanding IUSD music students, is the result of months of planning and practice by both students and our music educators. The Bren Honors Concert is also made possible by the generosity of the Irvine Company, which has committed to contribute more than $45 million over 20 years through the Excellence in Education Enrichment Fund to ensure that every student in grades four through six receives instruction from highly qual-ified teachers in art, science and music.

As a result of this extraordinary commitment, nearly 80,000 children have had their educational experiences enhanced by specialist teachers, who often provide our young students with their first exposure to robust art, science and music education, fostering a life-long love of learning. The Excellence in Education Enrichment Fund has become a cornerstone of IUSD’s instructional pro-gram, and it has made a lasting impact on the lives of thousands of current and former students. The students performing are the embodiment of this extraordinary commitment.

A special thank you to the Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF) for setting the stage with their commitment to primary music education. Each year, IPSF works to support IUSD in providing stu-dents with access to music education beginning in kindergarten. Their support of IUSD’s efforts helps promote collaboration and communication skills, creativity and self-expression, and improved academic skills for our youngest students. This support is in addition to IPSF’s innovative music rental program, which offers parents a less expensive alternative to purchasing a new instrument that may only be used for a short time. This program has raised more than $1 million to support IUSD’s music education.

Finally, I must also thank our incredible parents, who support the arts in our schools and nurture their children’s talents and passion at home. Your engagement and support play an essential role in helping us to fulfill our promise to provide every IUSD student with the highest quality educational experience we can envision.

Congratulations to each of our student musicians. It is our hope that, in addition to furthering their music education, they have also gained valuable lessons in the rigorous preparation for this performance and in collaboration with other students and educators.

Sincerely,

Terry L. WalkerSuperintendent of SchoolsIrvine Unified School District

Conductor Biographies

36th Annual Donald Bren Honors Concert2

In Order of Appearance

Kaii Lee A Piano Performance major at University of Cali-fornia Los Angeles (BA) and California State Univer-sity Northridge (MA), Kaii Lee also studied choral conducting with Maestros Roger Wagner and John Alexander. Thereafter, Ms. Lee taught piano classes at College of Canyons and K-12 general/vocal music at both Calabasas and Oak Park School Districts.

Since 1999, Ms. Lee has been the IUSD Elementary Honor Chorus director/arranger/accompanist/man-ager, and in 2006, the Middle School Honor Chorus director. She was the guest conductor for the Cap-istrano Unified School District Middle School Hon-or Chorus in 2012. She was honored as IUSD Fine Arts Teacher of the Year in 2003, and selected by the Orange County Music and Arts Administrators as Orange County Elementary School Vocal Music Teacher of the Year in 2004.

More recently, she received National Endowment for the Humanity grants to study Antonin Dvorak’s music at Pittsburgh University and to study “The Star-Spangled Banner” at University of Maryland. In addition, Ms. Lee was awarded an educational/teaching, cross-cultural trip to Japan by the Japan Business Association of Southern California.

Other than school work, Ms. Lee performed with the Pacific Chorale in Paris in 2012, and Prague and Vienna in 2016. Presently, she is preparing for a concert in Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Adrienne Larsen Adrienne Larsen began her choral musical training with the Contra Costa Children’s Chorus as well as high school choir. She has performed all over the world including well-known venues such as Carne-gie Hall, the Vatican, and St. Peter’s Basilica. Working with composers and amazing conductors inspired her to pursue a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance from UC Santa Barbara. After earning her under-graduate degree, she worked for the Contra Costa Children’s Chorus’ Theatre Arts for Kids program as the Associate Director and choreographer. Through this experience, Adrienne discovered a passion for teaching and enrolled in California State University, Long Beach (CSLUB)’s teaching credential program.

Adrienne has been teaching in IUSD since 2007. She first worked in the year-round schools teaching primary music, fourth through eighth grade choir, as well as directing the yearly musical theatre shows at Vista Verde. After starting a family, she decided to focus on teaching primary music and is currently teaching at Alderwood, Canyon View, Meadow Park, Santiago Hills, Stonegate and Turtle Rock. Last year, her fellow music teachers honored her with the Excellence in Teaching award. Adrienne is currently working towards her graduate degree in Music Education at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSULB.

Dianna GrayDianna Gray has been a string specialist for IUSD for 27 years. In 2002, Mrs. Gray received the IUSD Visual and Performing Arts Excellence in Teaching award. In 2016, she received the Orange County Music Administrator’s Irene Schoepfle award for out-standing contributions to the arts in Orange County.

As a music director, Mrs. Gray has appeared numer-ous times as conductor for the IUSD Elementary Honor Orchestras and has guest conducted for Capistrano Unified School District Middle and High School Honor Orchestras. In 2015, she was the con-ductor of Southern California School Band Orches-tra Association (SCSBOA) All Southern Elementary Honor Orchestra and will conduct the All Southern Middle School Honor Orchestra in 2019. She has coached the Orange County Youth Symphony Or-chestra, The Southern California Youth Philharmonic and the Irvine Valley College Symphony. Yearly, Mrs. Gray teaches the IPSF Summer School Enrichment music program hosting 180 instrumental students. As a string clinician, Mrs. Gray has presented her curriculum and methods for The California Music Educators Association and SCBOA. She would like to thank the 2018 honor orchestra students for their hard work and commitment to this year’s orchestra.


Hee Jeong PrzytulskiMrs. Hee Jeong Przytulski has been an elementary instrumental music specialist with IUSD since 1999. She has received degrees from the University of Cali-fornia, Irvine, California State University, Long Beach, and California State University, Fullerton.

Mrs. Przytulski was honored as the Orange County Music and Arts Administrators (OCMAA) 2012 Ele-mentary Instrumental Music Teacher of the Year and one of 2013 OCMAA Outstanding Arts Educators. She was also the 2014 IUSD Visual and Performing Arts Teacher of the Year. She was a winner of 2007 OCMAA grant for instrumental music and a 2015 and 2016 Irvine Public Schools Foundation iTAP grant recipient. As a woodwind pedagogy specialist, she has presented at the Southern California School Band Orchestra Association conference on winds pedagogy for young students.

Currently, she continues teaching and performing while maintaining a successful private clarinet stu-dio. Her students have placed in the Southwestern Youth Music Festival and also have been selected to participate in groups such as the Orange Coun-ty Youth Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, All Southern and All State Honor groups, and the National High School Honor Orchestra. As a clarinetist, she has performed in many groups including the Dana Point Symphony, Orange County Clarinet Consort, and Symphony Irvine.

Casey CauseyCasey Causey has been the Orchestra Director at Plaza Vista and Vista Verde Schools since 2013. He currently teaches 4th grade beginning orchestra, 5th grade intermediate orchestra as well as two middle school orchestras at each school.

Mr. Causey graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach in 2011, where he holds a B.M. in Music Education with a concentration in strings. While at the Cole Conservatory, Mr. Causey studied violin with Dr. Gregory Maldonado.

While attending the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music he was the recipient of the prestigious Music Educa-tion Award in 2011. Mr. Causey was also on yearly academic scholarship at the Cole Conservatory and yearly Dean’s List member.

Mr. Casey is actively involved as a judge and string coach for Regional Honor Groups through the South-ern California School Band Orchestra Association as well as at the State level for the California Orchestra Directors Association.

Mr. Casey received his teaching credential in 2013, where he was granted work-study on a long term teaching assignment with IUSD as a credential student. He actively teaches a large studio of private students, and performs professionally in Southern California.

Katherine FindlayKatherine Findlay has been an elementary string and primary music specialist with IUSD for four years. Ms. Findlay currently teaches elementary strings at five schools, with a student population of over 850 students. She received degrees in bass performance and music education before complet-ing her teaching credential at California State Uni-versity, Long Beach (CSLUB). Katherine graduated Cum Laude from CSULB where she was the prin-cipal bassist and an active member in the Bob Cole Conservatory Orchestra.

Ms. Findlay also, for Long Beach Unified School Dis-trict, teaches for the Harmony Project, a nonprofit organization that enables disadvantaged youth to transcend the challenges of childhood through mu-sic. Yearly, Ms. Findlay teaches Musical Theatre for Irvine Public Schools Foundation summer enrich-ment program. Other notable experiences include acting as assistant orchestra manager for Bolshoi Ballet when they performed in Los Angeles in 2012, as well as teaching bass for the Affetti Music Camp in Anchorage, Alaska in 2013. Ms.Findlay is honored to conduct IUSD’s Elementary Chamber Strings for the first time.


Zach HalopA Life Member of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Edu-cation, and Southern California Vocal Association, Zach Halop has been teaching in Irvine for 25 years and was selected as the 2014 IUSD Teacher of the Year, the Orange County Music and Arts Vocal Music Teacher of the Year in 2011 and 2006, IUSD Teacher of the Year for Northwood High in 2005, IUSD Ele-mentary Music Teacher of the Year in 1997, and has just recently received his seventh Grammy award for his work while at Northwood High School.

Zach is the only person to have directed the IUSD Honor Chorus at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. His choral groups have toured nation-ally and internationally at the highest artistic levels to enthusiastic acclaim in Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hawaii, Seattle, Washington D.C., Macau, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Barcelona, London, Vienna, Warsaw, Budapest, Dublin, and Edinburgh. His students have gone on to sing in, direct, and teach choral ensembles throughout the United States.

Zach is active as a guest conductor, adjudicator, composer, arranger and singer and is a member and soloist with Mastersingers USA, a national male voice ensemble that was awarded first place in the Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod, Wales.

Dr. Robert FrellySince 1993, Robert Frelly has served as the Director of Music Education and Professor of Music at Chap-man University. Dr. Frelly is also the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Orange County Symphony, and Founder (1983) and Artistic Director of the Southern California Youth Philharmonic, a program with over 200 students in seven instrumental and vocal ensem-bles. Previous posts include Associate Conductor of the Long Beach Symphony, Music Director of the La Mirada Symphony, and Music Director of the Chap-man University Wind Symphony.

Dr. Frelly has served as Artistic Director for two Olympic Games (London and China), and festivals in Vienna and Australia. Future engagements include Japan, Cuba, and Prague. He has led performances in 16 countries across three continents, including Sal-zburg Music Festival, Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall and Walt Disney Concert Hall. He has conducted for film and opera, is a frequent guest conductor for all-state and regional honor bands and orchestras, and is Artistic Director of Orchestras for Perform In-ternational. Dr. Frelly is a presenter and leader with many notable arts and educational organizations, including National Association for Music Educa-tion (Mentor), the League of American Orchestras (Past-President), California Music Education Associ-ation (Past-President), and is Chairman of the Com-mittee on Accreditation for the State of California.

Dr. Frelly is the recipient of Arts Orange County’s “Artist and Arts Educator of the Year” and Chapman University’s “Faculty Member of the Year.” He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Southern California, a Master of Music from CSU, Long Beach (Graduates Dean’s List of University Scholars and Artists), and dual Bachelor of Music degrees in Edu-cation and Composition from Chapman University.

John KoshakJohn Koshak is Conductor and Professor Emeritus, Chapman University, Orange County, California. During his 32-year tenure at Chapman he served as Director of Orchestras and Instrumental Music and was responsible for building Chapman’s nationally prominent orchestra program and one of the nation’s leading undergraduate conductor training programs in orchestral conducting. To honor his achievements and contributions, Chapman University recognized him as Conductor and Professor Emeritus and estab-lished the John Koshak Visiting Professorship. The university also established the John Koshak Practice Studio in Oliphant Hall, on the Chapman Univer-sity campus.

Maestro Koshak has toured extensively with his or-chestras, including performances in Europe, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and New York. He has conducted in some of the world’s greatest concert halls, includ-ing the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria, the Konzer-thaus, Vienna, Austria, the Sydney Opera House, Australia, and New York’s prestigious Carnegie Hall

Professor Koshak received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Pennsylvania State University, his Master’s degree from Columbia University, and his Conducting Diploma from the Mozarteum in Salz-burg, Austria. He serves as Chair of the Mentoring/Consulting Committee of the Conductors Guild.


Michael HaydenMichael Hayden received his Bachelor of Music Education from Butler University, his Masters in Choral Conducting from The Eastman School of Music, and ABD for his DMA in Choral Conduct-ing from Michigan State University. Currently, in his eleventh year at Mira Costa High School, he is Director of Choirs. His choirs have toured interna-tionally to Greece, England, France, Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland singing in such venues as Notre Dame Cathedral and Chartres Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Cologne Cathedral, Abbey of Hildegard von Bingen and St. Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle. In 2012, Vocal Ensemble per-formed at the American Choral Directors Associ-ation Western Division Conference and that same week performed in Carnegie Hall. In 2015, Vocal Ensemble performed at the American Choral Direc-tors Association National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2014, the Mira Costa High School Music Department was awarded a 2014 GRAMMY Gold Signature School Award, one of three given to high schools in America for their excellence in band, choir and orchestra. In 2014, Mr. Hayden was named a California Teacher of the Year. He is the second choral director to receive this distinction. Currently, Mr. Hayden also is on the faculty of the Herb Alpert School of Music of UCLA.

Rob BlaneyRob Blaney is the Director of Vocal Music at Wood-bridge High School, where he directs five choirs and serves as producer and vocal director for the spring musical. In 2016, Woodbridge was named the National Grammy Signature School for excellence in music education. Mr. Blaney was the founding music teacher at Crean Lutheran High School, and has taught classes in musical theater at Santa Ana College and Concordia University. He received a Kennedy Center award for his original soundtrack for The Woman In Black (Concordia University), was the primary music arranger for Lift Up Your Hearts—Songs For Creative Worship (Geneva Press), composed the rock-drama Here.I.Am (HeartlandPlays.com), and recently penned the radio jingle for the OC Auto Team. He is a member of The American Choral Di-rectors Association, The Southern California Vocal Association, The National Association for Music Ed-ucation, and The American Federation of Musicians Local 47. He holds a BA from Christ College Irvine and a Master’s in Education. His most valuable time is spent as husband to his beautiful wife Joanna, and dad to Faith and Elijah.

Brendan McBrienBrendan McBrien grew up in Sunnyvale, California where he began his musical training on French horn in 4th grade. At 16 he began private study with his lifelong mentor, Jack Russell. He received his Bach-elor and Master’s degrees in music composition and conducting from California State University, Long Beach where he studied horn with Calvin Smith, composition with Justus Matthews, and conducting with John Carnahan. Brendan’s numerous composi-tions and arrangements for band and orchestra are performed worldwide and published with the Alfred, Kjos, Kendor, and Wingert-Jones Music Companies. He is an active adjudicator, clinician, and frequent honor group conductor, has served four terms as Vice President of Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association, and currently serves as Vice President of Adjudication. He has presented several workshops at both the California Bands Directors Association and the California Music Education Association state conventions. He was honored as Secondary Teacher of the Year from the Orange County Music and Arts Administers, and has been awarded Middle School Teacher of the Year for IUSD. Brendan began teaching in IUSD in 1988 and is currently the director of instrumental music at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School. Brendan lives in Orange, California, with his wife Karen, sons Kevin and Patrick, and daughter Megan.


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Concert Program



Across the Wind .................................................................................................................................................................... Composed by Doug SpataConducted by Casey Causey, Elementary Honor Chamber Strings Director

In the Company of Angels ............................................................................................................................................ Composed by William Hofeldt Conducted by Casey Causey, Elementary Honor Chamber Strings Director

Mystical Towers .............................................................................................................................................. Composed by Jeremy Woolstenhulme Conducted by Katherine Findlay, Elementary Honor Chamber Strings Director

Akatonbo ........................................................................................................................................................................ Traditional Japanese Folk SongConducted by Kaii Lee, Elementary Honor Chorus Director ■ Arranged by Russell Robinson

Ave Verum Corpus ................................................................................................................................... Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartConducted and Arranged by Kaii Lee, Elementary Honor Chorus Director ■ Elementary Honor Orchestra Double String Quartet, Accompanist

Rhythm of Life ....................................................................................................................................................................... Composed by Cy ColemanConducted by Adrienne Larsen, Elementary Honor Chorus Director ■ Arranged by Richard Barnes ■ Kaii Lee, Accompanist

Gloria K65 from Missa Brevis ............................................................................................................... Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartConducted by Guest Conductor Michael Hayden, Director of Choirs, Mira Costa High School ■ Adrian Rangel-Sanchez, Accompanist

Flight Song ............................................................................................................................................................................ Composed by Kim Arnesen Conducted by Guest Conductor Michael Hayden, Director of Choirs, Mira Costa High School ■ Adrian Rangel-Sanchez, Accompanist

Witness ...................................................................................................................................................................... Composed by American SpiritualConducted by Guest Conductor Michael Hayden, Director of Choirs, Mira Costa High School ■ Arranged by Jack Halloran ■ Adrian Rangel-Sanchez, Accompanist

West Side Story Selections ..................................................................................................................................... Composed by Leonard BernsteinConducted by Guest Conductor John Koshak ■ Arranged by Jack Mason

Hungarian Dance No. 5 ............................................................................................................................................. Composed by Johannes Brahms Conducted by Guest Conductor John Koshak

This Music of Life .................................................................................................................................................................... Composed by Rob BlaneyConducted by Brendan McBrien, Director of Instrumental Music, Rancho San Joaquin Middle School ■ Arranged by Brendan McBrien ■ Rob Blaney, Accompanist

Overture to “Nabucco” ................................................................................................................................................... Composed by Giuseppe VerdiConducted by Hee Jeong Przytulski, Elementary Honor Orchestra Director ■ Arranged by Sandra Dackow

IV. Fandango Asturiano from “Capriccio Espagnol” .............................................................................. Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Conducted by Dianna Gray, Elementary Honor Orchestra Director ■ Arranged by Sandra Dackow

The Stars and Stripes Forever .................................................................................................................................. Composed by John Philip Sousa Conducted by Dianna Gray, Elementary Honor Orchestra Director ■ Arranged by Keith Brion & Loras Schissel

“Sound The Trumpet” ......................................................................................................................................................... Composed by Henry PurcellConducted by Zach Halop, Middle School Honor Chorus Director, Choral Director at NHS ■ Edited by James Erb ■ Keiko Halop, Accompanist

“Yo Puedo” ............................................................................................................................................................................. Composed by Jim PapoulisConducted by Zach Halop, Middle School Honor Chorus Director, Choral Director at NHS ■ Edited by Sophia Papoulis ■ Keiko Halop, Accompanist

“Read ‘Em John” ..................................................................................................................................... Composed by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory Conducted by Zach Halop, Middle School Honor Chorus Director, Choral Director at NHS

Academic Festival Overture ..................................................................................................................................... Composed by Johannes BrahmsConducted by Guest Conductor Robert Frelly, Director of Music Education, Chapman University ■ Arranged by J. Frederick Muller

Procession of the Nobles ............................................................................................................................ Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovConducted by Guest Conductor Robert Frelly, Director of Music Education, Chapman University ■ Arranged by Merle J. Isaac

Elementary Honor

ChamberStrings

Elementary Honor Chorus

Elementary Honor

Orchestra

Middle School Honor Chorus

Middle School Honor

Orchestra

High School Honor Chorus

High School Honor

Orchestra

High School Honor

Orchestra& All Choirs

Finale

IUSD Student Performers


Flute Junhee Lee SB

Wendy Cao TR

Ariel Lin SH

Vivian Huang ES

Selina Xu TR

Antonia Park TR

Sunny Li SH

Irene Hwang CV

Clarinet John Yang VV

Felix Yu BP

Nicholas Park VV

Ava Ye ES

Toby Luo TR

Makayla Chow TR

May Riley SH

Jianna Sato SB

Amber Lea BP

Nathan Tatsuta DF

Alto Saxophone Chris Kwon BP

Bingyi Qui VV

Alice Wu CY

Serena Chao OC

French HornKeren Jung DF

TrumpetPriya Srinivasan TR

Amy Park ES

Caden Bracken-Sorte TR

Thomas Marshall VV

Rhys Ho OC

Ian Yoon PS

TromboneCaleb Song ES

Julian Lodin DF

Josh La Scala PV

Nikki Sanders NW

Andrew Gao NW

BaritoneJohn McPhie TR

Violin ILawrence Mi BW

Emma De Felippo SG

Ellie Kennedy SG

Jaden Kim SH

Seyeon Kim VV

Tiffany Kim SG

Lulu Liu PS

Lucas Nguyen BW

Katelyn Xu TR

Annesophie Kim CV

Yuri Yaguchi WP

Kyeongmin Choi CV

Jessica Hong SG

Yasmin Dennis VV

Shaun Koumans SB

Ryan Lin BW

Jeremy Chae BW

Vivian Ju TR

Violin IIJocelyn Tsai DF

Zhongwen Zhang SH Rafaela Yoo CY

Erin Moody SH

Swansea Siu WP

Devon Chang ES

Irene Sok CY

Devin Lai TR

Samuel Qu CV Ryan Goh SG

Ashley Hong SG Vivian Lu SH Cassandra Chu ES Emma Sriprapundh SG Sari Nakajima AW Om Manish Kamat TR Kyle Wang SG

Emma Jang SG

Jane Jeon BP

Angela Zhao TR

ViolaBrandon Lee ES

Nathaniel Dean Ko AW

David Lee SG

Ryan Kim CV

Angelina Zhao SH Jayden Chao WB

Raine Ng OC

Deul Choi TR

Maddy Chan WB

Manny Zhou BW

Ashley Niu ES

Sean Lee OC

Kevin Zhou MP

Elizabeth Han ES

Marenna Spieker BC

Peter Tan TR

Michaela Beckman TR

Cami Lee SG

CelloJiin Yun DF

Kayleen Kim CY

Kyle Hwang WB

Kai Patragnoni WB Jonathan Rho TR

Christian Kim SH

Ian Jun OC

Ellie Park WB

Irene Kim AW

Isaac Na BW

Nathan Dishon VV Eric Feng ES

Yancheng Wang CV

Michael Wong VV

Sean Kim BP

Elizabeth Choi VV Jennie Kim BW

Ezra Kim ES


Elementary Honor

Orchestra

AW — AlderwoodBP — Beacon ParkBC — Bonita CanyonBW — BrywoodCV — Canyon ViewCP — College ParkCD — CulverdaleCY — Cypress Village

DF — DeerfieldES — EastshoreEW — EastwoodGT — GreentreeIHS — Irvine HSJT — Jeffrey Trail MSLS — Lakeside MSMP — Meadow Park

NHS — Northwood HSNW — NorthwoodOC — Oak CreekPV — Plaza VistaPHS — Portola HSPS — Portola SpringsRSJ — Rancho San Joaquin MSSH — Santiago Hills

SV — Sierra Vista MSSL — South LakeSB — SpringbrookSC — Stone CreekSG — StonegateTR — Turtle RockUHS — University HSV — Venado MS

V V — Vista VerdeWP — WestparkWHS — Woodbridge HSWB — Woodbury

■ Concert Master ■ Principal

Legend

Kate Abalos PS

Eshika Abbaraju DF

Zainah Ali NW

Jacob Beddome TR

Charlize Bloomfield CY

Maya Breen BC

Luke Chau WB

Clara Chen BW

Heather Chen WP

Sally Cheng CV

Minal Chunduru SB

Madeline Chung BW

Harry Dang CV

Milla De Villiers AW

Archita Deshpande BW

Leyna Doan BW

Yasmina Ebrahim Kashani BC

Gabriella Eckstrom WP

Halle Ewing TR

Nithila Francis SH

Katelyn Gan WP

Lilian Gan TR

Tori Garcia OC

Reaghan Genest VV

Aisheek Ghosh BW

Elise Gillen VV

Tanvi Gorthy WP

Yuan Gou EW

Naomi Hansen SB

XingLin He CD

Riley Hertstein BC

Zara Hommez CY

Chloe Hsu CV

Joshua Hsu WP

Kaia Iguchi CV

Celine Kim CY

Daeyong Kim SG

Ryan Kuei CV

Maitri Kumar CP

Kevin Lai TR

Andrew Lee PV

Audrey Lee CV

Fiori Lee AW

Mathias Lee BW

Matthew Hyun Lee CV

Katherine Lin PS

Lana Lu CV

Raaga Mahesh AW

Janani Manathattai BW

Dhriti Mangaraju BP

Ludovica Mannella AW

Bennett Martinez CV

Ella McDaniel OC

Syona McEligot VV

Krista Mendivil BC

Manasi Narsina BW

Elise Ngo ES

Gisele Nguyen OC

Jay Parikh SH

Jeet Parikh SH

Ananya Parimoo CY

Grace Petyo WP

Annie Qu BC

Brinda Samula AW Viveka Saravanan CY

Cynthia Shao BW

Jay Shin WB

Nakshatra Srinivasan CY

Sreenidhi Srinivasan SB

Hiroko Tamai CP

Kendall Thornhill EW

Charlton Tsai WP

Joliene Vicencio MP

Ryan Villadelgado BC

Brina Wang TR

Hanna Wei BW

Lauren Wong GT

Carolyn Wu CP

Audrey Xu CV

Jadon Yang BC

Jeffrey Yang TR

Jaden Yoo CV

Janet Yoon MP

Karen Young SH

Christian Z. Yu SB

Jingyu Zhang WP Helaine Zhao BW

Elementary Honor Chorus

Elementary Honor

ChamberStrings

Violin Aidan Jang VV

Michelle Lu WB

Ke Yuan MP

June Lee TR

Lucy Woo BP

Elenna (Jeongwon) Park SG

Kaitlyn Bahk OC

Ariana Chen SH

Bentie Feng NW

Annabella Luo TR

Christine Li TR

Jacob Liu TR

Cailyn Wang TR

Christine Nam SH

Ryan Miao OC

Kohana Baird PV

Jesse Le ES

Evelyn Lai CY

Justin K. Park WP

Jaehee Jung NW

Ally Kim BC

Steven Cheng SH

Ruby Lee CD

Erin Hwang SG

Vincent Yang NW

Cindy Tao SG

Krystal Sun SH

Kyle He SC

Matt Karacic ES

Isaac Lin AW

Bryant Saban GT

Yebin Park WB

William Jin EW

Aidan Zhang TR

Angela Wu SG

Sean Enomoto PV

Grace Li CV

Ethan Yu WP

Maia Kopylova TR

Emily Liu DF

Meghana Gunturi DF

Zhe Zheng SG

Viola Madeleine Chang ES

Emily Chen TR

Grace Yeeun Chung OC

Linda Chang CY

Sam Rezaeian CD

Benjamin Shih WP

Will Chen BW

Austin Lee CY

Selina Wang PV

Andy Yoo TR

Claire Ahn CP

Katie Chen CY

Adarsh Pashikanti BW

William Zhang AW

Harriet Lai BC

Sofia Xu TR

Sophia Yang DF

Rye Mauhay PV

Cello Jessie Chen WP

Oooju Robinson SC

Matthew Chang ES

Yufei Chen CV

Devin Chan NW

Justice Cheng PV

Jasmin Kwon BW

Claire Sueyoshi ES

Subeen Yu CY

Declan Hu ES

Tyler Chang WB

Ethan Cha CD

Davyn Lee BP

Ethan Pan SH

Kate H. Choi WB

Julia Eng EW

Yenna Lee OC

Troy Kim OC

String Bass Claire Lynch VV

Flute Sophia Lin ■ JT

Nithin Parthasarathy SV

Eun Hae Lee RSJ

Amanda Lee RSJ

Ashley Lee SV

Annie Lee SV

Alex Park JT

Joyce Shi RSJ

Oboe Eunice Park ■ SV

Allison Lee SV

Jonathan Kang SV

Erin Kang SV

Bassoon Vishnu Manathattai ■ SV

Clarinet Esther Kim ■ SL

Andrew Chung SV

Kayla Cho RSJ

Brian Kim SV

Mark Jiang LS

Ashley Jo JT

Isaac Yoon BP

Rachel Gima SV

Bass Clarinet Jasmine Chen ■ SV

Rhea Sheth BP

Alto Saxophone Surya Subbarao ■ SV

Eric Kwon VPeter Joo JT

Amanda Carlson SV

Tenor Saxophone Garrett Lee ■ PV

Ethan Lee V V

Baritone Saxophone Jared Duong ■ PV

Horn Daniel Yang ■ SV

Luke Garcia SV

Sarina Rai LS

TrumpetEthan MacVicar ■ V

Joe Lewis RSJ

Gabriel Hertel V V

Malina Mow SV

Noah Loke RSJ

Andrew Dinasan LS

Kunal Sonowal SV

Dhruv Kagatimath SV

Trombone Sophia Renger ■ RSJ

Andrew Cho SV

Dylan Soong RSJ

Tobias Izenberg RSJ

Euphonium Elton Manchester ■ SV

Elizaveta Bondarchuk RSJ

Tuba Mihir Dhodia ■ PV

Simran Patel SV

Percussion Joshua Qin SV

Deven Gupta RSJ

Rohan Hariharan LS

Ashmita Kumar SV

Danielle Leigh SV

Violin I Miya Liu ■■ SV

Richard Feng RSJ

Grace Jin SV

Isabel Hahn RSJ

Kaden Choi SL

Rachel Kim RSJ

Kytan Guu PV

Hannah Lee VRebecca Liu RSJ

Alex Lavaee JT

Mei Ono SV

Allison Yue RSJ

Angela Tang RSJ

Iris Shen LS

Jack Guo RSJ

Chris S. Lee LS

Aidan Lo JT

Mei Ling Patragnoni JT

Ryan Lim VFaraaz Aziz RSJ

Violin II Lauren Kim ■ SV

Jayden Yeung BP

Benjamin Fan RSJ

Shani Lin SV

Chris Song SV

Michael Yi JT

Sarah Fan JT

Katelyn Yoo RSJ

Elizabeth Klein LS

Jaemin Song RSJ

Jamie Kim RSJ

Alexander Kimm RSJ

Michael Li SV

Matthew Kim SV

Taylor Nguyen PV

Jenny Gu RSJ

May Geng SV

Michelle Yoo SV

Richard Tang RSJ

Stephany Hong RSJ

Elaine Pan SV

Johnny Jang SV

Viola Sol Choi ■ RSJ

Ethan Lai RSJ

Amy Takagi SV

Alison Cao SV

Taek Lee RSJ

Sophia Lee RSJ

Evelyn Cao SV

Yejin Heo SV

Andrew Kim PV

Ian Kim SV

Erin Sun VAlex Chung BP

Talia Nguyen RSJ

Candice Lu LS

Amanda Zhu JT

Nolan Lew RSJ

CelloRyan Liu ■ SV

Ryan Jung JT

Rachel Shim JT

Giulia Roy RSJ

Ethan Lee SV

Chloe Tjangnaka JT

Tiana Lin SL

Andrew An LS

Amy Palm PV

Ethan Liao RSJ

Erin Jeon RSJ

Timothy Chen VEric Kim LS

Robert Ni JT

Sean Okamoto RSJ

Sharon Leo SV

BassCharlene Hui ■ LS

Raymond Tsukada RSJ

Rachel Nakatsukasa V

Lauren Lee SV

Gabriel Macatula SV

Samuel Kim SV

Brian Bai SL

Alexander Fu SV

Pranay Dhoopar SV

Nathan Cinco V

Rachel How SV

Miaomiao Han LS

Ellie Chan SL

Ashna Parekh LS

Aarushi Shankar JT

Anne Wu JT

Ellie Lan SV

Julia Deist LS

Lena Anecki LS

Sarah Adams PV

Isabelle Gillies RSJ

Nathaniel Kim JT

Kaylie Kubota V V

Amy Chen JT

Sucheta Sundaram RSJ

Sophia Anderson LS

Keara McArtney V

Meera Sriram JT

Kaon Suh RSJ

Cecelia Labowe VJasmine Magana LS

Puneet Singh LS

Priyanshi Singh RSJ

Evelyn Kuei V

Nishtha Kumar SV

Sohani Pawan SV

Calista Nguyen SV

Lauren Choi RSJ

Amber Quiroga RSJ

Cat Mitchell RSJ

Sruthi Alle RSJ

Reina Gomez RSJ

Annabelle Wu SV

Caitlyn Liao RSJ

Mallika Cadin RSJ

Shamini Balasubramanian V

Liam Fricker JT

Miles Bailey-Waltz LS

Sriya Adunur LS

Deann Serron LS

Nanami Yamakawa SL

Kylie Thongsrinoon LS

Ryne Dunman JT

Jiayao (Emily) Li SV

Noelle Escalante SV

Tara Pirzadeh RSJ

Oluwatoni John LS

Lauren Doan PV

Lauren Yu SV

Lily Matthey VRyan Chang VLilli Behpoor RSJ

Erin Tsai SV

Elena Higuchi RSJ

Bethany Womack V

Sriya Vollala JT

Jack Han JT

Simran Lakhani SL

Yutang Qiu SV

Ella Fleming-Byrne RSJ

Hari Chandana JT

Kaylie Chao SV

Aryan Simhadri BP

Khushi Rajesh LS

Anjal Jain JT

Archana Alluri V

Luke Bailey-Waltz LS

Abigail Fang SV

Izzy Klein SL

Sofia Wadsworth PV

Zachary Garrett V

Alto Rachel Abalos PHS

Sophia Arellano IHS

Jessica Bakker WHS

Marina Bogosian PHS

Katerina Fargas UHS

Carrie Ge NHS

Leyla Jackson WHS

Yoo Jin Kim NHS

Kate Koeckritz IHS

Suhyun Koo UHS

Shirley Nguyen IHS

Jennifer Rudolph WHS

Amber Sun UHS

Hansika Sundaren IHS

Crystal Webb NHS

Lisa Xu NHS

Na Won Yoon UHS

Tabitha Bradley PHS

Apoorva Gunti WHS

BassMakai Aguirre WHS

Kyle Annett UHS

Jude Chau PHS

Ryan Chen IHS

Minu Choi UHS

Curtis Fralin PHS

Nishad Francis PHS

Aditya Honap IHS

Tommy Kang NHS

Cole Kawanami NHS

Peter Kliman WHS

Jimmy Leys IHS

Jonah Lim NHS

Jonathan Mah NHS

Aniket Mehrotra UHS

Ian Morgan WHS

Robert Tambe-Takaw WHS

Khan Tran UHS

James Lai IHS

Soprano Sheila Annett UHS

Maya Bouton WHS

Sofia Canul UHS

Marina Chang UHS

Michelle Du NHS

Abby Frazier WHS

Sarah Heil IHS

Kathleen Kim NHS

Adina Malmon WHS

Medha Nair WHS

Solmi Park PHS

Evelyn Pham IHS

Ananya Pochiraju IHS

Raksha Rajeshmohan PHS

Christie Sung UHS

Ariana Wu PHS

Ashley Wu NHS

Ada Yang NHS

Marina Yoshida IHS

Tenor Owen Bailey-Waltz WHS

Morgan Choi NHS

Davide Costa UHS

Shounok Ghosh NHS

Kristofer Jacobson IHS

Numair Khan UHS

Joseph Kim PHS

Justin Kim PHS

Samuel La Scala WHS

Erik Labowe IHS

Andy Lee NHS

Daniel Lin NHS

Yiduo Liu WHS

Matthew McCarthy UHS

Justin Shin IHS

Shreyas Srinivasan IHS

Ray Tian WHS

Benjamin Yang WHS

Chanho Yoon UHS


Middle School Honor Chorus

Middle School Honor

Orchestra

High School Honor Chorus


AW — AlderwoodBP — Beacon ParkBC — Bonita CanyonBW — BrywoodCV — Canyon ViewCP — College ParkCD — CulverdaleCY — Cypress Village

DF — DeerfieldES — EastshoreEW — EastwoodGT — GreentreeIHS — Irvine HSJT — Jeffrey Trail MSLS — Lakeside MSMP — Meadow Park

NHS — Northwood HSNW — NorthwoodOC — Oak CreekPV — Plaza VistaPHS — Portola HSPS — Portola SpringsRSJ — Rancho San Joaquin MSSH — Santiago Hills

SV — Sierra Vista MSSL — South LakeSB — SpringbrookSC — Stone CreekSG — StonegateTR — Turtle RockUHS — University HSV — Venado MS

V V — Vista VerdeWP — WestparkWHS — Woodbridge HSWB — Woodbury

■ Concert Master ■ Principal

Legend

Flute I/PiccoloAlison Huh NHS

Flute IMargaret Lee WHS

Flute IIKayla Nguyen IHS

Sally Ryu UHS

Oboe IErin Kim IHS

Rachel Yu NHS

Oboe IIWilliam Huang UHS

Oboe II/E. H.Allison Huang NHS

Bassoon ICaset Patterson UHS

Bassoon IIJocelyn Chen NHS

Jung Ho Hahm NHS

Clarinet IMatthew Linzey WHS

Brandon Yoo IHS

Clarinet IIJaekyung Shin UHS

Clarinet II/IIIJustin Lee NHS

Elliot Yu PHS

Alto Saxophone IAndy Chacon NHS

Alto Saxophone IIJody Lin WHS

Tenor SaxophoneBrandon Krichman WHS

Baritone SaxophoneLenah Syed IHS

Trumpet I/ISonia Kelly UHS

Trumpet I/IINick Webster IHS

Trumpet II/III Justine Sato WHS

Youngbo Shim NHS

Horn I/INick An UHS

Horn I/IIIJoel Thompson IHS

Horn II/IIMalcolm Tsay WHS

Horn II/IVElaine Chao NHS

Jason Yang PHS

Trombone IBenny Monuki UHS

Trombone IIEthan Shank IHS

William Gerber WHS

Trombone IIITianren Dong NHS

Caleb Ong PHS

TubaXavier Sevcik WHS

Rojan Javaheri UHS

Percussion IMitchell Rogers UHS

Percussion IIJay Kim NHS

Percussion IIIYoung Gun Andy Kim IHS

Percussion IVRobert Moore WHS

Percussion VYunseong Jung PHS

Violin IJulia Yuan IHS

Madeleine Fruman UHS

Kevin Miura NHS

Anna Kim WHS

David Jang PHS

Sophia Jin IHS

Yu-Shu Chen UHS

Caitlyn Zhang NHS

Emily Kim WHS

Sanghyun Kim PHS

Sean Kim IHS

Grace Park UHS

Helen Yang NHS

Gena Baek WHS

Daniel Han PHS

Faith Lee IHS

Raina Zhao UHS

Earnest Wang NHS

Madeline Pugar WHS

Annie Li PHS

Violin IIJean Park UHS

Tiffany Jean WHS

Andrew Kim IHS

Lauren Miller NHS

Benjamin Kim PHS

Allison Kim UHS

Lydia Cho WHS

Claire Chen IHS

Michelle Cho NHS

Esther Jung PHS

Gelina Linsangan UHS

Amy Lim WHS

Nakyung (Elina) Kim IHS

Nicholas Keung NHS

Stephanie Liao PHS

Frankie Son UHS

Christina Han WHS

Josephine Yeh IHS

Terrence Lim NHS

Andrew Wang PHS

ViolaClaire Kim WHS

Kevin Cho UHS

Christine Lin NHS

Grace Park IHS

Eileen Kim PHS

Sarah Chen WHS

Alexis Kim UHS

Jae Hwan Lee NHS

Sing-Yu (Phoebe) Lin IHS

Wesley Tjangnaka PHS

Christina Liu WHS

Josh Zou UHS

Zach Huang-Ogata NHS

Eunice Oh IHS

Michael Moon PHS

CelloDaniel Paik NHS

Wesley Park WHS

Yebin Kwon IHS

Wooyoung Son PHS

Soojung Ki UHS

Suhn Kim NHS

Maggie Chang WHS

Satyajit Mayadas IHS

Joseph Kim PHS

Daniel Yoo UHS

Anna Yang NHS

Paolo Paras WHS

Yubin Jee IHS

Allison Lu UHS

BassSungwon (Daniel) Woo IHS

Angela Chen NHS

Robert Son UHS

Brian Yip PHS

Megan Lu WHS

Junsang Yun IHS

William Pandes NHS

Rohan Chawla UHS

Nicholas Hung PHS

Alphonse Oh WHS

High School Honor

Orchestra

Irvine Unified School District AdministrationTerry L. Walker, Superintendent of Schools

John Fogarty, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services Brianne Ford, Chief Technology Officer

Eamonn O’Donovan, Assistant Superintendent, Human ResourcesCassie Parham, Assistant Superintendent, Education Services

Irvine Unified School District Music StaffAdrian Rangel-Sanchez ■ Amy Comestro ■ Ben Case

Bob Avzaradel ■ Brad Harris ■ Brendan McBrien ■ Casey Causey Corey Heddon ■ Derek Venlet ■ Desmond Stevens ■ Diane Formica

Dianna Gray ■ Ebun Agboola ■ Elizabeth Rohrs ■ Erica Turrell Erik Emery ■ Grace Lee ■ Greg Bergevin ■ Hee Jeong Przytulski Henry Miller ■ Holly Held ■ Jason Grenier ■ Johanna Kroesen

Joslynne Blasdel ■ Justin Olvey ■ Kaii Lee ■ Karen Sposato Katherine Findlay ■ Keith Kroesen ■ Laura Lodin ■ Laura Schultz

Marilyn Perona ■ Mark Ghiassi ■ Miguel Chicas ■ Nathan Robinson Rebecca Venlet ■ Rebekah Scott ■ Rob Blaney ■ Marci Gross Monica Cummins ■ Ricky Medina ■ Rosemary Montgomery

Sarah Yun ■ Thomas Kahelin ■ Tina Glander Peterson Whitney Tavlarides ■ Zach Halop

Irvine Unified School District Instructional AssistantsArmando Rosales ■ Diane Pliszka ■ Jennifer Campbell ■ Jessica Frank John Mroch ■ Jonathan Gerrard ■ Kelsey Uyeda ■ Meagan Caldwell

Melissa Carrington ■ Nissi Vasa ■ Young Kim ■ Patrick Mora

Irvine Unified School District StaffBrad Van Patten, Coordinator, Visual and Performing Arts

Nicole Reynolds, Administrative Assistant, Visual and Performing ArtsErin Zoumaras, Teacher on Special Assignment

James Adling, Theater Technician Brian Des Palmes, Theater Technician

Chloe Haack, Theater Technician Jason Grenier, Backstage Manager

Annie Brown, Public Information OfficerRaianna Chavez, Executive Assistant, Superintendent’s Office

IUSD Maintenance and Operations DepartmentIUSD Campus Safety

Irvine Unified School District Principals

K-6 SchoolsKelli Cheshire, Alderwood ■ Corey Pace, Bonita Canyon

Astrid Ramirez, Brywood ■ Christina Giguiere, Canyon View Meg Gwyn, College Park ■ David Burke, Culverdale Carla Beal, Cypress Village ■ Julie Hatchel, Deerfield

Lisa Kadam, Eastshore ■ Aaron Jetzer, Eastwood Tamara Brown, Greentree ■ Thomas Potwora, Meadow Park

Janelle Kellar, Northwood ■ Carlo Grasso, Oak Creek Megan Bricker, Portola Springs ■ Michele Ogden, Santiago Hills

Sunny Shen, Springbrook ■ Jenna Berumen, Stone Creek Harmony Briscoe, Stonegate ■ Molly Daley, University Park

Deanna Rutter, Westpark ■ Alan Battenfield, Woodbury

K-8 SchoolsBob Curley, Beacon Park ■ James Parker, Plaza Vista

Jerry Vlasic, Vista Verde

Middle SchoolsMichael Georgino, Jeffrey Trail ■ Gina Cuneo, Lakeside

Mike Modeer, Rancho San Joaquin ■ Lynn Matassarin, Sierra Vista Belinda Averill, South Lake ■ Luis Torres, Venado

High SchoolsMonica Colunga, Irvine ■ Leslie Roach, Northwood

John Pehrson, Portola ■ Kevin Astor, University Christopher Krebs; Woodbridge

Segerstrom Center for the Arts For their complete support in usage of facilities

and Center staff:Tom Lane ■ Max Stossier ■ Christine Upham Norm Major III ■ Tim Ligatti ■ Stacey Myers

Karen Drum ■ Nicki Wilmot

ProductionFilmEd Academy of the Arts Ted Ancona, Ancona Audio

2018 Honors Concert Acknowledgements


Special Thanks to Our Sponsors

Irvine Unified School District Board of EducationPaul Bokota ■ Lauren Brooks ■ Betty Carroll Ira Glasky ■ Sharon Wallin

Located in Orange County, Cal i forn ia, the I rv ine Unified School District (IUSD) comprises a diverse populat ion of more than 34,000 K-12 students in 23 elementary schools, three K-8 schools, six middle schools, f i ve h igh schools and one cont inuat ion h igh school . S ince becoming a school d is t r ic t in 1972, IUSD schools have been nat ional ly recog-nized for comprehensive programs in academics, the arts and athlet ics. Through a partnership with ta lented and car ing teachers, engaged students, involved parents, and supportive business and com-munity leaders, student and Distr ict performance cont inual ly exceeds state and nat ional standards.

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