A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Dear Friends and Families,
It is my privilege to welcome you to the 2025-2026 performance season at California School of the Arts –San Gabriel Valley (CSArts-SGV)! I am thrilled to introduce this year’s extraordinary lineup of performances and events. Each of these productions is a celebration of the passion, talent, and dedication of our students, faculty, and staff.
Every year, I am deeply inspired by the collaborative efforts of our school community, as those on stage and behind the scenes come together to make the impossible possible. Tonight, I feel honored to share the creative spirit of our campus with you and to invite you to experience firsthand the magic our students and teachers have been working so hard to create.
As we embark on another exciting season, I would like to take a moment to express my heartfelt appreciation to the corporations and individuals in the following groups. CSArts-SGV’s continued success is made possible by their generous support, leadership, and vision.
Season Sponsors Board of Trustees
Foundation Board of Directors
Strategic and Educational Partners
President’s Circle Encore Family Action Network (FAN) Support Our Seniors (SOS)
Additionally, I would like to share my gratitude for the valued partnerships that have been cultivated between our school and Duarte Unified School District (DUSD), the DUSD Board of Education, and the City of Duarte Council Members.
Finally, I would like to recognize the vital contributions of our parents, alumni, administrators, faculty and staff, members of the local community, and – most importantly – our remarkable student artists. Our students remain at the heart of everything we do, and their creativity and growth are our greatest achievements.
Thank you for celebrating this impressive performance season with us. We invite you to immerse yourself in the artistry, energy, and inspiration that define the CSArts-SGV experience.
With gratitude,
Nicole Read Principal
CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM
Co-Directors of Popular Music
KIRK AVERITT
TYLER MCGEOUGH
Ensemble Directors
DANNY ANAYA
MARIANA DE PAULA
SKYLER GARN
ERIC HIRSCHHORN
SCOTT JOHNSON
MIGUEL MARTINEZ
VJ ROSALES
XENITH
MASTERBLASTER
by STEVIE WONDER
HAVE YOU EVER / WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS by BRANDY/ARIANA GRANDE —
ABI ALTRUZ
NIESSY CAMARENA
ABBY CHASSLER
KHAI DIMACULANGAN
ENZO EMERSON
JOSEFINA HEREDIA
CRUZ JIMENEZ
LISA PERRUSI SILVA DE PAULA
NICOLE PERRUSI SILVA DE PAULA
SOFIA SILVA
ERIK STAFFORD
JAYLIN TILLMAN
ADAM URIARTE
LUCY WALKER
VJ ROSALES, DIRECTOR
MOONLIGHT
GO YOUR OWN WAY
FLEETWOODD MAC
QUEEN
MIA HU VOCALS
OLIVIA MAGAÑA VOCALS
NICOLE DE PAULA VOCALS
JUAN GABRIEL CABARDO KEYS AND GUITAR
VERA CUACHON GUITAR
KENNEDY VALDEZ BASS
CASTLE SNIDER DRUMS
LIAM WITTFIELD DRUMS AND KEYS
MARIANA DE PAULA, DIRECTOR
PRISM
YOU KNOW I’M NO GOOD
by AMY WINEHOUSE
LADY GRINNING SOUL by DAVID BOWIE
DOO WOP (THAT THING)
by LAURYN HILL
EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH
by
JAMIROQUAI
—
PAULINA RAMOS VOCALS
YSA ALCISTO VOCALS
HARRISON WONG KEYS
ANTHONY LARRY GUITAR
WINSTON RABON GUITAR
HENRY KLOTZ BASS
KAI CHUNG DRUMS
NOAH GOMEZ DRUMS
MIGUEL MARTINEZ, DIRECTOR
SUPERNOVA
THE RUNAROUNDS
THE SWITCH AND THE SPUR by THE RACONTEURS
SMASHING PUMPKINS MEDLEY
DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
by OASIS —
LEAH ROBISON VOCALS
AUDRIS KINS VOCALS
CYRIS GOVEA VOCALS
FRANCES MURATA VOCALS
ROCKY MORAN KEYS
XANDER GREEN GUITAR
OLLIE HOUSTON GUITAR
SHEPHERD MCLAUGHLIN BASS
EDWARD OCAMPO DRUMS
EVIE LUNA DRUMS
SKYLER GARN, DIRECTOR
NEBULOUS
I JUST MIGHT
BRUNO MARS
YOU OUGHTA KNOW
by ALANIS MORISSETTE
LIKE A PRAYER
TREES —
ELIZABETH MENDOLO VOCALS
ALEXIS REYES VOCALS
TRISTAN YU VOCALS
JULIAN CABRERA KEYS
NATHAN ISAAC GUITAR
COLTON ALVARADO GUITAR
DALIA BRANCH BASS
EVERETT RISKIN DRUMS
ETHAN SILVERMAN DRUMS
ERIC HIRSCHHORN, DIRECTOR
QUANTUM
QUANDOM // TEN WAVES (WHITE TIGER)
BY FELIX JACONI BIERY, JAMES KNOTTS, KOVAS RADVENIS
FALLING DOWN
THE
RABBIT
HOLE
by SOFIA MCDUGLE STRANGERS by ANDREW GUTIERREZ
DARLING DARLING
by KOTONARU (A.K.A. TEMPELE STEWART) —
TEMPELE STEWART VOCALS
SOFIA MCDUGLE VOCALS
EDWARD JONES VOCALS
FRANCISCO RICO KEYS
KOVAS RADVENIS GUITAR
FELIX JACONI BIERY GUITAR
ANDREW GUTIERREZ BASS
DAMIEN CAPPER DRUMS
SCOTT JOHNSON, DIRECTOR
SOULSTICE
I JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS
by CUTTING CREW
IF I AIN’T GOT YOU by ALICIA KEYS GRACE by JEFF
BUCKLEY
DR. FEELGOOD by MOTLEY CREW —
LUCIE JOHNSON VOCALS
SIENA FANTINI VOCALS
JOSEFINA HEREDIA VOCALS
SOMIE CHUNG KEYS
LAYNE BRISBOIS GUITAR
LUCAS WANG GUITAR
MAUI RIGOBERTO RUIZ BASS
MASON WONG DRUMS
MIGUEL MARTINEZ, DIRECTOR
ASTRAL WEEKS
LOVER, YOU SHOULD’VE COME OVER by
JEFF BUCKLEY
WHEREVER YOU WILL GO by THE CALLING
GOING UNDER
VENICE WONG VOCALS
CHRISTIAN VIDRIO VOCALS
GIO CHUI VOCALS
ENZO EMERSON VOCALS
VIVIAN HIRSCH KEYS
ALEXANDER WONG GUITAR
HAZEL MILLER GUITAR
LISA DE PAULA BASS
CHARLIE BOHLMAN DRUMS
JETT BIZON DRUMS
MARIANA DE PAULA, DIRECTOR
ECLIPSE
SEMI-CHARMED LIFE
—
AZUL ALVARADO VOCALS
SCARLETT ROMERO VOCALS
KEIRA RODE VOCALS
PIPER HALL KEYS
BRAIDEN WANG KEYS
RAVEL PAREK GUITAR
LUCCA PANELLI GUITAR
ISAAC DIAKOFF BASS
ETHAN MATTERN DRUMS
ERIC HIRSCHHORN, DIRECTOR
STARSTRUCK
AMARIE SAIDA VELARDE VOCALS
DESTINY VEGA VOCALS
CHLOE KENDALL-GURZI VOCALS
LINA BUTLER VOCALS
AARON MATTHEWS GUITAR
JOEL SOTO GUITAR
AIDEN CHONG KEYS
OTIS VERGOW BASS
AMOS DICKINSON DRUMS
DANNY ANAYA, DIRECTOR
ADMINISTRATION & LEADERSHIP
ADMINISTRATION
Principal NICOLE READ
Assistant Principal of Arts
ALISON HENNESSEY
Assistant Principal of Student & Special Services
SEAN KERR
Assistant Principal of Facilities & Supervision
LEON METOYER
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Founder & Strategic Consultant
STEVEN WAGNER
Strategic Consultant
GREGORY ENDELMAN, ED.D.
FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP
President TEREN SHAFFER
Vice President of Communications
KELLY ANDREWS
Vice President of Development
ELIZABETH TON
Director of Development
AMANDA WARNER
CONSERVATORY LEADERSHIP
SCHOOL OF DANCE
Director of Dance
BRIDGET MCNALLY
SCHOOL OF FINE & MEDIA ARTS
Director of Creative Writing
TIMOTHY GOMEZ
Director of Integrated Arts
JOEY ANCONA
Director of Visual Arts
TIFFANY MA
Middle School Coordinator, Royal Oaks STEAM Academy
STEPHANIE MALETZ
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Director of Instrumental Music
Co-Director of Popular Music
TYLER MCGEOUGH
Director of Vocal Arts
Co-Director of Popular Music
KIRK AVERITT
SCHOOL OF THEATRE
Chair of Theatre
JUD WILLIFORD
Director of Production & Design
ADAM ROY
Middle School Coordinator, Maxwell Academy — An International Baccalaureate World School
MARC LECLERC
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PRODUCTION TEAM
Production Managers
SAVANNAH HARROW
ADAM ROY
BOARDS & PARTNERSHIPS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
GENEVIEVE SPINELLA, President
FRANCISCO FIGUEROA, Secretary
MARCY ULRICH, Treasurer
CAROL GREEN
DANIEL VOLONTE
FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MARCY ULRICH, Co-Chair
CARRIE WALKER, Co-Chair
JEFFREY RUDERMAN, Secretary
TAMI MORAN, Treasurer
CHRISTA BACKSTROM
DIANE DANIELS
NICHOLE MCCLAM
CHRIS THAYER
PARTNERSHIPS
AMDA College of the Performing Arts
ArtCenter College of Design
ArtNight Pasadena
Azusa Pacific University School of Music
Citrus College
City of Duarte
City of Hope
Descanso Gardens
Duarte Chamber of Commerce
Duarte Kiwanis Club
Duarte Rotary Club
Duarte Teen Center
Duarte Unified School District
Grand Park LA
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Laguna College of Art and Design
Los Angeles College of Music
Los Angeles Opera
Monrovia Association of Fine Arts
MUSE/IQUE
Otis College of Art and Design
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
Sierra Madre Playhouse
USC Arcadia Hospital
Whittier College
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING 2025-2026 SEASON SPONSORS:
The CSArts-SGV Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing financial support to the school.
Thank you to the following individuals and corporations who have generously contributed to the CSArts-SGV Foundation. All Foundation gifts and membership contributions provide invaluable support toward important schoolwide initiatives that directly benefit our talented students.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
President’s Circle is the CSArts-SGV Foundation’s parent leadership group, which provides guidance and resources to administrative and executive leadership to help shape the future of the school.
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING 2025-2026 PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE MEMBERS:
Heather & Armand Adkins
Mike & Christa Backstrom
The Beam Family
Lisa Brand & Jack Green
Jennifer & Roger Cobian
The Condron Family
Stephen Cook & Larry Ruiz
Holly & Marc Fantini
Patricia Jazmines & Nicholas Rodriguez
Steve & Natalie Jennings
Robert Jones & Julie Robinson
The Killeen Family
The McClam Family
Rhett & Jessie McLaughlin
Urvashi & Vibe Narang
The Power Robison Family
Mona & Tony Recalde
JoEllen & Andrew Skinner
Debra Sudo & Joseph Marra
Lindsey & Gerard Way
The Zuker-Brunzell Family
List current as of September 17, 2025
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Encore is a social membership group that provides special engagement opportunities for our CSArts-SGV families. This close-knit community of parents enjoys exciting benefits and fun social events, all while supporting our incredible student artists.
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING 2025-2026 ENCORE
MEMBERS:
Jasmine Abdel-Sayed
The Abell Family
Ahn Family Dentistry
Dan & Myleen Altruz
Familia Alvarez-Vázquez
Rachelle & Mark Arredondo
The Bagnis Family
The Bailey Family
Kristin & John Baldrica
Rhet & Miranda Bear
The Boland Family
The Bornstein Family
The Brenek Family
Brent & Karina Buffington
Tricia & Biff Buttler
The Cassell Family
Cintia & Onnie
The Cohen Family
Andrea Cooper
Hector & Rebecca Corona
The Del Castillo Family
Janel Descalzi
The Fitzgibbons Family
Bridget Goodbody & Steve Suminski
Duke & Christina Hardley
The Hunt Family
The Timothy Husom Family
Erik & Aija Kins
The Klinman Family
The Kratter Family
Efrain & Molly Larios
Justin & Allison Lee’s Family
The Lemaire Family
Meizi Lin & Justice Lam
The Lopez-Wang Family
The Maska-Jackson Family
The Mavros-Petty Family
Murata Family
The Nieberg Family
Stephen & Katie Payte
Timothy & Angelica Pfeiffer
The Polito Family
Nelly Ramirez
Mrs. Rappaport
The Regaert Family
The Remender Family
Jennifer Rhee
The Rubio Family
The Saenz de Maturana Family
The Schroeder Family
The Simpson-Buday Family
The So Family
Arden Stern
The Stratford Family
The Tapia Hirsch Family
Dr. Phil & Ms. Melissa Taylor
Michelle & Jason Thurber
The Torres Arias Family
The Ullerich Family
Carrie & Scott Walker
Catriona & Simon Waters
The Widman Family
Workforce Equity, LLC
The Zampino Family
List current as of September 29, 2025
If you would like to make a contribution to the CSArts-SGV Foundation in support of our talented student artists, please visit sgv.csarts.net/Donate.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Thank you to all of our CSArts-SGV families who have contributed this year to their Conservatory Funding Agreement (CFA) in support of their child’s arts conservatory experience. Your contributions specifically support conservatory salaries, facilities, equipment and supplies, performance opportunities, guest artist master teachers, and field trips.
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING 2025-2026 CFA CONTRIBUTORS:
Ahn Family Dentistry
The Ahn Family
The Aguilar’s Family
Alcisto Family
Almeda Family
The Altruz Family
Alvarado Family
Alvarado Family
The Alvarez Vazquez Family
Familia Alvarez-Vázquez
The Amen Family
The Arias-Torres Family
The Arredondo Family
Arreola Family
Alan Wang’s Family
Jesse Austin
The Backstrom Family
Caz & Maggie Baca
The Bagnis Family
The Bailey Family
The Balacuit Family
Baldrica Family
The Baldwin Family
The Barako Family
The Barkley Family
The Bastian Family
The Baskin Beaghan Family
The Beam Family
Becker Family
The Bear Family
The Bernthal Family
The Bertsch Family
The Bero Family
The Beubis Family
Schachtel Beutler Family
The Bhasme Shamasunder Family
The Bicos-Corvelo Family
Bloomquist Family
The Bohlman Family
The Boland Family
Bornstein Family
Boyd Family
The Branch Family
The Brewers
The Brennan Family
Brizuela Family
Lisa Brand / Jack Green
Brockman Greene
Broy Family
The Budde Family
The Buffington Family
The Butler Family
Butler/Bigham
Felix Bullock
Dawn Busalacchi
The Cabrera Family
The Cabra Family
Luis & Jessica Cardenas
The Carlson Family
The Carrillo Family
Martín Family
Caden Ramsey
Cepeda Family
Hailey Chen’s Parents
Chen Family
Chang Family
The Chae Family
Cho Family
The Cho Family
Choi Family
Mingte & Ning Chou
Bob Chiang MD
The Chu Family
The Chung Family
Coeyman Family
The Cohen Family
The Compos Rodriguez Family
The Cordero Family
Hector & Rebecca Corona
Song Cruz
Cory Grosser
Cunha/Araujo Family
Cox Family
Cyber Defense Group
Dancy-Rubinstein Family
The Danon Family
Del Castillo Family
The Deluca Family
The Dewey Family
Dichter Family
Dixon Family
Sherwin & Hedy Dizon
The Diep Family
Dr. Kameko
The Duran Family
The Emerson Family
Estrada Family
The Ewans
Marc & Holly Fantini
Fajayan Family
Fang Family
The Farina-Kastanas Family
The Farnam Family
The Fazekas Family
Jenna Felling
The Figueroa Family
The Fitzgibbons Family
The Flores Ortiz Family
The Floyds
The Fontana Family
Oona Flaherty & David Myers
The Harmony Flores’ Family
Floor Coverings International of North San Gabriel Valley, CA
Flora Yee
The Galvez Family
Galvan Family
Raya Gagliardi
Gamberg Family
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
2025-2026 CFA CONTRIBUTORS (CONTINUED):
Joel Garber
The Garner Family
The Garrett Family
Richard & Cynthia Gay
Ghimire Family
Bridget Goodbody & Steve Suminski
Goldsworthy Family
Gomez Family
Gomez Rico Family
Goto Family
The Gough Family
AnnLee Grimstad
The Guerena Family
Guinart Construction, Inc.
Rachel Hall
Ravel Parek’s Family
Hagan Family
The Hampton Family
Xianghan Rocia Han
Harbut Family
The Harris Family
The He Family
The Heintz Family
The Hellings Family
The Hernandez Family
The Hernandez/Hurier Family
The Hevoyan Family
The Hills General Contracting
Hirsch Family
Michelle & Chris Horn
Heroes of Color, LLC
The Howard Family
The Huang Family
The Hubbard Family
The Hunt Family
The Hunt Family
The Hussain Family
The Ingels Family
The Inoue Family
Sean & Karen Jarrett
Patricia Jazmines & Nicholas Rodriguez
Jenkins
Steve & Natalie Jennings
Peter Ji
Jin Family
The Jaime Family Zareh Jaltorossian & Aghavni
Kasparian
The Johnson Family
Jones Family
Jung Family
Ranee Bose & Samuel Kang
Kang Family
The Kan Family
The Kangas Family
Kanazaki-Cao
The Kasturi Family
The Kato Family
The Kezsachoff Family
The Kerwath Family
The Khauv Family
The Kim Family
Kim Family
Parents of Cali Kim
The Kins Family
The Kistner Family
The Klinman Family
The Klotz Family
The Kong Family
The Kraft Family
Spencer Kramber
Knight Family
The Kyle Family
Cecilia Lara
The Lawson Family
Lee Family
Allison Lee
The Lee Family
The Lee Family
Lee-Lawrence Family
Lerma/Bjorklund Family
The Leyva Family
The Li Family
The Li Family
Li Walan
Liang Family
Lim Family
Steven Lord & Lilu Li
Liu Family
Eric & Soo Lin
Ernest & Rosabelle Linchangco
Wenjuan Liu
The Little Family
The Lopez Prasarttongosoth Family
Locher Family
The Loos Family
Lucero Family
The Lu Family
Longhi Family
The Many Family
Mack Family
Macready Family
Maska-Jackson Family
The Mantilla Family
The Marra Family
The Matsudaira Family
The Matthews Family
Mavros-Petty Family
The Mayden Family
The McCarty Family
Nichole & Curt McClam
The McDermott Family
The McDugle Family
The McGarry Constant Family
The Mclaughlin Family
The McNary Family
The Mejia Family
The Moore Family
Moore Family
Monarrez Family
Montecino-Christ Family
Mortellaro Family
Chris Molina
The Mosley Family
The Moser Family
The Mundy Family
The Murata Family
The Murphy Family
Kat Mueller
Kathryn Mueller
Alberto Moya & Juanita Gutiérrez
Takako Nomura
The Nickels Family
The Nieberg Family
The Noonchester Family
The Norton Family
Noteworthy Puppets Inc.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
2025-2026 CFA CONTRIBUTORS (CONTINUED):
The O’Brien Family
The O’Doherty Family
The Oh Family
The Okimoto Family
The Okon Family
The Olea Family
The Olson Family
Stephen & Heidi Ondich
The Ondich Family
Andrew G. Pegan
Palma Family
The Panopio Family
Tony Pang & Ying Ying Goh
Pascual Family
Payte Family
Peekaboo Playland
The Peralta Family
The Peralta Family
The Pfeiffer Family
The Pinto Family
the Polito Family
The Poladian Family
The Poole Family
The Potts Family
Plackal Family
Mark, Elizabeth & Leah Power Robison
Pritchard Family
The Radvenis Family
The Ramras Family
Fatemeh Ranaiefar
Caden Ramsey
Rasco Builder, Inc.
The Regaert Family
The Remender Family
Reed Family
The Rice Family
The Rily Family
The Riskin Family
The Robbins-Umel Family
Robinson Family
The Robles Family
The Rodriguez Family
April Key Rode
Rode Family
Ruby Family
Raul & Laura Rubio
Sonia Ruiz
The Ryan Family
Sabbagh Family
The Saavedra-Smyth Family
The Saenz de Maturana Family
Salmon Family
The Samperio Family
Brandon Jay & Gwendolyn Sanford
The San Diego Family
Lauren Sandidge
The Scarpellini Martinez Family
Sherlock Family
Sherry Family
The Shi Family
The Shomer Family
Bill & Joy Simon
JoEllen & Andrew Skinner
Kimberly Stafford
The Silver Family
Si Family
Sixtos López
The Smith Family
The So Family
Soderlind Family
The Song Family
Soto Family
The Spalding Family
The Sparks Family
The Starbird Family
The Stemmons Family
The Stevens Family
Storc Family
The Stratfird Family
Sullivan Family
Bridget Goodbody & Steve Suminski
Fei Sun
The Sung Family
Swamy Family
Tang Bradley Family
Tang Family
Chris & Jennifer Thayer
Thomas Family
The Terry Family
The Teh-Tshing Family
The Thurber Family
The Tibbs Family
The Tittle Family
Timeframe Entertainment
Tonthat Family
The Torosian Family
The Torres Family
Tristan Family
Tseng Family
The Tso Family
Tuerpe Family
The Tyler Family
Tammy Mananquil
T-Mobile Matching Gift Program
The Ullerich Family
The Uranga Family
Vachani Family
Valencia Family
The Van Dam Family
The Van Dyke Family
VeeGees Family
Ventura Family
The Villagomez Family
The Vo Family
Vuong Family
The Walker Family
Ward Haynes Family
The Waters Family
Wang Family
Widjaja Family
The Widman Family
The Wolfe Family
The Wu Family
The Yonezawa Family
The Yoo Family
Young-Gendrett Family
Yang Family
The Yang Family
Alice Yen
Flora Yee
Yue Family
The Zampino Family
Zeng Family
The Zhang Family
The Zhang Family
The Zuker-Brunzell Family
List current as of September 16, 2025
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