THE MIRA MESA HIGH SCHOOL VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT

PRESENTS

DANZÓN Spring Orchestra Concert (2013)

Homage a Degas (1987) Veronica Ruiz de Velasco (b. 1968)

Featuring the Mira Mesa Orchestras

Thursday, May 30th Mira Mesa Auditorium, 7:00 pm

Program

Prelude

Les Larmes de Jacqueline Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 1880)

Henry Kim – Cello Ms. Laura Williams – Piano

Debut Strings

Petite Tango (1995) Casey B. Kriechbaum Jr.

Honor & Glory (2008) Soon Hee Newbold (b. 1974)

Hunters’ Chorus, from Der Freischutz (1821) Carl Maria von Weber (1786 – 1826)

CONCERT ORCHESTRA

When the Summer Comes (2010) Susan H. Day

Ridin’ the Rails (1992) Richard Meyer

CONCERT & STRING ORCHESTRAS

Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen

Red Pepper (2008) Jeffrey S. Bishop (b. 1970)

INTERMISSION

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

“100 Years”, as arranged by the Vitamin String Quartet Five for Fighting

Violin – Gennia Gonzales & Miguel Horrilleno Viola – Aliyah Redic Cello – Sohlhee Kim

STRING & SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor (1868) Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833 – 1900)

Yeeun Kim (Alice), Violin

The Idylls of Pegasus (2003) Richard Meyer

Danzón No. 2 (1994) Arturo Márquez (b. 1950)

Debut Strings Violin I John Carlo Dizon Eloisa Escolano Maria Fortaleza Kimberly Ha Jenalyn Hudson Nigel Javate Rollynne Lachica Jolyn Nguyen Mai Nguyen Luis Rivera Mendez Eliah Kim Sadangsal Charming Samala #

Violin II Enrique Castillo Hipolito Castillo Ronald De Vera Sherwayne De Vera Thrisha Mae Elad Basago Esquivel Jazmyn Godinez Jocelyn Godinez Patrick Hanshew Janica Lagura Raven Lapada Hiep Le Everett Moore Makayla Osborne Duc Pham # Jeimie Rivera Ernestine Sario Rogelio Vargas

Viola J.P. Abquina # Tiaraleen Bulacan Melissa Enquito # John Evangelista Rarion Giwagiw Jade Hamilton # Linh Ho Kyle Ocampo Keith Rangga Reyna Rivera-Ybarra Matthew Thomas Yonel Tinoco Raven Tomas

Cello David Apostol Matthew Blanco Alexander Ha Parker Heath Brian Labak Anh-Tuan Nguyen April Price # Agapito Sarraon-Radcliffe String Bass Christian Bassi Mark Bolado Spencer Kellerman Ian Ramos Julius Rubi Jakob Stokes # – Senior (’13)

Concert Orchestra Violin I Gia Jung + Janae Lowary + Justin Clenista October Deyoung Kenia Flores Helen Giang Allison Moua David Palacios # Victor Reyes Lydia Truong

Violin II Hoang-Thy Ton Nu * Elissa Cariaga * Brighid Buckman Miguel Concepcion Cheng Cui # Jasmine DeLeon Jinvenedick Gantan # Sara Gonzalez Julie Londonio # Phouyeang Ly # Rian Maldonado Nikki Mercado Lananh Nguyen # Melody Nguyen # Stacey Nguyen # Joseph Tejero Mark Viana # Sue Vue #

Viola Ryan Baines * Luis Baun Kyle Beach # Hazel Cantil # Christian Deang # Zachary Diaz # Maricela Islas-Hall Cello Sara-Bess Graham * Landon Akiyama # Manabu Kaneko Jonathan Keller # Taylor Kinoshita Trisha Panganiban

String Bass Thomas Huang * Melarie Cardenas Nina Mariscal Carlos Tagalog # Train Whistle Khang Tonthat (5th grade) + – Concertmasters * – Principal # – Senior (’13)

Symphony Orchestra Violin I Yeeun Kim + * ^ # Megumi Asai Canup ^ Gennia Gonzales ^ # Jason Kaufman # Isaac Lemus ^ Tristan McCoy Anna Phan ^ Betsy Podsiadlo Violin II Kana Rigby * Miguel Horrilleno * ^ # Paolo Arriola Ethan Chong Madeline Do Alex Gawaran Kayla Iniguez Judy Nguyen Trisha Porter ^ Aaron Tran

Viola Allison Huynh * Ryan De Jesus # Rae Garcia Zachary Preslar ^ Aliyah Redic # Laura Tafolla ^ Cello Hyangmin Kim * ^ # Roselynn Conrady Allen Daluz # Isaac Gallardo Patrick Hizon Sohlhee Kim ^ # Cassidy McAuliffe Cyrus Newhouse String Bass Adam Guzzardo * ^ Jonathan Gayap ^ # Paul Kottis #

Piccolo Danielle Ambrosio * ^ # Flute Tiffany Tran ^ Megan Nguyen Oboe Jasmine Zemlin * # Bassoon Carlo Boticano * # Jaylan Worthy Diaz Clarinet Gabrielle Eacock * ^ Brian Giang French Horn Austin Gardner ^ Jacob Paules Kenny Lavergne Jacob Hentz

Trumpet Christian J. Miguel * Ralph Imbuido Trombone Austin Vinluan * ^ Daniel Alameda ^ Thaddeus Demeke ^ Tuba Aidan Morman * ^ Percussion Orion-Song Lewis * ^ Jeffrey Rodriguez Reyman Bada Mark Caro Rallen Patricio Piano Laura Williams + – Concertmaster * – Principal ^ – SDUSD Honor Group # – Senior (’13)

SDUSD Honor Orchestra & Band Musicians Strings

Yeeun Kim, Violin Gennia Gonzales, Violin Miguel Horrilleno, Violin

Anna Phan, Violin Trisha Porter, Violin Isaac Lemus, Violin

Megumi Asai Canup, Violin Zachary Preslar, Viola Laura Tafolla, Viola Henry Kim, Cello

Sohlhee Kim, Cello Roselynn Conrady, Cello

Jonathan Gayap, Bass Adam Guzzardo, Bass

Winds Danielle Ambrosio, Flute

Seth Nakanishi, Flute Tiffany Tran, Flute

Steven Drooz, Clarinet Gabrielle Eacock, Clarinet Nicole Gonzales, Clarinet

Franz Manalansan, Clarinet Janet Ta, Clarinet

Steven Moreno, Bass Clarinet Jake Boring, Alto Saxophone

Brass & Percussion Alexander Patillo, Trumpet Joseph Tweedy, Trumpet

Nhixxel Basa, French Horn Austin Gardner, French Horn

Liam Barrett, Trombone Daniel Alameda, Trombone

Thaddeus Demeke, Trombone Leah Paty, Euphonium

Austin Vinluan, Euphonium Aidan Morman, Tuba

Orion-Song Lewis, Percussion Isaiah Rivas, Percussion

Mira Mesa By the NumbersEnrollment Figures

132 – Wind, Brass, & Percussion Players 137 – String Players 37 – Honor Musicians 269 – Instrumental Music Students

Growth in Perspective

54 – String Students at the 2011 Spring Concert 93 – String Students at the 2012 Spring Concert 137 – String Students at the 2013 Spring Concert

154% Growth in Enrollment (Two Year Period)

The 2012-13 Year in Review Orchestra Performances

• Record Honor Orchestra Acceptances (14 students), including the co-concertmaster for the district

• Winter Concert at Wangenheim Middle School • Festival Concert with Concert Orchestra, String

Orchestra, Concert Band, & Wind Ensemble • Quartet Performance at Anthology in a Beatles vs.

Stones concert review • Guest performance & interview on UT-TV • Honor Orchestra & Band Concert at Copley

Symphony Hall • Explorations in Chamber Music: Quartet Lab with Quartet

Nouveau (November, January, & April) • SCSBOA Festival at Ramona Center for the Arts • Les Misérables (Six Performances) • Open House Performances • Mira Mesa Town Council Performance

Guest Performances and Orchestra Opportunities

• Philharmonia Orchestra Concert • BBC Concert Orchestra • Q&A session with BBC Concert Orchestra &

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart • Hausmann String Quartet (Chamber Music

Performance and Information Sessions) • Quartet Nouveau Performance & Chamber Music

Presentation

Clinics & Coaching Opportunities

• Weekly coaching sessions with professional musicians Kimbely Hain, Allison Roush, Annabelle Terbetski, Bing Yan, & Jory Herman

• Clinic with San Diego State University Viola Professor and Coordinator of String Education Travis Maril

• Clinics with San Diego Symphony musicians, including violinist Pei-Chun Tsai; violists Gareth Zehngut and Chi-Yuan Chen; and principal bassist Jeremy Kurtz-Harris

• Orchestra clinic with Gary Horimoto

Our Mira Mesa Community | Thank YouSan Diego Unified School District

Bill Kowba, Superintendent Cindy Marten, Superintendent (Incoming)

San Diego Unified School District Board of Education

San Diego Unified School District Visual and Performing Arts Department

Dr. Karen Childress-Evans, Director Mark Nicholson, Instrumental Music Coordinator

Mira Mesa Faculty and Staff

Scott Giusti, Principal Virginia Sturgeon, Vice Principal

Sara Leonard, Vice Principal Francisca Del Carmen-Aguilar, Vice Principal

Rosalie Cuff, Administrative Aid Christine Hight, Attendance Clerk Rosi Susalla, Operations Specialist

Shannon Raymond, Site Technician JoAnn Schmidt, Office Assistant

Anna Day, Financial Clerk Mary Jensen, ASB Advisor

Daniel Kriley, Theatre/VAPA Department Chair Art Spurlock, Screen Printing & Graphic Design Laura Williams, Choir/English/Musical Theatre

Jeanne Christensen, Band & Orchestra

Partner Music Programs Ted Foster, Challenger Middle School

Stuart Holmes, Wangenheim Middle School Cassandra Brown, Wangenheim Middle School

Mira Mesa Instrumental Music Boosters

Tammy Paules, President Gina Chapman, Vice President

Aileen Berthume, 2nd Vice President Christy Paty, Secretary

Michele Hentz, Treasurer Sara Barrett, Ways & Means Amy Fallon, Ways & Means

Debra Moffet, Uniforms Magdalene Hipp, Historian Nigel Gardener, Equipment Gigi Abrogina, Refreshments Rowena Rodriguez, Alumni

Orchestra Council Gennia Gonzales, President Yeeun Kim, Vice President

Megumi Asai Canup, Secretary Trisha Porter, Historian Allison Huynh, Librarian

Anna Phan, Treasurer Henry Kim, Student Representative

Jonathan Gayap, Student Representative Miguel Horrilleno, Student Representative

Coaches & Support Staff

Kimberly Hain, Violin Allison Chilton, Violin

Annabelle Terbetski, Viola Bing Yan, Cello

Jory Herman, String Bass

Counseling Department Mary McDonald, Head Counselor

Kim George, Counselor Nancy Beal, Counselor

Debbie Blanchard, Counselor Amy Burger, Counselor

Jay Leach, Counselor Sandi Rice, Counselor

Belen Bahena, Counselor Barbara Lauriano, Counseling Secretary

Additional Thanks

Elena Mulvaney Baby Girl Mulvaney Marlin Christensen

JoAnn Schmidt Gary Horimoto

Ann Marie Haney, CCMS Loren Keagle, Audio Engineering

Technical Theatre Students Ashley Rose Fogg

Special Thanks Special thanks are in order to the numerous families and institutions that have helped make music education opportunities here at Mira Mesa High School a continuing reality.

To our numerous financial supporters who help ensure the continued availability of resources and opportunities for our student-musicians…

To the parents for driving to and from rehearsal… and encouraging your students to practice…

To Challenger Middle School and the San Diego Unified School District’s Visual and Performing Arts

Department (VAPA) for loaning Mira Mesa students instruments for use during the 2012-2013 academic year…

To the Community Council for Music in the Schools (CCMS) and Ms. Ann Marie Haney for helping us

meet our instrumental needs when our enrollment far exceeds our inventory…

For All Your Support – “Thank You”

Thank You – English Gracias – Spanish

Maraming Salamat – Filipino (Tagalog) ありがとうございます。– Japanese

감사합니다 – Korean 谢谢你 – Chinese

Dankeschön – German Aw Khun – Cambodian (Khmer)

Cảm ơn – Vietnamese Merci – French

Ua Tsaug – Hmong Gam-Xia – Taiwanese (Hokkien)

Obrigado – Portuguese

Upcoming Opportunities Dates to Consider: San Diego Youth Symphony Auditions – June 10 – 20 | sdys.org The New Youth Orchestra San Diego – Upon Request | thenewyouthorchestra.com Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra – Upon Request | sdyas.org All About Music San Diego Auditions – Upon Request | allaboutmusicsd.org San Diego Winds Summer Institute – July 8 – 14 at SDSU | sdwinds.org Presidio Brass Summer Seminar – Pending Scheduling | presidiobrass.org Band at the Beach – August 6 – 10 | bandatthebeach.org

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