IM The Nutcracker Extravaganza 2025_Program by Orange County School of the Arts

ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

GARN FAMILY JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM AND STRINGS & ORCHESTRA PROGRAM in collaboration with MARTIN & CYNTHIA HOWARD DESIGN & MEDIA CONSERVATORY

Proudly present

The Nutcracker SuiteExtravaganza

DECEMBER 13, 2025 | 7PM

MICHAEL F. HARRAH SYMPHONY HALL

Featuring the award-winning AMBASSADOR JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and the award-winning OCSA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite

With Special Guest: NATHAN KING, SAXOPHONE AND CLARINET

Narrated by: JOHN WALCUTT

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Dear friends and families,

It is my privilege to welcome you to the 2025-2026 performance season at Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA)! 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. OCSA’s continued success is made possible by their generous support, leadership, and vision.

Season Sponsors Board of Trustees

Foundation Board of Directors

Emeritus Board

Strategic and Educational Partners

President’s Circle

Encore

People Supporting OCSA (PSO)

Finally, I would like to recognize the vital contributions of our parents, alumni, administrators, faculty and staff, members of the local community, 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 and energy that define the OCSA experience.

With gratitude,

Teren M. Shaffer President & CEO

Orange County School of the Arts

We provide an unparalleled arts and academic education in a creative, challenging, and nurturing environment to a diverse group of students who are passionate about the arts, preparing them to reach their highest potential.

Established in 1987, the nationally recognized Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) offers a dynamic school culture that enables students to flourish as artists and scholars. The school currently serves a diverse student body of approximately 2,450 students in grades 7-12 from more than 100 cities throughout Southern California.

In addition to offering a challenging college-preparatory academic program that produces high-achieving, motivated scholars, OCSA provides aspiring young artists with the opportunity to refine their skills and flourish in one of 17 arts conservatories. Each year, more than 200 concerts, recitals, staged performances, and exhibitions are presented at a variety of venues in Orange County and throughout the world, providing students with the unique experience of entertaining and inspiring thousands of audience members.

OCSA is a donation-dependent public charter school; no student is offered or denied admission based on financial capacity. The school’s rigorous academic education coupled with advanced arts training has impacted many students, molding generations of creative thinkers, leaders, artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs.

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A Message from the Directors

Good evening and welcome to our annual Nutcracker Extravaganza! We are delighted to share this festive occasion with you as we gather to celebrate the warmth, wonder, and magic of the season through music.

Tonight’s program brings together timeless works that capture the spirit of the holidays, highlighted by selections from Tchaikovsky’s beloved Nutcracker contrasted with work composed by Jazz greats, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

Thank you for joining us and for supporting the Strings and Orchestra Program and the Garn Family Jazz Studies Program.

We wish you a wonderful evening and a joyous holiday season!

With warm regards, Dr. Baltaian and Dr. Reynolds

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OCSA Symphony Orchestra

Dr. Jacob Sustaita, conductor

Concert Suite from The Polar Express (2004) Alan Silvestri

Arr. Jerry Brubaker (b. 1950)

Selections from The Nutcracker (1892) P yotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

I. Overture

II. March

III. Le chocolat

IV. Trepak

V. Danse Chinoise

VI. Danse des Mirlitons

VII. Valse des Fleurs

VIII. Pas de deux -Intermission-

Ambassador Jazz Orchestra

Dr. John Reynolds, Conductor

Jingle Bells James Pierpoint

Arr. Ernie Wilkins

The Nutcracker Suite P yotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Arr. Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington

Overture

Sugar Rum Cherry

Volga Vouty

Toot, Toot, Tootie Toot

Arabesque Cookie

Dance of the Floreadores

Chinoiserie

Peanut Brittle Brigade

The Christmas Song Mel Torme

Arr. Chaz Cabrera

Piccolo

OCSA Symphony Orchestra Personnel

Chelsea Jiang*

Flute

Jia Kim*

Sarah Feigenbaum

Ellie Kim

Oboe

Sydney Kramer*

Ahri Shin

Elise Chen

English Horn

Sydney Kramer*

Clarinet

Kenny Song*

Mitt Wu

Julia Dietz

Bass Clarinet

Julia Dietz*

Bassoon

Tyler Phan*

Landon Moats

Horn

Michael Lundberg*

Aaron Chung

Alex Saldivar

Zion Francisco

Trumpet

Pedro Fregoso*

Juhan (Tony) Lee

Kaitlyn Chung

Trombone

Owen Ramos*

Jonah Jiang

Zuriel Martinez

Ada Mjolsnes

Percussion

Hyunjee (Ella) Choi *

Momoka Hayashibe +

Violin

Rachel Won *

Jiyu Lee +

Sandra Lee *

Emily Lu +

Shaylin Bau

Ivana Chacon

Katelyn Chang

Victoria Chun

Jimin Ha

Vincent Hacker

Allyson Hahn

Sophia Linh Huynh

Amelia Kang

Rachael Kim

Sylvie Kim

Jaynie Lee

Dora Li

Kaien Li

Saya Nishimura

Cadence Park

Kaiden Surti

Chloe Woo

Jim Xiao

Ken Xiao

Ella Yang

Audrey Yoon

Julian Yoon

Viola

Kayla Kim *

Christine Lee +

Jiwon Chung

Kenneth Chung

Lyla Han

Viney Huang

Brian Kim

Jayden Kim

Sara Ning

Gracie Park

Rebecca Park

Miono Quoit-Minematsu

Killian Smith

Megan Song

Cello

William Reynolds *

Zachary Kim +

Joseph Baek

Kexin Cai

Sabrina Chang

Alex Hwang

Aiden Kim

Jason Lee

Jeremy Lee

James Park

Ethan Yo

Joey Zhou Bass

Elena Abdollahi *

Juneau Foxlin +

Cosette Oh

Parker Brueggeman

Harp

Sydney Lee *

Ella He +

and

Ambassador Jazz Orchestra Personnel

Woodwinds

Lilah Navarro

Joan Aguilar

Luke Sakurai

Oscar Boysen Aragon

Lake Muther

Trumpet

Pedro Fregoso

Miri Izenberg

Evan Rong

Kaitlyn Chung

Wesley Johnson

Trombone

Owen Ramos

Jonah Jiang

Natalie Dechary

Zuirel Martinez

Rhythm

Emmet Althoen, Piano

Shannon Imaoka, Piano

Oliver Shiwota, Guitar

Gabriel Tong, Bass

Kilan Lam, Drumset

Kaiden Orozco, Drumset

Ronit Shiroy, Drumset

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Program Notes

The Nutcracker Suite, OP. 71a

Tchaikovsky is the despair of writers of program notes, since he is perhaps the best known of “classical” composers. Even the casual concert-goer is familiar with his life through often lurid film treatments or romantic biographies. There is little new to be said without stooping to rumors about his supposedly forced suicide to avert a scandal, an assertion I neither believe nor intend to mention!

Of all his works, probably the most famous are the 1812 Overture and The Nutcracker Suite. One of his greatest strengths is his rich orchestration, and the introduction of unusual instruments. He used gun-shots in the former, and the celesta in the latter. However, Beethoven was the first to use gun-shots and Widor was the first to use the celesta, despite claims to the contrary. Still, the Nutcracker was the first successful piece of music to use the celesta, and to all intents and purposes, introduced that instrument to the public.

The ballet tells the story of a little girl who receives a nutcracker for Christmas. It is in the form of a soldier. She falls asleep and dreams that all the Christmas presents come alive and fight against the Mouse King and his minions.

March shows the full power of the orchestra with brass and percussion resounding, underpinned by the pizzicato strings, a typical Tchaikovsky touch.

Of all the sections of the ballet, the Trepak is the most Russian. Even in a purely concert performance, one can imagine the spectacular leaping of the leather-booted Cossacks.

It is in the Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairy that the celesta makes its first appearance with an orchestra. Tchaikovsky had heard the instrument, played by its inventor, Mustel, shortly before he wrote The Nutcracker. Widor had written for the instrument before, but this was the first time it was combined with a full orchestra.

The Arabian Dance is scored mainly for the woodwinds and muted strings, though the tambourine is occasionally heard. The plaintive cry of the oboe, particularly, recalls the sound of the MiddleEastern shawm. Here, Tchaikovsky reveals the Romantic obsession with the exotic.

The exoticism of the Arabian Dance is echoed in the Chinese Dance, with the use of the glockenspiel and the triangle.

Mirlitons are a musical instrument rather like “kazoos,” played by children. In the full ballet version, the score calls for these “toy flutes,” but in the Suite, flutes are used.

The Waltz of the Flowers may well be the most popular part of the Nutcracker Suite. It needs little comment.

– James R.C. Adams

Program Notes

The Nutcracker Suite

Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington

By 1960, Duke Ellington had nothing left to prove. He was America’s foremost big band composer, a formidable pianist, and the creator of an elegant style of jazz and swing that became an indelible part of the American sound. He had crisscrossed the country with his band dozens of times since the 1930s, and had stretched the boundaries of jazz harmony and structures with compositions like “Mood Indigo” and Black, Brown, and Beige.

When Ellington teamed up with composer, lyricist, and arranger Billy Strayhorn in 1939, the two men formed a unique partnership that lasted until Strayhorn’s untimely death in 1967. Strayhorn wrote his share of jazz hits – he is best known for “Take the A Train” and “Lush Life” – but he also brought a deep knowledge of classical music to his work with Ellington. It is significant that the first time Strayhorn’s name appeared alongside Ellington’s on a record is their 1960 Columbia album of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, which Strayhorn arranged.

Strayhorn and Ellington transformed more than the music; the familiar movement titles also underwent what Ellington called “reorchestration.” Dance of the Reed-Pipes morphed into Toot Toot Tootie Toot, and Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy changes its character entirely, shifting from a delicate interlude featuring celeste to a low-down swing tune known as Sugar Rum Cherry. The Waltz of the Flowers, here repurposed as Waltz of the Floreadores, trades its waltz tempo for a toetapping swing number, while the Arabesque Cookie features the unusual combination of bamboo whistle, bass clarinet, and tambourine.

Ellington’s biographer John Edward Hasse suggests that in creating this adaptation, Ellington and, to a lesser extent, Strayhorn were “putting one over ‘’ on the public. Hasse asks, rhetorically, “Why did Ellington and Strayhorn adapt the Tchaikovsky and Grieg suites? [The duo also made jazz versions of Grieg’s suites from Peer Gynt] As part of the time-honored traditions of ragging or jazzing the classics, to make Tchaikovsky and Grieg hip, to make them swing? … Was it at least partly to put people on?” Perhaps. Ellington, caught in an unguarded moment on tape, once described himself as “not a bank robber, but a sneak-thief.” Whatever their motivations, Ellington and Strayhorn’s version of The Nutcracker lends this beloved music a wholly unique sensibility –in the words of one reviewer, “transformed into jazz with affection, skill, and humour.”

– Elizabeth Schwartz, 2018

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Guest Artists

NATHAN KING, SAXOPHONE AND CLARINET

Nathan King is a highly sought-after woodwind performer, jazz saxophonist, recording artist and music educator in Southern California. He has studied under some of the most well-regarded teachers in the business including Gary Foster, Jeff Ellwood, Katisse Buckingham, Sal Lozano, Dan St. Marseille and Damon Zick and has shared the stage with great musicians such as Bob Mintzer, Bill Cunliffe, Bob Sheppard, Doc Severinsen, Nick Mancini, Wayne Bergeron, John Clayton, Gregg Field, Steve Houghton, Eric Marienthal, Walt Weiskopf, Joe LaBarbera and many others.

He performs in a variety of groups including Bill Cunliffe’s big band, “Bachanalia,” Phat Cat Swingers and his own group, The King Quartet. He has performed at well-known venues including the Blue Whale, Catalina Jazz Club and Alvas Showroom. In 2015, Nathan was selected to participate in the Disneyland All-American College Band. More recently, he was honored with the award of Best Saxophonist at the 2016 Reno Jazz Festival.

As an educator, Nathan maintains a private teaching studio, conducts masterclasses and holds a conservatory teacher position in the Jazz Studies Program at Orange County School of the Arts. He is also on faculty at Mt. San Antonio College and California Baptist University.

Nathan earned a Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance with an emphasis in Jazz and Commercial Music from California State University, Fullerton and a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach.

JOHN WALCUTT, NARRATOR

Mr. John Walcutt earned a Master of Fine Arts from USC’s professional actor training program; he also studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in Los Angeles. He has more than 35 years of experience on stage and screen as a professional actor and director, a film and theatre producer, and a screenwriter.

Mr. Walcutt has worked on nearly 200 film and television projects with more than 100 guest-starring roles including Titanic, Mulan, Little Miss Sunshine, Lost, Criminal Minds, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. For many years, he was the artistic director of Shakespeare Orange County, where he played Macbeth, Malvolio, and Richard III, among many other roles. Mr. Walcutt has won the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Ace Award, as well as the award for Best Director at the Indie Fest and the Las Vegas Film Festival. He was named by Orange County Register as one of the Most Influential People in Arts and Culture for 2014.

About the Conductor

DR. JACOB SUSTAITA

Dr. Jacob Sustaita recently completed a five-year tenure as the assistant conductor for Pacific Symphony and Music Director, Carl St. Clair, where he also served as Music Director and Conductor for the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra (PSYO). Jacob is an enthusiastic and passionate conductor known for creating strong bonds with audiences and musicians alike. His personal and unique approach to storytelling through music has made him one of the most in-demand conductors for training today’s brightest young musicians.

In January 2025, Dr. Sustaita joined the incredible team of Conducting Artists at Disney’s Imagination Campus, a select group of conductors and music educators selected by Disney to teach, clinic, and conduct recording sessions at Disneyland Park & Resort in Orange County. Dr. Sustaita also serves as the Symphony Orchestra Director at the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA), a position he has held since 2022. Jacob is also the newest faculty member to join the instrumental conducting faculty at USC’s Thornton School of Music, a position he has held since 2023.

Dr. Sustaita is a frequent guest conductor and clinician across the country, and in 2015, he was selected by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Institute to serve as assistant conductor to Charles Dutoit and the National Youth Orchestra of America (NYO). Sustaita regularly conducted and performed with the orchestra during its New York state residency and throughout their seven-city tour of China and Hong Kong.

A native of Texas, Jacob completed his Doctorate and Bachelor of Music degrees at the University of Houston, where he served as assistant conductor for the Moores Opera Center for three seasons. He also earned a Master of Music degree from both Penn State University and Rice University. His honors include: Schissler Conducting Fellowship, Rice University Prize and Provost Fellowship and American Prize finalist. His teachers and mentors include Carl St.Clair, Charles Dutoit, Franz Krager, Brett Mitchell, Gerardo Edelstein, and Paavo Järvi.

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About the Conductor

DR. JOHN REYNOLDS

Dr. John Reynolds is a highly sought-after educator, clinician, and trumpeter. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in jazz studies from USC as well as degrees from San Diego State University (SDSU) and Point Loma Nazarene University. Dr. Reynolds is well versed in instrumental conducting as he is a student of Larry Livingston (USC Thornton School of Music) and Sharon Lavery (Downey Symphony). He has conducted numerous wind ensembles, orchestras, and pit orchestras for various musical productions over the last 20 years.

Dr. Reynolds performs frequently with his own groups throughout the United States. He has performed with jazz legends including John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Gerald Clayton, Rickey Woodard, Graham Dechter, Jackie Ryan, Bob Mintzer, Peter Erskine, Bobby Shew, Frank Mantooth, Gilbert Castellanos, Marshall Hawkins, Wayne Bergeron, Gordon Goodwin, and many others. Additionally, John is often called to perform in classical ensembles including the San Diego Symphony. In 2016, the SoCal Jazz Society recognized Dr. Reynolds as the Jazz Educator of the Year, and SDSU awarded him Outstanding Alumnus of the Year.

Under Dr. Reynold’s guidance, The Garn Family Jazz Studies Program has achieved national prominence as a finalist in the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band competition hosted by Jazz at Lincoln Center and Wynton Marsalis. Dr. Reynolds is a consultant for the Jazz at Lincoln Center organization, where he adjudicates and performs as a guest artist at festivals across the country.

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SCHOOL OF MUSIC

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONSERVATORY

STRINGS & ORCHESTRA PROGRAM

GRADES 7-12

OVERVIEW

The Strings & Orchestra Program offers students a college-preparatory curriculum that fosters technical and creative development for young musicians. Students (including harpists) are placed in one of three orchestras: Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, or 7th and 8th Grade String Orchestra, where they are provided the opportunity to perform repertoire from all time periods. All students participate in regular sectionals and master classes, which are led by a distinguished faculty and internationally recognized master artists.

CONSERVATORY LEADERSHIP

SARKIS BALTAIAN, D.M.A.

Director, Instrumental Music

Pianist Program

Strings & Orchestra Program

714.560.0900 ext. 6850 sarkis.baltaian@ocsarts.net

Dr. Sarkis Baltaian has gained an international reputation as a concert pianist, chamber musician, recording artist, and pedagogue. Dr. Baltaian made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1999 and has performed extensively both as a recitalist and concerto soloist with major orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Dr. Baltaian has held full-time professor positions at the Colburn Conservatory of Music and The University of Alabama in Huntsville. He currently serves on the piano faculty of the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and also maintains a private studio in Orange County and Los Angeles.

SAMPLE CURRICULUM

Career Development

Chamber Music

Chamber Orchestra

Classical Composition

Music Theory

Musicianship

String Literature

String Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES

The Strings & Orchestra Program’s three orchestras regularly perform in a variety of venues, both on and off campus. The Symphony Orchestra also performs in major venues internationally, with previous performances at Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and historic concert halls in London, Vienna, Prague, and Moscow. The program is also unique in that it provides student solo opportunities at virtually every concert.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONSERVATORY

THE GARN FAMILY JAZZ STUDIES

GRADES 7-12

PROGRAM

OVERVIEW

The Garn Family Jazz Studies Program enables students to study the jazz language in depth with distinguished faculty, who are some of today's top recording artists, educators, and performers. Mirroring a university-level curriculum, the Jazz Studies Program creates versatile musicians who are prepared to enter the college or arts conservatory program of their choice. Students experience a breadth of opportunities that enhance their musical development, including individualized instrument master classes, musicianship courses focused on traditional harmony and jazz composition, and performances with professional guest artists.

CONSERVATORY LEADERSHIP

JOHN REYNOLDS, D.M.A.

Director, Instrumental Music

The Garn Family Jazz Studies Program Frederick Fennell Wind Studies Program

714.560.0900 ext. 6185 john.reynolds@ocsarts.net

Dr. John Reynolds is a highly sought

educator, clinician, and trumpeter. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in jazz studies from the USC Thornton School of Music, as well as degrees from San Diego State University and Point Loma Nazarene University. Dr. Reynolds is an active performer and studio artist, having shared the stage with jazz luminaries such as Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Bob Mintzer, George Cables, and many others. Additionally, he appears as a performer with the San Diego Symphony and other noted classical ensembles throughout California. Dr. Reynolds is a Lotus Trumpets artist. He is well versed in instrumental conducting, having conducted numerous wind ensembles, orchestras, and pit orchestras for various musical productions over the last 25 years. Dr. Reynolds is a consultant for the Jazz at Lincoln Center organization, adjudicating and performing as a guest artist at regional festivals across the country. He has won numerous awards, including Outstanding Jazz Alumnus of the Year (SDSU) and Jazz Educator of the Year (So Cal Jazz Society).

SAMPLE CURRICULUM

Band and Orchestra*

Big Band and Small Group Ensembles*

Improvisation

Instrument-Speci c Master Classes

Jazz Piano

Jazz Theory

*Placement by audition

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES

Students in The Garn Family Jazz Studies Program audition for placement in the award-winning Ambassador Jazz Orchestra, big bands, and jazz combos. In addition to school and community concerts both on and off campus, students participate and compete in many of the major jazz festivals across the country. In recent years, the Ambassador Jazz Orchestra has repeatedly been a nalist in the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Festival and Competition, hosted by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

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SCHOOL

President & Chief Executive Officer

Teren Shaffer

Chief Operations Officer

Gregory Endelman, Ed.D.

Assistant Principal of Instruction

Kimberly Barraza Lyons, Ph.D.

Assistant Principal of Student Services

Becca Freeland

Assistant Principal of Arts

Maria Lazarova, D.M.A.

Assistant Principal of Student Supervision

Abbe Levine

Director of Special Services

Lauren Reynolds

Learning Specialist

Shelley Stanphill

FOUNDATION

Vice President of Communications

Kelly Andrews

Vice President of Development

Elizabeth Ton

CONSERVATORY

Director of Productions

Eric Hamme

SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS

Arts & Enterprise

Ally Bushman, Director

Mekjian Family Culinary Arts & Hospitality

Daniel Mattos, Chef Director

SCHOOL OF DANCE

Ballet & Contemporary Dance

Paige Amicon, Director

Ballet Folklórico Dance

Marlene Peña-Marin, Director

Ballroom Dance

Robert Porch, Director

Commercial Dance

Lauren Lim Jackson, Director

SCHOOL OF FINE & MEDIA ARTS

Creative Writing

Joshua Wood, Director

Martin & Cynthia Howard

Design & Media

Patrick Williams, Director

Film & Television

Aaron Orullian, Director

Integrated Arts

Charna Lopez, Director

Cassandra Foster, Conservatory Manager

Visual Arts

Paige Oden, Director

Randy Au, Assistant Director

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Classical Voice

Ryan Reithmeier, D.M.A., Director

Instrumental Music

Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A., Director

Pianist Program

Strings & Orchestra Program

John Reynolds, D.M.A., Director

The Garn Family Jazz Studies Program

Frederick Fennell Wind Studies Program

Popular Music

Natasha Pasternak, Director

SCHOOL OF THEATRE

El-Erian Family Acting

John Walcutt, Director

Donald Amerson, Conservatory Manager

Hal Struck Musical Theatre

Ryan Miller, Director

Amelia Barron, Conservatory Manager

Production & Design

Kelly Marie Pate, Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Officers

Gary Humphreys, Chair

Jessica Herthel, Secretary

Members

Vincent Foley, Jr.

Paul Satkin

Natalie Odebunmi

FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

Jennifer Sternshein, Chair

Teren M. Shaffer, President & CEO

Jason Gwin, Secretary

Michael Laven, Treasurer

Jason Herthel, Immediate Past Chair

Hon. Halim Dhanidina (Ret.), Vice Chair, Legal & Government Relations

Jennie Johanson-Maya, Vice Chair, PR & Marketing

Eoin L. Kreditor, J.D., Vice Chair, Legacy Giving

Kimberley Lakes, Ph.D., Vice Chair, Human Capital

Christine Walker-Bowman, Vice Chair, Finance

Directors

Lisa Argyros

Jim Bergman

Miaad Bushala

Jim Conroy

Tim Danaher

Julia Feldman

Lamia Gabal, M.D.

Julie Garn

Gillian Hayes, Ph.D.

Steven Ho

Martin Howard

Michael Le, M.D.

Jessica Miley

Don Steiner

Hal Struck

Kim Tavares

Ty Thaiyananthan, M.D.

EMERITUS BOARD

Julia Argyros

John Daniels

Sandy Segerstrom Daniels

Mohamed El-Erian

Brad Ellis, J.D.

Maria Newkirk Fong

John Gates

Carol Green

Jerry Mandel

Michal Mekjian, Jr.

James “Walkie” Ray

Judy Sabbagh

Susan Samueli, Ph.D.

Janice Frey Smith

Kate St. Clair

Russell Stern

John Vestri

Scott Woolsey

In Memoriam

Paul Folino

Doug Garn

Sebastian Paul Musco

Lew Webb

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The Brenner Family

The Bullock Family

Dr. Alyson and Alfredo Cartagena

Kathy and William Chang

The Chang Family

Joy Chao and Jason Lee

Arpitha and Bobby Charlu

The Chen Family

Tim and Rita Chen

Larissa Chiari-Keith and Brian Keith

Julia and Lewis Cho

The Chou-Morettini Family Drew Coleman

Dr. Gretchen and Mr. James Conroy

The Cope Family

Michelle and Tim Danaher

Neeti and Sandeep Dang

The Davis Family

The Deutschman Family

Halim and Saranya Dhanidina

Joe and Jessica DiPenta

Cheryl and Charles Dominguez

The Elder Family

Dr. & Mrs. Gregory and Lisa Endelman

Julia Feldman and Ryan Malone

Tamara Freeze, Workplace Justice

Advocates, PLC

Betsy and Luke Freiler

Lamia Gabal and Charlie Wilcoxson

The Guo Family

Jason and Stacy Gwin

Sameena and Ali Habib

The Han Family

The Han-Robbins Family

Allison and Brian Herman

Stacey and Justin Hill

Alton and Melanie Hitchcock

The Hitomi Family

Grace Holland Kuch

Michael Hu and Clora Zhu

The Huang Family

Linda Hung and James Lo

The Idriss Family

The Jacobson Family

Eric and Juan Jimenez-Lindmeier

The John-Heiner Family

The Kamjula Family

Mike and Samira Kazerouni

The Kensy Cuellar Family

Angela Kent and David Kane

Huma and Kamal Khan

Anuradha Khemka and Maneesh Goyal

Karen Kim and Spencer Ho

Sonja Kiseljak-Dusenbury

The Lamberti Family

Rosemarie and Michael Le Coz Lee

Dr. Charles Lee, PhD and Mrs. Shana Lee

Scott and Susan Lee

Monica and Michael Lehner

Tina Li

Lisa

Kevin and Louise Lloyd

The Ly-Pang Family

Naho and Andrew MacLachlan

Molly Mahoney and John Dominguez

Paul and Sherry Main

The Marciniak Family

Deke and Margo Marcus

Alissa and Tony McCanta

Greg McCollum and Jeff Van Hoosear

Matt and Diana McCutchen

Paul Mendoza

Maeesha Merchant and Gaurav Diwan

Jessica Miley and Alejandro Brubaker

Ellie and Deep Mitra

Genevieve and Kevin Murphy

Yvonne Naranjo

Arvind Narayan

The Navarro Family

The Ness Family

Tita Nguyen and Michael Le

The Ohara Family

Amy Parekh and Jay Shah

The Parra Family

The Passalacqua Family

Tal Peles-Gray and Kevin Gray

The Pennor Family

Peters Architecture

The Porters

Rakesh and Ami Puvvada

The Rand Family

Hon. Julian and Alexis Recana

Catey and Chris Reese

Ezra Ross

Melissa and Jeff Ruderman

Prachi and Amit Sharma

The Shectman Family

Greg and Myla Shields

Mr. and Mrs. David and Tina Sidoni

Brad and Jennifer Smith

Mohini and Vip Soni

Amanda Standish Wainwright

The Stastny Family

The Stein Family

Rina Stinson

The Suss Family

Deepali and Ashok Tantradi

Kim and Bert Tavares

The Tippets Family

Laurence and Shannon Trevino

Vicky

Nicole and Michael Vicioso

Ellie and Steven Vilendrer

Virtual Art

The Vitta Kama Family

Ivy Wang and Patryk Symchych

Gianna and Scott Warner

The Weaver Family

Lisa Wegner and Jed Stevens

Courtney and Andrew Wittkop

Fiona Xiao

The Yang Family

Manuella and Michael Yassa

Michelle and Gary Yoshino

Sandy and David Young

Jinny and Edward Yun

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Legacy Awards

In honor and recognition of the visionary leaders whose dedication was pivotal in the school’s founding and whose extraordinary support has enabled it to continue to thrive

Thank you to the following Legacy Award recipients from 2007 and 2012:

Julia and George Argyros

Bill Bloomfield

Sandy and Phil Boodman

Cindy and Bob Boragno

Carolyn Breeden

Matthew Conover / Disneyland Resort

Grace Chen-Ellis and Brad Ellis

Sandy and John Daniels

Nancy Egan

Susan Egan Hartmann

Paul Folino

Carole and Robert Follman

Dr. Jon Kaswick / Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation

Carol and Ron Green

Mike Harrah

Carol Hart / Los Alamitos Unified School District

Dorothy and Don Kennedy

Bill Lee

Drs. Whitney and Jerry Mandel

Maureen and John McLaren

Patricia and John McMaster

Maureen and Mike Mekjian

Nancy Melbourne

Lorie Gonia and Mike Miller / Los Alamitos Unified School District

Matthew Morrison

Marybelle and Paul Musco

Barbara O’Connor

Mayor Miguel Pulido / City of Santa Ana

Janet and Walkie Ray

Kelly Ruggirello

Judy Sabbagh

Drs. Susan and Henry Samueli

Sally Segerstrom

Janice and Ted Smith

Kate St. Clair

Mindy and Glenn Stearns

Patti and Russ Stern

Elaine and Kevin Tiber

Sue and Mike Vaughn

Sue and John Vestri

Kathi and Steven Wagner

Henry Walker / Farmers & Merchants Bank

Margaret and Lewis Webb

Tania and Scott Woolsey

Audrey Yamagata-Noji / Santa Ana Unified School District

If you are interested in supporting the OCSA Foundation, please reach out to Vice President of Development Elizabeth Ton at elizabeth.ton@ocsarts.net or visit www.ocsarts.net/DonateNow

Contemporary Luxury

Thank you to all of our OCSA families who have contributed this year through the Conservatory Funding Agreement (CFA) in support of their child’s arts conservatory experience. Your contributions specifically support conservatory teacher and director salaries, facilities, equipment and supplies, performance opportunities, guest artist master teachers, field trips, and more.

The Abdollahi Family

Ron and Armi Abiera

The Acket Family

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

Adaa Bollywood Dance

The Adams Family

The Adissi Family

Phyllis and Larry Agran

The Agran Family

the Aguilar Family

Ahn Family Dentistry

The Ahn Family

The Ahn family

The Ahn Family

The Ahnn Family

Aim Smart Strategies LLC

The Akahoshi Family

Mauricio Alarcon

The Albakri Family

The Almeida Family

The Amado Family

Amgen Foundation

The An Family

Anderson Family / Different Gravy Films

The Ando Family

The Andrews-Guetzkow Family

The Anne Family

The Antia Family

The Antunez Family

The Aparicio Garcia Family

Apex Endodontics

The Archer Family

The Arey Family

The Arian-Edwards Family

The Armitage Family

Thank you to the following 2025-2026 CFA contributors:

Armorcentric Inc

Arocha & Company Inc.

Michael & Karen Artavia-High

The Arvind Family

The Asaka Family

The Ashford Family

Ashley’s Family

The Ataman Family

Jyothi Atluri

The Avendano Family

The Awasthi Family

The Azernikov Family

The Azurin Family

The Badenas Peterson Family

The Bae Family

The Baek Family

The Bailey Family

The Bakman Family

The Balaze Family

The Baltaian Family

The Banaag Family

The Banerjee Family

The Bang Family

The Barajas Family

The Barnaby Family

Russ and Michelle Bartlett

The Barton Family

The Beach Family

The Becker Family

The Beckner Family

The Bellehumeur Family

The Benjamin Family

The Benoit Family

Brent and Kelly Berkompas

Bestcare Pharmacy, Inc.

The Bethanabhotla-Krishnan Family

The Bethards

The Betts Family

The Bing Family

The Black Family

The Bleakley Family

The Bloom family

The Bodnar Family

BODYBAR Pilates

Boeing Company Gift

Matching Program

The Boobar Family

The Bordewick Family

The Boswell Family

The Boughton Family

The Boysen Family

The Bradecich Family

PB&J Bradford

The Bratoeva Family

Glenn and Jackie Braunstein

The Braverman Family

Patrick and Tess Breen

The Brenner Family

The Brewer family

The Brito Family

Broadcom Corporation

Dana Carr Brown

The Brownstein Family

Christe Bruderlin-Nelson

The Bryson Family

The Bui Family

The Bullock Family

The Byrd Family

The Cai Family

The Cain Family

Calabloom Medical Spa

California Cool Breeze

The Canto-Beaver Family

The Cao Family

Capital Group Companies

Charitable Foundation

Capitol Dental Care

The Cardoso Family

The Carlson Family

The Carlsten Family

Dr. Alyson and Mr. Alfredo Cartagena

The Casas Family

The Castillo Family

The CC Family

Michael Cecconi and Maryam Zahedi

Celine You, Jazz Pianist

The Cezus Family

The Chae Family

The Chamberlain Family

The Chang Family

Woo Chang

The Chang Wang Family

Erin Chao

The Charlton Family

The Charlu family

Cheminton Group Inc.

The Chen Family

The Eileen Chen Family

The Cheng Family

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The Cheng Family

The Cheng Family Chen’s Family

The Cheung-Liu Family

Chevron Corporation

The Chia Family Chick-fil-A - Van Buren Blvd

The Chillemi / Khorsan Family

The Chin Family

Angel Cho

Lewis and Julia Cho

Soojae Cho

The Cho Family

The Choe Family

Teddy Choi Family

The Choi Family

The Choi’s Family

The Chong Family

The Chou Family

The Chow Family

The Christensen Family Luke Chun

The Chun Family

The Chung Family

William Chung and Family

Circle City Roofing Inc.

The Cisneros Family

The Clem Family

The Cogswell Family

Colburn School

The Coleman Family

Thank you to the following 2025-2026 CFA contributors (continued):

The Conolly Family

The Conroys

The Cooke Family

Brian and Victoria Cope

The Cordova Family

Corebridge Financial

The Coronel Family

The Cosand Family

The Coyte Family

The Craver Family

Lawrence Cua

The Cui Family

Allison Kim’s Family

CVS Health Foundation

Daffy Charitable Fund

The Dai Family

The Dale Family

The Daly Family

Tim and Michelle Danaher

The Dartono Family

Data Inflection

The Davis Family

The Dayal Family

Jodi De Jesus

The DeAugustine Family

The Dechary Family

The Delgado Family

Delta Airlines Foundation

The Demeter Family

The Deng Family

The Dhanidina Family

The Dietz Family

Anderson Family / Different Gravy Films

The Ding-Li Family

DIRECTV Group, LLC

Disneyland

The Dodyk Family

The Dominguez Family

The Dooley Family

Dorfman Plastic Surgery

Douglas T. Sakurai, DDS

The Doyle Family

The Duenas Family

The Duggal Family

The Durazo Family

The Dusenbury Family

Edwards Lifesciences

EHP Solutions

The Eitel Family

The Elder family

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Elite Black Car Services

eLONG Pharmacy

The Elshahawi Family

The Emde Family

The Emmert Family

Amber Enriquez

Epic Games

The Escano Family

The Escobedo family

Escrow Experts, Inc.

The Esme Lee Family

The Eyer family

Facial Aesthetic Concepts

The Faletra family

The Fang Family FangXia

The Faunce Family

Simon Federman

The Fei Family

Feifei’s Family

The Feigenbaum Family

The Feng Family

Stephanie Fermelia

A. Fernandez Family

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

The Fink Family

Roberta Flores / Goran Matijasevic

Forte Strings

The Foss Family

Claudia Fountaine and Jeff Baker

The Foxlin Family

Foxlin Architects

The Francis Framily

The Fredericks Family

The Freeze Family

The Friedman Family

The Fu Family

Dr. Lamia Gabal (Shehab)

Mr. & Mrs. Husni and Robertina Gama

The Gan Family

The Ganesan Family

The Gangnes Family

Gao’s Family

Kevin Gao

The Gao Family

The Garcia-Leys family

The Garozzo Family

The Gartland Family

Gavarrete Family

The Geel Family

The Ghepes Family

Gil Family

The Gill Family

The Glaser Family

The Gong Family

Jarryd and Charissa Gonzales

The Gonzales Family

Google Matching Gift Program

The Gordon Family

The Gourley Family

The Goyal Family

The Graef Family

Kevin Gray and Tal Peles-Gray

The Greenwood Family

The Grewal Family

The Gritte Family

The Gu Family

The Perez Family

The Guerra Gomez Family

The Gulati Family

The Guo Family

Mala and Neeraj Gupta

The Gupta Family

The Gustin Family

Javier and Brandi Gutierrez

The Gwak Family

The Gwin Family

The Gwon Family

Jimin Ha and Family

The Ha Family

The Hacker Family

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WHEREVER THE FUTURE TAKES YOU

Thank you to the following 2025-2026 CFA contributors (continued):

The Haghighi Rad Family

Stella Hahm

The Hahm Family

Dr. Hahn Family

The Hahn family

The Hallett Family

Erin and Duke Han

The Han Family

The Hanes Family

The Hanigan Family

The Hansanuwat Family

The Hao Family

The Hayes / Hosaflook Family

The He Family

Dr. Brady Heiner and Nithya John

The Heiner Family

The Heller Family

The Henriquez Family

The Henry Family

The Herda Family

The Herman Family

The Hertz Family

The Hesselbach Family

The Heydorff Family

The Hidayat Family

The Hill Family

Henry and Kelly Hillebrecht

The Hitchcock Family

The Hitomi Family

Conway Ho

Karen Kim and Spencer Ho

The Joseph Ho and Lisa Yoo Family

The Holland Family

The Hollar Facility

Hong’s Family

The Hong Family

The MoonFamily

The Hood Family

The Hope Family

The Hou Family HP, Inc.

The Hsu Family

The Hu Family

Alisa Yunfei Huang

The Huang Family

Guan Huaze

Jennifer Hughes

The Hunt Family

The Hunter Family

The E. Hwang Family

The Hwang Family

The S. Hwang Family

The Idriss Family

The Imaoka Family

Maria Imeshev

The Inglis Family

The Iobst Family

The Ishihara Family

The Ito Family

The Iversen Family

The Ivie-Valle Family

The Jacobs Family

The Jang Family

The Janio Family

The Janssen Family

The Je Family

The Jeciel Family

Dru and Daniel Jeffery

The Kwon and Jeon Family

The Jian Family

The Jiang Family

The Jimenez Family

The Jin Family

Jiwon’s Mom

The JL Family

Jennie Johanson-Maya and Sal Maya

The Johnson Family

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies

Roland Jose

JRZ Consulting

Julia Beauty

The Jun Family

Junhyo Jung

The Jung family

The Jung Family

The Kamiyama Family

The Kamjula Family

The Kent / Kane Family

The Kanemoto Family

Flora and Joseph Kang

Michelle and Ansel Kang

The Kang Family

The Kang family

The Kang Family

Kao’s Family

The Kao-Walker Family

The Kapoor Family

The Kashani Family

The Kaveh Family

The Kaye Family

The Kayrell Family

The Kazerouni Family

The Kelley-Kuo Family

The Kennedy Family

The Kensicki Family

Kensy’s Family

The Kerrane Family

The Kester Family

The Keup Family

The Khan Family

The Khosla Family

The Khuu Family

The Kidder Family

Alan Kim

Drew (Joo) Kim Eugene and Sylvia Kim

Hyung Kim

Iris Kim’s Family

Jordan Kim’s Family

Kim’s Family

Sharon and Peter Kim

Stella Kim

The Kim Family

The Kim family

The Kim Family

The Kim family

The Kim Family

The Kim family

The Kim Family

The Kim Horiguchi Family

The Parents of Ka-on Kim

Kim’s Family

Kim’s Piano

The King Family

The Kisow Family

KKIMPORTEXPORT, INC

The Knihtila Family

The Knowlton Family

Kevin Ko

Kobayashi Family

The Koether Family

The Koide Family

The Kong Family

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The Koo Family

The Kordich Family

The Kouznetsova Family

The Kuli Family

The Kuo Family

Kustom Imprints

The Kwak Family

The Kwak-Su Family

The Kye Family L3Harris Technologies

The La Salle Family

The Lacroix-Luo Family

Laguna Playhouse

The Lai Family

Dr. Kimberley Lakes and Dr. James Kay

Holly Lam

Lily Lam

Nolan and Kisu Lam

The Lam Family

Saige and John Lamberti

The Lange Family

The Lara Family

The Larson Family

Scott and Jean Law

The Lay Family

Nancee Le and Darrick Pham

The Le Family

The Le Coz Family

David and Esther Lee

Hyon Lee

James Lee Joanna Lee

Joy Chao and Jason Lee

Scott and Susan Lee

The Jeremy Lee Family

The Lee family

The Lee Family

Thank you to the following 2025-2026 CFA contributors (continued):

The Lee Family

The Lee Kim Family

The Lee’s Family

The MJ Lee Family

The Lehman Family

The Lehner Family

Jennifer Lei and Tao Wen

David Leon

The Leon Family

The Leung Family

The Levesque Family

Michael and Jessica Levy

Lupita Leyva

Ming Li

The Jackie Li Family

The Li and Ding Family

The Li Family

Family

The Lindauer Family

The Ling Family

The Lipeles Family

Kathy Liu

The Liu Family

The Liufau Family

Chester Lo and Family

Hon and Mei Lo

The Lo Family

The Lo Russo Family

Lockout Music Studios

The Loh-Wong Family

The Long Family

Jesse and Adriana Lopez

Maria Lopez

Emily Lu’s Family

The Lu Family

The Lu Family Yanbo Lu

The Luan Family

Sylvan Learning of Irvine

The Lugo De Frias Family

The Luna Family

The Lundberg Family

Luodafang Luo Family

The Luo Family

The Ly-Pang Family

The Ma Family

Xiaoyan Ma

The MacLachlan Family

The Macy Family

Cheryl Madden and Julie Ruhlin

The Madison Family

The Madsen Family

The Magana Family

The Magedman Family

The Maggio Family

The Mahoney Family

The Mai Family

The Main Family

The Majerus Family

The Malone Family

The Manko Family

The Manrique Family

The Marciniak Family

The Marcus Family

The Martinez Family

The Marzbani Family

The Masaki Family

The Masinsin Family

The Maso Family

The Massimino Family

Goran Matijasevic

The Matusiewicz Family

The May Family

The McCollum-Vanhoosear Family

The McCoy Family

The Parents of Sofie McDougall

Alexandria McGinness

Thao and Andrew McGrath

McKellar Reese, Inc.

The McNeal Family

Medtronic Foundation

Matching Gifts

Beth Mehau

Janine and Michael Mei

Mason Mei’s Family

The Mejer Family

The Mena Alvarez Family

The Mendez Family

David amd Claudine Mendoza

The Meng Family

The Merchant and Diwan Family

The Metpally Family

The Meza Family

The Mi Family

Thank you to the following 2025-2026 CFA contributors (continued):

Microsoft Matching Gifts Program

The Militante Family

The Min Family

The Miyoshi Family

The Moats family

Modern Eyewear Optometry

The Molina Family

The Molletti Family

The Moon Family

The Moser Family

The Mosley Family

The Mualim Family

The Mulholland Family

Bertha Munoz

The Murakami Abo Family

Genevieve and Kevin Murphy

The Muther Family

The Nam Family

The Navar Family and Kathy Lazarus

The Navarro Family

Marc and Florence Ner

The Ness Family

The Nesselrod Family Netflix, Inc.

New Journey Group Limited

New York Life Giving and Volunteering Initiatives

The Ngo Family

The Courtney-Nguyen Family

The Nguyen Family

Thinh Nguyen

Tita and Michael Le

Kelly and Tony Motakef

The Niazi Family

The Nightingale Family

The Ning Family

The Nishihara Family

The Niu Family

Ziru (Zora) Niu’s Family

The Noh Family

Dan Dan Noodle

Nordstrom, Inc.

The Norton Pitt Family

The Nowak Family

Dr. Molly and Eric Nunez

The Ochoa Family

The Oda Family

The Anna Shin Family

The Oh Family

The Oh-Nguyen Family

The Ohara Family

OJ Blossom LLC

The Yang Family

The Oliveira Family

The Olsgaard Family

OnCall IT, Inc.

One Hiraya

OP.TECH & The Putrevu Family

Optimum Care Therapy

The Oreshkevych Family

The Orona Family

The Ortiz Family

The Otani Family

The Otis Family

Pacific Life Foundation

John Pack and Amy Hammontree

The Palmer Family

The Pang Family

The Papayannis Family

Amy Parekh and Jay Shah

The Parikh Family

Daniel Park

Danna Park

Nakhee Park and Soyoung Jang

Ray Park

The Cho Family

The Jung’s Family

The Park Family

The Parker Family

The Parra-Cho Family

The Passalacqua Family

The Patel Family

The Pati Family

The Paulsen Family

The Pendleton Family

Bibo Peng

The Pennor Family

The Peralta Family

The Peredo Family

The Pereyra Family

The Perez Family

Yessica Perez

The Perez-Nguyen Family

The Peters Family

Peters Architecture Inc.

Patrick Pham

The Pham Family

The Pham Bailey Family

The Phan Family

The Phanco Family

The Phillips Family

Nicole Pierantoni and West Munz

Pimco Foundation

The Pitt Family

PlayStation Cares Employee

Matching Program

The Policare Family

Ponce Ground Service LLC

The Ponsford Family

The Porch Family

The Porter Family

The Prakarsa Family

The Prakash Family

Prestige Medical Group

The Primero-De La Cruz Family

Properties by Puneet

The Putrevu Family

The Puvvada Family

The Qian Family

The Qiu Family

The Qu Family

The Quilala Nguyen Family

Norman and Meredith Rabinovich

Rainbow Sandals Foundation

Jenny Y. Ramirez

The Ramirez Castaneda Family

The Rand Family

The Raniga Family

The Rasminsky / Izenberg Family

Raytheon Company MG

The Raz Family

The Recana Family

The Reddel Family

The Reese Family

The Rego Family

Reiko & Associates, Inc.

The Ren Family

Retro Ninja Games

The Reyes Family

The Reyes-Nguyen Family

The Reyes-Nguyen Family and Steak and Cake Films

The Reynolds-Choi Family

The Rhoney Family

The Rimon Family

The Rios Family

Anamara Ritt and Thomas Olson

The Rivera Family

The Rizk Family

The Rodas Family

The Roh Family

The Rollinger Family

The Rong Family

Logan and Carol Ross

The Ross Family

The Rossfeld Family

The Ruderman Family

The Ruiz Family

The Ruiz Millan Family

The Rumble Family

The Ryu Family

The Sabet Family

The Sachelarie Family

The Sadeghian Family

The Sakamoto Family

The Sakurai Family

The Salas Family

The Salazar Family Salesforce

Promote your business at a speciﬁc conservatory performance or throughout the entire conservatory season! Hear your company’s name announced from the stage, promote your brand to a loyal target audience, and receive complimentary tickets!

$2,500 PER CONSERVATORY PERFORMANCE SEASON

BENEFITS

•Recognition in conservatory-speciﬁc promotional materials and communications

•Customized speech from the stage at select performances in your conservatory’s season*

•Two (2) complimentary tickets to each performance** in your conservatory’s season

•Recognition on OCSA’s Digital Donor Wall in the Tower Lobby, Center for the Arts Lobby, and DMS Lobby

$1,000 PER SPECIFIC CONSERVATORY PERFORMANCE

BENEFITS

•Recognition in conservatory-speciﬁc promotional materials and communications

•Customized speech from the stage at your selected conservatory performance*

•Two (2) complimentary tickets to your selected conservatory performance**

•Recognition on OCSA’s Digital Donor Wall in the Tower Lobby, Center for the Arts Lobby, and DMS Lobby

PROCEEDS WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE CONSERVATORY OF YOUR CHOICE!

To view a list of upcoming performances, please visit www.ocsarts.net/BoxOfﬁce.

*Also applicable to conservatory-speciﬁc events.

**Some exclusions may apply, including special events and performances at outside venues.

The Salgueiro Family

The Sambrano Family

San Musae Productions, Inc.

The Sanborn Family

The Sanchez Family

The Sánchez Family

The Sanford Chen Family

Santa Ana Wheel

Santiago Pediatrics

The Sapp Family

The Sarinana Family

The Scane Family

The Schlechter Family

The Seet Family

The Seo Family

The Serrano Family

The Sethi Family

The Seto Family

The Baek Family

The Shah Family

The Sharma Family

The Shelly Family

Felix Shen

The Shen Family

The Sherry Family

The Shi Family

The Shilkret Family

The Shim Family

The Shin Family

The Shin Choi Family

The Shin-Lee Family

The Shipman Family

Shireen V Guide, MD, INC / Mission Dermatology Center

The Shiwota Family

The Shum Family

The Shung Fmaily

The Sidoni Family

The Sierra Family

The Siglin Family

The Sim Family

Simply Orthodontics

Thank you to the following 2025-2026 CFA contributors (continued):

Optimum Care Therapy

The Sirkin Family

Dr. and Mrs. Curtis and Denise Siu

The Sui Family

Smart Bean Inc

SMBC Global Foundation

Brad and Jennifer Smith

The Smith Family

The So Family

The Song Family

The Soni Family

The Sopory Family

The Soul Family

South Coast Psychiatry

The Spiak / Coblentz Family

The Sprague Family

STAAR Surgical

The Stantic Family

The Stanzione Family

The Stastny Family

State Farm Companies Foundation

The Steele Family

The Stehle Family

The STEK Chang Family

The Stevens Wegner Family

The Stinson-Liles Family

Grammy and Poppy Storms

The Strawn Family

The Strychaz Family

Stryker Community Foundation

The Su Family

The Sublette Family

The Suh Family

The Sukendro Family

The Sumner Family

The Sun Family

Vicky Sun

The Sung Family

The Sunwoo Family

The Surti Family

The Suss Family

The Suwandi Family

The Suwanpruiksa Family

Synchrony Financial

Take Two Software

The Talesh Family

The Tan Family

Tandem ADU

The Tang Family

The Tantivongsathapron Family

The Tantradi Family

The Tao family

The Tejura Family

Sarah and Ariel Tello

The Templeton Family

The Templin Family

The Teng Family

Alan Terricciano and Dr. Lisa Roetzel

The Terry Family

The Terzic Family

The Tetter Family

The Tham Family

The Inconvenience Store

The Prepared Performer

The Thomas Family

Jupiter Thompson

The Thompson Family

The Tinoco Family

The Tioleco-Cheng Malabarba Family

The Ton Family

The Toney Family

The Tong Family

The Torres Family

The Torres Cancino Family

The Tosheng Family

Tower 32 Travel by Dream Vacations

The Townsend Family

The Tran Family

The Trevino Family

The Tribbett McCants Family

The Trichinapally Family

Angelina Nguyen

Beatrice Tsai

Mei Tsang and Steve Brown

The Tsangaris Family

The Tuck Family

The Umanzor Family

United Health Care

UnitedHealth Group

UNO Furniture Inc

Urban Geko

US Charitable Trust

US Highlight International Art Center Foundation

The Vargova Family

The Vasquez Family

The Vega Family

The Velasquez Family

The VerBurg Family

The Vernon Family

The Vik Family

The Vilendrer Family

EI and EP Villanueva

The Villanueva Family

The Viloria Family

The Vinas Family

The Vivek Family

Volkswagen Group of America

The Vovan Family

The Vu Family

The Wainwright Family

Walker Fam

The Wan Family

Crystal Wang

Doan Wang Family

The Wang Family

CREATE ENRICHING OPPORTUNITIES

The Hearts for the Arts campaign provides additional support for arts conservatory needs beyond each conservatory’s annual budget. Donations help to fund special equipment and supplies, performances, ﬁeld trips, and other arts enrichment opportunities for our talented OCSA students.

HELP STUDENTS IN NEED

The Artist Scholar Sponsorship Program supports economically disadvantaged students who attend OCSA. Donations help to fund the arts conservatory portion of their school day and ensure they have access to the full OCSA experience, including yearbooks, technology, school supplies, and more.

PROVIDE GUEST ARTIST EXPERIENCES

The Carole Pickup Master Artist Series supports high-proﬁle visiting artists who create meaningful experiences for our student artists. Donations help to bring master artists and industry leaders to OCSA’s campus to share their career stories and expertise with students through residencies, master classes, lectures, and performances.

Thank you to the following 2025-2026 CFA contributors (continued):

The Wang’s Family

Yiqi Wang

The Warner Family

The Watkins Family

The Wei Family

The Weichel Family

Urban Geko

The Wilbur Family

The Wilson Family

The Wilson-Feng Family

The Wittenberg Family

The Wittkop Family

The Wolfner Family

Susie Won Chiko Wong

The Wong Family

The Woods Family

The Worden-Williams Family

Workplace Justice Advocates, PLC

Qingyang Wu Family

The Wu Family

The Wu Family Wu Family

The Wu Family

The Wydo Family

The Xia Family

The Xiao Family

The Xiong Family

The Xu Family

The Yan family

The Yang Family

The Yang family

The Yang Family

The Yao Family

The Yarbrough Family

The Yassa Family

The Yazaki Family

The Yee Family

The Yim Family

Yin-Zhang Family Charity & Education Foundation

The Yo Family

The Yoh Family

The Yong Family

The Yoo Family

The Yoon Family

Michelle and Gary Yoshino

The You Family

Martin and Kelly Young

The Young Family

Merry Yu’s Family

The Yu Family

The Yuan Family

Edward and Jinny Yun

The Yun Family

The Zavala Family

The Zazik Family

Daqin Zhang and Enhui Yin

David and Daniel Zhang

Derrick Zhang

Isabella Zhang Family

Kat Zhang

The Tan Family

The Zhang Family

The Zhang’s Family

Xiaorong Zhang

Yaya Zhang

Binbin Zhao

The Zhao Family

Cindy Zheng

The Zheng Family

YuTong Zheng

The Zhou Family

Teresa Zhu’s Family

The Zhu Family

The Zishan Family

ZIVIE’s Family

The Zylberman Family

The Zylstra Family

Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) proudly offers a wide range of professional-level performance groups comprised of inspiring student artists from the school’s many arts conservatories. Make your private, corporate, or charity function more special by featuring a select group of OCSA’s bright and talented students!

Our extensive variety of repertoire is completely customizable. Choose the group that best meets the needs of your event and budget!

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