MHSO COVID Concert Series

COVID CONCERT SERIES THE MHSO TENT DECEMBER 5, 2020

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ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS JAMIE OVALLE is Director of Orchestras at Martin High School in Arlington, TX. She has been teaching since 2009, with 8 of those years at Martin High School.

Mrs. Ovalle began her music endeavors as a student in Arlington ISD with cello as her primary instrument. She graduated from Texas Christian University in 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. While at TCU, she studied cello under Dr. Jesus Castro-Balbi and performed with the TCU Symphony under Dr. Germán Gutiérrez.

Prior to Martin High School, Mrs. Ovalle spent one year teaching middle school in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD. She then spent three years in Fort Worth ISD as the sole director at Meacham Middle School and Diamond Hill–Jarvis High School. Under her direction, these programs tripled in size and earned their first Sweepstakes ratings in recent school history.

She has served as TMEA Orchestra Division Chair and holds an active membership in the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Orchestra Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education.

Mrs. Ovalle joined the Martin Orchestra team in 2013 as an assistant with the late Jennifer Lemin under the leadership of Michael Stringer. During her time as an assistant, she conducted the Martin High School Symphony Orchestra at the Texas Music Educators Convention in 2015 & 2017. When she became the Director of Orchestras in 2017, Mrs. Ovalle conducted the MHS Symphony at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago. The following year, the 2019 MHS Symphony Orchestra was named the High School Honor Full Orchestra and performed at the TMEA Convention for the 3rd time in 5 years.

During the same year, the string orchestra was invited to perform in London, England alongside the MHS choir on an international tour. Most recently, the MHS Symphony String Orchestra was invited to perform at the ASTA National Orchestra Festival in Orlando in March of 2020. She credits all of these honors to the work ethic & heart of the outstanding Martin Orchestra musicians.

Mrs. Ovalle has an incredible husband, Dallas, beautiful six-year-old daughter, Landry Belle, and a handsome son, Jett Ace, who will turn four in February. When not on the podium, she enjoys spending time with Dallas, Landry and Jett, participating in church activities, cooking and watching sports.

SAMMY BRANCH is an Associate Director of Orchestras at Martin High School in Arlington, TX. Since 2006 he has also served as director of the String Orchestra at the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra. Prior to his position at Martin he served as the Head Orchestra Director at Gunn Junior High School in Arlington, TX for 13 years.

Mr. Branch is a graduate of Texas Christian University, from which he earned a Bachelor of Music Education Cum Laude with Departmental Honors. With violin as his primary instrument, he studied conducting under the direction of Dr. Germán Gutiérrez and violin under the direction of Dr. Curt Thompson.

Mr. Branch began his teaching career in 2001, and his groups consistently receive Sweepstakes ratings at UIL music contests and superior ratings at spring festivals. Three times at different festivals his groups have earned Best in Class and Grand Champion awards. Since arriving at Martin High School, the Martin Symphony Orchestra has twice been named the TMEA Honor Full Orchestra, the highest honor bestowed on any music education program in Texas. The Martin Symphony has also performed at the Midwest Clinic and Conference in Chicago, Illinois, the American Strings Teacher Association conference in Orlando, Florida, and as part of the Vox Anima music series in London, England.

Mr. Branch is an active member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Orchestra Directors Association, and Mu Phi Epsilon. He is also on staff at The University of Texas at Arlington Summer Strings Camp and the Sam Houston State University Orchestra Summer Camp.

Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Branch was born in Mexico City, Mexico and immigrated to the United States at the age of five and began studying violin at the age of 10. When not conducting or teaching, Mr. Branch enjoys golf, road biking, and spending time with his family.

CAITLIN RAVKIND is an Associate Director of Orchestras at Martin High School in Arlington, TX. She began her orchestral training on viola at the age of ten. She is a product of Martin High School, formerly under the direction of Michael Stringer. Ms. Ravkind earned a Bachelor of Music with Teaching Certification from the University of Texas at Arlington, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA. She studied viola under Catherine Forbes and performed in the UT Arlington Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Clifton Evans. During her time at UT Arlington, she was principal violist and was presented with the honor of Outstanding Undergraduate Music Major.

Ms. Ravkind was a private instructor on various string instruments for nine years and is entering her fifth year in the classroom. She previously taught at Apollo Junior High in Richardson ISD. While at Apollo, her groups earned Sweepstakes ratings at UIL contest and superior ratings at festivals. She was presented with the award of Richardson ISD’s Outstanding Assistant Orchestra Director for 2016-2017.

Ms. Ravkind is an active member of the Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Orchestra Directors Association. When she is not teaching, she enjoys spending time with family, running, road biking and playing with her adorable dogs, Zeke and Robin.

HOLLY BURTON has been a public school orchestra director for nineteen years and holds degrees in Cello Performance, Music Theory and Music Education. Mrs. Burton is in her second year of teaching at Martin. Two years ago she taught at Eaton High School where she was the Director of Orchestras for four years. Under her baton the Eaton Orchestras earned ten UIL Sweepstakes trophies and Best in Class awards at several string festivals around the state and recognition from the Chicago Symphony String Education Program.

Mrs. Burton has held several educational positions with Northwest ISD, Arlington ISD (having taught at Miller, Wood and Young), Abilene ISD and The Fort Worth Youth Orchestras. She has been on the conducting staff at the University of Texas at Arlington’s Summer Strings Camp and Northwest ISD’s Summer String Workshop. For the past four summers she has been one of the conductors at the Texas Conductor’s Workshop at UTA. She has performed as principal cellist with the Abilene Philharmonic, soloed with the San Angelo Symphony, and performed five seasons as a cellist with the Waco Symphony.

Mrs. Burton is an active member of Texas Music Educator’s Association, Texas Orchestra Director’s Association, is a lifetime member of PTA and is an AWARE Foundation Finalist for Excellence in Classroom Instruction.

As a former parent of two sons that went through the Martin Orchestra program and a former strings teacher of many students currently in the program, Mrs. Burton is honored and excited to work with the conducting staff of an organization that helped shape her children’s futures and continues to influence the lives of so many amazing young people.

When not conducting, teaching, or performing, Mrs. Burton enjoys road biking, running, quilting, travelling and spending time with her husband John, two sons, Chris and Craig, daughter-in-law Kim and granddaughter Kendall.

CONCERT ORCHESTRA II CAITLIN RAVKIND | CONDUCTOR

CRUSADE |

GASSI

SHANGHAI HORNPIPE |

SHARP

BEETHOVEN, INC. | ARR. MEYER

VIOLIN I Caleb Bills Amanda Chu Ayesha Domingo Gabriel Espinoza Sayan Mandal Valentina Pena Febres Cordero Peter Pham Emilio Reza Alexandra Schuhmacher Matthew Simonson Isabella Tedesco** Jennifer Vera VIOLIN II Francesca Carrillo Nathan Centeno Wesley Crissey Omar El-moatassam Camila Gamboa Mendoza Aija Maxey Kaylee McBride Jessica Nguyen Maxwell Owens Cynthia Rojas Ever Ruiz Helena Snegon Cameron Van Sickler

VIOLA Mason Blanchard Trinity Dunn Madison Ellis Judah Gibbs Sabina Gonzales Natalie Goreham Tera Harless Charles Ingram Emilio Lara Danica Marvin Anthony Quepons CELLO Ishmael Amah Aaron Freeman Avery Kunze Alexis Lozano Luis Mejia Collin O’Neil Elizabeth Patterson Faith Reyes Carlos Serrato Samuel Walters Javon Wesley

STRING BASS Elijah Hancock Wyatt Johnston Kenny Mings Corbin Nichols

CONCERTMASTER**

CONCERT ORCHESTRA I JAMIE OVALLE | CONDUCTOR

ST. PAUL’S SUITE | HOLST IV. FINALE (THE DARGASSON) *SOLO MATTHEW STRINGER

VANISHING POINTE | MEYER *SOLO VICTOR SNEAD

MARCHE SLAV | GRUSELLE VIOLIN I Hannah Anthony Vallerie Cheng Vanna Cheung Kate Clopton Dustin Decker 1 Louis Nguyen Natalie Plascencia Zoe Showalter-Flowers Victor Snead Camdyn Sackett Matthew Stringer** 1 VIOLIN II Zul Aguayo Bijan Fakhimi Michal Hodge Cadyn McVay Lam Nguyen Bailey Peacock Rosie Peck Colin Pettit Leonardo Sepulveda Elijah Smith Khang Tesoro Jonathan Thomas

VIOLA Chloe Bartos Antonina Buffone Erin Cooper Cameron King Aidan MacDonald Sam Moran Tiana Ren 1 Addison Smith CELLO Colton Bolduc Otto Burger Fiona Charlton Jonathan Lewis Haley Martin 1, 2 Christopher Martin Hannah McAlister Tristan Petty Ashlon Taylor Daniel Tepedino 1, 2 Jatin Toper 1 Christopher Tran Samuel Wen 1, 2 Max Williams

STRING BASS Alissa Bradford Jayson Mathiesen Matt Rodnitzky Makai Saina Alaishia Tubbs CONCERTMASTER** REGION ORCHESTRA 1 AREA ORCHESTRA 2

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA CAITLIN RAVKIND AND HOLLY BURTON | CONDUCTORS CONCERTO IN G | VIVALDI/ ARR. FRACKENPOHL BLUE MOUNTAIN | SAFFORD CANDY CANE CHRISTMAS | SIENNICKI

VIOLIN I Marcus Acosta Jessica Benjamin Avery Bennett Aaris Cannon-Holmes Trinity Cook Omar Gutierrez Shayne Haley Emma Kuehn David Lopez Audrey Schmidt Kira Schoenwald Jamie Vargas VIOLIN II Evelyn Altamirano Caylin Beasley Paige Conway Caiden Ledet Collin Merritt Niko Orozco Andrew Perez-Herrera Huy Thai Carlos Vasquez Sarah Walker Abby White

VIOLA Elijah Banks Emma Ellis Prem Kondekar Garrett O’Neill Angel Sanchez Jonathan Shelby Ashley Wasson Colin Williams Nigel Wolfrum Aiden Wredling CELLO Kaylee Castleberry Katrina Chenault Carter Downs Jaylen Johnson Regan Lehman Aaron Miller Travis Perkins Emma Savell Nathaniel Targonski

STRING BASS Tyler Rayburn Solomon Stevens

SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA CAITLIN RAVKIND AND HOLLY BURTON | CONDUCTORS CONCERTO IN G | VIVALDI/ ARR. FRACKENPOHL BLUE MOUNTAIN | SAFFORD CANDY CANE CHRISTMAS | SIENNICKI VIOLIN I Aisha Al-Refai Ethan Cutler Ariana Harbrink Grace Lumpkin** Venessa Ogbechie Angel Pena Isabella Perez Sierra Reeder Gracie Rodriguez Taidhgin Steele Jesus Vargas VIOLIN II Bella Bufis Aramissa Dashti Nicholas Do Sophia Garza Binh Ho Kyndal Lariviere Samantha Nguyen Eric Salgado Clare Sullivan CeAnna Tolbert Nicolas Vargas

VIOLA Joaquin Cardenas Rhonda Carrillo Jacob Johnson Darwin Maneja Anna Nguyen Wes Reed Ethan Vu Ella Wilson CELLO Dana Atiyeh Madi Corp Logan Griffiths Arely Hernandez Brendon Kidd Serenity Long Cade McMillan Maraya Pena Andre Perches Tyler Richard Ben Smith Isaac Tarrant

STRING BASS Luis Absalon-Lewis River Frederick Elijah Jordan CONCERTMASTER**

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA HOLLY BURTON | CONDUCTOR

CENTURY ONE TUSONIC | MEYER *SOLOISTS: REBEKAH LARA AND REBEKAH MORRIS

SUITE FROM CARMEN | BIZET/ ARR. MCCASHIN III. INTERMEZZO IV. FINAL ACT

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER | MARKS/ARR. MORALES VIOLIN I Keila Baez Leila Baez Daniel Cavalie Martinez Corrina Cobbhayes Isaac Deleon Dylan Docekal Veronika Krumova Rebekah Lara** 1 Stephen Myers Sydney Rankin VIOLIN II Carolina Camacho Katy Cerda 1 Michael Docekal Auria Ervin Will Honea Dylan Liles John Nguyen Bria Rubio Christin Williams

VIOLA Chase Collins Ben Foote Ektor Galan Cheyenne Graham Colin Lee Andrew Lehrmann Adriana Olivas Chloe Prazinko Devin Rubio CELLO Travis Bent Lauren Couture Blake Cutler Saima Hussain Leah Kreindler Rebekah Morris Josh Pena Jake Sweat 1 Nayeli Tostado Gabe West

STRING BASS Zaina Alyousef Treston Edwards CONCERTMASTER** REGION ORCHESTRA 1

PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SAMUEL BRANCH | CONDUCTOR

SYMPHONY IN D MAJOR, OP. 5 NO. 2 | STAMITZ/ ARR. MCCASHIN PRESTO

STRING QUARTET NO. 1, OP. 11 | TCHAIKOVSKY ANDANTE CANTABILE

SIMPLE SYMPHONY | BRITTEN IV. FROLICSOME FINALE

A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL | ANDERSON

VIOLIN I Ben Gervasi Trenton Janda Hannah Maurer 1 Marin McCollough Dylan Robles Arielle Sasley Ali Shirazi Katrina Tsing 1 Trey VanHorn Mia Vialpando** Drew Way

VIOLA Ryker Bolduc Miles David Andrew Feliz Alora Freeman Joshua James Austen Lopez Sofia Mares Sonali Mittal Steven Qiu 1, 2 Frieda Reyes 1 Marcellus Wilderman

VIOLIN II Lydia Carrasco-Bueno Kaitlyn Cheng Anna Davis Jenna Elkassih Aaron Kelly Stephen Lee Keanu Lee Ezra Lee 1 Aidan Nguyen 1 Erin Perches Gabby Riner

CELLO Alina Almaraz Kevin Belgica Laurine Eme Monique Gonzales Travion Hartfield Eli Hernandez Joely King Ethan Moneymaker Sam Nugent John Puckett Sara White

STRING BASS Destini Black Caden Juarez 1 Julie Rompf CONCERTMASTER** REGION ORCHESTRA 1 AREA ORCHESTRA 2 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA 3

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMIE OVALLE | CONDUCTOR

SERENADE FOR STRINGS | DVORAK I. MODERATO II. TEMPO DI VALSE III. SCHERZO: VIVACI

STRING QUARTET NO. 8 | SHOSTAKOVICH I. LARGO II. ALLEGRO MOLTO

VIOLIN I Joyce Chao Sami Cheney 1 Christian Dipert 1, 2 Madison Jackson Brandon Kim 1, 2 Joseph Oh** Ella Tran 1, 2, 3 Briana Tran 1 Jonathan Tran 1 Jordan Vo 1

VIOLA Gio Buffone 1 Yusuf Kammaz 1 Abbie Kevil 1 Katelyn Oxley 1 Kiersten Powell 1, 2 Tabby Pyle* 1 Naomi Quedensley 1 Erich Ramsey 1 Katie Ross 1, 2 Ulysses Salgado

VIOLIN II Braeden Boyles* 1 Nicole Dao Caroline Moore Anna Morris Khoi Nguyen 1 Surain Saigal 1 Mallory Trussel Madeleine Vacanti 1 Jackson VanHorn 1 Sydney Woods

CELLO Julia Benn 1 Ben Brimacombe Nolan Brin Ella Brown Alex Eaton 1 Zoey Jackson 1 Riley Kee Isen Maggard Laurann Sepulveda Thomas Shaw* 1, 2

STRING BASS Christian Espina* 1, 2 Ethan Goble Grant Goodyear Paige Taylor 1, 2 Noah Tyler CONCERTMASTER** SECTION LEADER* REGION ORCHESTRA 1 AREA ORCHESTRA 2 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA 3

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Love always, Mom and Dad

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WE LOVE YOU ALWAYS, GIO AND NINA!

Love, Mom and Dad

Ryker Bolduc

We are so proud of you!

Much love, Mom, Dad, Colton & Max

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

I’m so proud of you two.

Love you guys!

Mom Conner and Dylan Docekal

Abbie Kevil Abbie, Always remember what the Lord has done for you and make music for H im. Psalm 98:1-7 We love you!

Dad, Mom, Jenica and Ashley

Here’s to Solomon. Our shooting star.

Don’t ever let anyone stop your shine.

Love always, Mom, Dad, and Trinity RIP Mrs. Wierick and Mrs. Lemin he wouldn’t be here without you.

We are so proud of you Austen!

We know you will do great things!

LOVE, DAD, MOM, ALEX & AIDAN

#SENIORS 2021

Christian Espina Christian, What a blessing you have been in our lives and we are so proud of you. We know God has great things in store for you in the years to come.

Love Always! Dad, Mom, Poppy, & Nana

Noah Tyler

We’ve watched in amazement as you’ve grown into the person you are today, and we’re watching with great anticipation to see what you become. Now it’s time to take flight and soar with your dreams.

We love you, Noah!

Mum and Dad

Dylan Liles

SINCE THE 5TH GRADE YOU HAVE FILLED OUR EARS WITH YOUR SKILLS PLAYING THE VIOLIN. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOUR DEDICATION AND TIME TO ORCHESTRA. YOU COMPLETE OUR HEARTS MIJO! HAVE A GREAT SENIOR YEAR!

WE LOVE YOU! DAD, MOM AND MADALYN LILES

THOMAS, May your love of music continue to take you to wonderful places.

We are so very proud of you!

Love, Dad, Mom, and Jonathan We want to thank his wonderful teachers and directors who have mentored him through the years: Jennifer Martin, Don Sibley, Mary Maneikis, Debbie Brooks, Amanda Musser, Jamie Ovalle, Sammy Branch, Caitlin Ravkind, and Holly Burton.

Grant...What an absolute gift you are to our family. You make us so very proud, and we love you beyond words. Keep being you... you’re one of the very best around!

We love you...Dad, Mom, Claire, Tessa, Trey, and Nehemiah

Sydney Rankin, We love you CRAZY in these crazy times!

You will do great things this year!

Love, Mom, Dad, Ireland, and Presley

Erich Ramsey,

We are grateful for the boy you were, proud of the man you are becoming and love the son you will always be!

Congratulations, Bubba!

Isaiah 41:10

Loving Son, You are about to go in search of what your future will be, remember that there will be difficult moments on your way do not stop and continue until you achieve your dreams and goals, do not forget to be kind to everyone including yourself and never stop smiling .. we love you to infinity and beyond.

Mom, Dad and (brother) Eric

Thank you Erich & the Ramsey family for opening up your home to our Martin Orchestra Family.

THANK YOU DONORS! VIRTUOSO LEVEL Laura Pyle The Ramsey Family CONDUCTORS LEVEL John and Gladys Buffone Jonathan and Shaunda Espina CONCERTINO LEVEL Scotty and Jonda Lehrmann Steven and Christina Liles Jack and Jessica Goodyear Dan and Jill Rankin David and Kim Shaw SONATA LEVEL Jeff and Kathryn Anthony The Lozano Family The Sasley Family Chad and Jamie Smith Omar and LeLana Taylor Keith and Jennifer Williams PRELUDE LEVEL The Benn Family The Cheung Family Bryan and Natalie David Enez and Dan Dipert Meldy Gonzales Nathan and Amber Goreham Craig and Margret Janda Corey and Adriana Juarez Eric and Fran Kreindler Wesley and Amanda Lumpkin Jimmy and Jennifer Martin Tara and Josh Moyes Lisa and Darren Nagy Thelma Olivas Debora Reyes Andrew Robles Michael and Sara Stringer Carlos and Diana Tepedino David and Belinda Tyler The Walker Family The Way Family Triste and Chris White

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ARLINGTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION Dr. Marcelo Cavazos, Superintendent Cindy Powell, Chief Financial Officer Dr. Steven Wurtz, Chief Academic Officer Michael Hill, Assistant Superintendent of Administration Dr. Christi Buell, Area Superintendent – Secondary Dr. Christopher Anderson, Director of Fine Arts Michael Stringer, Coordinator of Fine Arts MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Marlene Roddy, Principal Jennifer Etley, Dean of Instruction Amanda Cobb, Assistant Principal Oluchi Igbokwe, Assistant Principal Kelly McCollough, Assistant Principal Steve Smith, Assistant Principal

Robin Griffith- Yates, Assistant Principal Luann Kennedy, Assistant Principal Greg McQuitty, Assistant Principal Tunya Redvine, Assistant Principal

MARTIN ORCHESTRA CLUSTER STAFF Boles Junior High – Jennifer Martin and Don Sibley Corey Elementary – Don Sibley Moore Elementary – Jennifer Martin Wood Elementary – Lesly Galeana Young Junior High – Louanne Greer, Carmen Briseno, and Lesly Galeana Ditto Elementary – Lesly Galeana Dunn Elementary – Laura Garrett Little Elementary – Evelyn Arbaiza Miller Elementary – Carmen Briseno MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS STAFF Jamie Ovalle, Director of Orchestras Sammy Branch, Associate Director of Orchestras Caitlin Ravkind, Associate Director of Orchestras Holly Burton, Associate Director of Orchestras Brad McCann, Director of Bands Travis Whaley, Associate Director of Bands Katrina Benecasa, Associate Director of Bands Moises Carmona-Morales, Director of Percussion Kay Owens, Director of Choirs, Department Chair Betsy Howerton, Associate Director of Choirs Dylan Corder, Associate Director of Choirs Kelly Groves, Director of Theater Arts Jordan Chambers, Director of Theater Arts MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA BOOSTER CLUB EXECUTIVE BOARD President: Kim Shaw 1st Vice President Fundraising: Andrew Robles and Patrice Kevil 2nd Vice President Membership: Carrie Way 3rd Vice President Communication: Shontta Stevens Secretary: Thelma Olivas Treasurer: Shaunda Espina Co-Treasurer: Enez Dipert To the Parents and Families of our Orchestra members, who devote limitless hours of listening, encouragement, patience, praise and unconditional love.

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