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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
36th Annual Donald Bren Honors Concert14
Middle School Honor Chorus
Middle School Honor
Orchestra
High School Honor Chorus
36th Annual Donald Bren Honors Concert 15
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
36th Annual Donald Bren Honors Concert16
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
Irvine Unified School District Board of EducationPaul Bokota ■ Lauren Brooks ■ Betty Carroll Ira Glasky ■ Sharon Wallin
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