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Performing Arts Achievements
Plano ISD's music program is designed to provide opportunities
for each student to develop his/her creative talents in band, choir
and orchestra. Students are doing just that and more,
as they have excelled in recent performing arts competitions.
Plano Student Wins State Music Competition
Senior Leslie Wadleigh, Plano Senior High School, sang at
the state Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) competition
held November 5 on the Southern Methodist University campus.
Leslie earned first place in the Senior Vocal Division.
The Senior
Division is made up of students 15 to 18 years of age. Each vocalist
must prepare a memorized program of two art songs in languages
other than English, one art song in English and a fourth piece
of the
singer's choice.
As the winner of the state-level competition, Ms. Wadleigh will
advance to the South-Central Divisional competition in Lafayette,
Louisianna, in mid-January. Winners of the various division-level
competitions will compete for the national title at the MTNA Conference
in Austin on March 27.
PSHS senior Scott MacConnell also competed at SMU on Saturday.
Both singers are members of the Plano Senior High School Choir,
which is under
the director of Derrick Brookins and Chris Ahrens, and study private
voice with Lois Landrum.
TMEA Honor Orchestra
Five of the top 15 high school string orchestras in the state
of Texas are from Plano I.S.D. The Texas Music Educators Association
(TMEA) announced the results of the 2005-2006 Honor Orchestra Competition
this week, following two rounds of judging.
Plano West Senior High School Chamber Orchestra Named 2005-2006
State Honor String Orchestra
This ensemble is directed by Jo Wallace-Abbie. This is the third
time in the short seven- year history of Plano West that the orchestra
has received this distinction. As Honor String Orchestra this group
from Plano West will present a 50-minute concert for the membership
of the Texas Music Educators Association at their annual convention
in San Antonio in February, 2006.
Orchestras entering this competition must submit a recording of
a live, unedited concert to TMEA. This year, 33 orchestras submitted
recordings for consideration. A judging panel listened to all of
the submissions and selected the top six. A second panel of judges
listened to these six recordings and ranked them. Orchestras that
have won the honor orchestra designation are not eligible to submit
a recording the year following their TMEA appearance.
Four 0ther Plano ISD Orchestras Place
in Top Half of State-wide Rankings
- Plano Senior High School Orchestra - Jeff Turner, Director, 3rd Place
- Jasper High School Orchestra - Julianne Booth,
Director, 4th Place
- Shepton High School Orchestra - Joshua Thompson,
Director, 8th Place
- Clark High School - Andrew Going, Director,
14th Place
This competition does not distinguish between varsity and non-varsity
programs, thus these 9-10 schools competed against recordings of
varsity orchestras from 9-12 grade high schools across the state.
Plano ISD Orchestra Program Has Long History
of TMEA Honor
Orchestra Titles
- 2004-2005: Plano East Senior High School , Betsy Thomas, Director
- 2003-2004: Plano West Senior High School , Jo Wallace-Abbie, Director
- 2002-2003: Plano East Senior High School, Betsy Thomas, Director
- 2001-2002: Plano West Senior High School , Jo Wallace-Abbie, Director
- 2000-2001: Plano East Senior High School, Betsy Thomas, Director
- 1999-2000: Plano Senior High School , Jim Frank, Director
- 1998-1999: Plano East Senior High School, Betsy Thomas, Director
- 1997-1998: Plano Senior High School, Kathy DeBerry, Director
- 1994-1995: Plano Senior High School, Kathy DeBerry, Director
- 1992-1993: Plano Senior High School, Kathy DeBerry, Director
TMEA All-Region High School and Senior High School Orchestra Winners
Students from Plano, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Lewisville, Denton,
Frisco, Grapevine and surrounding school districts auditioned Saturday,
October 22, at The Colony High School for coveted seats in
three Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region XIV All-Region
Orchestras.
These students will prepare musical selections, work
with a guest conductor and present a concert on Saturday, December
10, at 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of Creekview High School
in Carollton. Congratulations to these outstanding string musicians!
Symphonic Orchestra Members
- Clark High School - Darlene Nguyen, Brian Allred,
Danny Hahm, Elaine Whitmire, Kelsey Nussbaum
- Jasper High School - Joseph Huang, Susie
Fu, Tiffany Kuo, Jun Jin, Susie Choi, Drew Byers
- Shepton High School - Michael
Li, Suyun Lee, Kristy Luk, Dawn Zhao, Janel Lyan, Tiffany Shim,
Aaron Yang, Eric Ou, Becky Glass, Lucy Chiang,
Chad
Minsky, Ryan Vik, Michael Harper
- Vines High School - Rex Huang, Jeremy Ying,
Howard Tsai, Chester Kwak, Dustin Lao, Bill Wang, John Batchelder
- Williams High School - John Chen, David Liu, Sedrick Wall
- Plano East Senior High School - Sherean Farvardin,
Dennis Shung, Jeremy Chao, Chike Okaro, Alec Zhou, Audie Bradshaw,
Nathan Jones
- Plano Senior High School - Gabriel Ha, Jeff Li, Andy Tien,
Louisa Xu, Jeffrey Chang, Daniel Wang, Kristin Lindsley, Phillip
Gu,
Kate
Christie, Jay
Shiao, Meyanna Jiang,
- Plano West Senior High School - Joanne Shih,
Joanne Liu, Duk-Hwa Jin, Tim Fang, Anyen Chen, Megumi Fujii,
Jessica
Cheng,
Mina
Park
Philharmonic Orchestra Members
- Clark High School - Dustin Shung,
Vaman Amble, Mark Wang, Simon Chen
- Jasper High School -
Brian Gung, Jason Lee, Kevin Zhu, Jonathan Shie, Kevin Chung,
Edsel Wu, Angela Huang, Jeremy Chen, Abby Chu,
Takashi Hirase,
Megan Liao, Bryan Han, Justin Song, David Pham, Ramya Raghavan
- Shepton High
School - Thomas Lin, Dave Banerjee,
Jennifer Hang, Liz Gunther, Joey DeVille, Ellen Cheong, Michael
Lavery, Kevin Zhou, Nolan Luke
- Vines High School -
Cindy Pan, Michael Tu, Joshua Kim
- Plano East Senior High
School - Warren
Chang, Angeline Nguyen, Katrina Kim, Thomas Wang,
- Plano
Senior High School - Michael Huang,
Michelle King , Larry Xiang, Kyle Rosenquist, Paul
Liang,
- Plano West Senior High School -
Andrew Chow, Sue Song, Shinetin Tzeng, Joann Kim,
Jason Lo,
Austin Ball,
Qishen Chang, Eric Kuan, Andrew Wong,
Christopher Choi,, Stacey Cheng, Jacqueline Juhn
String Orchestra Members
- Clark High School – Benjamin Tsao, Fern Marusuwan, Goran Fattah
- Jasper High School – Qiongqiong Yang, Stephen Choi, Josh Kelfer, Jamie Choi, Michael Liu
- Shepton High School – Jason Jea, Wayne Ng, Brooke Blomquist
- Vines High School – Josh Harper, Jaclyn Dean, Virgil Chin, David Yang, Jenna Mikuls, Ruth Shih, David Brown, Alex Hwang
- Plano East Senior High School – Anna Zimmerman, Michelle Chung, Marty Sedtal
- Plano Senior High School – Ning Zhang, Meng Cao, Nannan Zhang, Alan Chen
- Plano West Senior High School – Jason Liu, Olina Jou, Mina Park
Alternates
- Clark High School – Zachary Duke
- Jasper High School – Jonathan Weng, Jeffrey Wu, Sophia Terazawa
- Vines High School – Joe Burleson
- Plano East Senior High School – Leon Zhang
- Plano Senior High School – Peter Shih
TMEA Middle School All-Region Orchestra Winners
Auditions for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 24 Middle School All-Region Orchestra were held October 15, 2005. Hundreds of students from neighboring middle schools played a series of prepared scales and musical excerpts before a panel of judges. A total of 151 Plano ISD string musicians were selected to play in one of three all-region orchestras. These ensembles rehearsed with guest conductors November 4th and 5th at Ranchview High School in Carrollton and presented a concert for family and friends to conclude their all-region experience. Plano students participating were:
Brahms 7th & 8th Orchestra
- Armstrong Middle School – Cathryn Ploehn
- Bowman Middle School – Daniel Hsu
- Carpenter Middle School – Carrnen Tinker, and Kaitlyn West
- Frankford Middle School – Calvin Chen, and Vincent Tsao
- Haggard Middle School – Jennifer Gao, Chris Hanson, and Kevin Jazak
- Hendrick Middle School – Torri Bradshaw, James Han, Brian Jun and Catherine Tsao
- Renner Middle School – Richard Cathriner, Alan Chen, Richard Kao, Patrick Kim, Kenny Lee, Justin Lyan, Tina Ou and Derek Ou
- Rice Middle School – Emily Chen, Hannah Lee, Alison Tan and Alicia Young
- Robinson Middle School – Madison Booth, Vivian Chen, Kevin Chiou, Bae-Yun, Jennifer Ding, Patric Han, Kevin Huang, Raymond Hung, Melissa Kang, Ali Mavrakis, Chrystal Schnick, Grace Song and Grace Wey
- Wilson Middle School – Haley Bilbray, Ian Chan, Sarah Kim, Joshua Shin, Christina Sloan and Alex Wang
Beethoven 6th, 7th & 8th grade Orchestra
- Bowman Middle School – Elizabeth Liu
- Carpenter Middle School – Ester Gomes, and Jenny Xu
- Frankford Middle School – Daniel Gonzalez, Melody Jiang, Kathy Shim and Aubrey Tai
- Haggard Middle School – Hanseul Shim, David West and Daniel Yang
- Hendrick Middle School – Allison Beck, Leo Chen, Victor Chen, John Hahm, Shakilva Johnson, Kevin Yeun and Iris Zhuang
- Murphy Middle School – Sam Ahn, Johanna Frisendahl, Derek He, Mehvish Noor, Matthew Porter and Jefferson Wang
- Renner Middle School – Daniel Chern, Kayla Harrington, Ashley Kim and Thomas Lo
- Rice Middle School – Jeffrey He, Charles Jin, Justin Leung, Audrey Mehrl, JiYoung Min, Andrea Tan, Shirley Wang, Alice Wang, Stanley Yang, Julie Yoon, Helen Yu and Janice Zhang
- Robinson Middle School – Nathan Bryant, Oliver Lo, Canyon Phan, Dayna Purl, Calvin Tsay, Udavan Vaidva, Hveim Yun, and Annie Zhu
- Schimelpfenig Middle School – Clarice Collins, Shawn Ngoh, Juliette Tran and Angelo Yatco
- Wilson Middle School – Darin Schlemmer
Bach 6th & 7th grade Orchestra
- Armstrong Middle School – Conan Lee
- Bowman Middle School – Mary McDonald, and Alice Tsai
- Carpenter Middle School – Julie Nguyen, and Rachael Olson
- Frankford Middle School – Vicky Chou, Clay Hatridge and Stephanie Jung
- Haggard Middle School – Shawnwei Chen, Isaac Chen, Eleni Sanders and Kevin Wei
- Hendrick Middle School – Melanie Hammett, Kyle Han, and Esther Lee
- Murphy MIddle School – Austin Albright, Danny Banh, Amy Chyao, Sachin Sharma, and Michelle Zhou
- Renner MIddle School – Carolyn Bu, Jerry Hsieh, and Janet Zhou
- Rice Middle School – Edward Baeg, Marco Herrera-Rendon, Julie Yue and Alex Zhang
- Robinson Middle School – Rumin Aghabozorg, Emily Bao, So-Jeong Jo, Scott Lee, Olivia Lin, Philip Macurak, Pryanka Sharma, Xin Yi Yu, and Mark Zhu
- Schimelpfenig Middle School – Colby Ye
- Wilson Middle School – Lawrence Liu, Stephanie Luu, Josephine Mulia, Seymour Wu, Justin Ying and Catherine Zhang
Alternates
- Frankford Middle School – Mike Leem
- Haggard Middle School – Abby Chau and Tony Lian
- Murphy Middle School – Eann Tuan
- Renner Middle School – Tiffany Kuan, Kevin Wah, and Ruiting Xia
- Robinson Middle School – Chris Im, Esther Kim, and Matt Srinilta
- Schimelpfenig MIddle School – Jenny Huang, and Jee Soo Lee
TMEA All-Region Band Winners
Hundreds of band students from Plano and surrounding school districts spent Saturday, December 3rd playing auditions for coveted positions in the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 24 All-Region Band. The selected students will rehearse and perform in a band clinic and concert on January 13-14, 2006 at Grapevine High School in Grapevine under a guest conductor.
Wind Symphony
- Clark - Anderson Yao
- Jasper - Matthew Simari and Jerry Du
- Shepton - Amar Pathak
- Williams - Jon Beseigel
- Plano East - Chris Battista, Nick Beaudet, Sean Berkstresser, Brian Bonnett, Michael Chase, Haley Koike, Kara LaMoure, Erin Lenth, Danny Mao, Kevin Marchuk, David Marchuk, Kyle Richardson, Pana Salta, Travis Sanders, Ronak Shah, Melissa Villarreal, Allison Watkins and Derrick Yao
- Plano - Kristen Carter, Jackie Chen and Graham Gibson
- Plano West - Drew Edwards, Michael Matushek, David Poorman, and Jessica Watts
Symphonic Band
- Clark - Brian Allred, Danny Hahm, Mike Korson, and Frank McNeilly
- Jasper - Jeffrey Zou, Holly Jang and Peter Fitzgibbons
- Shepton - Lauren Wolfe
- Vines - Scott Batchelder
- Plano East - Courtney Amigh, Elizabeth Becker, Josh Boychuk, Aaron Bumgarner, Emily Campbell, Jeremy Cline, Andrea Demel, Anthony Elmore, Noelle Fabian, Michael Fore, Justin Hrbacek, Paul Jenkins, Jeff Kline, Tressa Korson, Sundeep Kulkarni, Mimi Liu, Brian May, Shama Patel, Michael Pluebell, Anna Lee Pomponio, Grace Santamaria, Anthony Santamaria, Buddy Schultz, Sapphire Tucker and Marcus Tyler
- Plano - Alyssa Bilbray, Annalin Bryant, Andy Dietz and Jenna Fu
- Plano West - Daniel Kitchens, David Wang
Concert Band
- Clark - Amy Aughinbaugh, Joellen Carr, Helen Kerwin, Ashley Wyatt (Sarah Kamien, Geoff McCally and Andrew Stillwell – Alternates)
- Jasper - Willy Gu, Peter Liu, Rana Karimi, and Nathan Chen
- Shepton - Krista Chen, Kristi Kim, Audrey Richards, Michael Xing, and Zulay Zambrano )MalloryCavenee - Alternate)
- Vines - Whitney Fang, Royce Phillips and Drew Plott
- Williams - Logan Wright
- Plano East - Zach Brownlee, Jeff Chan, Jacob Davis, Lauren Donelson, Tony Garofalo, Jonathan Gibson, Hellen Nguyen, Matt Jacobson, Nathan Jensby, Leslie McKown, Mikey Milheron, Raymond Tambe and Chandra Yri
- Plano - Ariel Biholar, Jacob Gnew, Eric Hwang and Matt Westmoreland
- Plano West - Avid Ghamsari, Hanna Lucas, Lauren Penick and Kayle Salinda
9th Grade Band
- Clark - Veronica Adams, Joellen Carr, Sarah Demsky, Hayley Griffith, Kristi Gurski, Danny Hahm, Jennifer Lane and Jane Yoon
- Jasper - Eden Choe, Linnea Coveney, Tracy Liang, Emily Kong, Jorge Olivero and Daniel Srinilta
- Shepton - Michelle Chu, Will Gorman, David Kitchens, Larry Li, Heidi Michaels, Kevin Modisette and Mirta Shirmanesh (Rick Song and Melissa Rift – Alternates)
- Vines - Tara Nielson and Alejandro Palma
- Williams - Dusten Abbott, Matthew Edwards, Julia Tossetti, Raja Vadlamudi and Logan Wright (Rachel Kimpton – Alternate)
Full Orchestra
- Clark - Anderson Yao
- Plano East – Sean Berkstresser, Brian Bonnett, Haley Koike, Kara LaMoure, Mimi Liu, Danny Mao, Kevin Marchuk, Anna Lee Pomponio, Travis Sanders, Ronak Shah and Allison Watkins
- Plano West - Michael Matushek and Drew Edwards
Area Participants
The following students placed at the top of their respective sections which earned them the opportunity to advance to TMEA Area 3 auditions to be held on January 7, 2006 in Tyler, Texas for a chance to win a spot in one of the TMEA All-State music ensembles.
- Clark - Mike Korson, Frank McNeilly and Anderson Yao
- Jasper - Jerry Du
- Shepton - Amar Pathak
- Vines - Scott Batchelder
- Plano East – Chris Battista, Nick Beaudet, Sean Berkstresser, Michael Chase, Haley Koike, Kara LaMoure, Erin Lenth, Mimi Liu, Danny Mao, Kevin Marchuk, David Marchuk, Kyle Richardson, Pana Salta, Travis Sanders, Buddy Schultz, Ronak Shah, Melissa Villarreal, Allison Watkins and Derrick Yao
- Plano - Kristen Carter, Jackie Chen and Graham Gibson
- Plano West - David Poorman, Drew Edwards, Michael Matushek, and Jessica Watts
Plano Marching Bands Compete in UIL Event
The stands were full at Standridge Stadium in Carrollton on Saturday, October 22nd for the University Interscholastic League Region 24 Marching Contest. This event brought students and fans from Plano, Frisco, Carrollton/Farmers Branch, Lewisville, Denton, Grapevine/Colleyville and surrounding school districts to the stadium.
The Plano ISD marching bands had a strong showing at the UIL Marching Contest.
5A-NonVarsity First Division Ratings Awards
- Clark High School Cougar Marching Band – Ken Ringel & Marcus Hunley, directors
- Jasper High School Jaguar Marching Band – Jackie Digby, Nicole Loyd & Elisa McConnell, directors
- Shepton High School Stallion Marching Band – Glenn Lambert & LaRae Duff, directors
- Vines High School Viking Marching Band – Bill Freeman & Mark Casperson, directors
- Williams High School Warrior Band – Travis Smith & Chris Broughton, directors
5A-Varsity First Division Ratings Awards
- Plano Senior High School Wildcat Marching Band – Jeremy Kondrat & Russell Smith, directors
- Plano East Senior High School Panther Marching Band – Evelio Villarreal, Jana Harvey & John Brennan, directors
- Plano West Senior High School Wolf Marching Band – James Hannah & Jason Warren, directors
Judging Region 24 bands were Randy Bartlett, Director of Performing & Visual Arts – Hurst-Euless-Bedford I.S.D., Dick Clardy, Director of Bands – Klein High School, and Mark McGahey, Director of Bands – Keller High School. This distinguished panel of adjudicators saw performances by 35 marching bands in seven classifications. Bands in Class 1A, 2A and 4A receiving a First Division advance to Area Contest for a possible position in the State Marching Contest. State competition in each classification takes place on alternate years. 3A and 5A bands will have a chance to advance based on their regional performance next fall.
Congratulations to the students and directors for these fine Plano band programs for a highly successful season!
Five Plano Singers to Become Opera Scholars
Five Plano ISD choral students were selected to be a part of the Dallas Opera Scholars Program. Through a series of class sessions, high school students are introduced to opera as an art form and receive a behind-the-scenes look at the many aspects of bringing an opera production to the stage. Students study the season's operas in depth and attend performances of selected operas; they also attend final dress rehearsals of the remaining operas. There is no cost to the students. The entire program has been underwritten by The Dallas Opera and its patrons.
Students must be nominated by their high school music teachers. A class of 20-25 students from the pool of teacher nominations is selected each season by the Opera Scholars committee. This year 49 students applied and 23 were accepted to participate in the program.
Plano Opera Scholars
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Plano Senior High School – Sophia Tsai, Grade 12
- Plano Senior High School – Rebecca Daniel, Grade 12
- Plano West Senior High School –Chelley James, Grade 12
- Plano West Senior High School – Lauren Bourke, Grade 12
- Vines High School –-
Allison Langdon, Grade 10
TMEA All Region Choir Winners
Students from Plano, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Lewisville, Denton, Frisco, Grapevine and surrounding school districts auditioned Saturday, October 15, 2005 at Flower Mound High School for coveted seats in three Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region XIV All-Region Choirs. These students will prepare musical selections, work with a guest conductor and present a concert on Saturday, November 5th at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Colleyville Heritage High School. Congratulations to these outstanding choral musicians!
Mixed Choir Members
- Clark High School – Monica Ahsan
- JasperHigh School – Ben Darragh, Bobby Noble, Kaitlin Terry, Jonathan Chang (alternate), and Colin Curry (alternate)
- Shepton High School – Halley Radebaugh
- Vines High School – Mysti Hawkins, Clara Luthas, Mirza Sadafsaz, and Dain Ussery
- Williams High School – Ryan Darley, E. Claire Smith, and Derek Richmond (alternate)
- Plano East Senior High School – Colin Bailie, Sarah Canterbury, Nick DeFelice (alternate), and Jason Rodda (alternate)
- Plano Senior High School – Reza Azizi, Kimberly Borge, Katharine Dewell, Christine Li, Scott MacConnell, Rebecca Mitchell, Lauren Montgomery, Justin Stone, Guillermo Valentin, Leslie Wadleigh, Emma Wright, and Blake Danner (alternate)
- Plano West Senior HIgh School – Lauren Bourke, Katie Coburn, Shelley James, Wenly Ruan, Colin Seeberger, Amanda Sherwood, Andrew Suen, Nick Weeks, and Coleman Yates
Treble Choir Members
- Clark HiIgh School – Rose Holt
- Jasper High School – Jennifer Goebel, and Monica Remmers
- Shepton High School – Alexandra Barton, Kara Dunlevy, Amanda Heller, and Jan Konchai
- Vines High School – Meagan Reed, and Morgan Toal
- Plano East Senior High School – Kristin Bonds, Janelle Breeding, and Lauren Wurtz
- Plano Senior High School – Jessica Bradford, Linda Caballero, Rachel Keen, Caitlin Price, Katie Sieverman, Stephanie Severidt, Sharon Sun, and Sarah Zapata
- Plano West Senior School – Katie Chan, Elisha Egan, Allison Gutekunst, Rachel Kay, Sarah Settele, Katherine Sheahan, and Lindsay Spencer
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