• FEATURING •Middle School Honor Orchestra

Middle School Honor Band

2014CCS Middle SchoolBand and Orchestra

Honors Concert

Pacific Grove Middle, School835 Forest Avenue

Pacific Grove, CaliforniaJanuary 25, 2014, 2:00 p.m.

California Music Educators AssoctionCentral Coast Section

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Welcome Message

California Music EducatorsAssociation • Central Coast Section

Central Coast Section is an affiliate nenber of the California Music Educators Association. CMEA is a Federated unit of NAfME: National Association for Music Education.

Purpose

Membership is open to all music educators working in public and private schools, colleges and universities in California. The purposes of the association are: (1) to promote access to a sequential music education for all Pre-K through Grade 12 students taught by fully qualified music educators; (2) to support and improve existing music programs; (3) to promote quality pre-service and in-service music teacher preparation programs; and, (4) to create a greater awareness of the value of music education through partnerships with other associations and advocacy among state and local agencies.

Welcome to the 2014 Middle School Band and Orchestra Honors Concert. On behalf of the CMEA Central Coast Section Board of Directors, congratulations to the top young musicians from four counties who perform today and to those who made the extraordinary effort to audition for these high caliber ensembles. Our Honors Concerts are the largest events we produce annually, building cohesion of pedagogy in the art form and establishing a high standard for music education within our section. Students are able to expand their study of music with the support of their commu-

nities, families, teachers and school administrators by auditioning or participating in this event. Thank you for valuing arts education by supporting a young person’s journey to this stage or their decision to audition. Each note represents the hard work and dedication of the student musician as well as the people behind them who help see potential and value in this life long skill that preserves culture and tradition.

The guest conductors have selected and prepared some great repertoire while winning the respect and hearts of our Central Coast students and educators. Our students have built new connections with peer musicians and have grown as young adults while preparing for this event in less than 48 hours! Thorough preparation by the wonderful conductors and the diligent work of the students is sure to bring an extra sense of refinement to the concert. If you agree, thank an administrator for keeping music in our schools and thank a teacher for supporting the professional membership of CMEA/NAfME.

Today’s concert is being digitally recorded and will be available on CD. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to obtain a professional recording that preserves and documents this accom-plishment for your student musician and family. Ordering information can be found in the lobby. 

Please plan to enjoy the entire concert. Concert etiquette and respect for the musicians asks that you silence all electronics, escort distressed children to the lobby, and use flash photography only between pieces. It is also requested that, if necessary, you enter or exit only between performances.

Thank you for supporting a truly balanced curriculum for your student that includes music education. Enjoy the concert!

Best Regards,Drew Lewis, PresidentCMEA-Central Coast Section

Concert Program

Sheldon Schlesinger, ConductorChris West, CCS Chair

Michael Boitz, ConductorDiane Gehling, CCS Chair

Middle School Honor Orchestra

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Brandenburg Concerto, No. 5 ..........................................J. S. Bach, arr. Mele J. Isaac

I Dreamed a Dream, from "Les Miserables" ..........................Schonberg, arr. Kazik

In the Hall of the Mountain King ............... Edvard Grieg, arr. Deborah Monday

Dance of the Tumblers, from the "Snow Maiden" ...............arr. Deborah Monday

Music from the Pirates of the Caribbean .........Klaus Badelt, arr. Larry Moore

Procession of the Nobles ............................ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Bocook

Divinum Mysterium ..........................................................................James Swearingen

Spontaneous Combustion ................................................................. Robert Sheldon

Washington Post March ................................................John Philip Sousa, arr Balent

Middle School Honor Orchestra Conductor

Key to Middle SchoolsSchool ...................................................... Teacher ......................................................... School CodeCarmel Middle School ........................................... Nancy Fowler ............................................................................. CMSGavilan View Middle School ................................ Diane Gehling ........................................................................... GVMHome School ........................................................... Rose Marie Dunsford ............................................................. HOMInternational School ............................................... Rose Marie Dunsford .................................................................INTMonterey Charter School ..................................... Rose Marie Dunsford ............................................................... MCSPacific Grove Middle School ............................... Barbara Priest .............................................................................PGMSan Benancio Middle School ............................... Jeff Osarczuk ................................................................................SBMSanta Catalina School ............................................ Rosella Crawford-Bathurst ........................................................SCSSeaside Middle School .......................................... Robert Aguilar .............................................................................SEAStevenson School, Carmel Campus .................... Chris West ....................................................................................RLSWalter Colton .......................................................... Kevin Hoff .................................................................................. COLYork School .............................................................. Don Dally .....................................................................................YRK

Sheldon Schlesinger grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attend Mills High School in Milbrae. As a member of the California Youth Symphony, from 1965-1969, he attended tours to Mexico, Australia, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia(1971). He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and received his BA in music and history. He taught in Bakersfield from 1973-1978. He has taught music in Fresno since 1978 and has been the orchestra director at Hoover High School in Fresno since 1983. Mr. Schlesing-er plays double bass professionally with orchestras in Fresno and throughout California Mr. Schlesinger is the operations manager at the Pacific Music Camp at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California (1975-2009).

Mr. Schlesinger started the Central California Youth Symphony in April 1998 after the Hoover High School Orchestra trip to Italy. The goal is to give international music travel experience to students throughout Central California. There have been five international tours for the Central California Youth Symphony to Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, China, Spain, France, Bel-gium, England and Ireland.

Mr. Schlesinger is currently the vice president of the California Orchestra Directors Association and a member of the California Music Educators Association. He also served at the Orchestra represen-tative for Fresno Madera Counties Music Education Association for many years.

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Middle School Honor OrchestraViolin IAlyssa Stegall • RLSMichelle Vu • INTMegan Tang •YRKEli Willis • CMSJustin Vu • INTJane Yang • PGMHenry Loh • PGMGrace Padgett • RLSJane Chen • COLChris Chung • SBMKenshi Husted • CMSKathryn Yeager • SCSGrace Lee- PGMKajsa Williams • CMSSamantha Do • SCS

Violin IINicole Ross • SEAMengfan Zhang • PGMDaisy Swanson • PGMArya Puar •RLSGenevieve Ryan • PGMMarina Lieberman • MBCCatherine Kim • PGMNatalie Jenkins • SEATheresa Huynh • GVMNate Eramaa • GVMJason Kim • PGMKai Hoadley • PGMJessica Small • CMSKaitlyn Van Lone •PGMFang Tao • CMS

Violin IIISamantha Smock • CMSReed Wilson • MBCCady Simmons • PGMJohanna Bunn • HOMGarrett Hyink • PGMParker Llantero • PGM

ViolaRyan Porch • CMSGavin Eldridge • PGMKevin Kang • SBMJordan Goodwin • PGMTaylor Grohar • PGMNathan Oros • CMSBenjamen Sterwerf • PGMKaley Clary • CMSMiguel Garza • CMSBeckett Sebok • PGMBrandon Schaeffer • PGMMackenzie Sherrod • PGM

CelloCaleb Kim • CMSJacob Hoadley • PGMQuincy Conklin • CMSMaggie Ellison • CMSBraeden Lueken • PGMNatalia Kaufman • PGMAbigail Brewer • PGMSarow Chung • PGMRachel Bagby • CMSKismet Isik • PGMColin Chandler • CMSErmalyn Dinkel • CMSClementine Chamberlain • CMS

BassAaron Georis • CMSAvery Doss • PGMMadeleine Erickson • PGMJohn Pomeroy • CMSJakob Haney • PGM

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Key to Schools

School ...................................................... Teacher ......................................................... School CodeAll Saints Day School ............................................. Chris Ippisch ...............................................................................ASDCarmel MIddle School ........................................... Nancy Fowler ............................................................................. CMSFairview Middle School ......................................... Brian Parker ................................................................................FVMFlamson Middle School ......................................... Cynthia Lindquist ......................................................................FMSGavilan View Middle School ................................ Diane Gehling ........................................................................... GVMLewis Middle School .............................................. Michelle Nimick .........................................................................LMSMonte Vista Christian ............................................ Gayleen Myer ............................................................................ MVCPacific Collegiate School ....................................... Scott Nordgren ............................................................................PCS Pacific Grove Middle School ................................ Barbara Priest .............................................................................PGMPalma Junior High School ..................................... Dennis Murphy ............................................................................PALSan Benancio Middle School ................................ Jeff Osarczuk ................................................................................SBMSan Lorenzo Valley Middle Schllo ....................... Daniel Lingenfelter ..................................................................... SLVSanta Catalina School ............................................. Rosella Crawford-Bathurst ........................................................SCSStevenson School, Carmel Campus .................... Chris West ....................................................................................RLSWashington Middle School .................................. Peggy Carroll ............................................................................. WMS

Michael Boitz is the Performing Arts Department Chair at Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA, where he is in his 16th year of teaching instrumental music. Mr. Boitz’s musical responsibilities at Saratoga High School include overseeing all as-pects of the music department, involving over 40% of the 1,350 students enrolled at Saratoga High. The instrumental ensembles at SHS include 3 concert bands, 2 jazz bands, a percussion ensemble class, 4 string orchestras, two 100-member symphony orchestras, and a 220-member competitive marching band.

Mr. Boitz has presented sessions for new music educators at the local and state level of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), as well as serves as an adjudicator for CMEA Bay Section, NCBA, and other various orga-nizations on the West Coast. Mr. Boitz is currently serving as the state CMEA Orchestra Representative, Orchestra Representative for the California Band Di-

rectors Association, and is a Member-At-Large of the California Orchestra Directors Association. Mr. Boitz has been honored to guest conduct high school and middle school honor bands and orchestras in California, Nevada, and Illinois, and is also invited annually to conduct at renowned summer music camps. Mr. Boitz also serves as an adjudicator nationally, including most recently the renown Fiesta Bowl competition in Phoe-nix and the Utah State Band Championships.

At the 2003 California Music Educators Association Bay Section Conference Mr. Boitz was awarded the Gilbert T. Freitas Award for Excellence in Music Education. In 2007 he was awarded the Richard L. Levin Or-chestra Educator of the Year Award at the annual California Music Educators Association State Conference. In 2012 Mr. Boitz was awarded the CMEA State Band Educator of the Year, and in January 2013 was awarded Educator of the Year by the Bay Section of the California Music Educators Association.

Michael Boitz was born and raised in Anoka, MN, and is a proud graduate of Anoka High School. He is a mag-na cum laud graduate of Concordia College, Moorhead, MN. He completed his MA in Music Education with an emphasis in conducting from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, where he continues to further his studies.

Middle School Honor BandFlute Mei Bailey • PGM Ariana Fadel • SCSJasmine Mitchell • SBMOlive DeLuca • CMSAnna Cusenza • SBMCamryn Wood • PGMJarod Rischpater • SLVGrace Niccum • ASDMorgan Bilyeu • PGMIhlara Gray • CMSAlfred Zoppi • MVCSophia Buraglio • CMS Oboe Iris Valdez • FVMMax Afifi • PGM Bassoon Ealaph Tabbaa • CMS Bb ClarinetConner Castleman • PCSAlexander Shi • PGMScott Peck • SLVJieun Song • PGMBessie Nicolaides • GVMDaniel Papacica • CMSTrevor Lin • CMSJazmin Hernandez • FVMCharlotte Bell • SLVRiley Passegger • LMSBenjamin Lund • CMSJared Kitteringham • CMSDavid Huh • CMSPeter Ellison • CMSSabrina Vuong • GVM Bass Clarinet Elizabeth Parkes • PGMVictor Jimenez • FMSJack Banuelos • FVM

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