Honor Orchestras CMEA Capitol Section Saturday, January 27, 2024 3:00 p.m. C.K. McClatchy High School Auditorium 1
Middle School Honor Orchestra Paolo Reyes, Conductor Allegro Presto from Symphony No. 2 Joseph Bologne, Chevalier des Saint-Georges, arranged by Deborah Baker Monday Poor Wayfaring Stranger Traditional Folk Song, arranged by Margaret A. Fenske Habanera from the opera Carmen Georges Bizet, arranged by Jerry Brubaker Themes from The Moldau Bedrich Smetana, arranged by Robert S. Frost PROGRAM 2
High School Honor Orchestra Ryan Murray, Conductor Farandole from L’Arelsienne Suite No. 2 Georges Bizet, Arranged by Merle J. Isaac The Old Boatman Florence Price, arranged by Dana Paul Perna Concerto in G Major “Alla Rustica” Antonio Vivaldi, arranged by Sandra Dackow Symphony No. 1, Movement 1 from The New World Antonin Dvorák, arranged by Harry Alshin Libertango Astor Piazzola, arranged by James Kazik PROGRAM 3
Ryan Murray is the newly appointed Music Director and Conductor for the Auburn Symphony, as well as the Artistic Director of Music in the Mountains and the Principal Pops Conductor of the Modesto Symphony. He is also the Director of Orchestra & Opera at CSU Sacramento, and the conductor for the Sacramento Youth Symphony’s premier orchestra. An award-winning opera conductor, Ryan is currently the Music Director of Opera Modesto. He has served as assistant conductor for opera productions at the Sacramento Philharmonic and is the past Music Director of Fresno Grand Opera. Ryan is a past winner of the Vienna Philharmonic’s prestigious Ansbacher Fellowship for Young Conductors, and spent the summer in residence at the 2014 Salzburg Festival. Ryan was awarded second place in the 2019 American Prize for Professional Orchestral Conducting, and has garnered national recognition for his dynamic, compelling performances of contemporary opera as the winner of the 2017 American Prize in Opera Conducting. With an enthusiasm for film scores, Ryan enjoys the unique challenges of conducting movies in concert and was recently added to the Disney & ICM Approved Conductors list. Recent and upcoming performances include Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pixar Animation Studios' Pixar in Concert, and Star Wars: A New Hope. Ryan holds degrees, summa cum laude, in Bassoon and Voice Performance from CSU Sacramento and also holds a master’s degree, with distinction, in Music Business from the Berklee College of Music. Ryan has previously attended the Cabrillo Festival’s Conductors Workshop, and was one of just eight conductors worldwide to be invited to the Musiikin aika Masterclass in Finland. He previously attended the Contemporary Music Symposium led by Alan Gilbert featuring the New York Philharmonic, the Aurora Chamber Festival in Sweden, the Lucerne Festival’s Conducting Masterclass in Switzerland and the Eastman School of Music’s Summer Conducting Institute. 4 Ryan Murray
An active conductor, violinist and educator in the Sacramento region, Paolo Reyes is the Orchestral Director at Jesuit High School, conductor for the Elk Grove Strauss Festival, and Principal Second Violin with the Auburn Symphony. Paolo has appeared as guest conductor for the Auburn Symphony, Camellia Symphony, Citywater, Folsom Lake Symphony, UC Davis Orchestra, and as Assistant Conductor for the Camellia Symphony. Paolo has also served as music director with Fairfield’s Missouri Street Theatre in their productions of Gypsy, Mama Mia!, Man of La Mancha, and Beauty and the Beast. A committed music educator at Jesuit High School, Paolo is also conductor for the Auburn Symphony’s “Symphony Goes to the Schools” program that brings classical music performances to several schools in Placer County. When he is not teaching a classroom the wonderful intricacies of playing or music theory, he also runs a private studio of violin students. Paolo is also an active violinist, performing in numerous orchestras and ensembles including the Auburn Symphony, inConcert Sierra orchestra, the Folsom Lake Symphony, Camerata California, Placer Pops Chorale, Sacramento Choral Society, the Vallejo Symphony, and Symphony of the Redwoods. Paolo is also a founding member of the PaCaRe trio. He is currently pursuing a Performance Certificate in Violin at California State University, Sacramento, studying with Anna Pressler. Paolo considers himself very fortunate to live a life immersed in music, but on the off-chance he is not performing or teaching, he is playing tabletop and board games with friends, or taking care of his cat Genji. 5 Paolo Reyes
6 CMEA Capitol Section The California Music Educators Association (CMEA), Capitol Section, is a professional organization comprised of music teachers from all levels of education, elementary through college. Membership comes from the areas encompassed within and immediately surrounding Sacramento, California, including Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties.
Violin 1 Jadzia Acharya, Harper Suri Burns, Natomas Ray Cui, Sutter Emily Fang, Sac. Country Day Liliana Garcia, Harper Elizabeth Hales, Sutter Zachary Han, Cesar Chavez Sadie Hart, Mitchell Leila Hernandez, PFAA Yichen Jin, Sutter Kristina Joren, Mitchell Polina Koran, Mitchell Henry Krug-Lee, Patwin Janani Kulkarni, Harper Caleb Lee, Mitchell Mandin Li, Pinkerton Nathalia Medellin-Sicairos, Harper Fina Meng, Harper Sushrut Mishra, Folsom Joshua Murray, Sutter Hayley Ngu, Pinkerton ** Deven Patel, Sac. Country Day Aidan Saeteurn, Smedberg Skye Stradleigh, FPAA 7 Middle School Honor Orchestra Violin 2 Avery Anderson, Sutter Manasvi Bhor, Sutter Middle Taylor Brown, Alice Birney Nicholas Burton, PFAA Penny Chavez, Harper Arianna Choor, Sutter Reeya Dhaliwal, Sac. Country Day Veronica Filkov, Harper Brandy Fuentes Del Cid, Mitchell Shanika Go, Mitchell Elena Hollar, Patwin Evangeline Johnston, Alice Birney Mason Jung, Sutter Mayuri Kasturi, Sac. Country Day Amberly Kim, Harper Aria Leigh, PFAA Alyssa Lin, Cesar Chavez Mingjia Liu, Folsom Lucia Markley, Harper * Seoyoon Park, Pioneer Andreea Schmidt, Alice Birney Roy Shih, Pioneer Yash Singh, PFAA Annie Yang, Sutter ** = Concertmaster * = Principal
Viola Megan Alvarez Gonzalez, PFAA Sara Bautista, Mitchell Nicholas Campbell, Natomas Gweneth Cremers, Alice Birney Shayla Hanrihan, Sutter Yara Jamshidipour, Folsom Gustavo Kenny, Sutter Leanna Kunimura, PFAA Jeremy Lee, Harper *Vivian Li, Sac. Country Day Calvin Ly, Natomas Cora Mistry, Alice Birney Kayla Tisuela, PFAA William Tsai, Sutter Victoria Villarreal, Alice Birney 8 Middle School Honor Orchestra Cello Daniel Acevedo, Mitchell Meera Aggarwal, Sac. Country Day Luke Anderson, Harper Pranav Bhaaradwaaj, Folsom *Jason Buyag, Pinkerton Harper Cobb, Alice Birney Janessa Cordero-Jennings, PFAA Inez Friedl, Sac. Country Day Hayden Hart, Mitchell Amelina Hernandez, Smedberg Jasper Hu, Sutter Austin Lacrosse, Folsom Nora Lawler, Sutter Cruz Marquez Failor, Alice Birney Krish Mehta, Folsom Anthony Rivers, Mitchell Matias Runcie, Cesar Chavez ** = Concertmaster * = Principal Double Bass * Anaya Bhattacharyya, Folsom Carter Crowe, Smedberg Ezekiel Garrett, Sac. Country Day Amberlynn Lee, Natomas Phineas Mowrer, Folsom Tanish Sivakumar, Sutter Violet Webster, Sutter
Violin 1 Hannah Ajayi, Cosumnes Oaks Xavier Biwott, Vista del Lago Everett Campbell, Harper Jayden Canio, Jesuit Lukas Chen, Rocklin Anthony Corral, Whitmey Kai Dargel, Jesuit Juellianna Dela Cruz, Rocklin Tyler Erickson, Vista del Lago Luke Gonsalves, Vista del Lago ** Mia Hernandez-Peng, St. Francis Kai Hirahara, Sac. Country Day Ashley Kim, Rocklin Alyssa Lacayo, Cordova Katherine Lee, Natomas Charter Sejin Lee, Rocklin Koll Malme, Jesuit Jeremiah Manongdo, Sheldon D'Angelo Mercado, Cordova Joshua Nguyen, Cosumnes Oaks Liliana Ramirez, River City Crystal Schwarz, Rocklin Skylar Shibata, Natomas Charter Ashley Smith, St. Francis Shelby Faith Solana, Florin Arnav Vinod, Harper Morris Wang, Harper Terrence Winter, Jesuit Ray Zheng, Sheldon 9 High School Honor Orchestra Violin 2 Zachary Agustin, Rocklin Diana Andrade Sanchez, Natomas Erica Bailey, Cordova Garrett Dixon, Vista del Lago Joseph Evangelista-Charbonneau, Jesuit Alexa Hensel Dominguez, Cordova Marcelino Hernandez-Peng, St. Francis Akriti Kapoor, Rocklin Dylan Le, Vista del Lago Aaliyah LeSueur, Rocklin Sophie Leyva, Whitney Dylan Martin, Cosumnes Oaks Jada Mattingly, River City Sandra Nava, River City Jayden Phang, Sheldon Maia Poggenpohl, Vista del Lago * Angela Robles Bustos, Natomas Hailie Ros, Sheldon Manas Sana, Rocklin Isabella Taylor, St. Francis Joceline L. Torrealba Reyes, Harper Xochitl Torres-Ortega, Harper George Tsakopoulos, Jesuit Kathryn Wahl, Rocklin ** = Concertmaster/Principal * = Assistant Principal
Viola Gabrielle Bondad, Cosumnes Oaks Justin Bowman, Vista del Lago Aaron Campoy, Jesuit Kaeden Chu, Rocklin Cora Fisher, Cordova Orion Hernandez, Natomas Annike Hubbard, Whitney Olivia Inta, Harper Gargi Jejurikar, Rocklin Kalista Lee, Cosumnes Oaks Kailyn Liao, Vista del Lago * Kenyon Owens, Cordova Meredith Panfil, St. Francis Veronica Rivers, Cordova Shanthi Siddeeq, River City Neve Tulman, Harper Johanna Velk, Vista del Lago Tho Vo, Florin Becky Vue, Florin 1 0 High School Honor Orchestra Cello Gabriella Blake, Rocklin Gillian Cubbage, Harper Daniel Doman, Rocklin Kyle Lac, Cosumnes Oaks Nathaniel Lee, Harper Andrew Logan, Sac. Country Day Jocelyn Nguyen, Sheldon Nicolas Padilla, Jesuit Alexis Robles Eklof, Whitney Aiden Saechao, Sheldon Josh Sayo, Vista del Lago Katelyn Secrest, Harper Hunter Siters, River City Frank Valencia, Jesuit Disney Vang, Florin Maryn Wright, St. Francis Caleb Zhang, Vista del Lago * Vivian Zhu, Vista del Lago ** = Concertmaster/Principal * = Assistant Principal Double Bass Olivia Buettner, Vista del Lago Kai Finley, Sac. Country Day Jake Fox, Vista del Lago Oscar Gonzalez, Cordova Peri Hines, St. Francis Joshua Leiper, Rocklin Alyssa Morales, Cosumnes Oaks Rees Russell, Vista del Lago *Jackson Whited, Sac. Country Day Quinn Willick, Rocklin
Alice Birney - Sacramento Elizabeth Hernandez Cordova High School - Rancho Cordova Kevin Sims Cosumnes Oaks High School - Elk Grove Gabriel Carpenter Davis Elementary Schools - Davis Greg Brucker Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle School - Elk Grove Jaime Mangonon Florin High School - Sacramento Ryan Perry Folsom Middle School - Folsom Killian Kelly Frances Harper Junior High School - Davis Greg Brucker Jesuit High School - Carmichael Paolo Reyes Mesa Verde High School - Citrus Heights Peter Mancina Natomas Charter School - Sacramento Shari Gueffroy Performing and Fine Arts Academy Pioneer Elementary School - Davis Lydia Cooley River City High School - West Sacramento Felicia Weatherly Rocklin High School - Rocklin Jeffrey Hayman Sacramento Country Day School - Sacramento Maria Hoyos Sheldon High School - Elk Grove Justin Bunselmeier Smedberg Middle School - Elk Grove Justin Bunselmeier St. Francis High School - Sacramento Michelle Wei-Lin See Sutter Middle School - Folsom Killian Kelly Vista Del Lago High School - Folsom Elicia Masztal W. E. Mitchell Middle School - Rancho Cordova Beth Crandall Whitney High School - Rocklin Michelle Jamieson 1 1 Participating Schools and Directors
Special thanks to the Sacramento City Unified School District, C.K. McClatchy High School, and Music Director Jorge Muñoz for hosting the Honor Orchestras. HONOR ORCHESTRA TEAM: Elicia Masztal, CMEA-CS Orchestra Representative Jorge Munoz, Honor Orchestra Host Sonia Takanikos, CMEA-CS Secretary Mike Mangonon, CMEA-CS President-Elect Christopher Tootle, CMEA-CS President Stephen Bingen, Audio Engineer And thank YOU parents for your support of music education in your child’s life. 1 2 Acknowledgements