THE MIRA MESA HIGH SCHOOL VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT 

PRESENTS  

Spring Concert (2019) Symphony, Concert, & Debut Orchestras 

  

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Friday, May 31st PHAME at Patrick Henry High School 

7:00 PM miramesaorchestras.org~

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Program  

Debut Strings 

Ode to Joy (1824/1996)   Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770 - 1827) 

arr. Del Borgo 

Cripple Creek (1993)  Traditional  arr. Siennicki  

Concert Orchestra 

Concerto in D (1731) Antonio Vivaldi  (1678 - 1741) 

arr. Phillips 

Alleluia (1940/2015) Randall Thompson   (1899 - 1984) 

arr. Bass 

Two Scenes from the Hollow (2008) Kirt Mosier 

 Intermission & Senior Slideshow 

 Symphony Orchestra 

Into the New (2017) Mark Revell  arr. Latham 

As Dancing is to Architecture (1996) Christopher Theofanidis  (b. 1967) 

Three Metallic Spires (2018)  Karel Butz   (b. 1980)  

Combined Orchestras 

Prairiesong (2004)  Carl Strommen  (b. 1939) 

 

 

Debut Strings  

Violin Julian Cardenas Camposeco Tania Garcia Ana Diaz Ana Esteban Domingo Thin Yu Yu Hlaing Isabella Joaquin Yewon Kim Carlily Mendoza Perez Melanie Morales Phuc Nguyen Alireza Salehi Quoc Ta # Charlene Tan # Thuy Tran 

Viola Jorge Anguiano Princess Aquino Bhavana # Yakup Celik Khang Le Dylan Porcioncula Venice Santos  Cello Malayna Stevens  # Senior (‘19) 

 

 

A Diverse Community of Learners Languages Represented in our Debut Strings Class 

Arabic Burmese English 

Farsi French 

Hindi Kannada Korean Popti’ 

Q’anjob’al 

Spanish Tagalog Turkish 

Vietnamese 

 

 

 

Concert Orchestra  

Violin I Solana Bartnek Diana Church Talisa Galon Bryan Lew Sabrina Lutz # Melody Mecono Donna Pham Penelope Romero Marc Salvador Kassandra Sandoval Alexandria Smithee # Angelina Williams Amanda Wilpitz Emma Wrightson Francesca Yap  

Violin II Karishma Bains # Clark Biadog Timothy Carbonell Emily Chau Lana Cruz Trina Dang Meiko Dinglasan Trevor Hoang MJ Landingin Araiyah Lovely # Angel Martinez # Capalina Melentyev Corbin Moeckel Alexus Moua Alexander Nguyen Bao Nguyen Emilly Nguyen Valerie Nguyen William Nguyen Elisha Pador Christianne Perral Amanda Soryadvongsa Kaylee Tran Alyssa Unger # 

Viola Lilianna Alaniz Samuel Banez Carrson Bruderer Jonathan Chen # Janelle Duong Aleesha Enomoto Athaliah Franklin Dayana Herrera Kristen Hizon Kaitlin Hurd Xochitl Lozano Victoria Moreno Sofia Nguyen Alexys Noriesta Gene Patay # Kristian Redila 

Cello Israel Banco Michael Gonzales Augustin Kelly Michael Pass Vanessa Phung Joseph Silvestre-Diaz Vanessa Ta Andrea Tolentino Trista Tran  Bass Stacy Crossley Neida Heikkila Robert McLaughlin #  # Senior (‘19) 

   

   

 

Symphony Orchestra  

Violin I Indrianna Drummond ^ Ruzenell Mina ^ Douglas  Neumeyer + # ^ Serena Neumeyer ^ Annie Phan * Tiffany Phan Emily Songvilay Stephany Songvilay Hanson Truong # Vanessa Van #  Violin II Zalma Basurto # Jacob Betancourt # Elisa Brooks # Nikhil Jain Minh Lam Denise Natividad * # Rakesh Nemmani # ^ Zamea Nerza Matthew Panganiban Hubert Phan Isabelle Pineda Cayla Tolentino # Jessie Truong * Minghui Wang # Zechariah Yamsuan   

Viola Alyssa Bernardo ^ Damon Chhun # Gabrielle Gopilan * ^ Shelby Hardman ! ^ Princess Jereza # Janene Kim * ^ Jetha Mot ^ Vincent Nguyen # ^ Cecelia Oberts Kevin Tran # Jasmine Truong Jared Wilpitz  Cello Teá Akiaten Alexi Bolo * ^ Michelle Dang # Nathan Ehlert Sarah Huynh Vi Huynh Aaron Martinez # Cameron Preslar ^ Angelica Sandoval ^ Kylee Strayer * #  Bass Kaitlin Alcones Danielle Austria-Wilmarth Hannah Kiam * Jett Ngo Jenna Nguyen * ^ Gloria Porotesano ^ Koa Sitar # 

Flute & Piccolo Dillon Halpin * ^ Mariel Micael # ^ Vanessa Tran #  Oboe & English Horn Frederick  Wrightson # * ^ Alec Nguyen Sandra Thach  Clarinet Roseanne Marinas * ^ Angie Pena # ^ Lily Rault # ^  Bass Clarinet Eduardo Avelar # ^  Bassoon Valerie Curd Ivy Vigil  Horn Ryan Fallon ^ Ryan Ristine # ^   

Trumpet Nathan Kaplan John Melevo # Janine Petalber * Noah Quackenbush #  Trombone Sidney Cooper # David Joves Andrew Mercado # * ^ Simon Roberts ^  Tuba Calvin Peralta # * ^  Percussion Ryan Aruncan # Kristine DeWitt # * RodneyJay  Hernandez # ^ Tyler Jacobs  Piano, Harp, Celeste Donovan Alcones # ^ Tiffany Phan Vanessa Van # Ruzenell Mina ^  + Concertmaster * Principal ^ All-District  ! All-State  # Senior (‘19) 

   

Thank you to all the families and friends who helped support our students noted above as they traveled to New York and Carnegie Hall earlier this spring 

 

 

SDUSD Honor Orchestra & Band Musicians  

Strings Indrianna Drummond, Violin 

Ruzenell Mina, Violin Rakesh Nemmani, Violin 

Douglas Neumeyer, Violin Serena Neumeyer, Violin Vincent Nguyen, Violin Alyssa Bernardo, Viola Gabrille Gopilan, Viola Shelby Hardman, Viola 

Janene Kim, Viola Jetha Mot, Viola Alexi Bolo, Cello 

Cameron Preslar, Cello Angelica Sandoval, Cello Gloria Porotesano, Bass 

Jenna Nguyen, Bass 

Woodwinds Dillon Halpin, Flute Mariel Micael, Flute 

Kaitlyn Reynolds, Flute Frederick Wrightson, Oboe Jenna Alcuyaga, Clarinet 

Annabella Gambito, Clarinet Lillian Hudson, Clarinet 

Roseanne Marinas, Clarinet Angie Pena, Clarinet 

Lily Rault, Clarinet Eduardo Avelar, Bass Clarinet 

Robyn Capili, Bass Clarinet Alec Olvera, Alto Saxophone 

Gabe Starkey, Alto Saxophone Tommy Tran, Alto Saxophone 

Kyra Kasner, Baritone Sax Chase Lowary, Baritone Sax 

 

Brass & Percussion Ryan Fallon, Horn 

Timothy Holmes, Horn Ryan Ristine, Horn Steven Vo, Horn 

Andrew Mercado, Trombone Simon Roberts, Trombone Samuel Sievers, Trombone 

Donovan Alcones, Euphonium Calvin Peralta, Tuba 

RodneyJay  Hernandez, Percussion 

     

   

 

 

A Community of Supporters  

San Diego Unified School District Cindy Marten, Superintendent 

Board of Education  

San Diego Unified School District Visual & Performing Arts Department 

Russ Sperling, Director Mark Nicholson, Instrumental Music Specialist  

Laura Williams, Choral Music Resource Marjorie Treger, Theatre Resource Candice Narlock, Dance Resource MIchael Greene, Piano Technician 

 Mira Mesa Administration 

Jeff Sabins, Principal Sharon Rubalcava, Vice Principal 

Erik Sullivan, Vice Principal Ron Lardizibal, Athletic Director 

Amanda Courtney, Administrative Assistant JoAnn Schmidt, Office Assistant Shirley Lemmon, Site Technician 

Christine Hight, Registrar Donna LaBonte, Financial Clerk 

 High School Performing Arts Faculty 

Daniel Kriley, Theatre Jeanne Christensen, Director of Bands 

Matthew Mulvaney, Director of Orchestras Marielena Teng, Choir 

Alejandro Garcia, Student Teacher Skyler MacKinnon, Student Teacher 

 Middle School Performing Arts Faculty 

Ted Foster, Challenger Dr. Jeffrey Malecki, Challenger 

Cassandra Brown, Wangenheim Jonah Perine, Wangenheim 

 Mira Mesa Support Organizations 

Mira Mesa High School Foundation Mira Mesa Instrumental Music Boosters 

Additional Organizations Art of Elan 

Community Council for Music in the Schools La Jolla Music Society 

Music Central & Fred Bettig Point Loma Nazarene University 

San Diego State University San Diego Symphony 

The San Diego Post of the  Society of American Military Engineers 

 String Coaches 

Dr. Batya MacAdam-Somer, Violin Linda Piatt, Violin 

Michael Taggart, Violin Travis Maril, Viola 

Annabelle Terbetsky, Viola Andrew Waid, Viola 

Bing Yan, Cello P.J. Cinque, Bass 

Sayuri Yamamoto, Bass  

Orchestra Council Kylee Strayer, President 

Ruzenell Mina, Vice President Douglas Neumeyer, Secretary 

Cecelia Oberts, Treasurer Additional Members - Hannah Kiam, Janene 

Kim, Jenna Nguyen, Tiffany Phan,  Emily Songvilay, & Jasmine Truong 

 Counseling Department 

Dave Silva, Head Counselor Barbara Lauriano, Counseling Secretary 

Counselors - Debbie Blanchard, Sarah Bauman, Felicia Smith, Richard Van, & Terena White 

 Additional Thanks 

Elena, Sofia, & Eloise Mulvaney Marlin Christensen 

Ann Marie Haney, CCMS Ralph Schatz, String Luther 

Davis Boring, Clarinet Repair Technical Theatre Students 

 

Special Thanks  

Special thanks are in order to the families and institutions who have helped make make music education opportunities accessible to all here at Mira Mesa High School:  

To the Mira Mesa Foundation who provided string sets to our New York bound violinists and violists 

To Music Central and Fred Bettig for helping outfit our cellists with quality string sets 

To the VAPA Foundation for helping provide access to works by contemporary composers 

To Professor Michael Gerdes and the San Diego State University School of Music for providing A Clarinets for our orchestra wind players 

To Professor John Dally and the Point Loma Nazarene University Music Department for providing A Clarinets for our orchestra wind players 

To the San Diego Post of the Society of American Military Engineers for financially supporting our military families and their students 

To the San Diego Symphony, with the support of the Commission for Arts and Culture, for establishing a musical partnership with our Mira Mesa musicians 

 

For All Your Support - “Thank You” 

Aw Khun – Khmer 감사합니다 – Korean 

ຂອບ ໃຈ - Laotian 

Obrigado – Portuguese Gracias – Spanish  

Maraming Salamat – Tagalog Teşekkür ederim - Turkish 

Cảm ơn bạn – Vietnamese 

�က��ဇ��တင�ပ�တယ� - Burmese 

– Chinese Merci – French 

Dankeschön – German  - Hindi 

Ua Tsaug – Hmong – Japanese 

ಧನ���ದ - Kannada 

Upcoming Opportunities 

6th Annual Summer String Camp, August 12 - 16, miramesaorchestras.org Hausmann Chamber Music Program - June 17 - 22, hausmannquartet.com San Diego Bass Fest, June 18 - 22, sandiegobassfest.com San Diego Summer Music Institute, July 7 - 13, sdwinds.org