varsity 2 guitar ensemble

The History of the Las Vegas

Academy Guitar Program

2002-2014

Twelve Years

Compiled by Bill Swick

Las Vegas Academy

315 S. 7th St.

Las Vegas, NV 89101

www.classroomguitar.com

This is dedicated to the following eight students who completed the first four years of classroom guitar offered at the Las Vegas Academy.

Stephen Boggioni Ryan Boylan

Addison Costella Marquicia Dominigue

Shane Olivas Jeckster Rico Walter Turner Angie Walker

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Las Vegas Academy Guitar Program

The Beginning The guitar program at the Las Vegas Academy began at the start of the 2002-03 school year with the following 29 guitar majors.

First Varsity 3 Guitar Class at LVA Fall, 2002 (Advanced)

Kylee Andreasen (sophomore) Eli Bloecker (senior) Stephen Boggioni (freshman) Sarah Boka (sophomore) Addison Costella (freshman) Nick Giordano (freshman) Jeremy Gorlin (junior) Mary Haddad (senior) Keith Hardin (junior) Rick Monsalvo (senior) Shane Olivas (freshman) Sarah O’Malley (freshman) Barry Provost (junior) Jeckster Rico (freshman)

First Varsity 2 Guitar Class at LVA Fall, 2002 (Intermediate) Brandon Beligni (freshman) Ryan Boylan (freshman) Jaron Brumley (freshman) Stephanie Burleson (sophomore) Evan Carlisle (sophomore) Marquicia Domingue (freshman) Joe Farrell (sophomore) Brendan Mahathey (freshman) Ryan Merriman (freshman) David Morley (sophomore) Nick Morley (freshman) Matthew Novit (freshman) Walter Turner (freshman) Angie Walker (freshman) Brandon Zitch (freshman)

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First Elective Beginning Guitar Class at LVA Fall, 2002 Jennifer Anich Randie Barnes Robert Bravo (became a guitar major the following year) Stephanie Brinkerhoff (became a guitar major the following year) Abigail Burden Robert Cabrera Kathryn Carley (became a guitar major the following year) Shantell Crawford (became a guitar major the following year) Rostyslav Dzhurinsky Ricardo Garcia Chris Green (became a guitar major the following year) Adrina Hanson Charell Jackson Meghan LaFleur Kourtenaye Monroe Sasha Romandetti Kelly Seeley Angela Tramont Neil Vogt Summer Younguist The following guitar majors were seniors the year the guitar program began. Eli Bloecker Mary Haddad Rick Monsalvo These students graduated as guitar majors having had only one year of guitar at LVA. The following students were juniors during the first year and graduated with two years of guitar at LVA. Jeremy Gorlin Keith Hardin Barry Provost Jeremy Gorlin, Keith Hardin and Barry Provost were in guitar class with Mr. Swick at Palo Verde and came to LVA the same time Mr. Swick joined the faculty at LVA.

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The following guitar students were sophomores during the 2002-03 school year. Kylee Andreasen (completed 3 years as a guitar major at LVA. First student to graduate in Nevada with 7 years of classroom guitar) Sarah Boka (completed 3 years as a guitar major at LVA) Stephanie Burleson (completed 3 years as a guitar major at LVA) Kathryn Carley (doubled majored in art and guitar her senior year) Evan Carlisle (graduated early after completing 2 years as a guitar major at LVA) Joe Farrell (completed 3 years as a guitar major at LVA) Chris (Green) Kullman (completed 3 years as a guitar major at LVA) David Morley (moved to Korea after 1 year at LVA) Kylee Andreasen was in guitar for one year at Palo Verde High School with Mr. Swick and transferred to LVA with Mr. Swick. The following guitar students were freshmen during the 2002-03 school year: Brandon Beligni (moved to Utah after freshman year) Stephen Boggioni (first to complete four years of classroom guitar at LVA) Ryan Boylan (first to complete four years of classroom guitar at LVA) Jaron Brumley (left LVA after freshman year) Addison Costella (first to complete four years of classroom guitar at LVA) Marquicia Dominigue (first to complete four years of classroom guitar at LVA) Nick Giordano (switched majors after junior year) Brendan Mahathey (graduated early at the completion of junior year) Ryan Merriman (left LVA during freshman year) Nick Morley (moved to Korea after freshman year) Matthew Novit (left LVA after junior year) Shane Olivas (first to complete four years of classroom guitar at LVA) Sarah O’Malley (left LVA after junior year) Jeckster Rico (first to complete four years of classroom guitar at LVA) Walter Turner (first to complete four years of classroom guitar at LVA) Angie Walker (first to complete four years of classroom guitar at LVA) Brandon Zitch (switched majors after sophomore year) Stephen Boggioni, Nick Giordano and Sarah O’Malley were guitar students with Mr. Swick at Rogich Middle School and came to LVA as freshmen.

The First LVA Guitar Quartet

The first LVA Guitar Quartet consisted of Keith Hardin, Jeremy Gorlin, Kylee Andreasen and Eli Bloeker. Keith, Jeremy and Kylee had been in a quartet together at Palo Verde the previous year before transferring to LVA. The quartet performed at numerous conventions and special events the first year of its existence at LVA.

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The First Senior Guitarist to Receive the Principal’s Award

Eli Bloeker was the recipient of the first Principal’s Award presented to a senior guitar major. Eli received this award at Senior Awards Night in the spring of 2003.

Outstanding Accomplishments the First Year 2002-03

1. Twenty-six out of the twenty-eight guitar students who qualified for the Nevada Music Educators Association All-State Solo & Ensemble were LVA guitar students.

2. The advanced guitar ensemble performed at the 2003 Winter NAMM Convention as part of a GAMA presentation.

3. The advanced guitar ensemble appeared on Fender Musical Instrument Corp.’s guitar education DVD.

4. LVA music department received its third Gold Grammy Award. 5. Recorded two CD’s, The First Year 2003, which features 12 tracks of selected

large ensemble pieces by both Varsity 1 and Varsity 2, and LVA Guitar Solo & Ensemble 2003 featuring the students who received a Superior Rating at Solo & Ensemble in February, 2003.

6. Hosted the 2nd Annual CCSD Director’s Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble The first performance given by the LVA guitar program was on October 22, 2002 in the Band Room at 7:00 p.m. Approximately fifty people were in attendance for this performance. This performance was the first guitar recital featuring guitar soloists and small ensembles. The following is a program from this first performance.

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October 22, 2002

7:00 p.m. Las Vegas Academy First Guitar Recital

Location: LVA Band Room Admission: Free

Op. 45, No. 1-Wohlfahrt Cantabile Francesco Molino David Morley Stephanie Burleson

Angela Walker Op. 45, No. 16 Wohlfahrt

Joe Farrell Capriccio Anton Logy Brandon Beligni

Am Study No. 3 Matteo Carcassi Brendan Mahathey Mary Haddad

Jazz Rhythm No. I Am Study No. 5 Dionisio Aguado Addison Costella

Sarah Boka Rick Monsalvo Am Study No. 7 Aaron Shear Jazz Rhythm No. 2 Am Study No. 8 Claude Gagnon Jeremy Gorlin

Sarah O'Malley Rick Monsalvo Am Study No. 10 Cees Hartog Rondo No. 2 J.P. Rameau

Jeckster Rico Angela Walker Brendan Mahathey

Em Study No.1 Traditional Walter Turner Stephen Boggioni

Trios 5, 6 & 7 Ferdinando Carulli C Study No. 4 Carlo Domeniconni Keith Hardin

Barry Provost Kylee Andreasen Jeremy Gorlin

Am/C Study No. I Matteo Carcassi Shane Olivas Fit as a Fiddle Lennie Neihaus

Stephanie Burleson Am Study No. 12 Niccolo Paganini Brandon Beligni C/Am Study No. 1 Niccolo Paganini Brendan Mahathey

Nick Giordano Joe Farrell Andante No. 2 Fernando Sor Swinging the Changes Mike Christiansen

Kylee Andreasen Mary Haddad Shane Olivas

Study in Bm Fernando Sor Jeckster Rico Keith Hardin Eli Bloecker

Study in D Fernando Sor Jeremy Gorlin

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The following students are the first to complete four years as guitar majors at LVA. These students were freshmen the year the guitar program at LVA began. Stephen Boggioni Ryan Boylan Addison Costella Marquicia Dominigue Shane Olivas Jeckster Rico Walter Turner Angie Walker All but one of these eight students also had classroom guitar at the middle school level. Stephen Boggioni (guitar at Rogich MS 7th & 8th grades)-2 years with Mr. Swick Ryan Boylan (attended K.O. Knudson and had no guitar)-0 years Addison Costella (guitar at Molasky MS 7th & 8th grades)-2 years Marquicia Dominigue (guitar at Swainston MS 8th grade)-1 year Shane Olivas (guitar as Explorations at Thurman White MS ½ year of 6th & ½ year of 7th grades)-1 year Jeckster Rico (guitar at Molasky MS 6th & 7th grade)-2 years Walter Turner (guitar at Leid MS 6th, 7th & 8th grades)-3 years Angie Walker (guitar at Molasky 7th and Leavitt MS 8th grades)-2 years The following are the total years of classroom guitar each of these eight students completed. Stephen Boggioni-6 years Ryan Boylan-4 years Addison Costella-6 years Marquicia Dominigue-5 years Shane Olivas-5 years Jeckster Rico-6 years Walter Turner-7 years Angie Walker-6 years

First to Graduate with 7 Years of Classroom Guitar

As mentioned earlier, Kylee Andreasen was the first student in the state of Nevada and possible the U.S. to graduate from high school having completed seven years of classroom guitar. She began her first guitar class in the sixth grade at Becker MS with teacher, Bob Morris. She completed three years of guitar at Becker MS and started high school at Palo Verde HS.

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Kylee was placed in the Intermediate Guitar class her freshman year at Palo Verde. Her teacher at Palo Verde was Bill Swick. When Mr. Swick transferred to the Las Vegas Academy in 2002, Kylee followed and was placed in the first advanced guitar class at LVA. She remained in that class the following three years. Kylee was also a member of the Palo Verde HS Guitar Quartet her freshman year and was a member of the LVA Guitar Quartet all three years she attended LVA. During the final month of her senior year, Kylee was awarded a special trophy created in the custom shop of Fender Musical Instruments, Corp. to recognize her accomplishment of being the first to graduate with seven years of classroom guitar. This special trophy was presented by her first guitar teacher, Mr. Bob Morris, who has left the teaching profession and is currently the Coordinator of Guitar Education for Fender Musical Instruments, Corp. Upon graduation of LVA, Kylee was accepted into the music education program at Utah State where she currently studies with Mike Christiansen.

First African American to Graduate with 7 Years of Classroom Guitar Walter Turner III began guitar in the sixth grade at Lied Middle School with teacher Michael Fredrickson. Walter completed three years of classroom guitar in middle school. Upon graduation from Lied MS, Walter was accepted into the guitar program at the Las Vegas Academy in 2002, the first year of the guitar program. Of the eight guitar majors to first graduate in 2006 with four years of classroom guitar at LVA, Walter Turner III is the only student with a total of seven years of classroom guitar. He is the second student in the state of Nevada and possibly the U.S. to graduate with seven years of guitar. However, he is the first Afro-American to complete this task.

First Student to Graduate with 6 Years of Classroom Guitar with Mr. Swick

Stephen Boggioni is the first student to graduate high school having attended six years of classroom guitar with Mr. Swick. He studied with Mr. Swick for two years at Rogich Middle School and four years at LVA.

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YEAR TWO 2003-04 The LVA Guitar Program started with twenty-nine guitar majors in the Fall of 2002. Year two, Fall of 2003, began with fifty-seven guitar majors, just one student short of doubling in size of the previous year.

Varsity 3 Guitar Class at LVA Fall, 2003 (Advanced)

Brendyn Adams (freshman) Kylee Andreasen (junior) Derek Belmont (sophomore) Stephen Boggioni (sophomore) Sarah Boka (junior) Ryan Boylan (sophomore) Stephanie Burleson (junior) Amanda Caporicci (freshman) Evan Carlisle (sophomore) Addison Costella (sophomore) Jason Enrico (junior) Joe Farrell (junior) Billy Ferguson (junior) Nick Giordano (sophomore) Jeremy Gorlin (senior) Keith Hardin (senior) Brendan Mahathey (sophomore) Becky Neher (sophomore) Matt Novit (sophomore) Shane Olivas (sophomore) Sarah O’Malley (sophomore) Barry Provost (senior) Jeckster Rico (sophomore) Walter Turner (sophomore) Angela Walker (sophomore) Brandon Zitch (sophomore)

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Varsity 2 Guitar Class at LVA Fall, 2003 (Intermediate) Robert Baker (sophomore) Robert Bravo (senior) Corey Brewer (freshman) Stephanie Brinkerhoff (sophomore) Jesse Broening (freshman) Kathryn Carley (junior) Jeff Carter (freshman) Matthew Charles (freshman) Shantel Crawford (junior) Katie DeSilva (freshman) Marquicia Dominigue (sophomore) Stephen Dunn (freshman) Zachary Ford (freshman) Chris Green (junior) Dillon Gulk (freshman) Reid Heidel (freshman) Ashley Holmen (freshman) Brianna Lewis (freshman) Jack Long (freshman) Kevin Luu (freshman) Travis Lyons (freshman) David Malone (freshman) Wyatt McKenzie (freshman) Holly Sherwood (freshman) Tsvetelina Stefanova (junior) Brittany Verzani (freshman)

First Varsity 1 Guitar Class at LVA Fall, 2003 (Beginning) Chris Baker (sophomore) Stephen Eng (freshman) Scarlet Fischer (freshman) Julian Gonzales (freshman) Rob Livolsi (freshman) Nick Mancini (freshman) These students met at the same time the non-majors, elective guitar classes were taught. It was the first step towards having three full classes of guitar majors.

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Beginning Guitar Class at LVA Fall, 2003 (Elective Class)

James Adams Brock Engle Kristen Mueller Lindsay Anderson Amber Fallon Jasmine Nicholas Bobby Arthur Victoria Grubbs Tania Real Sabrina Bolster Ivy Hensel Mario Rios Brandie Brundage Brenna Jordan Kathy Romanova Raven Cadiente Sandro Ladu Jon Rosenberger Abel Corza Leah Land Ronnie Santos Ashley Davis Amber Moore Desi Waller The first concert of year two was presented in the Black Box Theater on October 29, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. Admission was $5.00. Approximately 150 people were in attendance.

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October 29, 2003 Year 2 Concert 1 Black Box Theater INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE Tribute to 17th Century Composer Robert de Visee

ADVANCED QUARTETS

Tribute to 17th Century Composer Gasper Sanz Derek, Brendan, Stephen, Matt “Passacalles in A Minor”

Stephanie, Angie, Becky, Amanda “Fuga No. 2 in D Minor”

Billy, Ryan, Evan, Jason “Marionas”

Jeckster, Shane, Nick, Addison “Maricapalos”

Keith, Kylee, Jeremy, Barry “Espanoletas”

ADVANCED SOLOISTS

Amanda Caporicci “Blackbird” Lennon/McCartney

Jeckster Rico “Every Breath You Take” Sting

Becky Neher “Over the Rainbow” Harberg/Arlen

Brendan Mahathey “Packington’s Pound” Anonymous

Shane Olivas “El Vito“ Spanish Traditional

Derek Belmont “Canarios” Gasper Sanz

Keith Hardin “El Uttimo Tremelo” Barrios Mangore

ADVANCED ENSEMBLE

“Bebop Boogie in F” - arr. Bill Swick

“Study No. 12 in A Major”-Fernando Sor

“Chaconne in F Major” (Welcome to our World)

-George Frederick Handel

All arrangements by Bill Swick

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December 8, 2003 Year 2, Concert 2 Performing Arts Center INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE

“Minuet, Bouree, Gavot”-G.F. Handel

“Kemp’s Jig”-Anonymous

“Paddy Whack”-Irish Traditional

“Minuet”-Krieger

“Air in E Minor”-Henry Purcell

“Polonaise”-Ana Bach

“Deck the Halls”

“Hark the Herald Angels Sing”

“Joy to the World”

“Good King Wenceslas”

“What Child is This?”

“We Wish You a Merry Christmas”

ADVANCED QUARTET

Keith Hardin, Jeremy Gorlin, Barry Provost, Kylee Andreasen “Sinfonia”-J.S. Bach

ADVANCED ENSEMBLE “Swinging in Bb” - arr. Bill Swick

“Study No. 14”-Fernando Sor



“What Sweeter Music”-Robert Herrick

“Ding, Dong, Merrily on High”-French Traditional

“Hebrew Medley”-Traditional

“Let it Snow! Let it Snow!”-Cahn/Styne

“Here Comes Santa Claus”-Autry/Haldeman

“Carol of the Bells”-Leontovich


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March 11, 2004 Year 2, Concert 3 Black Box Theater

INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE

Rondo-L.von Call

Champagne Rag-Joseph Lamb

Rosebuds in June-Charles Ancliffe

Malaguena-Ernesto Lecuona

Appalachian Rain-Leo Welch

Cateret-Traditional

ADVANCED QUARTET

Keith Hardin, Jeremy Gorlin, Barry Provost, Kylee Andreasen

ADVANCED ENSEMBLE Gigue-Couperin

Rigadon-J.P. Rameau

Cat’s Fugue-Scarlatti

Tribute to Eric Clapton

Layla

Tears in Heaven

Sunshine of Your Love


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May 14, 2004 Year 2, Concert 4 Performing Arts Center

BEGINNING ENSEMBLE The Vicar of Bray-Hadsted J’ai Un Bon Tabac-Hadsted Drizzle-Montreuil Goddesses-Hadsted Tango Argentin-Montreuil Tyler’s Blues-Montreuil April in Rio-Montreuil Lite Rock Medley Rock ‘n Roll Medley

INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE

Minuet-J.P. Rameau *The Pasture-Ferdinando Carulli *Riffin-Leo Welch Yesterday-Paul McCartney *Don’t Get Around Much Any More”-Duke Ellington Canon in D-Pachelbel The Cay-Mike Christiansen *Pipeline-Spickard/Carman

ADVANCED ENSEMBLE

*Gavotte-Couperin *Sonata-Scarlatti Quartet-Vivaldi *Classical Gas-Mason Williams *Autumn Leaves-Johnny Mercer *Mr. PC-John Coltrane

*Appears on the new 2004 LVA Guitar Ensemble CD Disk 3


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The Second LVA Guitar Quartet

The first LVA Guitar Quartet consisted of Keith Hardin, Jeremy Gorlin, Kylee Andreasen and Eli Bloeker. Eli graduated after the first year of guitar at LVA. Keith, Jeremy and Kylee remained members of the LVA Guitar Quartet. Eli’s chair was replaced by Barry Provost. The quartet was featured at the Renaissance Faire in Las Vegas in the fall of 2003. This quartet was the first in the state of Nevada to receive the Nevada Music Educators Association’s Command Performance. This quartet also performed in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Bi-Annual National Music Educators National Conference. Both events occurred in the spring of 2004. This quartet also recorded the first LVA Guitar Quartet CD.

The Second Senior Guitarist to Receive the Principal’s Award

Keith Hardin was the recipient of the second Principal’s Award presented to a senior guitar major. Keith received this award at Senior Awards Night in the spring of 2004.

Outstanding Accomplishments the Second Year 2003-04

1. Forty-nine guitar students who qualified for the Nevada Music Educators Association All-State Solo & Ensemble were LVA guitar students.

2. The advanced guitar ensemble attended the 2004 Winter NAMM Convention. 3. The LVA Guitar Quartet won Command Performance at the NMEA annual

conference in Las Vegas and performed at the MENC Bi-Annual National Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

4. LVA music department received a Grammy Signature School Award. 5. The LVA Guitar Quartet recorded the first LVA Quartet CD. 6. The 49 guitar students who qualified for All-State recorded a 2-Disk CD of their All-

State performances. A 3rd disk was added to the set of the Advanced Guitar Ensemble performing large ensemble pieces.

7. Hosted the 3rd Annual CCSD Director’s Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble Festival.

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YEAR THREE 2004-05 Year two of The LVA Guitar Program started with fifty-seven guitar majors. Year three began with eighty-two guitar majors, a 65% increase from the previous year.

VARSITY 3 2004-05 (Advanced)

Brendyn Adams (Sophomore) Kylee Andreasen (Senior) Bobby Baker (Sophomore) Derek Belmont (Junior) Sarah Boka (Senior) Ryan Boylan (Junior) Jesse Broening (Sophomore) Stephanie Burleson (Senior) Amanda Caporicci (Sophomore) Kathryn Carley (Senior) Matthew Charles (Sophomore) Addison Costella (Junior) Marquicia Domingue (Junior) Joe Farrell (Senior) Billy Ferguson (Senior) Zak Ford (Sophomore) Nick Giordano (Junior) Dillon Gulk (Sophomore) Brianna Lewis (Sophomore) Kevin Luu (Sophomore) Travis Lyons (Sophomore) David Malone (Sophomore) Wyatt McKenzie (Sophomore) Becky Neher (Junior) Matthew Novit (Junior) Shane Olivas (Junior) Jeckster Rico (Junior) Brittany Verzani (Sophomore) Angela Walker (Junior)

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VARSITY 2 2004-05 (Intermediate) Chris Baker (Junior) Stephen Boggioni (Junior) Georgina Castro (Freshman) Steven Eng (Sophomore) Julian Gonzales (Sophomore) Lucas Gordon (Freshman) Chris Green (Senior) Alex Haase (Freshman) Ashley Holmen (Sophomore) Alex Johnson (Freshman) Stephanie Kutner (Freshman) Rob Livolsi (Sophomore) Brendan Mahathey (Junior) Nick Mancini (Sophomore) Amanda McGurk (Freshman) Sarah O’Malley (Junior) Nicole Platania (Freshman) James Quinn (Freshman) Ben Reynolds (Freshman) Travis Roberts (Sophomore) Michael Romano (Freshman) Nico Salgado (Freshman) Chaz Schoenbeck (Freshman) Holly Sherwood (Sophomore) Byron Tabor (Freshman) Walter Turner (Junior) Leavitt Wells (Freshman)

VARSITY 1 2004-05 (Beginning) Frank Bonomo (Freshman) Casee Edsall (Freshman) Matt Gonzales (Freshman) Tyler Gonzales (Freshman) Michaela Goodall (Freshman) Josh Harris (Freshman) Marco Hernandez (Freshman) Bryce Krason (Junior) Ryan Lewis (Freshman) Miguel Navarro (Senior) Erika Mones (Freshman) Alex Nielsen (Freshman) Travis Roberts (Freshman) Christian Rogers (Freshman) Cameron Sandy (Freshman)

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October 15, 2004 Year 3, Concert 1 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

INTERMEDIATE ENSEMBLE Diabelli No. 1-Diabelli Gavotte-Alessandro Scarlatti Tribute to Fernando Sor Study No. 8 Andante in B Minor Andantino in G Andantino Andante in A Minor Theme from Op. 102-Mauro Guiliani

SOLOISTS Amanda Caporicci “Gavotte” J.S. Bach Brendyn Adams “Sonatina” Ferdinando Carulli Travis Lyons “Siciliene” Jose Ferre Bobby Baker “Kojo No Tsuki” Traditional Derek Belmont “Langstrom’s Pony” Traditional Jesse Broening “Study” Jesse Broening

ADVANCED ENSEMBLE Eine Kleine Nachtmusic-Mozart Quartet Op. 1, No. 6-Joseph Haydn Presto Finale Andante-Concerto in G for Two Mandolins Wonderful Tonight-Eric Clapton Tribute to Les Paul-”How High the Moon”-Hamilton/Lewis


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December 10, 2004 Year 3, Concert 2 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m. Beginning Guitar Ensemble Fit as a Fiddle—Lennie Niehaus* C/Am Study No. 1-Niccolo Paganini* Am Study No. 12-Niccolo Paganini* Sor Study No. 1-Fernando Sor* Minuet-Johann Krieger* Good King Wenceslas-Traditional* Come All Ye Faithful-Traditional* Deck the Halls-Traditional* Mr. Francisco Grijalva and the LVA Mariachi Ensemble Feliz Navidad -Arr. Frank Grijalva Intermediate Guitar Ensemble Presto-Johan Helmich Roman* Round Dance-John Duarte* Caprice No. 14-Niccolo Paganini Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer-Johnny Marks* It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas-Meredith Wilson* Frosty the Snowman-Steve Nelson/Jack Rollins* Stairway to Heaven-Jimmy Page/Robert Plant* Featuring Mr. Steve Clark (guitar) and Coach Clarkson (vocal) Silent Night-Mohr/Gruber* Featuring Mr. Steve Clark (guitar) and Coach Clarkson (vocal) Advanced Guitar Ensemble Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree-Johnny Marks* Santa Claus Is Coming to Town-Gene Autrey/Oakley Haldman* Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!-Sammy Cahn/Julie Styne* Concerto in G Major-2nd Allegro Movement-Vivaldi Toss Salad and Scrambled Eggs-Theme from “Frazier”* Nutcracker Jingles-Peter Tschaikowsky *Arrangements by Bill Swick

March 11, 2005 Year 3, Concert 3 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m. Beginning Guitar Ensemble A Tribute to the Music of Robert DeVisee Gigue Bouree Allemande Minuet in D Minor Minuet in E Minor Bouree in C Polonaise-Ana M. Bach Air in E Minor-Henry Purcell

The LVA Guitar Trio Trio No. 17-J.S. Bach Intermediate Guitar Ensemble A Tribute to the Music of Gasper Sanz Marionas Maricapalos Espanoletas Villanos Passacalles in A Minor Folk Song-John Duarte Canarios-Gasper Sanz

The LVA Guitar Quartet Grand Sonata for Guitar and Piano-Niccolo Paganini Advanced Guitar Ensemble Sonatina-Allegretto Movement-F. Moreno Torroba Funeral March-Fernando Sor Symphony IV-William Boyce-Arr. Bruce Behnke (Guest Conductor-Bruce Behnke) Allegro Vivace ma non Troppo Gavot The Girl From Ipanema-Antonio Carlos Jobim (Guest vocalist-Kimarie Lynn) Summertime-George Gershwin(Guest vocalist-Kimarie Lynn) Blue Bossa-Kenny Bohlkaam Straight, No Chaser-Thelonius Monk

All Arrangements by Bill Swick Except “Symphony IV”

May 13, 2005 Year 3, Concert 4 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

The 2005 GRAMMY® Signature Schools Gold & Gibson Guitar Grant Awards Presentation Concert

LVA Brass Ensemble-Ed Jackson Conductor Fanfare Pour Preceder “La Peri”-Paul Dukas Las Vegas Academy Singers-ShaunAnthony Williams Conductor Elijah Rock-Moses Hogan Beginning Guitar Class-Frank Grijalva Conductor Perfidia – Traditional Lite Rock Medley Rock ‘n Roll Medley Varsity 1 Guitar-Bill Swick Conductor Over the Rainbow-Harold Arden Yesterday-Paul McCartney Pipeline-Spickard/Carman

GRAMMY® Signature Schools Gold & Gibson Guitar Grant Presentation Awards

David R. Sears, Sr. Director Education Programs, The GRAMMY Foundation® Hosted by Nate Tanenbaum, Ch.13 News Anchor

Varsity 2 Guitar Don’t Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Sophisticated Lady-Duke Ellington Swinging the Changes-Mike Christiansen She’s Leaving Home-Lennon/McCartney Birthday-Lennon/McCartney LVA Guitar Quartet It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing-Duke Ellington Varsity 3 Guitar I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You-James Horner ShaunAnthony Williams Conducting Featuring the Las Vegas Academy Singers and Palo Verde Madrigals Johnny B. Goode-Chuck Berry Featuring Ben Reynolds on vocals Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix The Wind Cries Mary-Jimi Hendrix Manic Depression-Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child-Jimi Hendrix

All guitar arrangements by Bill Swick

The Third LVA Guitar Quartet

The second LVA Guitar Quartet consisted of Keith Hardin, Jeremy Gorlin, Kylee Andreasen and Barry Provost. Keith, Jeremy and Barry graduated in 2004 leaving Kylee as the only remaining member of the LVA Guitar Quartet. The three empty chairs were filled by Rebecca Neher, Shane Olivas and Jeckster Rico. The quartet was invited to perform at the first pre-college guitar ensemble at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. This quartet also took first place in the high school division at the University of Texas-Brownsville National Guitar Ensemble Competition. The quartet qualified for the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble festival. This quartet recorded the second LVA Guitar Quartet CD.

The First LVA Guitar Trio

The first LVA Guitar Trio was created during the 2004-05 school year. The original members were Nick Giordano, Addison Costella and Derek Belmont. There was also a sophomore guitar trio created this year as well. The members were David Malone, Zak Ford and Travis Lyons.

The Third Senior Guitarist to Receive the Principal’s Award

Kylee Andreasen was the recipient of the third Principal’s Award presented to a senior guitar major. Kylee received this award at Senior Awards Night in the spring of 2005.

Outstanding Accomplishments the Third Year 2004-05

1. Thirty LVA guitar students qualified for the Nevada Music Educators Association All-State Solo & Ensemble.

2. The advanced guitar ensemble attended the 2005 Winter NAMM Convention. 3. LVA music department received a Grammy Signature Gold School Award. 4. The LVA Guitar Quartet recorded the second LVA Quartet CD. 5. The 30 guitar students who qualified for All-State recorded a CD of their All-State

performances. 6. The guitar program received the first Gibson Education Award of $5,000. 7. The LVA Guitar Quartet and LVA Guitar Trio were invited to perform at the first

pre-college guitar festival at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles 8. The LVA Guitar Quartet took first place in the high school division of the University

of Texas-Brownsville National Guitar Ensemble Competition 9. Kylee Andreasen received the Fender Award for being the first guitar student to

complete seven consecutive years of classroom guitar. 10. Hosted the 4th Annual CCSD Director’s Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble 11. Created the LVA Guitar Trio 12. Began using Finale Performance Assessment for Playing Tests

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YEAR FOUR 2005-06 Year three of The LVA Guitar Program started with eighty-two guitar majors. Year four began with eighty-four guitar majors. The only seats available were those that were vacated at the end of the 2005 school year.

VARSITY 3 2005-06 (Advanced) Brendyn Adams (Junior) Bobby Baker (Junior) Chris Baker (Senior) Derek Belmont (Senior) Stephen Boggioni (Senior) Ryan Boylan (Senior) Jesse Broening (Junior) Amanda Caporicci (Junior) Matthew Charles (Junior) Addison Costella (Senior) Marquicia Domingue (Senior) Zak Ford (Junior) Brianna Lewis (Junior) Travis Lyons (Junior) David Malone (Junior) Becky Neher (Senior) Shane Olivas (Senior) Ben Reynolds (Junior) Jeckster Rico (Senior) Michael Romano (Sophomore) Byron Tabor (Sophomore) Walter Turner (Senior) Brittany Verzani (Junior) Angela Walker (Senior)

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VARSITY 2 2005-06 (Intermediate)

Frank Bonomo (Sophomore) Georgina Castro (Sophomore) Casee Edsall (Sophomore) Steven Eng (Junior) Matt Gonzales (Sophomore) Tyler Gonzales (Sophomore) Lucas Gordon (Sophomore) Alex Haase (Sophomore) Ashley Holmen (Junior) Bryce Krason (Senior) Stephanie Kutner (Sophomore) Ryan Lewis (Sophomore) Rob Livolsi (Junior) Nick Mancini (Junior) Amanda McGurk (Sophomore) Wyatt McKenzie (Junior) Erika Mones (Sophomore) Alex Nielsen (Sophomore) Travis Roberts (Sophomore) Christian Rogers (Sophomore) Nico Salgado (Sophomore) C. J. Sandy (Sophomore) Chaz Schoenbeck (Sophomore) Holly Sherwood (Junior) Leavitt Wells (Sophomore)

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VARSITY 1 2005-06 (Beginning)

Quinn Beagle (Freshman) Arthur Belokonov (Freshman) Theresa Brackett (Freshman) Albert Carroll (Freshman) Alan Edwards (Senior) Kayti Ellis (Sophomore) Kristyn Graham (Sophomore) Melissa Harris (Freshman) Timminy Haycock (Senior) Chris Iorio (Freshman) Brandon Jones (Freshman) Niesha Jones (Freshman) Andrew Kaimi (Freshman) Brock Keadle (Freshman) Doug Kennedy (Sophomore) Trevor Kratzel (Freshman) Alex Lamonte (Freshman) Thomas Lane (Freshman) Katrina Leshan (Freshman) Mathew MacLean (Freshman) Samantha Piscopo (Freshman) Dani Plecenik (Freshman) Natasha Polk (Sophomore) Gabbi Ronquillo (Freshman) Brandon Russo (Freshman) Fabian Sanchez (Freshman) Salvatore Savini (Freshman) Andrew Silva (Freshman) Travis Wade (Freshman) Jaclyn Wegner (Freshman) Michael Zunino (Freshman) Zach Zunino (Freshman)

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Varsity 2—Intermediate Guitar Ensemble Rondo—Leonard von Call Haydn’s Symphonic Theme—Johannes Brahms Movement 1 Movement 2 English Suite—John Duarte Prelude Rondeau—J. Mouret Arr. Dr. Glenn Cooper Dr. Glenn Cooper—Guest Conductor Hunter’s Round—Artot The Cay– Mike Christiansen Stomp and Pick—James McLeod

Duo Brillante Dr. Glenn Cooper/Mr. Bill Swick

LVA Guitar Trio

Zak Ford/Travis Lyons/David Malone

LVA Guitar Quartet Derek Belmont/Becky Neher/Shane Olivas/Jeckster Rico

Varsity 3—Advanced Guitar Ensemble The Loose Apaloose-Chris Buzzelli Lovin’ You-Chet Catallo Morning Dance-Jay Beckenstein Venezuela Waltzes-Antonio Lauro Number 1 Number 2 Perdido-Juan Tizol

All arrangements written by Bill Swick except “Rondeau”

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November 14, 2005 Year 4, Recital 1 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

Guitar Recital

Varsity 1 – Kemp’s Jig-Anonymous-16th Century

Mathew Charles-Villano-Gasper Sanz-1640-1710

Varsity 1-Bouree-G.P. Telemann 1681-1767

Becky Neher-Suite 3, BMV 1009 Prelude-J.S. Bach-1685-1750

Derek Belmont-Banish Misfortune-Celtic Traditional 17th Century

Walter Turner-Sonatina-Ferdinando Carulli-1770-1841

LVA Guitar Quartet-Derek Belmont, Becky Neher, Shane Olivas, Jeckster Rico

Rondo-Ferdinando Carulli-1770-1841

C.J. Sandy-Op. 100, No. 3- Mauro Guiliani-1781-1828

Varsity 1-Op. 31, No. 23-Ferndano Sor-1780-1839

Andantino

Lucas Gordon-Spanish Ballad-Spanish Traditional 19th Century

Ben Reynolds-El Vito-Spanish Traditional 19th Century

Travis Lyons-Traumerei-Robert Schumann-1819-1856

Varsity 1-Op.43, No 1-Fernando Sor-1780-1839

Andante in B Minor

Andante in A Minor

Chaz Schoenbeck-Two Waltzes-Johann Strauss II-1825-1899

Stephanie Kutner-Flight of Icarus-Thomas Coffey

Georgina Castro, Casee Edsall, Amanda McGurk, Erika Mones

The Cay-Mike Christiansen

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December 9, 2005 Year 4, Concert 2 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

Winter Guitar Concert VARSITY 1 Deck the Halls-Traditional

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing-Mendelssohn

Joy to the World-G.F. Handel

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree-Johnny Marks

We Wish You a Merry Christmas-Traditional

VARSITY 2 Study No. 20-Fernando Sor

Afro-Cuban Lullaby-Traditional

Exactly Like You-Johnny Hugh

White Christmas-Traditional

Frosty the Snowman-S. Nelson/J. Rollins

Hebrew Medley-Traditional

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!-S. Cahn/J. Styne

VARSITY 3 We’ve Got Rhythm-Steve Schenkel

Just the Way You Are-Billy Joel

Sleigh Ride-LeRoy Anderson

Ding Dong Merrily on High-Traditional

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas-Meredith Wilson

Carol of the Bells-Traditional

This Masquerade-Leon Russell

All Arrangements by Bill Swick

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February 16, 2006 Year 4, Recital 2 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

Guitar Recital

Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble - Music of Gasper Sanz (1640-1710)

Fuga

Passacalias

Villanos

Ryan Lewis—Jesus Joy of Man’s Desiring-J.S. Bach (1685-1750) LVA Guitar Trio—Fuga—J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Rogers Quartet—Andante-Vivaldi (1648-1741)

Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble—Bouree in C—Robert DeVisee (1650-1725)

Casee Edsall-Andante-Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)

Holmen/Sandy Duo-Duet No. 7-Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble-El Vito-Traditional

David Malone–Caprice-Legnani (1790-1877)

Travis Lyons-Theme From the Zarzuela Marina-Pascual Arrieta Zak Ford-Valse No. 4, Op. 8—Barrios Mangore (1855-1944)

LVA Guitar Trio-Spanish Dance No. 5 - Enrique Granados Byron Tabor-Cavatina-Stanley Myers (1947- )

Rob Livolsi-El Sueno Ultimo-Thomas Coffey (1962- ) Michael Romano-Autumn-Michael Romano (1990- )

Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble-Music of Gerard Montreuil (1927-1991)

Tyler’s Blues

Tango Argentine

April in Rio

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March 17, 2006 Year 4, Concert 3 Theater for the Performing Arts 7:00 p.m. Guitar Concert

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble

The Angel Op.333-Ferdinand Carulli

Chason-Manual Ponce

Sky High on a Bop-Bugs Bower

Moody Moe-Harry Huffnagle

Everything I Do-Michale Kamen

Sunday in Manhatten-Harry Huffnagle

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Rondo-Ferdinand Carulli

Suite-Telemann Arr. Bruce Behnke

Guest Student Conductor-Amanda Caporicci

1. Overture 2. Air 3.Gavotte Turn Your Love Around-J. Graydon, S. Lukather, B. Champlin

Too High/I Wish Medley-Stevie Wonder

Evil Ways-Sonny Henry

Oye Como Va-Tito Puente

All arrangements written by Bill Swick unless indicated.

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April 25, 2006 Year 4, Recital 3 Theater for the Performing Arts 7:00 p.m.

Guitar Recital


Packington’s Pound -Traditional

A Welsh Dance -Traditional

La Firolera -Traditional

Georgina Castro/Amanda McGurk

Duet No. 9 - Ferdinando Carulli

Matthew Charles/David Malone

Autumn Leaves - Johnny Mercer/Joseph Kosma

Derek Belmont/Zak Ford

Evening Dance -Andrew York


Hunter’s Round -Artot

Champagne Rag - Joseph Lamb

Leavitt Wells-Packington’s Pound - Traditional

Alex Nielsen - Maricapalas - Gasper Sanz

Bobby Baker - Soldier’s Drill - Gary Davis

Casee Edsall - Sonatina - Ferdinando Carulli

Amanda Caporicci - Sonatine - Mauro Guiliani

Christian Rogers - Choros No. 1 - Villa Lobos

Travis Lyons - A Ma Mie - Alberto C. Obregon


Rosebuds in June - Charles Ancliffe

Appalachian Rain - Leo Welch

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May 19, 2006 Year 4, Concert 4 Theater for the Performing Arts 7:00 p.m.

Guitar Concert


Sonata No. 11 in G Major-Franz Joseph Haydn

1. Presto 2.Menuet & Trio Chaconne in F Major-George Frederick Handel

Bebop Boogie in F- Harry Huffnagle

Wonderful Tonight-Eric Clapton

You Are the Sunshine of My Life-Stevie Wonder

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Grand Sonata for Guitar and Piano-Niccolo Paganini

Mr. P.C.-John Coltrane

Toss Salad and Scrambled Eggs - Theme from “Frazier”

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

Gerudo Valley -Theme from “Zelda”

Super Mario Suite—Theme from “Mario”


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May 22, 2006 Year 4, Recital 4 Theater for the Performing Arts 7:00 p.m.

Senior Guitar Recital

Alan Edwards

Two Guitars - Traditional Bryce Krason

Allegro – D. Scarlotti Ryan Boylan

Country Dance No. 8 – Aguado Music by Fernando Sor Walter Turner

Op. 51, No. 3 Addison Costella

Op. 35, Op. 17 Jeckster Rico

Funeral March Marquicia Domingue

Georgia – Hoagy Carmichael Derek Belmont

The Bees- Mangore Barios Sunburst – Andrew York

Becky Neher Un Dia de Noviembre-Leo Bouwer Mira-a Prelude-Rebecca Neher

Duets Stephen Boggioni & Walter Turner

Sultana Chris Baker & Angie Walker

Yakety Axe-Arranged by Chet Atkins LVA Guitar Quartet Derek Belmont, Becky Neher, Shane Olivas, Jeckster Rico Concerto in G for Two Mandolins by Vivaldi Allegro Andante Allegro

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The Fourth LVA Guitar Quartet

The third LVA Guitar Quartet consisted of Kylee Andreasen, Rebecca Neher, Shane Olivas and Jeckster Rico. Kylee graduated in 2005 and her vacated chair was filled by Derek Belmont. This quartet was invited to perform at the second pre-college guitar ensemble at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. This quartet was also invited to perform for the National Tri-M conference as a part of the Bi-Annual Music Educators National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The quartet received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble festival.

The Second LVA Guitar Trio

The sophomore guitar trio created in 2005 became the official LVA Guitar Trio. This trio played numerous performances in the community. The members were David Malone, Zak Ford and Travis Lyons. They were also invited to perform at the second pre-college guitar ensemble at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. They also received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble festival.

The Fourth Senior Guitarist to Receive the Principal’s Award

Shane Olivas was the recipient of the fourth Principal’s Award presented to a senior guitar major. Shane received this award at Senior Awards Night in the spring of 2006. The Senior Guitarists to Receive the Las Vegas “Academy Award”

Rebecca Neher and Derek Belmont each received the “Andrea Segovia” award for excellence at the first senior “Academy Awards” presentation.

Senior Guitarists Who Performed All Four Years in Varsity 3

Shane Olivas and Jeckster Rico were the first guitar students at LVA to complete all four years as members of the Advanced (Varsity 3) Guitar Ensemble. Addison Costella technically performed in the Advanced Guitar Ensemble for all four years as well. Addison left LVA temporarily and later returned.

Outstanding Accomplishments the Fourth Year 2005-06

1. Fourteen LVA guitar students qualified for the Nevada Music Educators Association All-State Solo & Ensemble.

2. The advanced guitar ensemble attended and performed at the Bi-Annual Music Educators National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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3. LVA music department received its fifth Grammy Signature Gold School Award. 4. The 14 guitar students who qualified for All-State recorded a CD of their All-State

performances. 5. The LVA Guitar Quartet and LVA Guitar Trio were invited to perform at the

second pre-college guitar festival at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles 6. WalterTurner III was awarded a plaque for the first African American guitar

student to complete seven consecutive years of classroom guitar. 7. Hosted the 5th Annual CCSD Director’s Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble 8. Performed four recitals this year as well as four concerts. The final recital was

the first Senior Recital 9. Purchased 24 Alverez electric, nylon-string cutaway guitars, 32-channel

Behringer mixer, Crown power amplifier and 2 JBL speakers for better sound. 10. Hosted the first CCSD Guitar Ensemble Festival 11. Introduced the Swickster Fingerboard System into the classroom 12. Rebecca Neher was awarded a Down Beat Magazine award for “Best Classical

Soloist.”

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YEAR FIVE 2006-07 Year four of The LVA Guitar Program started with eighty-four guitar majors. Year five began with eighty-four guitar majors. The only seats available were those vacated at the end of the 2006 school year.


Brendyn Adams (Senior) Bobby Baker (Senior) Frank Bonomo (Junior) Jesse Broening (Senior) Amanda Caporicci (Senior) Georgina Castro (Junior) Matthew Charles (Senior) Casee Edsall (Junior) Steven Eng (Senior) Zak Ford (Senior) Matthew Gonzales (Junior) Lucas Gordon (Junior) Alex Haase (Junior) Ashley Holmen (Senior) Ryan Lewis (Junior) Rob (Livolsi) McCann (Senior) Travis Lyons (Senior) David Malone (Senior) Amanda McGurk (Junior) Alex Nielsen (Junior) Ben Reynolds (Senior) Christian Rogers (Junior) Michael Romano (Junior) Nico Salgado (Junior) C.J. Sandy (Junior) Chaz Schoenbeck (Junior) Byron Tabor (Junior) Brittany Verzani (Senior)

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VARSITY 2 2006-07 (Intermediate) Arthur Belokonov (Sophomore) Theresa Brackett (Sophomore) Kayti Ellis (Junior) Tyler Gonzales (Junior) Kristyn Graham (Junior) Melissa Harris (Sophomore) Chris Iorio (Sophomore) Brandon Jones (Sophomore) Niesha Jones (Sophomore) Andrew Kaimi (Sophomore) Douglas Kennedy (Junior) Alex Lamonte (Sophomore) Thomas Lane (Sophomore) Katrina Leshan (Sophomore) Mathew MacLean (Sophomore) Saffron Mazzia (Senior) Samantha Piscopo (Sophomore) Danielle Plecenik (Sophomore) James Quinn (Junior) Gabriela Ronquillo (Sophomore) Brandon Russo (Sophomore) Fabian Estefan-Sanchez (Sophomore) Holly Sherwood (Senior) Andrew Silva (Sophomore) Travis Wade (Sophomore)

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Shawn Bailey (Freshman) Adrian Barraza (Freshman) Quinn Beagle (Sophomore) Albert Carroll (Sophomore) Daniel Casados (Freshman) Kevin Chancey (Freshman) Brendan Dicesare (Freshman) Stacy Evans (Freshman) Ian Fluellen (Freshman) Kevin Ginty (Freshman) Brock Keadle (Sophomore) Lisa Kraisriwatana (Freshman) Travor Kratzel (Sophomore) Calumn Major (Sophomore) Casey Maloney (Junior) Carter Miller (Freshman) Brandon Nelson (Freshman) Derek Oshita (Freshman) Juan Plascenia (Sophomore) Natasha Polk (Junior) James Preus (Freshman) Salvatore Savini (Sophomore) Chris Sierchio (Freshman) Kady Sutton (Freshman) Louis Syrovy (Freshman) Dominick Tim (Freshman) Steven Van Betten (Freshman) Brandon Walsvick (Sophomore) Alex Zerkle (Freshman) Michael Zunino (Sophomore) Zachary Zunino (Sophomore)

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October 24, 2006 Year 5, Concert 1 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m. Admission $7.00

Guitar Concert

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble Canzona-Henry Purcell Andante Largo Allegro

Concerto all Rustica Op. 51. No. 4-Antonio Vivaldi

Malaguena– Ernesto Lecuona

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds-Lennon/McCartney

Celtic Jig-Traditional

Dishing it Out-Harry Huffnagle

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Rondeau de Mozart-Ferdinando Carulli

Homage to Tarrega-Joaquin Turina Garrotin Soleares

Granada - Isaac Albeniz

Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones

Veronica Domingo-Student Vocalist

Jazzbo’s Jaunt –Milt Gold

Five Brothers-Gerry Mulligan

Get Your Picks Out-Bill Swick


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November 16, 2006 Year 5, Recital 1 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m. Admission $5.00

Guitar Recital

Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble Rondo - Leonard von Call

Study No. 13 - Fernando Sor

Melissa Harris - Packington’s Pound - Anonymous

Lucas Gordon - Choros - Dionisio Semenzato

Andrew Silva - Rondo - Ferdinando Carulli

Brendyn Adams - I Can’t Get Started Without You - Johnny Mercer

Christian Rogers - Courante –J.S. Bach

Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble-Guest Conductor Don Bradley Trio No. 5 –Ferdinando Carulli

Trio No. 6 - Ferdinando Carulli

Kristyn Graham & Kayti Ellis –Zwolf Duo - Ferdinando Carulli

Casee Edsall & C.J. Sandy - Duet No. 3 - Ferdinando Carulli

Amanda Caporicci & Ben Reynolds

Souvenir de Russie-Intro, Theme, Variations 2 & 5 - Fernando Sor

Matthew Charles, Michael Romano & Byron Tabor


Alex Lamonte, Samantha Piscopo & Gabby Ronquillo

Zelda Suite - Arr. Alex Lamonte

Kokiri Forest, The Lost Woods, Windmill Theme, Lullaby Doug Kennedy, Brandon Russo, Fabian Estefan Sanchez & Travis Wade

The Cay - Mike Christiansen

Bobby Baker, Zak Ford, Travis Lyons & David Malone

Celtic Jig - Traditional

Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble Andante -Leonard von Call

Appalachian Rain - Leo Welch

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December 8, 2006 Year 5, Concert 2 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m. Admission $7.00

Guitar Concert Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble

The Angel Op. 333 - Ferdinando Carulli

The Maiden-Ferdinando Carulli

The Pasture-Ferdinando Carulli

Deck the Halls-Traditional

God Rest You Merry Gentlemen-Traditional

We Wish You a Merry Christmas-Traditional Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble

Arada-Federico Moreno-Torroba

Holding Back the Years-Simply Red– Mrs. Eva Williams-vocalist

Smile– Charlie Chaplin-Mr. Robert Connor-vocalist

O Holy Night-A. Adam-Mr. Robert Connor-vocalist

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer-Gene Autry

Carol of the Bells-Peter Wilhousky

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Magnificat -Charles T. Pachelbel

I. Anima Mea Dominum

2. Fecit Potentiam

3. Deposuit

4. Gloria

5. Sicut Erat In Principio

Sevilla-Issac Albeniz

Just a Few-Milton Gold

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Eddie Pola & George Wyle

Nutcracker Jingles –Peter Tschaikowsky

Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Hark! Medley—Traditional

All arrangements written by Bill Swick

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February 15, 2007 Year 5, Recital 2 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m. Admission $5.00

Guitar Recital Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble –A Tribute to Gasper Sanz

Fuga - Gasper Sanz

Espanolitas - Gasper Sanz

Doug Kennedy - Fuga in D Minor - Gasper Sanz

Thomas Lane - Bouree - Robert DeVisee

Casee Edsall - Op. 100, No. 11 - Mauro Guiliani

Frank Bonomo - Andantino - Ferdinando Carulli

Ashley Holmen - All I Ask of You – Andrew Lloyd Weber

James Quinn & Travis Wade - The Merry Crew—Mazas

Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble Marionas –Gasper Sanz

Maricopalos - Gasper Sanz

Bobby Baker – Dallas Rag - William McCoy

Michael Romano - Deep Blue Mountain - Michael Romano

CJ Sandy & Lucas Gordon - Grand Duo de Salon – Kalliwoda

David Malone & Matthew Charles - All of Me - S. Simons/G. Marks

Alex Lamonte, Katrina Leshan, Brandon Russo & Andrew Silva

Rondo - Ferdinando Carulli

Matthew Charles, Michael Romano & Byron Tabor

English Suite - John Duarte

Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble Villano –Gasper Sanz

Passacailles in A Minor - Gasper Sanz

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March 16, 2007 Year 5, Concert 3 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m. Admission $7.00


Canarios-Gasper Sanz

Fugue in E Minor-JS Bach

Sunshine of Your Love – Eric Clapton

The Wind Cries Mary –Jimi Hendrix

Voodoo Child –Jimi Hendrix

Layla Unplugged –Eric Clapton

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble New Serenade –Ferdinando Carulli

Old Devil Moon –Harburg/Lane

Take Five - Dave Brubeck

It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing–Duke Ellington

Spain - Chick Corea

Bohemian Rhapsody—Freddie Mercury


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April15, 2007 Year 5, Recital 3 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m. Admission $5.00

Guitar Recital Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble

Hunter’s Round - Artot

Jolly Miller - Derek Hadsted

Doug Kennedy - Villano - Gasper Sanz

Dani Placenik - Allegretto - Ferdinando Carulli

Fabian Sanchez-Estefan - Sonatina—Ferdinando Carulli

Chris Iorio - Study No. 7 - Matteo Carcassi

Chaz Schoenbeck - Tango – Francisco Tarrega


Haydn Theme – Brahms

Symphonic Theme—Brahms

Caprice No. 14 - Nicolo Paganini

Michael Romano - Country Dance No. 8 - Dionisio Aguado

James Quinn - Op. 139, No. 3 - Mauro Guiliani

Alex Lamonte - Rondo - Ferdinando Carulli

Katrina Leshan - Prelude No. 3-Heitor Villa-Lobos

LVA Guitar Trio - Matthew Charles, Michael Romano & Byron Tabor

Trio No. 11 - Ferdinando Carulli


Theme From Op. 102-Mauro Giuliani


Champaign Rag –Joseph Lamb

Ragtime Guitars - Joseph Huffnagle

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May 18, 2007 Year 5, Concert 4 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m. Admission $7.00

Guitar Concert

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble Gigue-Couperin

Appalachian Rain-Leo Welch *Senior Choice-Holly Sherwood Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington *Senior Choice-Saffron Mazzia How High the Moon - Hamilton/Lewis

Purple Haze –Jimi Hendrix

Zelda Suite—Arr. Alex Lamonte

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Concerto–Allegro– Anton Vivaldi

Sonate in C–Allegro-George Phillip Telemann

Sky High on A Bop - Bugs Bower *Senior Choice-Ashley Holmen, Rob McCann Perdido–Juan Tizol *Senior Choice-Brittany Verzani Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry *Senior Choice-Bobby Baker, David Malone Super Mario Suite—Video Game Medley *Senior Choice-Matthew Charles, Ashley Holmen, Ben Reynolds

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May 22, 2007 Year 5, Recital 4 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m. Admission $5.00

Senior Guitar Recital Holly Sherwood

Morning Has Broken-Cat Stevens

Saffron Mazzia

Sonatina-Ferdinando Carulli

Steven Eng

Nocturne-Andy McKee

Ben Reynolds

Summertime-George Gershwin

Ashley Holmen

Lagrima-Francisco Tarrega

Brittany Verzani & Shelby Nelson

Bluegrass Medley

David Malone

Prelude No. 1-Heitor Villa-Lobos

Zak Ford

Variations on a Theme by Mozart-Fernando Sor

Matthew Charles & David Malone

Song for My Father-Horace Silver

Amanda Caporicci

Undia de Noviembre-Leo Brouwer

Brendyn Adams

Happy

Bobby Baker

Danza Caracteristica-Leo Brouwer

LVA Gutar Duo-Amanda Caporicci & Ben Reynolds

Rondo-Ferdinando Carulli

Brendyn Adams & Bobby Baker

Spain-Chick Corea

Rob McCann

Ocean-John Butler

LVA Guitar Quartet-Brendyn Adams, Booby Baker, Zak Ford, David Malone

Ponteio-Celso Machado

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The Fifth LVA Guitar Quartet

The fifth LVA Guitar Quartet was the second quartet in which all of the members were seniors. This quartet was made up of Bobby Baker, Zak Ford, Travis Lyons and David Malone. At the end of the first semester, Travis Lyons left LVA unexpectedly and was replaced with Brendyn Adams. This quartet competed in a national UTB guitar ensemble festival in Brownsville, TX where they received third place. The quartet received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2007 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. .

The Third LVA Guitar Trio

The members of the third LVA Guitar Trio were senior Matthew Charles and juniors Michael Romano and Byron Tabor. This trio made regular performances at the Nathan Adelson Hospice, the Winchester Community Center, and several on-campus events. The trio received an Excellent Rating at the CCSD Solo & Ensemble Festival.

The First LVA Guitar Duo

The members of the first LVA Guitar Duo were senior Amanda Caporicci and senior Ben Reynolds. This duo made regular performances at the Nathan Adelson Hospice, the Winchester Community Center, and several on-campus events. The duo received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2007 LVA “Encore Performance” CD.

The Fifth Senior Guitarist to Receive the Principal’s Award

Amanda Caporicci was the recipient of the fifth Principal’s Award presented to a senior guitar major. Amanda received this award at Senior Awards Night in the spring of 2007. This award is now known as the Principal’s “Academy Award.” Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Andrea Segovia” Award

Amanda Caporicci, Zak Ford and David Malone each received the “Andrea Segovia” award for excellence as a classical guitarist at the second Senior Recital awards presentation.

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Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Wes Montgomery” Award

Brendyn Adams and Matthew Charles were the first to receive the “Wes Montgomery” award for excellence as a jazz guitarist at the second Senior Recital awards presentation.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Chet Atkins” Award Bobby Baker was the first to receive the “Chet Atkins” award for excellence as a finger-style guitarist at the second Senior Recital awards presentation.

Senior Guitarists Who Performed All Four Years in Varsity 3

Brendyn Adams and Amanda Caporicci joined the Advanced Guitar Ensemble (Varsity 3) their freshmen year and remained in the advanced ensemble the entire four years. They join Shane Olivas, Jeckster Rico and Addison Costella in accomplishing this feat. As the skill levels rise and the performance requirements elevate, it is possible these five students will be the only students to make this claim. No freshmen have been placed into Varsity 3 in the past three years. Senior Guitarists Who Graduated with Seven Years of Classroom Guitar

in Clark County, NV

Brendyn Adams, Amanda Caporicci, Zak Ford, and Rob McCann graduated from LVA having completed seven years of classroom guitar in Clark County, Nevada.

Outstanding Accomplishments the Fifth Year 2006-07

1. Forty LVA guitar students qualified for the Nevada Music Educators Association All-State Solo & Ensemble.

2. Amanda Caporicci won “Command Performance”-which means best high school guitarist in the state of Nevada awarded by the Nevada Music Educators Association.

3. The 40 guitar students who qualified for All-State recorded a CD of their All-State performances, the “2007 Solo & Ensemble Encore Performance.”

4. The LVA Guitar Advanced Guitar Ensemble (Varsity 3) was invited to perform at the third annual pre-college guitar festival at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles

5. Hosted the 6th Annual CCSD Directors’ Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble 6. Performed four recitals this year as well as four concerts. The final recital was

the first Senior Recital 7. Purchased 10 Alverez electric, nylon-string cutaway guitars, 32-channel Carvin

mixer. 8. Hosted the second annual 2-day CCSD Guitar Ensemble Festival

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9. Mr. Swick spoke at the national Guitar Foundation of America conference in Columbus, GA in October, 2006

10. Mr. Swick presented at the Nevada Music Educators Association state convention in April, 2007

11. Mr. Swick accepted the role of CCSD Guitar Task Force Chair 12. Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble was selected through a national competition to

perform at the Guitar Foundation of America conference in October, 2007 in the Youth Showcase performance.

13. LVA Guitar Duo and Guitar Quartet competed in the University of Texas-Brownsville national guitar ensemble festival and took third place in each category.

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YEAR SIX 2007-08 Year five of The LVA Guitar Program started with eighty-four guitar majors. Year six began with eighty-two guitar majors. The only seats available were those vacated at the end of the 2007 school year.


Frank Bonomo (Senior) Theresa Brackett (Junior) Kayti Ellis (Senior) Matthew Gonzales (Senior) Lucas Gordon (Senior) Kristyn Graham (Senior) Alex Haase (Senior) Chris Iorio (Junior) Brandon Jones (Junior) Niesha Jones (Junior) Andrew Kaimi (Junior) Alex Lamonte (Junior) Katrina Leshan (Junior) Ryan Lewis (Senior) Mathew Maclean (Junior) Amanda McGurk (Senior) Alex Nielsen (Senior) Samantha Piscopo (Junior) James Quinn (Senior) Christian Rogers (Senior) Michael Romano (Senior) Gabbi Ronquillo (Junior) Brandon Russo (Junior) Nico Salgado (Senior) Fabian Sanchez-Estefan C.J. Sandy (Senior) Chaz Schoenbeck (Senior) Andrew Silva (Junior) Byron Tabor (Senior)

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Shawn Bailey (Sophomore) Adrian Barraza (Sophomore) Quinn Beagle (Junior) Skylar Caporicci (Junior) Albert Carroll (Junior) Daniel Casados (Sophomore) Brandon DiCesare (Sophomore) Ian Fluellen (Sophomore) Kevin Ginty (Sophomore) Melissa Harris (Junior) Douglas Kennedy (Senior) Trevor Kratzel (Junior) Calumn Major (Junior) Casey Maloney (Senior) Carter Miller (Sophomore) Derek Oshita (Sophomore) Juan Plascencia (Junior) Natasha Polk (Senior) Salvatore Savini (Junior) Chris Sierchio (Sophomore) Kady Sutton (Sophomore) Louis Syrovy (Sophomore) Dominick Tim (Sophomore) Steven Van Bettan (Sophomore) Travis Wade (Junior) Alex Zerkle (Sophomore) Mike Zunino (Junior) Zach Zunino (Junior)

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Candice Bain (Freshman) Zach Blakeslee Reid (Freshman) Gabby Clawson (Sophomore) Evan Croteau (Freshman) Cameron Davis (Senior) Edlyn DeGuzman (Freshman) Jonathan Fannin (Freshman) Lauren Finley-Jacob (Freshman) D. J. Galante (Freshman) Austin Garrison (Freshman) Michael Ghisilieri (Freshman) Shawn Hecker (Freshman) Josh Ivy (Freshman) Brandon Juetten (Freshman) Andrew Kenneth (Sophomore) Ethan Lee (Junior) Tayler Linton (Freshman) Ricky Martinez (Sophomore) Sergio Mendina (Freshman) Jessica Rothwell (Junior) Jordan Sasse (Freshman) James Tapusoa (Freshman) Rachel Terhaar (Sophomore) Maritza Villalobos (Senior)

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Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble from a national competition was invited to perform at the Guitar Foundation of America International 2007 convention held in Los Angeles, CA.

Saturday October 20, 2007

Program

Chaconne in F Major George Frederick Handel

The Cat’s Fugue k.30

Domenico Scarlatti

Vals Venezolano No. 2 Antonio Lauro

Quartet Op. 21, Movt. 1

Ferdinand Carulli

Bebop Boogie in F Hugh Huffnagle


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October 23, 2007 Year 6, Concert 1 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m. Admission $7.00

Guitar Concert

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble Chason-Manual Ponce

You Are the Sunshine of My Life-Stevie Wonder

Dreary Rag– Jerry Snyder

Stomp and Pick - James McLeod

Exactly Like You –Jimmy Hugh

We’ve Got Rhythm-Steve Schenkel

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble (Encore Performance of GFA)

Chaconne in F Major– George Frederick Handel

The Cat’s Fugue k.30-Domenico Scarlatti

Vals Venezolano No. 2-Antonio Luaro

Perdido–Juan Tizol

Quartet Op. 21, Movement 1-Ferdinand Carulli

Bebop Boogie in F-Hugh Huffnagle


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November 16, 2007 Year 6, Recital 1 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m. Admission $5.00

Guitar Recital

Varsity 1 J’ai Un Bon Tabac-Derek Hadstad

Two Guitars-Russian Traditional

Louis Syrovy-Canarios-Gasper Sanz

Chris Sierchio-Canyon Canon-Mark Hansen

Carter Miller—Blackbird-Lennon/McCartney Quinn Beagle—Road-Nick Drake

Steven Van Betten—Misty—Erroll Garner

Fabian Sanchez-Estefan-Undia de Noviembre-Leo Brouwer James Quinn—Capricho Arabe—Francisco Tarrega

Chris Iorio-Twilight’s Sorrow - Chris Iorio

Michael Romano—The Glimpse of Light-Michael Romano

Varsity 1 Study No. 20—Fernando Sor

Adagio-Leonard Von Call

Duo-Lucas Gordon & Ryan Lewis

Duet No. 9-Ferdinando Carulli

Cancion del Fuego fatuo-Manual de Falla

Duo-Amanda McGurk & Alex Nielsen

Incanation – Richard Carlton

Turkish Rondo-W.A. Mozart

Junior Guitar Quartet Distant Worlds-Nobuo Uematsu-Arr. Alex Lamonte

1000 Words-Nobuo Uematsu-Arr. Alex Lamonte

Senior Guitar Quartet Quartet in G Major for Two Mandolins

Allegro Movt. Antonio Vivaldi

Varsity 1 Andante in A Minor-Fernando Sor

Rondo-Leonard Von Call

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December 11, 2007 Year 6, Concert 2 Performing Arts Center 7:00p.m.Admission $7.00

Guitar Concert

Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble Packington’s Pound– 16th Century Anonymous

Espanoletas-Gasper Sanz

Goddesses-Derek Hasted

Fate of the Unknown–Yoko Shimomura from “Kingdom Hearts II”

Greensleeves-English Traditional

The First Noel-Traditional

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!-Traditional

We Wish You a Merry Christmas-Traditional

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble Sonata No. 11 in G Major-Franz Joseph Haydn

1) Presto, 2) Andante, 3) Minuet & Trio

Minuet-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year– Eddie Pola/George Wyle

Hebrew Medley - Traditional

Ding Dong Merrily on High –Traditional

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Irish Folk Medley– Arr. Jeremy Sparks

Torija/Manzanares Del Real-Federico Moreno Torroba

Prelude IV-Manuel Ponce

Yehei–Eli Gerstner

Nightmare Before Christmas-Danny Elfman

Nashville Noel-A Tribute to Chet Atkins-Arr. Frank Mullen III

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February 22, 2007 Year 6, Recital 2 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m. Admission $5.00

Guitar Recital Varsity 1 Fuga-Gasper Sanz

Villanos-Gasper Sanz

Chris Sierchio-Andantino-Ferdinando Carulli

Travis Wade-Classical Gas-Mason Williams

Niesha Jones-Easy Piece No. 2, Op. 13-Dionisio Aguado

CJ Sandy-Capriccio-Ferdinando Carulli

Byron Tabor-Peg-Walter Becker/Donald Fagon

Brandon Russo-Higher Ground-Andrew York Varsity 1 Rosebuds in June-Charles Ancliffe

Appalachian Rain-Leo Welch

Katrina Leshan-Prelude No. 1-Hector Villa Lobos

Alex Lamonte-Praise of Tears-Franz Schubert

Andrew Silva-Danza Brasilera-Jorge Morel

Duo-Juan Plascencia & Fabian Sanchez


Duo-Kayti Ellis & Kristyn Graham


Duo-Amanda McGurk & Alex Nielsen

Rondo-Pleyel

Varsity 1 Hunter’s Round-Artot


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March 4, 2008 Year 6, Concert 3 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m. Admission $7.00

Guitar Concert

Picking on The Beatles All Music Composed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George

Harrison

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble Day Tripper

In My Life

I’ll Follow the Sun

Birthday

Yesterday

Here Comes the Sun

Eleanor Rigby

Revolution

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Lady Madonna

Getting Better

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Imagine

She’s Leaving Home

Got to Get You Into My Life

Across the Universe

Penny Lane

When I’m Sixty-Four

All Arrangements by Bill Swick

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May 22, 2008 Year 6, Concert 4 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m. Admission $7.00

Guitar Concert

Seniors’ Choice

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble Lovin’ You-Chet Catallo

Morning Dance-Jay Beckenstein

Tiny Dancer-Elton John - Doug Kennedy, Casey Maloney, Natasha Polk


Oye Coma Va-Tito Puente

Too High/I Wish-Stevie Wonder

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Concerto in C, Op. 3 No. 6-Vivaldi-Alex Nielsen

New Serenade-Ferdinando Carulli-Amanda McGurk

Vamo Alla Flamenco-Alex Lamonte-Kayti Ellis

It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing-Duke Ellington-Michael Romano

Copacabana-Barry Manilow-Alex Haase, CJ Sandy, Byron Tabor Bohemian Rhapsody-Frank Bonomo, Matt Gonzales

Spain-Chick Corea-Ryan Lewis, Lucas Gordon

Mario Theme-Koji Kondo-Kristyn Graham

September-Earth, Wind & Fire-Chaz Shoenbeck

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The Sixth LVA Guitar Quartet

The sixth LVA Guitar Quartet was the third quartet in which all of the members were seniors. This year, the quartet was refered to as the LVA Senior Guitar Quartet. This quartet was made up of Alex Haase, Nico Salgado, CJ Sandy and Byron Tabor. The quartet received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2008 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The quartet made a number of appearances including the annual “Road Show”, 2 recitals and regular performances at the Nathan Adelson Hospice. The Sr. Quartet received an Excellent Rating at the South Bay Guitar Festival in San Jose, CA. .

The First LVA Jr. Guitar Quartet

This year marked the first year to have a second guitar quartet made up of all juniors. This quartet has been deemed the LVA Jr. Guitar Quartet. The quartet members were Alex Lamonte, Katrina Leshan, Brandon Russo and Andrew Silva. The quartet received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and won Command Performance (Best in the State of Nevada). The quartet has a track on the 2008 LVA “Encore Performance” CD as well as each of the four members who individually received Superior Ratings at NMEA. The Jr. Quartet also received a Superior Rating at the South Bay Guitar Festival in San Jose, CA.

The Second & Third LVA Guitar Duos

This year, there were two senior Guitar Duos. One duo consisted of Amanda McGurk and Alex Nielsen. The other duo was Lucas Gordon and Ryan Lewis. Both duos made regular performances at the Nathan Adelson Hospice, the Winchester Community Center, and several on-campus events. Both duos received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appear on the 2008 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The Gordon/Lewis duo received an Excellent Rating at the South Bay Guitar Festival in San Jose, CA. The McGurk/Nielsen duo received a Good Rating at the same festival.

The Sixth Senior Guitarist to Receive the Principal’s Award

Michael Romano was the recipient of the sixth Principal’s Award presented to a senior guitar major. Michael received this award at Senior Awards Night in the spring of 2008. This award is now known as the Principal’s “Academy Award.”

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Andrea Segovia” Award

Mathew Gonzales, Lucas Gordon and Alex Nielsen each received the “Andrea Segovia” award for excellence as a classical guitarist at the third Senior Recital awards presentation.

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Michael Romano and Ryan Lewis received the “Wes Montgomery” award for excellence as a jazz guitarist at the third Senior Recital awards presentation.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Chet Atkins” Award Byron Tabor received the “Chet Atkins” award for excellence as a finger-style guitarist at the third Senior Recital awards presentation. Senior Guitarists Who Graduated with Seven Years of Classroom Guitar

in Clark County, NV

Frank Bonomo, Lucas Gordon, Ryan Lewis, Alex Nielsen, CJ Sandy and Chaz Schoenbeck graduated from LVA having completed seven years of classroom guitar in Clark County, Nevada.

Outstanding Accomplishments the Sixth Year 2007-08

1. Seventeen LVA guitar students qualified for the Nevada Music Educators Association All-State Solo & Ensemble.

2. The Jr. Guitar Quartet, Alex Lamonte, Katrina Leshan, Brandon Russo and Andrew Silve won “Command Performance”-which means best high school guitarist in the state of Nevada awarded by the Nevada Music Educators Association.


4. The LVA Guitar Advanced Guitar Ensemble (Varsity 3) was invited to perform at the international Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) convention in Los Angeles, CA as part of the Youth Showcase in October, 2007.

5. The LVA Guitar Advanced Guitar Ensemble (Varsity 3) received a Superior Rating at the South Bay Guitar Festival in San Jose, CA in March, 2008.

6. Hosted the 7th Annual CCSD Directors’ Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble with guest guitarist, Raymond Williams.

7. Performed three recitals this year as well as four concerts. The final recital was the Senior Recital

8. Purchased 12 Alverez electric, nylon-string cutaway guitars, 4 Baja Saxto acoustic 6-string basses, 2 nylon-string, electric Quantz/Requinto guitars, and 2 piccolo guitars

9. Hosted the third annual 2-day CCSD Guitar Ensemble Festival 10. Mr. Swick spoke at the Bi-annual Music Educators National Conference in

Milwaukee, WI in April, 2008

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11. Mr. Swick spoke at the national Guitar Foundation of America conference in San Francisco, CA in August, 2008

12. Mr. Swick continued the role of CCSD Guitar Task Force Chair, LVA Music Department Facilitator, CCSD Festival Chair and began teaching at Sunset High School as the guitar teacher for the evening classes.

13. Released the “Best of the First Five Years 2002-2007” CD

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YEAR SEVEN 2008-09 Year six of The LVA Guitar Program started with eighty guitar majors. Year seven began with eighty guitar majors. The only seats available were those vacated at the end of the 2008 school year.


Shawn Bailey (Junior) Adrian Barraza (Junior) Skylar Caporicci (Junior) Daniel Casados (Junior) Brendan Dicesare (Junior) Ian Fluellen (Junior) Kevin Ginty (Junior) Melissa Harris (Senior) Brandon Jones (Senior) Niesha Jones (Senior) Andrew Kaimi (Senior) Katrina Leshan (Senior) Mathew MacLean (Senior) Carter Miller (Junior) Derek Oshita (Junior) Samantha Piscopo (Senior) Juan Plascencia (Senior) Dani Plecenik (Senior) Gabbi Ronquillo (Senior) Brandon Russo (Senior) Chris Sierchio (Junior) Andrew Silva (Senior) Kady Sutton (Junior) Louis Syrovy (Junior) Dominick Tim (Junior) Travis Wade (Senior)

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Candice Bain (Sophomore) Zachary Blakeslee Reid (Sophomore) Theresa Brackett (Senior) Evan Croteau (Sophomore) Edlyn De Guzman (Sophomore) Lauren Findly-Jacob (Sophomore) DJ Galante (Sophomore) Austin Garrison (Sophomore) Michael Ghisilieri (Sophomore) Joshua Ivy (Sophomore) Brandon Juetten (Sophomore) Andrew Kenneth (Junior) Ethan Lee (Senior) Tayler Linton (Sophomore) Ricardo Martinez (Junior) Sergio Medina (Sophomore) Jessica Rothwell (Senior) Fabian Sanchez Estefan (Senior) Jordan Sasse (Sophomore) James Tapusoa (Sophomore) Rachel Terhaar (Junior) Alex Zerkle (Junior) Mike Zunino (Senior)

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Victoria Almanzan (Freshman) Elizabeth Barrett (Freshman) Amber Benites (Sophomore) Saraya Bennett (Freshman) Adam Byrd (Sophomore) Alicia Castile (Freshman) Will Crumpacker (Freshman) Heather Fieger (Freshman) Zak Fisher (Freshman) Donovan Gallaway (Sophomore) Patricia Girroir (Freshman) Josiah Guyer (Sophomore) Fernando Jauregui (Freshman) Shawn Jensen (Freshman) Sam Kinsey (Freshman) Clayton Nowers (Freshman) Danielle Nunez (Freshman) Rysen Pangilinan (Freshman) Nicco Pappageorge (Freshman) Taylor Raymond (Freshman) Niki Shadoan (Freshman) Spencer Smith (Freshman) Aaron Solano (Freshman) Caleb Sterner (Sophomore) Levi Tiberi (Freshman) Stefan Tisminezky (Freshman) Dustin Turner (Freshman) Thomas Velasquez (Freshman) Jason Wang (Freshman) Camden Weisz (Freshman) Austin Wyke (Freshman)

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Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble Caprice No. 14-Nicolo Paginini*

Diabelli No. 1-Anton Diabelli*

Suite: 1. Overture, 2. Air, 3. Gavott -Telemann Arr. Bruce Behnke

Concerto alla Rustica Opus 51, No. 4-Antonio Vivaldi*

Afro-Cuban Lullaby-Traditional*

Sir Festus Burke-T. O’Carolan

Samba Lele-Arr. M. Bataini

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Symphonie de Haydn Op. 152-Ferdinando Carulli*

Exchanges-Mark Anthony Cruz

Funeral March-Fernando Sor*

Don’t Fret-William Leavitt*

Don’t Know Why-Norah Jones*

Katrina Leshan-Vocalist

Kalimba-Jurg Kindle

* Arranged by Bill Swick

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Varsity 1-Goddesses –Derek Hadsted

The Jolly Miller-Derek Hadsted

Tango Argentine-Gerard Montreul

Lass of Richmond Hill-Derek Hadsted

Juan Plascencia-Spanish Romance-anonymous Josh Ivy-Adelita, Ligrima-F. Tarrega Ricky Martinez-Asilos Magdalena-Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

Sergio Mendez-Bron-Yr-Aur-Jimmy Page

Louis Syrovy-Prelude No. 1 - H. Villa-Lobos

Derek Oshita-Going Home-Shiro Sagisu

Chris Sierchio-Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1-J.S. Bach

Skylar Caporicci-Caprice No. 4 - Luigi Legnani

Zach Blakeslee Reid-Sunburst-Andrew York

DJ Galante-Capricho Arabe-F. Tarrega

Kevin Ginty-Caprice No. 2 - Luigi Legnani

Andrew Silva-Wandering Thoughts-Andrew Silva

Varsity 1-Packington’s Pound-Traditional

Kojo No Tsuki –Rentaro Taki

A Welch Dance-Hans Neusidler

Junior Duo-Shawn Bailey & Kevin Ginty Budarvisur-Emil Thoroddsen

Trio-Samantha Piscopo, Gabbi Ronquillo & Kady Sutton

Pathos-Darkest Hour-Kris Norris

Junior Trio- Gipsy Dance-Zamba-Joaquin Turina

Junior Guitar Quartet - Sevilla-Albeniz

Senior Guitar Quartet-Lotus Eaters-Andrew York

Varsity 1– La Firolera-Traditional

Two Guitars-Traditional

El Vito-Traditional

Guitar Recital

Year 7, Recital 1 Friday, November 7, 2008 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

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Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble Away in a Manger

The First Noel

Frosty the Snowman-Steve Nelson/Jack Rollins

Little Town of Bethlehem

Midnight Clear

Hebrew Medley

What Child is This?

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble White Christmas-Leroy Anderson

Sleigh Ride-Irving Berlin

Silent Night

Ding Dong Merrily on High

O Holy Night

Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen-Hark! Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble

Boughs of Holly

Joy of Man’s Desire-Angels we Have Heard on High

Good King Joy

A Mad Russian’s Christmas

O Come All ye Faithful

Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24


Guitar Concert December 12, 2008 Year 7, Concert 2 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

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Varsity 1 Guitar Ensemble Study No. 20-Fernando Sor

Andante-Leonard von Call

Rondo-Leonard von Call

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble Black Magic Woman-Carlos Santana

Sunshine of Your Love-Eric Clapton

Sharp Dressed Man-Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard

Higher Ground-Stevie Wonder

Jessica-Dickey Betts

F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.-The Fall of Troy Arr. Zach Blakeslee Reid

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Carry On Wayward Son-Kerry Livgren

You Really Got Me-Ray Davies

Last Child-Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford

Frankenstein-Edgar Winter

Sweet Child O’ Mine-Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradin’,

Duff McKagan & Steven Adler

Vocalist-Melissa Harris

All arrangements by Bill Swick except F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.

Guitar Concert

March 12, 2009 Year 7, Concert 3 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

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Mike Zunino

Op. 98, No. 5-Mauro Guilianni

Melissa Harris

Isn’t It Wonderful?-Nobuyuki Hirakura

Travis Wade

Letting Go-Travis Wade

Mathew MacLean

Capricho Arabe-Francisco Tarrega

Niesha Jones

Ready For Love-India Arie

Dani Plecenik

I Will Wait for You-Per-Olov Kindgren

Samantha Piscopo

Night After Sidewalk-Kaki King

Brandon Russo

To Zanarkand-Nobuo Uematsu/Arr. Alex Lamonte

Andrew Silva

Unspoken-Andrew Silva

Katrina Leshan

Julia Florida-Barrios

Gabbi Ronquillo & Samantha Piscopo

River Flows into You-Yiruma/Arr. Gabbi Ronquillo

Fabian Sanchez-Estefan Quartet

Kirby’s Dreamland-Arr. Fabian Sanchez-Estefan

Senior Quartet-Katrina Keshan, Dani Plecenik, Brandon Russo, Andrew Silva

Pacific Coast Highway-Andrew York Words-Arr. Alex Lamonte-(Alex Lamonte reunites with quartet) Juan Plascencia

Four Years and Four Minutes-Victor Wooten/Stew Hemm/Steve Bailey

Ethan Lee

Lotus Feet-Steve Vai

Andrew Kaimi

Surfing With the Alien-Joe Satriani

Brandon Jones

Dyin’ Day-Steve Vai

Senior Guitar Recital

Year 7, Recital 2 May 26, 2009 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

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“Seniors’ Choice”

Varsity 2 Guitar Ensemble Concerto Op. 3, No. 6-Vivaldi-Theresa Brackett

Simple & Clean-Fabian Sanchez Estefan

Celtic Jig-Jessica Rothwell

Champagne Rag-Joseph Lamb-Mike Zunino

Fate of the Unkown-Yoko Shimomura-Ethan Lee

We’ve Got Rhythm-Steve Shenkel

Mr. PC-John Coltrane

Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble Vamo alla Flamenco-Nobuo Uematsu-Samantha Piscopo

Arada-Torroba-Katrina Leshan

Theme From Zelda-Arr. Alex Lamonte-Dani Plecenik

Gerudo Valley-Matthew MacLean

Bohemian Rhapsody-Freddie Mercury-Niesha Jones

Mario Theme-Koji Kondo-Brandon Russo

What Would Michael Kelsey Do?-Mark Anthony Cruz-Andrew Silva Sir Duke-Stevie Wonder-Andy Kaimi

Too High/I Wish-Stevie Wonder-Juan Plascencia September-Earth, Wind & Fire-Gabbi Ronquillo, Travis Wade, Melissa Harris

Guitar Concert Year 7 Concert 4 May 29, 2009 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

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The Second LVA Senior Guitar Quartet (Seventh LVA Guitar Quartet)

The second LVA Senior Guitar Quartet was made up of Katrina Leshan, Dani Plecenik, Brandon Russo and Andrew Silva. The quartet received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2009 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The quartet made a number of appearances, recitals and on and off-campus performances.

The Second LVA Jr. Guitar Quartet

The second LVA Junior Guitar Quartet members were Carter Miller, Derek Oshita, Chris Sierchio and Louis Syrovy. The quartet received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2009 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The quartet made a number of appearances throughout the year including regular performances at Border’s Bookstore.

The Second Junior Guitar Trio (Fourth LVA Guitar Trio)

The second LVA Junior Guitar Trio members were Adrian Barraza , Daniel Casados and Brendan Dicesare. The trio received an Excellent Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival. The trio performed periodically for special events in the community.

The Fourth LVA Guitar Duo

This year, there was a Junior Guitar Duo which consisted of Shawn Bailey and Kevin Ginty. The duo received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2009 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The duo performed periodically for special events in the community including one wedding.

The Seventh Senior Guitarist to Receive the Academy Award For Outstanding Guitarist of the Year

Katrina Leshan was the recipient of the seventh Academy Award presented to a senior guitar major. Katrina received this award at Senior Awards Night in the spring of 2009. Her name has been added to the perpetual plaque for the Outstanding Guitarist of the Year for 2008-09.

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Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Andrea Segovia” Award

Katrina Leshan received the “Andrea Segovia” award for excellence as a classical guitarist at the fourth Senior Recital awards presentation. Her name has been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipient of the 2008-09 Andre Segovia Award.


Brandon Russo and Andrew Silva each received the “Wes Montgomery” award for excellence as jazz guitarists at the fourth Senior awards presentation. Both names have been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipients of the 2008-09 Wes Montgomery Award.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Chet Atkins” Award Andrew Silva received the “Chet Atkins” award for excellence as a finger-style guitarist at the fourth Senior Recital awards presentation. His name has been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipient of the 2008-09 Chet Atkins Award.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Steve Vai” Award

Brandon Jones, Andy Kaimi and Ethan Lee each received the “Steve Vai” award for excellence as contemporary guitarists. This was the first year for this award to be given. The names of all three recipients have been added to the perpetual plaque for receiving the 2008-09 Steve Vai award.

Senior Guitarists Who Graduated with Seven Years of Classroom Guitar in Clark County, NV

There was a time in the history of guitar education in Nevada that graduating with seven years of classroom guitar was unique. Kylee Andreasen was the first in Nevada to accomplish this feat. This year, more than half of the fifteen graduating guitar majors from LVA are graduating with seven years of classroom guitar. This will become more common as the years progress and therefore has been voted by the executive board of the LVA Guitar Club to be dropped from Senior Awards.

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Senior Guitarists Who Have Completed 16 Books in the Solo Guitar Repertoire Series

The following senior guitar majors completed 16 Books in the Solo Guitar Repertoire Series during their four years at LVA: Niesha Jones, Andy Kaimi, Katrina Leshan, Samantha Piscopo and Andrew Silva. Each received a plaque for this outstanding accomplishment.

Received 100% on 16 or More Playing Tests

Every other week throughout the school year, guitar students perform a bi-weekly playing test consisting of two graduated studies. The exams on performed on a guitar that is attached to a computer. The software in the computer does the scoring. It is extremely accurate. This is a new category to recognize those students who score 16 or more perfect scores during the school year. The following students score 16 or more perfect scores on their bi-weekly playing tests. Seniors: Andrew Kaimi (28) Juniors: Kevin Ginty (17) Sophomores: Candice Bain (17), Zach Blakeslee Reid (17), Evan Croteau (16), Edlyn DeGuzman (17), Michael Ghisilieri (28), Josh Ivy (22), James Tapusoa (22) Freshman: Patricia Girroir (16), Niki Shadoan (19), Spencer Smith (24), Thomas Velasquez (16), Jason Wang (20), Camden Weiz (16)

Outstanding Accomplishments the Seventh Year 2008-09

1. Two LVA guitar students qualified for the Nevada Music Educators Association Command Performance competition. These were the only two students in the state to qualify.

2. Katrina Leshan won “Command Performance”-which means best high school guitarist in the state of Nevada awarded by the Nevada Music Educators Association.


4. The seniors of the LVA Guitar Advanced Guitar Ensemble (Varsity 3) were invited to perform at NAMM (National Association of Music Merchandisers) national Winter Convention in Anaheim, CA

5. The LVA Advanced Guitar Ensemble (Varsity 3) performed at the Loyola Marymount University Guitar Festival in Los Angeles, CA

6. The LVA Advanced Guitar Ensemble performed in the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel for the company Avid as part of the National Broadcasters Association’s National Convention

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7. Hosted the 8th Annual CCSD Directors’ Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble with guest guitarists, Skylar Caporicci and Katrina Leshan

8. Performed two recitals this year as well as four concerts. The final recital was the Senior Recital

9. Purchased 4 Ibanez solid body electric guitars, 2 LaPetrie classical guitars, 4 Yamaha speaker cabinets, plastic shell for drums, and a drum machine amplifier.

10. Hosted the fourth annual 2-day CCSD Guitar Ensemble Festival 11. Garrett Winslow, owner of Regency Flooring, gave away a trip for two on a

cruise to Mexico, a digital camera, an electric guitar and dinner for two in a local restaurant as part of year-long campaign to build the audiences at the LVA guitar concerts

12. The Bailey Family and Perpetual Wealth gave away a 3-day trip to one of 24 destinations at each of the four concerts during the year as part of a year-long campaign to build the audiences at the LVA guitar concerts.

13. The music department won its sixth Gold GRAMMY award 14. Mr. Swick continued the role of CCSD Guitar Task Force Chair, LVA Music

Department Facilitator, CCSD Festival Chair and continued teaching at Sunset High School as the guitar teacher for the evening class

15. Mr. Swick appeared on the cover of the School Band & Orchestra magazine along with a 4-page article with pictures of students performing at the NAMM Convention in Anaheim, CA.

16. Mr. Swick performed with Andrew York at the national Guitar Foundation of American conference in Ithaca, NY in June, 2009.

17. LVA Guitar Club sponsored the first 2-Day Summer Guitar Festival in June, 2009 featuring Michael Chapdelaine, Robert Conti, Raymond Williams and Mel Hallam.

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YEAR EIGHT 2009-2010 Year seven began with eighty guitar majors. Year eight began with eighty-six guitar majors. The only seats available were those vacated at the end of the 2009 school year.


Shawn Bailey (Senior) Candice Bain (Junior) Adrian Barraza (Senior) Zachary Blakeslee Reid (Junior) Skylar Caporicci (Senior) Daniel Casados (Senior) Evan Croteau (Junior) Edlyn De Guzman (Junior) Brendan DiCesare (Senior) Lauren Findly-Jacob (Junior) Ian Fluellen (Senior) D.J. Galante (Junior) Austin Garrison (Junior) Michael Ghisilieri (Junior) Kevin Ginty (Senior) Josh Ivy (Junior) Brandon Juetten (Junior) Ricardo Martinez (Senior) Sergio Medina (Junior) Carter Miller (Senior) Derek Oshita (Senior) Jordan Sasse (Junior) Chris Sierchio (Senior) Kady Sutton (Senior) Louis Syrovy (Senior) Rachel Terhaar (Senior) Dominick Tim (Senior)

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Victoria Almanzan (Sophomore) Elizabeth Barrett (Sophomore) Amber Benites (Junior) Saraya Bennett (Sophomore) Adam Byrd (Junior) Alicia Castile (Sophomore) Will Crumpacker (Sophomore) Heather Fieger (Sophomore) Zak Fisher (Sophomore) Donovan Gallaway (Junior) Patricia Girroir (Sophomore) Josiah Guyer (Junior) Fernando Jauregui (Sophomore) Shawn Jensen (Sophomore) Sam Kinsey (Sophomore) Clayton Nowers (Sophomore) Danielle Nunez (Sophomore) Niki Shadoan (Sophomore) Spencer Smith (Sophomore) Aaron Solano (Sophomore) Caleb Sterner (Junior) Stefan Tisminezky (Sophomore) Dustin Turner (Sophomore) Thomas Velasquez (Sophomore) Jason Wang (Sophomore) Camden Weisz (Sophomore) Austin Wyke (Sophomore) Alex Zerkle (Senior)

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David Aragon (Freshman) Hailey Axberg (Freshman) Christian Canizalez (Sophomore) Deryn Cattaneo (Freshman) Cody Cris (Freshman) Anthony Farris (Freshman) Haley Hodgson (Freshman) Gaston Huber (Freshman) Travis Huskey (Freshman) Austin Kirch (Freshman) Erik Kline (Freshman) Austin Longworth (Freshman) Gabrielle Machette (Freshman) Peter Martinez (Sophomore) Summer Matz (Freshman) Zach Murphy (Freshman) Maria Oregon (Freshman) Cheyenne Reindel (Freshman) Dominic Rosso (Freshman) Cameron Sax (Freshman) Nicolas Shellenberger (Freshman) Tyler Stefanelli (Freshman) Logan Tierno (Freshman) Cason Vanbuskirk (Freshman) Savannah Vidal (Freshman) Sean Young (Freshman)

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October 16, 2009 Year 8 Concert 1 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

Guitar Concert


Sonata-D. Scarlatti

Rigaudon-J.P. Rameau

Guitar Styles-Peter Wulff-ThieBen

Flamenc’Ole

Tune Fish Blues

Eu-Calypso

Zarabanda-E. Granados

Musica Latina Facil-Anette Kruisbrink

Danza Maya

Bossa Do Brasil

Cuna Cubana

Tango Argentino

Pablito-Mark Anthony Cruz

Daytripper-Lennon/McCartney


Grand Solo Op. 14 –Fernando Sor

Kangogi-Jurg Kindle

Awaken-Mark Anthony Cruz

Nuestro-Roque Carbajo

La Comparsa-Randy Hailey

Brajamazil-Andrew York

Don’t Stop Believin’-Perry, Schon and Cain

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November 20, 2009 Year 8, Recital 1 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

Guitar Recital Jason Wang-Sounds of the Bells-Joao Pernambucco

Donovan Galloway-Agitato-Mauro Guiliani

Aaron Solano-Sunday Morning Overcast-Andrew York

Thomas Velasquez-In Sorrow’s Wake-Andrew York

Austin Wyke-El Sueno Ultimo-Thomas Coffey

Niki Shadoan-Study 2 -Dionisio Aguado

Danielle Nunez-Study No. 7-Matteo Carcassi

Skylar Caporicci-Vals Opus 8, No. 4-Augustine Barrios Mangore

Louis Syrovy-Leyenda-Isaac Albeniz

Derek Oshita-Tango En Skai-Roland Dyens

D.J. Galante-Sevilla-Isaac Albeniz

Kevin Ginty-Fingals-Hohle-J.K. Mertz

Zach Blakeslee Reid-Koyunbaba Movt. 1-Carlo Dominiconi

Josh Ivy & Michael Ghisilieri-Funeral March of a Marionette-Charles Gounod

Candice Bain & Lauren Finley-Jacob-Sanzen-in-Andrew York

Shawn Bailey & Kevin Ginty-Tango-Isaac Albeniz

Adrian Barraza, Daniel Casados & Brendan DiCesare -

Horo for 3 Guitars-Ourkouzounov

Zach Blakeslee Reid, Evan Croteau, Edlyn DeGuzman & D.J. Galante

Baiao De Gude-Paulo Bellinati

Carter Miller, Derek Oshita, Christopher Sierchio & Louis Syrovy-

Lotus Eaters-Andrew York

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Away in a Manger

The First Noel

Joy to the World

Little Town of Bethlehem

Midnight Clear

Silent Night

What Child is This?

We Wish You a Merry Christmas


Good King Jazz

Boughs of Holly

Joy of Man’s Desire-Angels We Have Heard on High

O Come All Ye Faithful-O Holy Night


Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen-Hark!


Queen of the Winter Night

Good King Joy


Siberian Sleigh Ride

Wizards in Winter


All arrangements (660 pages) by Bill Swick

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March 16, 2010 Year 8, Concert 3 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

Guitar Concert


Pipeline-The Ventures

Yesterday-The Beatles

Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton

The Wind Cries Mary-Jimi Hendrix

Manic Depression-Jimi Hendrix


Eleanor Rigby-The Beatles

Black Magic Woman-Carlos Santana

Layla-Eric Clapton

Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix


This Masquerade-George Benson


Classical Gas-Mason Williams

High High the Moon-Les Paul

Johnny B. Goode-Chuck Berry

Voodoo Child-Jimi Hendrix

Medley of Cool Guitar Licks-Various

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May 6, 2010 Year 8, Recital 2 Performing Arts Center

Senior Guitar Recital Kady Sutton

Somewhere New-Kady Sutton

Daniel Casados

Neon-John Mayer

Dominick Tim

Dark Eyes-Traditional

Chris Sierchio

Gran Jota-Francisco Tarrega

Kevin Ginty

Variations on a Theme of George Frederic Handel-Mauro Guiliani

Skylar Caporicci

Guajira-Emilio Pujol

Ricky Martinez

The Ongoing Horrible-Maps & Atlases

Kady Sutton & Rachel Terhaar

Incantation-Richard Carlton

Derek Oshita & Louis Syrovy

Diablo Rojo-Rodrigo & Gabriela

Shawn Bailey & Kevin Ginty

The Seconds-Shawn Bailey

Adrian Barraza, Daniel Casados & Brendon Dicesare

Mango Tango-Jurg Kindle

Carter Miller, Derek Oshita, Chris Sierchio & Louis Syrovy

Five Brazilian Dances –Chelso Machado

Shawn Bailey

Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar-Paul Gilbert

Adrian Barraza

Glasgow Kiss-John Petrucci

Carter Miller

Canon Rock-Jerry C

Ian Fluellen

Paul vs. Godzilla-Paul Gilbert

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May 20, 2010 Year 8, Concert 4 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

Guitar Concert


Diabelli No. 1—Anton Diabelli


Appalachain Rain-Leo Welch

Rosebuds in June—Charles Ancliffe

Hunter’s Round—Artot



Batalla de Sexto Tono-Jose Jimenez

Sonata No. 11 in G Major-Franz Joseph Haydn

Ragtime Guitars-Traditional

Dreary Rag-Jerry Snyder

Exactly Like You-Jimmy Hugh



Spain-Chick Corea

Kalimba-Jurg Kindle

El Payaso-Mark Anthony Cruz

Zelda Suite-Arr. Alex Lamonte

Gerudo Valley-Theme from Zelda

Super Mario Suite-Mario’s Adventure

What Would Michael Kelsey Do?-Mark Anthony Cruz

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The Third LVA Senior Guitar Quartet (Eighth LVA Guitar Quartet)

The third LVA Senior Guitar Quartet was made up of Carter Miller, Derek Oshita, Chris Sierchio and Louis Syrovy. The quartet received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2010 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The quartet made a number of appearances, recitals and performances both on and off campus .

The Third LVA Junior Guitar Quartet The third LVA Junior Guitar Quartet members were Zach Blakeslee Reid, Evan Croteau, Eddie De Guzman and D. J. Galante. The quartet received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2010 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The quarter began as the unofficial Sophomore Guitar Quartet during the 2008-09 school year. The quartet made a number of appearances throughout the year.

The First Senior Guitar Trio (Fifth LVA Guitar Trio)

The first LVA Senior Guitar Trio members were Adrian Barraza , Daniel Casados and Brendan Dicesare. The trio received a Superior Rating in the NMEA All-State Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2010 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The trio began as the Junior Trio during the 2008-09 school year. The trio performed periodically for special events in the community.

The Fifth, Sixth & Seventh LVA Guitar Duos

This year, there was a Senior Guitar Duo which consisted of Shawn Bailey and Kevin Ginty. The two began as a Junior Guitar Duo during the 2008-09 school year. The duo performed in the November, 2009 Guitar Recital and the May 6, 2010 Senior Recital. There were also two Junior Guitar Duos. Candice Bain and Lauren Finley-Jacob made one duo. The second duo consisted of Josh Ivy and Michael Ghisilieri. Both duos performed in the November, 2009 Guitar Recital.

The Eighth Senior Guitarist to Receive the Academy Award

For Outstanding Guitarist of the Year Louis Syrovy was the recipient of the eighth Academy Award presented to a senior guitar major. Louis received this award at Senior Awards Night in the May of 2010. His name has been added to the perpetual plaque for the Outstanding Guitarist of the Year for 2009-10.

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Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Andrea Segovia” Award

Louis Syrovy received the “Andrea Segovia” award for excellence as a classical guitarist at the Seniors’ Choice Concert awards presentation. His name has been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipient of the 2009-10 Andre Segovia Award.


Adrain Barraza and Daniel Casados each received the “Wes Montgomery” award for excellence as jazz guitarists at the fifth Senior awards presentation. Both names have been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipients of the 2009-10 Wes Montgomery Award.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Chet Atkins” Award

No seniors qualified for the “Chet Atkins” award for the 2009-10 school year.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Steve Vai” Award

Shawn Bailey, Adrain Barraza, Ian Fluellen and Carter Miller each received the “Steve Vai” award for excellence as contemporary guitarists. This was the second year for this award to be given. The names of all four recipients have been added to the perpetual plaque for receiving the 2009-10 Steve Vai award.

Senior Guitarists Who Have Completed 17 Books in the Solo Guitar

Repertoire Series

This year, the number of solo books to be completed for recognition was raised from 16 to 17. The following senior guitar majors completed 17 Books in the Solo Guitar Repertoire Series during their four years at LVA: Shawn Bailey, Skylar Caporicci, Kevin Ginty, Chris Sierchio and Louis Syrovy. Each received a plaque for this outstanding accomplishment.

“Most Versatile Musician” Award

This was a new award given this year to two outstanding seniors who really deserved to be recognized for their abilities to play multiple instruments well. Both students performed on various concerts playing various instruments including guitar, electric bass and drums. This special award went to Ricky Martinez and Skylar Caporicci. Each received a plaque for this outstanding accomplishment.

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Outstanding Parent Volunteers

This is not an annual award, but is given to outstanding parent volunteers when deemed appropriate. This year’s award went to Garrett and Christine Winslow for their outstanding support for the past four years. They have contributed financially, have assisted in ticket sales regularly, Garrett has been our concert announcer numerous times, Garrett has taken countless photos of our students over the past four years, etc. Their contributions are too numerous to list.

Received 100% on 16 or More Playing Tests Every other week throughout the school year, guitar students perform a bi-weekly playing test consisting of two graduated studies. The exams are performed on a guitar that is attached to a computer. The software in the computer does the scoring. It is extremely accurate. This is a new category to recognize those students who scored 16 or more perfect scores during the school year. The following students scored 16 or more perfect scores on their bi-weekly playing tests. Each student receives 32 playing test grades during the school year. This special recognition is for those students who received a perfect score at least half or 50% of the time. Many students exceeded that percentage. Seniors: No seniors achieved this feat Juniors: Candice Bain (17), Michael Ghisilieri (27) Sophomores: Adam Byrd (22), Christian Canizalez (18), Zakary Fisher (17), Patricia Girroir (24), Clayton Nowers (27), Niki Shadoan (23), Spencer Smith (30), Aaron Solano (18), Jason Wang (26), and Camden Weisz (16) Freshmen: Cody Chris (24), Anthony Hodgson (23), Travis Huskey (17), Gabrielle Machette (17), and Cameron Sax (24) Sophomore Spencer Smith (30) broke Andrew Kaimi’s previous record of (28). There are 32 playing tests each year.

The “Double Century” Club

The “Double Century” club was something new added this year. Along with counting how many 100’s each student has for the year from the above playing tests, record was also kept for each student who made two consecutive 100’s in the same week, thus the

name, “Double Century” club. The following students qualified for the club at least once during the school year. The number in parenthesis is the number of weeks in which each person qualified. Seniors: Adrian Barraza (1), Skylar Caporicci (1), Brendan Dicesare (1), Kevin Ginty (1), Carter Miller (1), and Chris Sierchio (3)

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Juniors: Candice Bain (7), Adam Byrd (8), Zach Blakeslee Reid (3), Edlyn DeGuzman (4), D.J. Galante (1), Austin Garrison (1), Michael Ghisilieri (13), Josh Ivy (3), Sergio Mendina (1), and Jordan Sasse (1),

Sophomores: Will Crumpacker (2), Zak Fisher (2), Patricia Girrior (10), Shawn Jensen (1), Samantha Kinsey (1), Clayton Nowers (13), Niki Shadoan (9), Spencer Smith (15), Aaron Solano (6), Dustin Turner (1), Thomas Velaquez (3), Jason Wang (13), Camden Weiz (4) and Austin Wyke (4).

Freshmen: Hailey Axberg (3), Deryn Cattano (3), Cody Chris (10), Anthony Farris (9), Hailey Hodgson (1), Travis Huskey (4), Erik Kline (3), Austin Longworth (1), Gaby Machette (4), Cheyenne Reindel (1), and Cameron Sax (8).

The maximum number of weeks possible to be a member of the “Double Century Club”

is 16. Spencer Smith currently holds the record with 15.

Outstanding Accomplishments the Eighth Year 2009-2010

1. Four of the five guitar spots for the Nevada Music Educators Association Command Performance were filled by LVA guitar students.

2. The 34 guitar students who qualified for All-State recorded a CD of their All-State performances, the “2010 Solo & Ensemble Encore Performance.” This year’s

recording was a 2-disc set with 23 tracks. 3. Varsity 3 was invited and attended the “La Guitarra” Guitar Festival in Santa

Maria, California. This festival is held bi-annually and features legendary guitarists from around the world. LVA students were the only high school students invited.

4. Varsity 3 performed at the Loyola Marymount University Guitar Festival in Los Angeles, CA.

5. Hosted the 9th Annual CCSD Directors’ Choice Guitar Ensemble with guest guitarists, Louis Syrovy performing with a string quartet.

6. Performed two recitals and four concerts. 7. Purchased the Yamaha Silent Guitar Lab. LVA is the first high school in the

nation to have a Yamaha silent guitar lab with 32 stations. The guitars were also used during concerts.

8. Hosted the fifth annual 2-day CCSD Guitar Ensemble Festival. Varsity 2 and Varsity 3 both received Superior Ratings. They were the only two ensembles at the festival to receive Superior Ratings.

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9. The Bailey Family and Perpetual Wealth gave away a 3-day trip to one of 24 destinations at each of the four concerts during the year.

10. The music department won its seventh Gold GRAMMY award. 11. Mr. Swick continued the role of CCSD Guitar Task Force Chair, LVA Music

Department Chair, CCSD Festival Chair and continued teaching at Sunset High School as the guitar teacher for the evening classes. Mr. Swick also continued his position as board member of the pre-college Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) education board and the educational board with the Guitar Foundation of Las Vegas.

12. Mr. Swick performed with Brian Head at the national Guitar Foundation of America conference in Austin, TX in June, 2010.

13. LVA Guitar Club sponsored the second 2-Day Summer Guitar Festival in June, 2010 featuring Corey Christiansen, Raymond Williams and Mel Hallam.

YEAR NINE 2010-2011 Year eight began with eighty-six guitar majors. Year nine began with ninety-two guitar majors.


Victoria Almanzan (Junior) Candice Bain (Senior) Saraya Bennett (Junior) Zachary Blakeslee Reid (Senior) Adam Byrd (Senior) Evan Croteau (Senior) Will Crumpacker (Junior) Edlyn DeGuzman (Senior) Heather Fieger (Junior) Lauren Findly-Jacob (Senior) Zak Fisher (Junior) D.J. Galante (Senior) Austin Garrison (Senior) Michael Ghisilieri (Senior) Patricia Girroir (Junior) Josh Ivy (Senior) Shawn Jensen (Junior) Samantha Kinsey (Junior) Sergio Medina (Senior) Clayton Nowers (Junior) Danielle Nunez (Junior) Jordan Sasse (Senior) Niki Shadoan (Junior) Spencer Smith (Junior) Aaron Solano (Junior) Caleb Sterner (Senior) Stefan Tisminezky (Junior) Thomas Velasquez (Junior) Jason Wang (Junior) Camden Weisz (Junior) Austin Wyke (Junior)


David Aragon (Sophomore) Hailey Axberg (Sophomore) Amber Benites (Senior) Alicia Castile (Junior) Deryn Cattaneo (Sophomore) Cody Cris (Sophomore) Anthony Farris (Sophomore) Donovan Gallaway (Senior) Josiah Guyer (Senior) Haley Hodgson (Sophomore) Gaston Huber (Sophomore) Travis Huskey (Sophomore) Brandon Juetten (Senior) Austin Kirch (Sophomore) Erik Kline (Sophomore) Austin Longworth (Sophomore) Gabrielle Machette (Sophomore) Summer Matz (Sophomore) Zach Murphy (Sophomore) Maria Oregon (Sophomore) Cheyenne Reindel (Sophomore) Dominic Rosso (Sophomore) Cameron Sax (Sophomore) Tyler Stefanelli (Sophomore) Logan Tierno (Sophomore) Cason Vanbuskirk (Sophomore) Savannah Vidal (Sophomore) Sean Young (Sophomore)


Michael Adams (Freshman) Tony Aguilar (Freshman) Cameron Beck (Freshman) Molly Birch (Freshman) Thomas Capurso (Freshman) Eddie Carcamo (Freshman) Jonathan Christensen (Freshman) Rese Comas (Freshman) Elijah Cooper (Freshman) Julien D’Ottavio (Freshman) Bethany Edgel (Junior) Jared Everhart (Freshman) Daniel Faulkner (Freshman) Riley Harris (Freshman) Alex Holloway (Freshman) Triston Jones (Freshman) Sam Kaminski (Freshman) Angel Laurente (Freshman) Courtney Lindemann (Sophomore) Arie Ann Manibog-Abenoja (Freshman) Courtney Mayer (Sophomore) Daniel Munoz (Freshman) Billy Ruggiero (Freshman) Alex Smith (Freshman) Justin Tawney (Freshman) Wyatt Thorne (Freshman) Donovan Tryon (Freshman) Ben Tsai (Freshman) Channelle Vides (Freshman) Theresa Ward (Freshman) Brittany Woodrum (Freshman) Jessica Woody (Freshman) Sebastian Zegarra-Pardo (Freshman)

The Fourth LVA Senior Guitar Quartet (Ninth LVA Guitar Quartet)

The fourth LVA Senior Guitar Quartet was made up of Zach Blakeslee Reid, Evan Croteau, Edlyn DeGuzman and D.J. Galante. This award-winning quartet took Second Place at the University of Texas-Brownsville Guitar Ensemble Competition, the nation’s most competitive guitar festival. The quartet also received two Superior Ratings at Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2011 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. This quartet was the third Junior Quartet during the 2009-10 and appears on the 2010 “Encore Performance” CD. The quartet made a number of appearances, recitals and performances both on and off campus.

The Fourth LVA Junior Guitar Quartet The third LVA Junior Guitar Quartet members were William Crumpacker, Spencer Smith, Aaron Solano and Jason Wang. The quartet received two Superior Ratings at Solo & Ensemble and appears on the 2011 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The quartet made a number of appearances throughout the year.

The First Junior Guitar Trio (Sixth LVA Guitar Trio)

The first LVA Junior Guitar Trio members were Victoria Almanzan, Saraya Bennett and Patricia Girroir. The trio received two Superior Ratings at Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2011 LVA “Encore Performance” CD.

The Eighth & Ninth LVA Guitar Duos

There were two Junior Guitar Duos during the 2010-11 school year. Zakary Fisher and Niki Shadoan made one duo. The second duo consisted of Danielle Nunez and Thomas Velasquez. Both duos performed in the November, 2010 Guitar Recital.

The Ninth Senior Guitarist to Receive the Academy Award

For Outstanding Guitarist of the Year Evan Croteau was the recipient of the ninth Academy Award presented to a senior guitar major. Evan received this award at the Senior Awards Night May, 2011. His name has been added to the perpetual plaque for the Outstanding Guitarist of the Year for 2010-11.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Andrea Segovia” Award D.J. Galante, Michael Ghisilieri and Josh Ivy received the “Andrea Segovia” award for excellence as classical guitarists at the Seniors’ Choice Concert awards presentation. Their names have been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipients of the 2010-11 Andre Segovia Award.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Wes Montgomery” Award No seniors qualified for the “Chet Atkins” award for the 2010-11 school year.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Chet Atkins” Award No seniors qualified for the “Chet Atkins” award for the 2010-11 school year.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Steve Vai” Award

Zach Blakeslee Reid received the “Steve Vai” award for excellence as a contemporary guitarist. This was the third year for this award to be given. Zach’s name has been added to the perpetual plaque for receiving the 2010-11 Steve Vai award.

Senior Guitarists Who Have Completed 17 Books in the Solo Guitar

Repertoire Series

The number of solo books to be completed for recognition is 17 over a four-year period. The following senior guitar majors completed 17 Books in the Solo Guitar Repertoire Series during their four years at LVA: Candice Bain, Zach Blakeslee Reid, Evan Croteau, Edlyn DeGuzman, Austin Garrison, Michael Ghisilieri and Josh Ivy. Each received a plaque for this outstanding accomplishment.


This award went to two outstanding seniors who deserved to be recognized for their abilities to play multiple instruments well. Both students performed on various concerts playing various instruments including guitar, electric bass and/or drums. This special award went to Adam Byrd (guitar & drums) and Josh Ivy (guitar & bass). Each received a plaque for this outstanding accomplishment.


Every other week throughout the school year, guitar students perform a bi-weekly playing test consisting of two graduated studies. The exams are performed on a guitar that is attached to a computer. The software in the computer does the scoring. It is extremely accurate. This is a new category to recognize those students who scored 16

or more perfect scores during the school year. The following students scored 16 or more perfect scores on their bi-weekly playing tests. Each student receives 32 playing test grades during the school year. This special recognition is for those students who received a perfect score at least half or 50% of the time. Many students exceeded that percentage. Seniors: Michael Ghisilieri (28) Juniors: Niki Shadoan (22), Jason Wang (24) Sophomores: Cody Cris (29), Anthony Farris (29) Freshmen: Eddie Carcamo (25), Rese Comas (22) and Billy Ruggiero (18)


Along with counting how many 100’s each student has for the year from the above playing tests, record was also kept for each student who made two consecutive 100’s in

the same week, thus the name, “Double Century” club. The following students qualified for the club at least once during the school year. The number in parenthesis is the number of weeks in which each person qualified.

Seniors: Candice Bain (1), Zach Blakeslee Reid (1), Adam Byrd (1), Edlyn DeGuzman (1), D.J. Galante (1), Donovan Gallaway (1), Michael Ghisilieri (13), and Josh Ivy (1).

Juniors: Saraya Bennett (1), Will Crumpacker (3), Zak Fisher (2), Shawn Jensen (1), Clayton Nowers (1), Niki Shadoan (8), Spencer Smith (3), Stefan Tisminezky (1), Thomas Velaquez (1), Jason Wang (9), Camden Weiz (1) and Austin Wyke (3).

Sophomores: Hailey Axberg (1), Deryn Cattano (3), Cody Chris (14), Anthony Farris (14), Erik Kline (1), Austin Longworth (3), Gaby Machette (1), Courtney Mayer (2), Cheyenne Reindel (4), Dominic Rosso (2), Cameron Sax (5) and Logan Tierno (1).

Freshmen: Tony Aguilar (3), Cameron Beck (3), Molly Birch (1), Eddie Carcamo (10), Jonathen Christensen (1), Rese Comas (9), Elijah Cooper (3), Julien D’Ottavio (1),

Daniel Faulkner (3), Alex Holloway (2), Sam Kaminski (2), Daniel Munoz (2), Billy Ruggiero (5), Justin Tawney (3), Wyatt Thorne (1), Donovan Tryon (2), Ben Tsai (1), Channelle Vides (1), Jessica Woody (3) and Sebastian Zegarra-Pardo (1).


is 16. Spencer Smith currently holds the record with 15 from his sophomore year.

Outstanding Accomplishments the Ninth Year 2010-2011

1. The 24 guitar students who qualified for All-State recorded a CD of their All-State

performances, the “2011 Solo & Ensemble Encore Performance.” This year’s

recording had 18 tracks. 2. The LVA Senior Guitar Quartet took Second Place in the University of Texas-

Brownsville National Guitar Ensemble Competition. This is the nation’s most

competitive ensemble competition available for high school students. 3. Varsity 3 performed at the Loyola Marymount University Guitar Festival in Los

Angeles, CA. 4. Hosted the 10th Annual CCSD Directors’ Choice Guitar Ensemble. 5. Performed two recitals and four concerts. 6. Hosted the sixth annual 2-day CCSD Guitar Ensemble Festival. Varsity 2 and

Varsity 3 both received Superior Ratings. 7. Mr. Swick continued the role of CCSD Guitar Task Force Chair, LVA Music

Department Chair, CCSD Festival Chair and continued teaching at Sunset High School as the guitar teacher for the evening classes. Mr. Swick also continued his position as board member of the pre-college Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) education board and the educational board with the Guitar Foundation of Las Vegas. He also became a member of the guitar education board for the American String Teachers’ Association.

8. It was decided between Yamaha Musical Instruments and Mr. Swick to return the Yamaha Silent Guitar Lab. After two years of working with the lab, both parties agreed that the lab did not fulfill the promises made. Yamaha Musical Instruments is recognized for maintaining its high standards and standing behind its products. Mr.Swick likes the lab learning environment and will continue searching for a replacement that offers 21st century technology.

9. The guitar department purchased a 16-channel Carvin stereo mixer and Carvin power amp in addition to the already owned 32-channel mixer to amplify the ever growing concerts when using orchestral strings and additional musical instruments.


Caprice No. 14-Nicolo Paginini

Chason-Manual Ponce

El Condor Pasa-Traditional Peruvian

Funeral March-Fernando Sor

Concerto alla Rustica-Antonio Vivaldi

Dulcinea-Mark Anthony Cruz

Canzon Seconda A Quattro-Giovani Gabrieli Arr. Bruce Behnke

Concerto Op. 3, No. 6-Antonio Vivaldi


Fugue No. 1 in D Minor-F. Mendelssohn

Fresco-Rex Willis-Soloist-Zach Blakeslee Reid

Fuego: A Tango-Rex Willis

Granada from “Suite Espanola”-Issac Albeniz

Chaconne in F Major-G.F. Handel

When September Ends-Green Day-Arr. Matt Roberts

Ceviche Circus-Edgar Cruz Arr. Mark Anthony Cruz

Guitar Concert

Year 9 Concert 1

Erik Kline-Blind Mary-Turlough O’Larkin 2:00-MEMORIZED (Soph)

Tyler Steffanelli-Mid Summers Daydream-Rik Emmet-2:00-Memorized (Soph)

Donovan Gallaway-Op. 21, No. -Fernando Sor-5:00-memorized (Senior)

Deryn Cattaneo-Pavane Op. 50—Gabriel Faure-3:00-(not memorized) (Sophomore)

Anthony Farris-Milonga-George Cardoso-4:00-(not memorized) (Sophomore)

Austin Longworth-Study No. 33-1:00-(not memorized) (Sophomore)

Jason Wang-Layenda-Albeniz-6:00 (memorized)(Junior)

Aaron Solano-Marina-Julian Arcas 2:00 (memorized) (Junior)

Camden Weisz-Prelude No. 4—Villa Lobos 3:00 (memorized) (Junior)

Cody Cris-Study No. 9—Fernando Sor 2:00 (memorized) (Sophomore)

Candice Bain-Tango-Francisco Tarrega

Will Crumpacker-Caprice No. 2-2:00 Luigi Legnani (memorized) (Junior)

Niki Shadoan-Estudio No. 3-Barrios (not memorized) 3:00 (Junior)

Gaby Machette-Afro-Cuban Lullaby-Leo Brouwer-3:00 (not memorized) (Junior)

Dominic Rosso-El Vito-Traditional-2:00-memorized (memorized)

Cheyenne Reindel-Moonlight Sonata-Ludwig Beethoven-(not memorized) (junior)

Mango Tango-Jurg Kindle-3:00

Zach Blakeslee Reid-Usher Waltz-Nikita Koshkin-Memorized (senior) 3:00

Evan Croteau-Wind in the Wheat Fields-Mel Hallam-(not memorized) (Senior) 3:00

LVA Junior Trio-Mango Tango-Jurg KindleVictoria Almanzan, Saraya Bennett and Patricia Girroir

Danielle Nunez and Thomas Velasquez-Angel’s Dream-Anonymous-4:00

(Juniors) (Memorized)

Senior Guitar Quartet-Zach Blakeslee Reid, Evan Croteau, Edlyn DeGuzman and D.J. Galante –

Along the Edge-Andrew York-6:00

Niki Shadoan and Zak Fisher-Symphonie de Haydn Op. 152-Ferdinando Carulli

4:00

Junior Guitar Quartet-Will Crumpacker, Spencer Smith, Aaron Solano and Jason Wang-Leyenda de

Espana-Augustin Barrios Mangore 4:00

Junior/Senior Quartet-Adam Byrd, Donovan Gallaway, Shawn Jensen, Clayton Nowers-Decepticon

Medley-4:00

Guitar Recital

Year 9, Recital 1 Friday, November 19, 2010


Espanoletas

Hebrew Medley

Frosty the Snowman

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!


White Christmas

Good King Joy

Joy of Man’s Desire-Angels We Have Heard on High

O Come All Ye Faithful-O Holy Night


Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen-Hark!


Queen of the Winter Night


Siberian Sleigh Ride

In the Hall of the Mountain King

Wizards in Winter


Guitar Concert



Birthday-Lennon/McCartney

Yesterday-Lennon/McCartney

Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton


Stairway to Heaven-Jimmy Page/Robert Plant



Carry On Wayward Son-Kerry Livgren

Frankenstein-Edgar Winter

Sweet Child O’Mine-Rose/Slash/Stradin’/McKagan/Adler

Black Magic Woman-Carlos Santana

Free Bird-Collins/Zant


Higher Ground-Stevie Wonder

Getting Better-Lennon/McCartney

Live and Let Die-Paul McCartney

Dream On-Steven Tyler

Smooth Criminal/Billy Jean-Michael Jackson


Guitar Concert

April 5, 2011 Year 9, Concert 3 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

Amber Benites and Edlyn DeGuzman

Salt-Portugal.The Man

Adam Byrd

Every Breath You Take-Sting

Caleb Sterner

Allegretto-Ferdinando Carulli

Austin Garrison

Going Home-Shiro Sagisu

Lauren Finley-Jacob

Aloha Kaua’i-Maiki Aiu Lake

Donovan Gallaway

Rondo all Turca-W.A. Mozart

Michael Ghisilieri

Study No. 20-Fernando Sor

Jordan Sasse

Eye to Eye-Powerline

Josh Ivy

Rumores De La Caleta-Issac Albeniez

Edlyn DeGuzman

All Laid Back and Stuff-Andy McKee

DJ Galante

El Colibri-Julio Segreras

Candice Bain

Requiem-Kelly Valleau

Donovan Gallaway, Shawn Jensen, Clayton Nowers, Thomas Velasquez

Austin Tango-Roland Dyens

Zach Blakeslee Reid, Evan Croteau, Edlyn DeGuzman, DJ Galante

Psycho-Bernard Hermann

Sergio Medina

Caught Up-Thomas Erak

Evan Croteau

Europa-Carlos Santana

Zach Blakeslee Reid

The Gargoyle-Paul Gilbert

Senior Guitar Recital Year 9, Recital 2


Measuring Up-Jim McCutcheon

The Equine’s Ox-Chris Buzzelli


Bill’s Bay-Chris Buzzelli



Bossa Do Brasil

Flowerland-Eythor Thorlaksson


Turn Your Love Around-George Benson

Sir Duke-Stevie Wonder

Too High/ I Wish Medley-Stevie Wonder


Awaken-Mark Anthony Cruz


Zelda Suite– Arr. Alex Lamonte

Super Mario Suite-Koji Kondo

Last Child-Steven Tyler 7 Brad Whitford

F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.-The Fall of Troy Arr. Zach Blakeslee Reid

Guitar Concert

June 3, 2011 Year 9, Concert 4 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

YEAR TEN 2011-2012 Year ten began with ninety-five guitar majors.


Victoria Almanzan (Senior) Hailey Axberg (Junior) Saraya Bennett (Senior) Alicia Castile (Senior) Cody Cris (Junior) Will Crumpacker (Senior) Anthony Farris (Junior) Heather Fieger (Senior) Zak Fisher (Senior) Patricia Girroir (Senior) Shawn Jensen (Senior) Samantha Kinsey (Senior) Austin Kirch (Junior) Erik Kline (Junior) Austin Longworth (Junior) Gabrielle Machette (Junior) Clayton Nowers (Senior) Maria Oregon (Junior) Cheyenne Reindel (Junior) Dominic Rosso (Junior) Cameron Sax (Junior) Niki Shadoan (Senior) Spencer Smith (Senior) Aaron Solano (Senior) Logan Tierno (Junior) Stefan Tisminezky (Senior) Thomas Velasquez (Senior) Savannah Vidal (Junior) Jason Wang (Senior) Camden Weisz (Senior) Austin Wyke (Senior) Sean Young (Junior)

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Michael Adams (Sophomore) Tony Aguilar (Sophomore) David Aragon (Junior) Cameron Beck (Sophomore) Molly Birch (Sophomore) Thomas Capurso (Sophomore) Eddie Carcamo (Sophomore) Rese Comas (Sophomore) Elijah Cooper (Sophomore) Julien D’Ottavio (Sophomore) Daniel Faulkner (Sophomore) Riley Harris (Sophomore) Alex Holloway (Sophomore) Gaston Huber (Junior) Triston Jones (Sophomore) Sam Kaminski (Sophomore) Arie Ann Manibog-Abenoja (Sophomore) Summer Matz (Junior) Courtney Mayer (Junior) Daniel Munoz (Sophomore) Billy Ruggiero (Sophomore) Alex Smith (Sophomore) Tyler Stefanelli (Junior) Justin Tawney (Sophomore) Wyatt Thorne (Sophomore) Donovan Tryon (Sophomore) Ben Tsai (Sophomore) Channelle Vides (Sophomore) Theresa Ward (Sophomore) Jessica Woody (Sophomore) Sebastian Zegarra-Pardo (Sophomore)

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Seth Blomquist (Freshman) Marcelino Chavez (Freshman) Jonathan Christensen (Sophomore) Makaela Dodds (Freshman) Jared Everhart (Sophomore) Kendall Finley-Jacob (Freshman) Cameron Fults (Freshman) Tasu Garcia (Freshman) Olivia Garza (Freshman) Joshua Greenberg (Freshman) Stephen Haataja (Freshman) Noah Hanlon (Freshman) Anthony Holler (Freshman) Aaron Hollern (Freshman) Kaylan Kessee (Freshman) Courtney Lindemann (Junior) Emily Marquis (Freshman) Calogero Charles Miceli (Freshman) Jaron Pitegoff (Freshman) Sabrina Prassel (Freshman) Samuel Ramirez (Freshman) Jasmine Reamer (Freshman) Lauren Rivers (Freshman) Noah Ryerson (Freshman) Andrew Sandoval (Freshman) Haley Stewart (Freshman) Adrian Tanner (Freshman) George Thompson (Freshman) Noah Umeno (Freshman) Patrick Weeks (Freshman) Sullivan Winesett (Freshman) Jordan Young (Freshman)

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Tyler Stefanelli (Jr) For My Father-Andy McKee

Austin Kirch-Drifting-Andy McKee

Anthony Aguilar (Soph)-Gran Vals-Francisco Tarrega

Rese Comas (Soph)-Rosita Polka-Francisco Tarrega

Samuel Kaminiski (Soph)-Study #15-Leguini

Alex Smith (Soph)-Sonatina-Ferdinando Carulli

Ben Tsai (Soph)-Let it Be-Lennon/McCartney

Dominic Rosso (Jr)-He’s A Pirate-Klaus Badel

Erik Kline (Jr)-Danza Caracteristica-Leo Brouwer

Gaby Machette (Jr)-El Testamento De Amelia-Miguel Llobet

Austin Wyke (Sr)-Adelita!-Francisco Tarrega

Cody Cris (Jr)-Prelude BWV 996-J.S. Bach

Aaron Solano (Sr)-Study in A Major-Francisco Tarrega

Zak Fisher (Sr)-Prelude No. 1-Heitor Villa-Lobos

Thomas Velasquez (Sr)-By Candlelight-Andrew York

Stefan Tisminezky (Sr)-Koyunbaba Movt. 4-Presto-Carlo Domeniconi

Jason Wang (Sr)-Fuoco (Libra Sonatine)-Roland Dyens

Senior Guitar Trio-Seduction Dance-Joaquin Turina

Will Crumpacker, Shawn Jensen & Clayton NowersSophomore Guitar Quartet-Lotus Eaters-Andrew York

Michael Adams, Eddie Carcamo, Julien D’Ottavio & Daniel MunozJunior Guitar Quartet-Malamatina-Carlo Domeniconi

Hailey Axberg, Anthony Farris, Austin Longworth & Cheyenne ReindelSenior Guitar Quartet-Kalimba-Jurg Kindle

Victoria Almanzan,Saraya Bennett, Patricia Girroir & Niki Shadoan


Guitar Recital

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Varsity 2 Guitar EnsembleSwinging the Changes-Mike Christiansen (year 1)

Study No. 20-Fernando Sor (year 2)

Eine Kleine Nachtmusic-Mozart (year 3)

Venezuela Waltz No. 2 - Antonio Luaro (year 4)

Malaguena-Ernesto Lecuona (year 5)

Chason-Manuel Ponce (year 6)

Rondo –Ferdinando Carulli (year 4)

Varsity 3 Guitar EnsembleCat’s Fugue-Domenico Scarlatti (year 2)

Hommage to Tarrega-Joaquine Turina (year 5)

1. Garrotin

2. Soleares

Granada-Isaac Albeniz (year 6)

L’estro Amonica-Concerto No. 1-Antonio Vilvadli (year 10)Soloists: Victoria Almanzan, Niki Shadoan

Saraya Bennett, Patricia Girroir

Entrance of the Queen of Sheba-G.F. Handel (year 10)Soloists: Logan Tierno & Will Crumpacker

Dance of the Goblins-A. Bazzini (year 10) Soloist: Stefan Tisminezky

Guitar Concert

Year 10 Concert 1 Friday, October 21, 2011 Performing Arts Center

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Varsity 1 Guitar EnsembleRockin’ Around the Christmas Tree Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus is Coming to Town White Christmas

The Christmas SongSleigh Ride

Varsity 2 Guitar EnsembleGood King Jazz Boughs of Holly

Joy of Man’s Desire-Angles We Have Heard on High O Come All Ye Faithful-O Holy Night

Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen-Hark! A Mad Russian’s Christmas

Varsity 3 Guitar EnsembleFaith Noel First Snow Wish Liszt

Queen of the Winter Night Siberian Sleigh Ride

Wizards in Winter Christmas Eve/Sarajevo

(all arrangements written by Bill Swick-over 800 pages of music)

Guitar ConcertDecember 9, 2011 Year 10, Concert 2 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

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Varsity 1 Guitar EnsemblePipeline-The Ventures

She’s Leaving Home-Lennon/McCartney

Johnny B. Goode-Chuck Berry

Everything I Do-Michael Kamen

Manic Depression-Jimi Hendrix

Layla-Eric Clapton

Varsity 2 Guitar EnsembleCarry on Wayward Son-Kerry Livgren

Here Comes the Sun-George Harrison

Jessica-Dickey Betts

You Really Got Me-Ray Davies

Sharp Dressed Man-Gibbons, Hill and Beard

Last Child-Steven Tyler and Brad Whirford

Varsity 3 Guitar EnsembleOverture-Beethoven’s Last Night-Beethoven/Mozart/O’Neill

Beethoven-Beethoven/Mozart/O’Neil/Kinkel

Mozart’s Little Nightmare-Mozart/Swick

Requiem-The Fifth-Beethoven/Mozart/O’Neil

Figaro-Mozart

A Last Illusion-Bumble Bee-thoven-Beethoven/Mozart/Rimsky-Korsakov


Guitar ConcertMarch 9, 2012 Year 10, Concert 3 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

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Shawn Jensen

Valse en Skai-Roland Dyens

Aaron Solano

Come Back to Bed-Chris Brown

Austin Wyke

Prelude No. 2-Hector Villa-Lobos

Camden Weisz

Perfect Storm

Jason Wang

Berimbau-Baden Powell

Will Crumpacker & Thomas Velasquez

Sicilienne-Gabriel Faure

Zak Fisher & Spencer Smith

Round Midnight-Thelonius Monk

Stefan Tisminezky & Savannah Vidal

Tamacun-Rodrigo y Gabriella

Alicia Castile, Heather Fieger & Samantha Kinsey

El Roble-Eythor Thorlaksson

Mango Tango-Jurg Kindle

Will Crumpacker, Shawn Jensen & Clayton Nowers

Les Toreadors

Victoria Almanzan, Saraya Bennett, Patricia Girroir & Niki Shadoan

A Furiosa-Paulo Bellinati

Clayton Nowers

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Theme-Powerglove

Senior Guitar RecitalYear 10, Recital 2 Lowden Theater

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Varsity 1 Guitar EnsembleFive Brothers-Gerry Mulligan

Get Your Picks Out-Bill Swick



Riffin’-Leo Welch

Varsity 2 Guitar EnsembleToss Salad and Scrambled Eggs

Just A Few

Cone Pone-Nick Travis

The Loose Appaloosa-Chris Buzzelli

I’t Don’t Mean aThing If It Ain’t Got That Swing-Duke Ellington

Varsity 3 Guitar EnsembleFredonnements-Claude Gagnon

Zelda Suite From the Ocarina of Time


The Masquerade-Leon Russell

Super Mario Suite

F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.-The Fall of Troy

Guitar ConcertJune 1, 2012 Year 10, Concert 4 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

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The Fifth LVA Senior Guitar Quartet (Tenth LVA Guitar Quartet)

The fifth LVA Senior Guitar Quartet was made up of Victoria Almanzan, Saraya Bennett, Patricia Girroir and Niki Shadoan. This award-winning quartet took Second Place at the University of Texas-Brownsville Guitar Ensemble Competition, the nation’s most competitive guitar festival. The quartet also received two Superior Ratings at Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2012 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The quartet made a number of appearances, recitals and performances both on and off campus.

The Fifth LVA Junior Guitar Quartet The fifth LVA Junior Guitar Quartet members were Hailey Axberg, Anthony Farris, Austin Longworth and Cheyenne Reindel.

The Senior Guitar Trio (Seventh LVA Guitar Trio)

The LVA Senior Guitar Trio members were Will Crumpacker, Shawn Jensen and Clayton Nowers. The trio received two Superior Ratings at Solo & Ensemble Festival and appears on the 2012 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The Tenth Senior Guitarist to Receive the Academy Award for Guitar

Thomas Velasquez was the recipient of the tenth Academy Award presented to a senior guitar major. Thomas received this award at the Senior Awards Night May 18, 2012.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Andrea Segovia” Award Will Crumpacker, Niki Shadoan, Jason Wang and Austin Wyke received the “Andrea Segovia” award for excellence as classical guitarists at the Seniors’ Choice Concert awards presentation. Their names have been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipients of the 2011-12 Andre Segovia Award.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Wes Montgomery” Award Zak Fisher and Spencer Smith received the “Chet Atkins” award for the 2011-12 school year. Their names have been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipients of the 2011-12 Wes Montgomery Award.

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Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Chet Atkins” Award Spencer Smith and Camden Weisz received the “Chet Atkins” award for the 2011-12 school year. Their names have been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipients of the 2011-12 Chet Atkins Award.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Carlos Santana” Award

Thomas Velasquez received the “Carlos Santana” award for the 2011-12 school year. His name has been added to the perpetual plaque as the recipient of the 2011-12 Carlos Santana Award.


Clayton Nowers received the “Steve Vai” award for excellence as a contemporary guitarist. Clayton’s name has been added to the perpetual plaque for receiving the 2011-12 Steve Vai Award.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Paco de Lucia” Award

Stefan Tisminezki received the “Paco de Lucia” award for excellence as a flaminco guitarist. Stefan’s name has been added to the perpetual plaque for receiving the 2011-12 Pace de Lucia Award.


The number of solo books to be completed for recognition is 17 over a four-year period. The following senior guitar majors completed 17 Books in the Solo Guitar Repertoire Series during their four years at LVA: Will Crumpacker, Zak Fisher, Shawn Jensen, Niki Shadoan, Aaron Solano, Stefan Tisminezki, Thomas Velasquez, Jason Wang and Austin Wyke. Each received a plaque for this outstanding accomplishment.


This award went to two outstanding seniors who deserved to be recognized for their abilities to play multiple instruments well. Both students performed on various concerts playing various instruments including guitar, electric bass and/or drums. This special award went to Shawn Jensen (guitar & drums) and Camden Weisz (guitar, bass & drums). Each received a plaque for this outstanding accomplishment.

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Received 100% on 16 or More Playing Tests Every other week throughout the school year, guitar students perform a bi-weekly playing test consisting of two graduated studies. The exams are performed on a guitar that is attached to a computer. The software in the computer does the scoring. It is extremely accurate. This is a new category to recognize those students who scored 16 or more perfect scores during the school year. The following students scored 16 or more perfect scores on their bi-weekly playing tests. Each student receives 32 playing test grades during the school year. This special recognition is for those students who received a perfect score at least half or 50% of the time. Many students exceeded that percentage. Seniors: None this year Juniors: Cody Cris (19) Sophomores: Rese Comas (26) and Billy Ruggiero (24) Freshmen: None this year




Seniors: Zak Fisher (1), Clayton Nowers (1) and Jason Wang (3).

Juniors: Cody Chris (8), Anthony Farris (8), Erik Kline (2), Gaby Machette (1), Courtney Mayer (3), Dominic Rosso (1), Cameron Sax (5), Logan Tierno (1) and Sean Young (1).

Sophomores: Michael Adams (1), Tony Aguilar (2), Molly Birch (1), Thomas Capurso (1), Eddie Carcamo (2), Rese Comas (12), Elijah Cooper (5), Julien D’Ottavio (4),

Daniel Faulkner (1), Alex Holloway (4), Sam Kaminski (1), Daniel Munoz (2), Billy Ruggiero (10), Alex Smith (1), Justin Tawney (1), Donovan Tryon (1), Ben Tsai (1), Jessica Woody (1) and Sebastian Zegarra-Pardo (1).

Freshmen: Seth Blomquist (2), Marz Chavez (2), Cameron Fults (2), Olivia Garza (1), Josh Greenberg (1), Noah Hanlon (2), Aaron Hollern (1), Emily Marquis (1), Chazz Miceli (2), Sabrina Prassel (1), Lauren Rivers (1), Noah Ryerson (1), Adrian Tanner (1), Noah Umeno (1), Patrick Weeks (1), Sullivan Winesett (2) and Jordon Young (1).

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Outstanding Accomplishments the Tenth Year 2011-2012

1. The 36 guitar students who qualified for All-State recorded a CD of their All-State

performances, the “2012 Solo & Ensemble Encore Performance.” This year’s

recording is a 2-Disk set with 25 tracks. 2. The LVA Senior Guitar Quartet took Second Place in the University of Texas-

Brownsville National Guitar Ensemble Competition. This is the nation’s most

competitive ensemble competition available for high school students. 3. Varsity 3 performed at the Loyola Marymount University Guitar Festival in Los

Angeles, CA. 4. Hosted the 11th Middle School Directors’ Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble and the

first High School Directors’ Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble 5. Performed two recitals and four concerts. 6. Hosted the seventh annual 2-day CCSD Guitar Ensemble Festival. Varsity 2 and


Department Chair, CCSD Festival Chair and continued teaching at Cowan Sunset High School as the guitar teacher for the evening classes. Mr. Swick also continued his position as board member of the pre-college Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) education board and the educational board with the Guitar Foundation of Las Vegas. He is also a member of the guitar education board for the American String Teachers’ Association.

8. Mr. Swick directed the New Mexico All-State Guitar Ensemble in Albuquerque, NM in January.

9. Mr. Swick presented at the American String Teachers Association National Convention in Atlanta, GA this year.

10. The music department received its tenth GRAMMY Award this year. 11. The guitar department received its second DownBeat Magazine Student Award. 12. The guitar department received the first Augustine String Educational

Endowment. This award will include receiving two visitations from Dr. Martha Masters from Loyola Marymount University and a specially commissioned composition for the Varsity 3 Guitar Ensemble.

13. Mr. Swick launched his own line of guitars known as the Swickster guitar. 14. The guitar department purchased 34 Swickster guitars to replace the Silent

Yamaha guitars and 34 Apple Ipads to replace the silent guitar lab.

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15. Mr. Swick was featured on “Inside Education”, Channel 8 news, and was

selected by PBS to appear in the CCSD school district recruiting video as an innovative teacher.

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YEAR ELEVEN 2012-2013 Year eleven began with ninety-six guitar majors.


Tony Aguilar (Junior) Hailey Axberg (Senior) Cameron Beck (Junior) Thomas Capurso (Junior) Eddie Carcamo (Junior) Cody Cris (Senior) Rese Comas (Junior) Elijah Cooper (Junior) Julien D’Ottavio (Junior) Anthony Farris (Senior) Alex Holloway (Junior) Triston Jones (Junior) Sam Kaminski (Junior) Austin Kirch (Senior) Erik Kline (Senior) Austin Longworth (Senior) Gabrielle Machette (Senior) Courtney Mayer (Senior) Daniel Munoz (Junior) Maria Oregon (Senior) Cheyenne Reindel (Senior) Dominic Rosso (Senior) Billy Ruggiero (Junior) Cameron Sax (Senior) Alex Smith (Junior) Logan Tierno (Senior) Ben Tsai (Junior) Channelle Vides (Junior) Theresa Ward (Junior) Jessica Woody (Junior) Savannah Vidal (Senior) Sean Young (Senior)

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Michael Adams (Junior) David Aragon (Senior) Molly Birch (Junior) Seth Blomquist (Sophomore) Marcelino Chavez (Junior) Jonanthan Christensen (Junior) Makaela Dodds (Sophomore) Jared Everhart (Junior) Kendall Finley-Jacob (Sophomore) Cameron Fults (Sophomore) Olivia Garza (Sophomore) Joshua Greenberg (Sophomore) Riley Harris (Junior) Noah Hanlon (Sophomore) Anthony Holler (Sophomore) Aaron Hollern (Sophomore) Kaylan Kessee (Sophomore) Courtney Lindemann (Senior) Arie Ann Manibog Abenoja (Junior) Summer Matz (Senior) Calogero Charles (Chaz) Miceli (Sophomore) Sabrina Prassel (Sophomore) Samuel Ramirez (Sophomore) Jasmine Reamer (Sophomore) Lauren Rivers (Sophomore) Noah Ryerson (Junior) Andrew Sandoval (Sophomore) Tyler Stefanelli (Senior) Adrian Tanner (Sophomore) Donovan Tryon (Junior) Sullivan Winesett (Sophomore) Sebastian Zegarra (Junior)

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Zach Anas (Freshman) Estefanny Angel Aban (Freshman) Jake Barnett (Freshman) Ryan Cameron (Freshman) Ivy Clark (Freshman) Devin Desmond (Freshman) Orion Fitch (Freshman) Stephen Haataja (Sophomore) Chase Harris (Freshman) Taylor Herpolsheimer (Freshman) Deandra Johnson (Freshman) Anthony Luz (Freshman) Angelo Mihailovic (Freshman) Mitchell Neyman (Freshman) Esteban Obando (Freshman) Nicholas Ochoa (Freshman) Louis Paparone (Freshman) Tiffany Pena (Freshman) Jaron Pitegoff (Sophomore) Dakota Rhiner (Freshman) Savino Rojas (Freshman) Dylan Schulz (Freshman) Cody Scott (Freshman) Haley Stewart (Sophomore) George Thompson (Sophomore) Levi Toranzo (Freshman) Noah Umeno (Sophomore) Jordan Vierra-Backman (Freshman) Patrick Weeks (Sophomore) Trysten Wright (Sophomore) Jordan Young (Sophomore)

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Allegro-Concerto Grossi, Op. 6-G.F. Handel

Menuett-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tu Y Yo-Agustin Barrios Mangore

Vals Op. 8, No. 4-Agustin Barrios Mangore

El Rossinyol-Traditional Catalan

Waltz in A Major-Francisco Tarrega


Sonata in D for Four Guitars K.113-D. Scarlatti

Pavane, Op. 50-Gabriel Faure’

Quartet No. 8 Movt. 2-Dmitri Shostakovish

Quartet for Four Guitars Movt. 3-Rondo-Richard Carlton

Fredonnements-Movt. 1-Cinecitta-Claude Gagnon

Parti Tango-Jurg Kindle

Guitar Concert

Year 11 Concert 1 Friday, October 19, 2012 Performing Arts Center

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Sullivan Winesett (Soph) Vincent-McLean/Atkins

Cameron Fults (Soph) Milonga-Jorge Cardoso

Sean Young (Sr) La Catedral (3rd Movt)-Augustin Barrios

Rese Comas (Jr) El Ultimo Tremelo-Augustin Barrios

Cameron Sax (Sr) Waltz Op. 8, No. 4-Augustin Barrios

Thomas Capurso (Jr) Etude No.1-Maximo Diego Pujol

Jared Everhart (Jr) Study No. 38-Matteo Carcassi

Anthony Aguilar (Jr) Fantasia on Themes from La Trayiata-Francisco Tarrega

Alex Holloway (Jr) All of Me-Simons/Arr. Dyens

Marcelino Red-Hawk Chavez (Jr) Malaguena-Arr. Oscar Carrescia

Austin Kirch (Sr) Everybody Wants to Rule the World-Andy McKee

Noah Hanlon (Soph) La Catedral (1st Movt)-Barrios

Samuel Kaminiski (Jr) Prelude No. 2-Villa-Lobos

Ben Tsai (Jr)-Mood for a Day-Steve Howe

Dominic Rosso (Sr) Habanera from the Carmen Suite-George Bizet

Cody Cris (Sr) Zambra Granadina-Isaac Albeniz

Savannah Vidal (Sr) Paradise-Coldplay

Gaby Machette (Sr) Choros No. 1-Villa Lobos

Cheyenne Reindel (Sr) In Sorrow’s Wake-Andrew York

Anthony Farris (Sr) By Candlelight-Andrew York

Maria Oregon (Sr) Ilha de Coral-Luiz Bonfa

Austin Longworth (Sr) Tango En Skai-Roland Dyens

Elijah Cooper (Jr) Usher Waltz-Nikita Koshkin

Erik Kline (Sr) Paisaje Cubano Con Campanas-Leo Brouwer


Guitar Recital

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Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus is Coming to Town White Christmas

The Christmas Song Sleigh Ride


Faith Noel First Snow Good King Joy

Silent Night Joy of Man’s Desire-Angles We Have Heard on High

O Come All Ye Faithful-O Holy Night Boughs of Holly


Winter Overture Wish Liszt

A Mad Russian’s Christmas Queen of the Winter Night

Siberian Sleigh Ride Wizards in Winter

Christmas Eve/Sarajevo


Guitar Concert


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In My Life-Rubber Soul 1965 I’ll Follow the Sun-Beatles For Sale 1964 And I Love Her-A Hard Day’s Night 1964

Yesterday-Help 1965 Here Comes the Sun-Abbey Road 1969

She’s Leaving Home-Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967


Birthday-White Album 1968 Lady Madonna-Single 1968

Getter Better-Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 Day Tripper-Single 1965

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds-Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club 1967 Got to Get You into My Life-Revolver 1966


Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band –1967 Come Together-Abbey Road 1969

Eleanor Rigby-Revolver 1966 Something-Abbey Road 1969 Revolution-White Album 1968

While My Guitar Gently Weeps-White Album 1968 Live and Let Die-James Bond Movie 1973

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise-1967

All music composed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison

(all arrangements written by Bill Swick)

Guitar Concert

February 22, 2013 Year 11, Concert 3 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

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Get Your Picks Out-Bill Swick Bill’s Bay-Chris Buzzelli

The Equine’s Ox-Chris Buzzelli Dreary Rag-Jerry Snyder

Mr. P.C.-John Coltrane Cone Pone-Nick Travis


Eine Kleine Nachtmusic-Amadeus Mozart Stomp and Pick-James McLeod

Voodoo Child-Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix

Black Magic Woman-Carlo Santana Free Bird-Allen Collins & Ronnie Van Zant


Cascade-Omid Zoufonoun Dance of the Goblins-A. Bazzini

Zelda Suite From the Ocarina of Time-Arr. Alex Lamonte

Senior Awards

Pokemon Master-Arr. Anthony Farris & Austin Longworth Bohemian Rhapsody-Freddie Mercury


Guitar Concert

May 17, 2013 Year 11, Concert 4 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

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The Sixth LVA Senior Guitar Quartet (Eleventh LVA Guitar Quartet)

The sixth LVA Senior Guitar Quartet was made up of Haley Axberg, Anthony Farris, Austin Longworth and Cheyenne Reindel. The quartet appears on the 2013 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The quartet made a number of appearances, recitals and performances both on and off campus including the San Diego Guitar Teachers’ Association presentation, the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, and the California State Teachers Union convention at the Rio Hotel.

The Sixth LVA Junior Guitar Quartet The sixth LVA Junior Guitar Quartet members were Michael Adams, Eddie Carcamo, Julian D’Ottavio and Daniel Munoz. This quartet took first place in the CCSD/LVA Solo & Ensemble Guitar Tournament and appear on the 2013 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. This quartet was selected from a national search to perform at the 2013 Guitar Foundation of America international convention in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Eleventh Senior Guitarist to Receive the Academy Award for Guitar

Cody Cris was the recipient of the eleventh Academy Award presented to a senior guitar major. Cody received this award at the Senior Awards Night May 23, 2013.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Andrea Segovia” Award No senior was awarded the “Andrea Segovia” award for the 2012-13 school year.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Wes Montgomery” Award Cameron Sax and Logan Tierno were awarded the “Wes Montgomery” award for the 2012-13 school year. Cameron and Logan’s names will be added to the perpetual plaque as the recipients of the 2012-13 Wes Montgomery Award.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Chet Atkins” Award No senior was awarded the “Chet Atkins” award for the 2012-13 school year.


No senior was awarded the “Carlos Santana” award for the 2012-13 school year.

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Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Steve Vai” Award Cody Cris, Anthony Farris and Austin Longworth received the “Steve Vai” award for excellence as a contemporary guitarist. All three names have been added to the perpetual plaque for receiving the 2012-13 Steve Vai Award.


Dominic Rosso received the “Paco de Lucia” award for excellence as a flamenco guitarist. Dominc’s name has been added to the perpetual plaque for receiving the 2012-13 Pace de Lucia Award.


The number of solo books to be completed for recognition is 17 over a four-year period. The following senior guitar majors completed 17 Books in the Solo Guitar Repertoire Series during their four years at LVA: Cody Cris, Anthony Farris, Austin Longworth, Cheyenne Reindel, Cameron Sax, Logan Tierno and Sean Young. Each received a plaque for this outstanding accomplishment.


Every other week throughout the school year, guitar students perform a bi-weekly playing test consisting of two graduated studies. The exams are performed on a guitar that is attached to a computer. The software in the computer does the scoring. It is extremely accurate. This is a new category to recognize those students who scored 16 or more perfect scores during the school year. The following students scored 16 or more perfect scores on their bi-weekly playing tests. Each student receives 32 playing test grades during the school year. This special recognition is for those students who received a perfect score at least half or 50% of the time. Many students exceeded that percentage. Seniors: Cody Cris (30), Courtney Mayer (19) Juniors: Marcelino Chavez (21), Reese Comas (21), Billy Ruggiero (18) Sophomores: Seth Blomquist (28), Cameron Fults (27), Noah Hanlon (27), Aaron Hollern (17), Chazz Miceli (21), Noah Ryerson (21), Sullivan Winesett (17) Freshmen: Cody Scott (17)

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Seniors: Cody Cris(14), Anthony Farris(3), Courtney Mayer(6), Cameron Sax(3), Logan Tierno(2),

Juniors: Tony Aguilar(2), Cameron Beck(1),Thomas Capurso(2), Eddie Carcamo(1), Rese Comas(7), Alex Holloway(5), Triston Jones(1), Sam Kaminski(2), Arie-Ann Manibog(5), Daniel Munoz(1), Dominic Rosso(1), Billy Ruggiero(7), Alex Smith(1), Donovan Tryon(1), Channelle Vides(1), Jessica Woody(2), Sebastian Zegarra-Pardo(1)

Sophomores: Seth Blomquist(12), Marcelino Chavez(6), Cameron Fults(12), Noah Hanlon(11), Aaron Hollern(4), Chazz Miceli(6), Sabrina Prassel(4), Noah Ryerson(8), Adrian Tanner(6), Sullivan Winesett(4)

Freshmen: Zachariah Anas(1), Ryan Cameron(1), O’Rion Fisher(1), Deandra

Johnson(3), Mitchell Neyman(3), Tiffany Pena(1), Savino Rojas(1), Dylan Schultz(4), Cody Scott(3), Haley Stewart(2), Trysten Wright(1)



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Outstanding Accomplishments the Eleventh Year 2012-2013

1. Mr. Swick worked with the Choice Center Leadership Program’s Giver Game to

help beautify the practice rooms in Sunset and provide improvements in the music department with the $50,000 that was donated.

2. Created and hosted the first CCSD/LVA Solo & Ensemble Guitar Tournaments Round One & Round Two. The top winners performed on the annual Solo & Ensemble Encore CD. Eddie Carcamo took first place as solo guitarist.

3. Eddie Carcamo won the Nevada Music Education Association Command Performance for guitar and played on the Command Performance concert during the NMEA State Convention.

4. Varsity 3 performed at the Loyola Marymount University Guitar Festival in Los Angeles, CA.

5. Hosted the 12th Middle School Directors’ Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble and the first High School Honor Guitar Ensemble which required an audition.

6. Performed two recitals and four concerts. 7. Hosted the eighth annual 2-day CCSD Guitar Ensemble Festival. Varsity 2 and


Department Chair, CCSD Festival Chair and continued teaching at Cowan Sunset High School as the guitar teacher for the evening classes. Mr. Swick also continued his position as board member of the pre-college Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) education board as well as the guitar education board for the American String Teachers’ Association. Mr. Swick was also named Executive Director of Guitar in the Classroom.

9. Mr. Swick, along with Varsity 3, presented at the San Diego Guitar Teachers’

Association in San Diego. 10. Mr. Swick presented at the American String Teachers Association National

Convention in Providence, Rhode Island this year. 11. Mr. Swick, along with Varsity 3, presented at the Winter NAMM Convention in

Anaheim, CA. 12. Mr. Swick, along with the Junior Guitar Quartet, presented at the Guitar

Foundation of America international convention in Louisville, Kentucky. 13. The guitar department received the first Augustine String Educational

Endowment. Dr. Martha Masters from Loyola Marymount University visited LVA and performed a recital for students in the music department. Part of the endowment was the presentation of the commissioned work, “Cascade” which

was performed on the Seniors’ Choice Guitar Concert on May 17.

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14. Mr. Swick was selected to present at the National Association for Music Educators education conference in Nashville, TN.

15. Hosted the second Music College Fair for Guitar which attracted guitar faculty from around the country. Students attended master classes and had an opportunity to audition for the college faculty.

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YEAR TWELVE 2013-2014 Year twelve began with eighty-seven guitar majors.


Michael Adams (Senior) Tony Aguilar (Senior) Cameron Beck (Senior) Seth Blomquist (Junior) Thomas Capurso (Senior) Eddie Carcamo (Senior) Marcelino Chavez (Senior) Jonanthan Christensen (Senior) Rese Comas (Senior) Elijah Cooper (Senior) Julien D’Ottavio (Senior) Makaela Dodds (Junior) Cameron Fults (Junior) Olivia Garza (Junior) Noah Hanlon (Junior) Aaron Hollern (Junior) Alex Holloway (Senior) Triston Jones (Senior) Sam Kaminski (Senior) Kaylan Kessee (Junior) Arie Ann Manibog Abenoja (Senior) Calogero Charles (Chaz) Miceli (Junior) Daniel Munoz (Senior) Sabrina Prassel (Junior) Lauren Rivers (Junior) Noah Ryerson (Junior) Ben Tsai (Senior) Channelle Vides (Senior) Theresa Ward (Senior) Sullivan Winesett (Junior) Jessica Woody (Senior) Sebastian Zegarra (Senior)

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Zachariah Anas (Sophomore) Estefanny Angel (Sophomore) Jake Barnett (Sophomore) Ryan Cameron (Sophomore) Ivy Clark (Sophomore) Jared Everhart (Senior) Orion Fisher (Sophomore) Joshua Greenberg (Junior) Stephen Haataja (Junior) Chase Harris (Sophomore) Anthony Holler (Junior) Deandra Johnson (Sophomore) Angelo Mihailovic (Sophomore) Mitchell Neyman (Sophomore) Nicholas Ochoa (Sophomore) Louis Paparone (Sophomore) Tiffany Pena (Sophomore) Jaron Pitegoff (Junior) Samuel Ramirez (Junior) Jasmine Reamer (Junior) Dakota Rhiner (Sophomore) Savino Rojas (Sophomore) Dylan Schulz (Sophomore) Cody Scott (Sophomore) Alex Smith (Senior) Haley Stewart (Junior) George Thompson (Junior) Levi Toranzo (Sophomore) Donovan Tryon (Senior) Noah Umeno (Junior) Jordan Vierra-Backman (Sophomore) Patrick Weeks (Junior)

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Stormie Alterman (Freshman) Marco Angel Aban (Freshman) Joviette Bright (Freshman) Andrew Caballero (Freshman) Michelle Carcamo (Freshman) Dominic Cotroneo (Freshman) Nicolas Herrera (Freshman) Tyler Hrdina (Freshman) Alexander Ibrahim (Freshman) Brittany Jacobs (Freshman) Tony Luz (Sophomore) Gage Morgan (Freshman) Esteban Obando (Sophomore) James Pohlmann (Freshman) Jeffrey Rhame (Freshman) Jackson Roberg-Crane (Freshman) Kyle Rowins (Freshman) Cooper Sorich (Freshman) Rhianne Stepp (Freshman) Samuel Teigen (Freshman) Adrian Vasquez (Freshman) Evan Willis (Freshman) Benjamin Yao (Freshman)

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The Seventh LVA Senior Guitar Quartet (Twelfth LVA Guitar Quartet)

The seventh LVA Senior Guitar Quartet was made up of Michael Adams, Eddie Carcamo, Julien D’Ottavio and Daniel Munoz. The quartet appears on the 2012, 2013 and 2014 LVA “Encore Performance” CDs. The quartet made a number of appearances, recitals and performances both on and off campus including the California State Teachers Union convention at the Rio Hotel, the Public Education Foundation Gala at the Mandarin Hotel, the LVA Gala at the Rio Hotel and the Comdex Convention at the LV Hotel. This senior quartet was selected through a national competition to perform at the Guitar Foundation of America International Convention in Louisville, KT. They also took first place in the University of Texas-Brownsville Guitar Ensemble competition in Brownsville, TX. This quartet also won two DownBeat Magazine Awards, one for Best Classical Ensemble and a second one for Best Latin Group.

The Seventh LVA Junior Guitar Quartet There were two Junior Guitar Quartets this year, both hoping to be the next Senior Quartet. The official Junior Quartet members are Cameron Fults, Noah Hanlon, Chaz Miceli and Noah Ryerson. The unofficial Junior Quartet members are Jaron Pitegoff, Samuel Ramirez, George Thompson and Noah Umeno. The latter group took second place in the Best of Southern Nevada Solo & Ensemble Tournament and appear on the 2014 LVA “Encore Performance” CD. The Twelfth Senior Guitarist to Receive the Academy Award for Guitar Eddie Carcamo was the recipient of the twelfth Academy Award presented to a senior guitar major. Eddie received this award at the Senior Awards Night May 23, 2014.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Andrea Segovia” Award Eddie Carcamo, Macelino Chavez, Julien D’Ottavio, Triston Jones and Daniel Munoz were awarded the “Andrea Segovia” award for the 2013-14 school year. All five names will be added to the perpetual plaque as the recipients of the 2013-14 Andres Segovia Award.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Wes Montgomery” Award Sebatian Zegarra-Pardo was awarded the “Wes Montgomery” award for the 2013-14 school year. Sebastion’s name will be added to the perpetual plaque as the recipient of the 2013-14 Wes Montgomery Award.

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Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Chet Atkins” Award Alex Holloway was awarded the “Chet Atkins” award for the 2013-14 school year. Alex’s name will be added to the perpetual plaque as the recipient of the 2013-14 Chet Atkins Award.


No senior was awarded the “Carlos Santana” award for the 2013-14 school year.


Rese Comas, Daniel Munoz and Benjamin Tsai received the “Steve Vai” award for excellence as a contemporary guitarist. All three names have been added to the perpetual plaque for receiving the 2013-14 Steve Vai Award.


No senior was awarded the “Paco de Lucia” award for the 2013-14 school year.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Andy McKee” Award Benjamin Tsai was awarded the “Andy McKee” award for the 2013-14 school year for outstanding contemporary, steel string, finger-picking guitarist.

Senior Guitarist to Receive the LVA “Leo Brouwer” Award Thomas Capurso, Jonathan Christensen and Samuel Kaminski received the “Leo Brouwer” award for excellence as a contemporary classical guitarist. All three names have been added to the perpetual plaque for receiving the 2013-14 Leo Brouwer Award.

Senior Guitarists to Receive the LVA “Victor Wooten” Award Anthony Aguilar was awarded the “Victor Wooten” award for the 2013-14 school year for outstanding bassist.

Most Versatile Musician Award The following three students received this special award for their ability to play electric guitar, classical guitar, bass and drums, each at a very high level of skill. This special award went to Anthony Aguilar, Cameron Beck and Rese Comas.

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Most Ambitious Musician Award This special award was given to a student who started at LVA as a sophomore and on his own did all of the required work for the 4-year program in only 3 years. This has never been done before. This recognition went to Marcelino Chavez. Senior Guitarists Who Have Completed 17 Books in the Solo Guitar

Repertoire Series

The number of solo books to be completed for recognition is 17 over a four-year period. The following senior guitar majors completed 17 Books in the Solo Guitar Repertoire Series during their four years at LVA: Anthony Aguilar, Thomas Capurso, Eddie Carcamo, Marcelino Chavez, Jonathan Christensen, Rese Comas, Elijah Cooper, Alex Holloway, Triston Jones, Samuel Kaminski, Daniel Munoz and Alex Smith. Each received a plaque for this outstanding accomplishment.


Every other week throughout the school year, guitar students perform a bi-weekly playing test consisting of two graduated studies. The exams are performed on a guitar that is attached to a computer. The software in the computer does the scoring. It is extremely accurate. This is a new category to recognize those students who scored 16 or more perfect scores during the school year. The following students scored 16 or more perfect scores on their bi-weekly playing tests. Each student receives 32 playing test grades during the school year. This special recognition is for those students who received a perfect score at least half or 50% of the time. Many students exceeded that percentage. Seniors: Rese Comas (18) Juniors: Seth Blomquist (24), Noah Ryerson (21), Sullivan Winesett (16) Sophomores: Ryan Cameron (18), Mitchell Neyman (22), Louis Paparone (23), Savino Rajos (19), Cody Scott (17) Freshmen: Benjamin Yao (18), Evan Willis (16)

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Seniors: Eddie Carcamo (2), Marcelino Chavez (4), Rese Comas (7), Julien D’Ottavio

(1), Alex Holloway (3), Arie Manibog (1), Channelle Vides (4)

Juniors: Seth Blomquist (11), Cameron Fults (5), Olivia Garza (1), Anthony Holler (1), Noah Hanlon (3), Stephen Haataja (1), Aaron Hollern (3), Chazz Mecili (4), Jaron Pitegoff (2), Sabrina Prassel (2), Samuel Ramirez (1), Jasmine Reamer (1), Lauren Rivers (1), Noah Ryerson (8), Haley Stewart (1), Sullivan Winesett (5)

Sophomores: Jake Barnett (3), Ryan Cameron (5), Deandra Johnson (2), Angelo Mihailavic (2), Mitchell Newman (8), Nicholas Ochoa (1), Louis Paparone (10), Tiffany Pena (1), Dakota Rhiner (5), Savino Rojas (6), Dylan Schultz (5), Cody Scott (8), Levi Toranzo (1), Jordan Vierra Backman (1)

Freshmen: Stormie Alterman (2), Marco Angel Aban (2), Nicolas Herrera (3), Gage Morgan (3), Jeffrey Rhame (2), Jackson Roberg-Crane (5), Kyle Rowins (1), Cooper Sorich (2), Rhianne Stepp (2), Samuel Teigen (1), Adrian Vasquez (2), Evan Willis (5), Benjamin Yao (7)



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Outstanding Accomplishments the Twelfth Year 2013-2014

In September, LVA is the only high school guitar program in the U.S. to be invited to attend the bi-annual La Guitarra guitar festival in San Luis Obispo, CA in September. This was our 4th time to attend.

In October, Mr. Swick attended the National Network for Art Schools conference in New York City to receive the Outstanding Arts School of the Year Award for LVA.

In October, Mr. Swick spoke at the Music Association for Educators National Conference in Nashville, TN.

In November, hosted and conducted the 13th Annual Middle School Directors’ Choice Honor Guitar Ensemble

In December, hosted the first CCSD Choir and Guitar Holiday Gala at the Smith Center

In December, hosted the second CCSD High School Honor Guitar Ensemble directed by John Truitt

In January, Senior Guitar Quartet was invited (for the 4th year) to perform at the California Teachers Association convention at the Rio Hotel.

In February, hosted the second Best in Southern Nevada Guitar Solo & Ensemble Tournament with 2 elimination rounds. 8 out of the top 10 soloists are LVA guitar majors and they all appear on this year’s 2014 CD. Congratulations to: Noah Hanlon, Eddie Carcamo, Chazz Miceli, Rese Comas, Tony Aguilar, Sullivan Winesette, Cameron Fults and Samuel Kaminski.

In March, Mr. Swick was a speaker on guitar education at the American String Teachers Association in Louisville, KT

In March, Senior Guitar Quartet and Senior Guitar Duo participated in the University of Texas-Brownsville Guitar Ensemble Festival, the most competitive guitar ensemble competition in the U.S. The LVA Senior Guitar Quartet took first place. The duo took fourth place.

In March, LVA performed at the 10th Annual Loyola Marymount Guitar Ensemble Festival in Los Angeles, CA.

In April, hosted the CCSD Middle School and High School Guitar Ensemble Festival. Both Varisty 2 & 3 ensembles made Superior Ratings.

In April, was notified that the LVA Music Department will receive its eleventh Gold GRAMMY in the School Awards. The ceremony was held at LVA on May 28.

In April, notified by DownBeat Magazine that LVA Senior Guitar Quartet received their 2nd “Best Of” DownBeat Magazine Award. Last year, was the “Best of Classical Ensemble.” This year, “Best of Latin Ensemble.”

In April, Mr. Swick was notified he was one of five finalists out of more than 18,000+ CCSD school teachers to be recognized as Educator of the Year.

In May, Mr. Swick was selected as Educator of the Year.

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Varsity 2 Guitar EnsembleChoros No. 1– Heitor Villa Lobos

Zarabanda-Enrique GranadosArada-Federico Moreno-Torroba

Spanish Dance No. 2-Enrique GranadosTorija-Federico Moreno-Torroba

Vals Venezolano No. 2 & 3-Antonio Lauro

Cordoba-Isaac AlbenizGetting Serious-Jim McCutcheon

Varsity 3 Guitar EnsembleSevilla-Suite Espanalo-Excerpt-Isaac Albeniz

Minuetto-Giovanni BolzoniSonatina-Federico Moreno-Torroba

I. Allegretto

II. AndanteIII. Allegro

Minueto-Danza Espanola No. 1-Enrique GranadosSiciliana-Concerto in A Major, Op. 30-Mauro Giuliani

Reunion-Jim McCutcheon

LVA Senior Guitar Quartet-Introduction to Fandango-BoccheriniRondalla Ara Gonesa-Danza Espanado No. 6-Enrique Granados

Tango Amigo-Gilbert Clamens

Guitar Concert

Year 12 Concert 1 Friday, October 18, 2013 Lowden Theater

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Year 12 Recital 1 Performing Arts Center November 22, 2013

Fall Guitar Recital November 22, 2013Estefanny Angel (Sophomore) Etude No. 1 in C Major Opus 60Patrick Weeks (Junior) Blues Eyes Crying in the Rain—Willie NelsonHaley Stewart (Junior) Study No. 18—Matteo CarcassiGeorge Thompson (Junior) Vincent-Don McLeanJoshua Greenberg (Junior)-Every Breath You Take-StingNoah Hanlon (Junior) Green and Golden-Ralph TownerSullivan Winesett (Junior) Clair de Lune-Claude DebussyChazz Miceli (Junior) Se ela perguntar-Dilermando ReisNoah Ryerson (Junior) Julia Florida-BarriosCameron Fults (Junior) Rumores De La Caleta-AlbenizCameron Beck (Senior) Prelude No. 1—Heitor Villa LobosJonathan Christensen (Senior) Berceuse: Cancion de Cuna - Leo BrouwerElijah Cooper (Senior) Marley’s Chost-Andrew YorkTriston Jones (Senior) Choros No. 1-Heitor Villa-LobosJared Everhart (Senior) Un Dia De Noviembre—Leo BrouwerThomas Capurso (Senior) Candombe en mi—Maximo Diego PujolMichael Adams (Senior) Xodo Baiana-Dilermando ReisSamuel Kaminski (Senior)-Cancion-Carlos Rafael RiveraJulien D’Ottavio (Senior) Fantasia—S.L. WeissDaniel Munoz (Senior) Grand Overture-GuilianniMarcelino Chavez (Senior) Prelude No. 1—Manuel PonceBen Tsai (Senior) Married Life—Michael GiacchinoTony Aguilar (Senior) Danza Mora-Francisco TarregaAlex Holloway (Senior) Los Caujaritos-Indio FigueredoEddie Carcamo (Senior) Variations on a Theme by Mozart—Fernando SorRese Comas (Senior) India-Roland Dyens

Junior Guitar Trio-Daydream-Gran Paolo Lopresti Sabrina Prassel, Olivia Garza, Seth Blomquist

Guitar Quartet-Aragonaise-George BizetJaron Pitegoff, Samuel Ramirez, George Thompson, Noah Umeno

Junior Guitar Quartet-Rumba –Stepan RakCameron Fults, Noah Hanlon, Chazz Miceli, Noah Ryerson

Senior Guitar Quartet-Farewell to Stromness-Peter Maxwell DaviesMichael Adams, Eddie Carcamo, Julien D’Ottavio, Daniel Munoz

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Varsity 1 Guitar EnsembleRockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Santa is Coming to TownFrosty, the Snow Man

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed ReindeerSleigh Ride

Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like ChristmasLet it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Varsity 2 Guitar EnsembleFaith Noel First Snow

Good King Joy A Mad Russian’s Christmas

Siberian Sleigh Ride Joy of Man’s Desire

Boughs of Holly

Varsity 3 Guitar EnsembleChristmas Concerto

On A Christmas NightWinter Palace

Queen of the Winter Night Wish Liszt

Wizards in Winter Christmas Eve/Sarajevo

All musical arrangements by Bill Swick

Guitar ConcertDecember 13, 2013 Year 12, Concert 2 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Best in Southern Nevada High School Guitar

Solo & Ensemble Winners

Samuel Kaminski (Senior-LVA)-Fingal’s Hohle-J.K. MertzAbbie Bashaw (Senior-Coronado) Rose in the Garden-Carlos DomeniconiCameron Fults (Junior-LVA) Prelude No. 2-Villa LobosSullivan Winesett (Junior-LVA) Clair de Lune-Claude DebussyTony Aguilar (Senior-LVA) Danza Mora-Francisco TarregaJason Sanchez (Senior-Mojave) Suite del recuerdo: Carnavalita, Evocacion, Joropo –Jose Luis MerlinRese Comas (Senior-LVA) India-Roland DyensChazz Miceli (Junior-LVA-3rd Place) Lament-Andrew YorkEddie Carcamo (Senior-LVA-2nd Place) Sonatina Meridional-Campo Manuel PonceNoah Hanlon (Junior-LVA-1st Place) Xodo Da Baiana-Dilermondo Rels

Guitar Duo Division1st Place (LVA)

Thomas Capurso & Jonathan ChristensenMilonga de Junio-Maximo Diego Pujol

Guitar Trio Division2nd Place (Clark)

Christian Mata, Ulises Sanchez-Flores, Javier RuelasLa Cumparsita-Gerardo Rodriguez

1st Place (LVA)Sabrina Prassel, Olivia Garza, Seth Blomquist

Daydream-Gran Paolo Lopresti

Guitar Quartet Division3rd Place (LVA)

Jaron Pitegoff, Samuel Ramirez, George Thompson, Noah UmenoAragonaise-George Bizet

2nd Place (LVA)Michael Adams, Eddie Carcamo, Julien D’Ottavio, Daniel Munoz

Farewell to Stromness-Peter Maxwell Davies1st Place (Mojave)

Eric Melendes, Anthony Alcantar, Jason Sanchez, Moises CervantesHoe Down from Rodeo-Aaron Copland

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Varsity 1 Guitar EnsembleLayla Unplugged-Eric Clapton


Tears in Heaven-Eric ClaptonEverything I Do-Michael Kamen

The Wind Cries Mary-Jimi HendrixManic Depression-Jimi Hendrix


Varsity 2 Guitar EnsembleMore Than A feeling-Tom Scholz

Purple Haze-Jimi HendrixStairway to Heaven-Led Zepplen

Black Magic Woman-SantanaSweet Child O’Mine-Guns & Roses

Hit Me With Your Best Shot-Eddie SchwartzVoodoo Child-Jimi Hendrix

Varsity 3 Guitar EnsembleBeat It!-Michael Jackson

September-Earth, Wind & FireDream On-Steven Tyler

Bohemian Rhapsody-QueenHigher Ground-Stevie Wonder

Frankentstein-Edgar WinterSmooth Criminal/Billie Jean-Michael Jackson

All musical arrangements by Bill Swick

Guitar ConcertFebruary 21, 2014 Year 12, Concert 3 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

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Senior Guitar Recital 2014

Jared Everhart-Cordoba-Issac Albeniz

Cameron Beck-Connecticut Steps-Evan Weiss

Channelle Vides-Stand by Me-Ben E. King

Triston Jones-Nocturne 1-F. Chopin

Alex Smith-Prelude No. 1 –Heitor Villa-Lobos

Michael Adams-Evening Dance-Alan Thomas

Marcelino Chavez-Liebeslied-Johann Kasper Mertz

Julien D’Ottavio-Ciaconna-S.L. Weiss

Alex Hollaway-Gigue from 2nd Violin Partita-J.S. Bach

Samuel Kaminski-Valseana-Sergio Assad

Jonathan Christensen-Ojos Brujos-Leo Brouwer

Sebastian Zegarra-Danza del Attiplano-Leo Brouwer

Ben Tsai-All Laid Back and Stuff-Andy McKee

Thomas Capurso-Dance No. 5-E. Granados

Eddie Carcamo-Centerpeace-Andrew York

Arie Manibog & Theresa Ward-Polonaise Concertante Op. 137, No. 2-M. Guiliani

Eddie Carcamo & Daniel Munoz-La Vie Breve-Manual de Falla

Tony Aguilar & Rese Comas-Puddin Pops

Senior Quartet-Michael Adams, Eddie Carcamo, Julien D’Ottavio, Daniel Munoz

Letter from Home-Pat Matheny

Elijah Cooper-Maggot Brain-Funkadelic

Rese Comas-Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar-Paul Gilbert

May 15, 2014 Year 12, Recital 2 Lowden Theater 7:00 p.m.

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Malaguena-Ernesto Lecuona



Bill’s Bay-Chris Buzzelli


Stomp and Pick-James McLeod


Eine Kleine Nachtmusic-Amadeus Mozart


Medley of Cool Guitar Licks from 1955-1975


Last Child-Steven Tyler & Brad Whitford


Fredonnements-Claude Gagnon

I-Cinecita

II-Danse Des Muses Callipyges

Zelda Suite-From the Ocarina of Time


Dance of the Goblins-La Ronde Des Lutins-A. Bazzini

F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.-The Fall of Troy

Guitar Concert May 22, 2014 Year 12, Concert 4 Performing Arts Center 7:00 p.m.

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