ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION
SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022 Segerstrom Center for 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 nearly 2,300 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 16 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 tuition-free, donation-dependent public charter school; no student is offered or denied enrollment 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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Dear Friends and Families, It is with great pleasure and pride that I welcome you all to Season Finale 2022, presented by the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) Foundation! As we bring this extraordinary 35th anniversary season to a close, I am in awe of how the OCSA community has come together all year long to recognize everything that makes OCSA so special. This evening we not only celebrate all that we have accomplished during this milestone year, but also the culmination of 35 years of exemplary arts education, academic success, and remarkable talent. The last three-and-a-half decades have been an incredible journey. I would like to take a moment to recognize all of the individuals who have helped to make the OCSA dream a reality. I want to begin by giving a very special thank you to OCSA’s founder and an important mentor in my life, Dr. Ralph Opacic. It has been such an honor to learn from Dr. Opacic over the years. What he fostered and built at OCSA is truly unparalleled, and I am both grateful to have his continued support and humbled that I have the opportunity to carry on what he started so many years ago. I would also like to express my appreciation to our 2021-2022 Season Sponsors, as well as to our Board of Trustees, Foundation Board of Directors, Emeritus Board, President’s Circle, Encore, and PSO members. Their continued support, leadership, and vision help to shape the lives of our students each and every day. Finally, I must acknowledge our parents, alumni, administrators, faculty and staff, members of the local community, and most importantly, our talented student artists. Our students provide the inspiration and driving force behind everything we do. And now, I am thrilled to have you join me in celebrating the final moments of this truly phenomenal Year of a Million Dreams. I look forward to all of the success yet to come from our brilliant OCSA community over the next 35 years and beyond. All the best,
Teren M. Shaffer President & CEO Orange County School of the Arts
We are so very proud of everything you have accomplished and can't wait to see what is in store for each and every one of you.
YOUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT
WELCOME TO
We hope you enjoy this dynamic showcase celebrating the culmination of our 35th anniversary season and featuring spectacular performances and presentations by the talented student artists of all 16 OCSA arts conservatories! SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS
Culinary Arts & Hospitality SCHOOL OF DANCE
Ballet & Contemporary Dance Ballet Folklórico Dance Ballroom Dance Commercial Dance
SCHOOL OF FINE & MEDIA ARTS
Creative Writing Digital Media Film & Television Integrated Arts Visual Arts
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Classical Voice Instrumental Music Popular Music SCHOOL OF THEATRE
Acting Musical Theatre Production & Design
ACT I INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC | STRINGS & ORCHESTRA Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A., Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory Nicholaus Yee, D.M.A., Coordinator, Strings & Orchestra Program
Overture to Candide
Music by Leonard Bernstein Conducted by Dr. Jacob Sustaita Featuring: The OCSA Symphony Orchestra, including Matthew Anderson, Saira Arora, Zara B’far, Kevin Bae, Christian Byun, Truanne Chen, Hannah Cho, Adin Choung, Irene Choung, Cartor Crisp, Joshua Cua, Nicholas Doan, Benjamin Doubet, Andrew Fung, Geneva Green, Kytan Guu, Auvin Hajian, Raija Hammad, Jacob Hu, Crystal Hwang, Nathan Hwang, Miri Izenberg, Katelyn Jo, Amy Jong, David Jou, Shayna Kaplan, Ariana Kim, Heather Kim, Lauren Kim, Minjae Kim, Tane Kim, Ryan Klotz, Amanda Lee, Amy Lee, Danny Lee, Irene Lee, Julian Leon, Brian Lin, Lyndsey Lipscomb, Allie Molin, Isaac Ng, Andrew Nguyen, Daniel O’Grady, Sarah Parigela, Annabelle Park, Keilah Park, Nara Park, Nathan Parklee, Damian Paul, Gigi Petronis, Liam Ramos, Jillian Schlechter, Kei Shimabukuro, Ian Shin, Elliot Shiwota, Swansea Siu, Leo Sui, Kenneth Tran, Emma Ward, Jared Weissberg, Rachel Won, Kara Wong, Lucy Woo, Leslie Yang, Sunny Yang, Rachel Yoo, Sein Yun, Hannah Zhao, and Kevin Zhou
CLASSICAL VOICE
Ryan Reithmeier, D.M.A., Director, Classical Voice Conservatory
Funiculì, Funiculà
Music by Luigi Denza Directed by Dr. Izumi Kashiwagi, Robert Norman, and Dr. Ryan Reithmeier Conducted by Dr. Jacob Sustaita Featuring: Sruthi Alle, Mia Baron, Keira Base, Alexandra Breschini, Matthew Cardenas, Dominic DeAugustine, Briana Gomez, Anjal Jain, Kangsan Kim, Sophia Kimmel, Joyce Lee, Ayana Luna, Shunsuke Namiki, Sarah Park, Aashna Rana, Reece Reegan, Evan Richards, Kyle Rumble, Hailey Somphone, Meera Sriram, Larkin Ten Elshof, and Lukas Wozencraft
MEKJIAN FAMILY CULINARY ARTS & HOSPITALITY
Daniel Mattos, Chef Director, The Mekjian Family Culinary Arts & Hospitality Conservatory
Video Presentation
Produced by Rabecca Woodruff Featuring: The Students of The Mekjian Family Culinary Arts & Hospitality Conservatory
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC | FREDERICK FENNELL WIND STUDIES Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A., Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory John Reynolds, D.M.A., Associate Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory
The Wild Goose
Composed by Ryan George Conducted by Thomas Idzinski Featuring: Matthew Anderson, Saira Arora, Shihoon Bae, Matthew Blam, Marie Bocanegra, Hannah Cho, Samuel Chung, Cartor Crisp, Mateo Cruz, James Dechary, Benjamin Doubet, Faith Freeman, Andrew Fung, Samantha Gonzales, Auvin Hajian, Kylie Heidal, Trent Horio, Jacob Hu, Miri Izenberg, Lyric Khan, Arim Kim, Heather Kim, Ryan Klotz, Amanda Lee, Danny Lee, Dayoon Lee, Edward Luna, Aidan Luu, Emma McCanne, Ryder Mendelson, Allison Molin, Isaac Ng, Ryan Nicolov, Daniel O’Grady, Annabelle Park, Keilah Park, Damian Paul, Darren Qiu, Ian Shin, Katherine Shinogi, Elliot Shiwota, Leo Sui, Luke Toner, Garrett Walker, Emma Ward, and Rachel Yoo
VISUAL ARTS
Paige Oden, Director, Visual Arts Conservatory Randy Au, Assistant Director, Visual Arts Conservatory
Video Presentation
Featuring: The Students of the Visual Arts Conservatory
CREATIVE WRITING
Joshua Wood, Director, Creative Writing Conservatory
Performance Poetry Selections
Featuring: Cat Bui, Dylan De Guzman, Frida Jauregui, Sidney Muntean, Rajsi Rana, Mia Soumbasakis, Elora Sparnicht, and Kaon Suh
BALLET & CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Steven B. Hyde, Director, Ballet & Contemporary Dance Conservatory
Excerpt from Giselle
Music by Adolphe Adams Choreography by Jules Perot and Marius Petipa Costume Design by Karen Dreng Featuring: Ritika Asher, Jacqueline Blom, Audrey Chiou, Courtney Chiu, Mikayla Fleming, Nicole Frias Lugo, Annika Hayes, Katelyn Hu, Skyla Jin, Kiera Lai, Morgan Magallanes, Malia Marchant, Linn Molin, Gia-Lac Nguyen, Lily Paul, Leilah Prevost, Finley Sasena, Natalia Valadez, and Amelie Vidrio
DIGITAL MEDIA
Patrick Williams (VA, ‘96), Director, Digital Media Conservatory
Video Presentation
Featuring: The Students of the Digital Media Conservatory
INTEGRATED ARTS
Charna Lopez, Director, Integrated Arts Conservatory Angela Ryan, Conservatory Assistant, Integrated Arts Conservatory
Pippin Medley
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Directed by Charna Lopez Choreography by Charna Lopez Music Direction by Rebecca Wong-Burdett Featuring: Ruby Aguilar, Mason Audiss, Sara Balanta, Ella Barone, Savannah Biscoe, Sophie Bradecich, Madelynn Dabbs, Ben Dirghalli, Ryder Flowers, Cassandra Geagan, Daniel Grossgold, Chase Gutierrez, Evan Gutierrez, Remy Hall, Taylor Hansen, Molly Jenkins, Elena Levin, Katherine Lightburne, Isabel Lyons, Michael McDonald, Kianna Merritt, Jillian Metzker, Mateo Moore, Clare Murphy, Daisy Noh, Ali O’Brien, Hannah Osier, Rachel Presby, Kira Randolph, Katie Russ, Ciara Tadeo, Jeffrey Tadeo, Corinne Thomas, Reagan Vallejo, Caleb Yang, and Adira Zylberman
BALLROOM DANCE
Robert Porch, Director, Ballroom Dance Conservatory
Fosse Medley
Choreography by Briana Suakjian and Christopher Suakjian Featuring: Gavin Alvarez-Coyne, Jacqueline Artinian, Hannah Ayala, Jude Camaya, Constantin Chekardzhikov, Gabriel Cho, Grace Kim, Sophie Ma, Colton McCann, Lucas McCollum-Van Hoosear, Aurelia Philmore, Chloe Savage, Emmeline Savage, Jericho Tran-Faypon, Emmanuelle Weisbach, and Mateo Zarate with alternates Jared Lee, Nischal Patel, and Celeste Valadez
MUSICAL THEATRE
Lauren Lim Jackson (CMD, ‘03), Director, Musical Theatre Conservatory Karen Rymar, Assistant Director, Musical Theatre Conservatory
Mamma Mia! Mega Mix
Music and Lyrics by Benny Andersson and Bjӧrn Ulvaeus Additional Songs by Stig Anderson Directed by Amelia Barron Choreography by Amelia Barron Additional Choreography by Lauren Lim Jackson Music Direction by Christopher W. Smith Featuring: The Students of the Musical Theatre Conservatory
ACT II POPULAR MUSIC
Natasha Pasternak, Director, Popular Music Conservatory
Are You Gonna Go My Way / American Woman
“Are You Gonna Go My Way” Music and Lyrics by Lenny Kravitz and Craig David Ross “American Woman” Music and Lyrics by Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Michael Kale, and Gary Peterson Arranged by the Popular Music Conservatory Senior Class Music Direction by Wyatt Beckley, Jake Jacobs, and Natasha Pasternak Featuring: Acts Avenido, Wyatt Beckley, Shannae Bernales, Ryan Brinkley, Ian Burt, Kiana Byer, Warren Coe, Ian Escalante, Lance Evensen, Alex Hartman, Danny Hudson, Ethan Kirgan, Julia Lane, Natalie Leminh, Thomas Muri, Nathalia Nicolalde, Brendan Ochs, Kyle Rosenbaum, and Ava Ulloa
FILM & TELEVISION
Aaron Orullian, Director, Film & Television Conservatory
Video Presentation: Reset
Written and Directed by Avery Cather Edited by Anirudh Kota Audio by Matthew Simsuangco Cinematography by Justin Shin Produced by the Seniors of the Film & Television Conservatory Featuring: The Seniors of the Film & Television Conservatory
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC | GARN FAMILY JAZZ STUDIES Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A., Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory John Reynolds, D.M.A., Associate Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory
Topsy
Music by Edgar William Battle and Eddie Durham Music Direction by Dr. John Reynolds Featuring: The OCSA Ambassador Jazz Orchestra, including Ada Bevacqua, Samuel Chung, Mateo Cruz, James Dechary, Megan Etzel, Auvin Hajian, Trent Horio, Miri Izenberg, Kiana Kaminski, Aidan Luu, Ryder Mendelson, Allison Molin, Ryan Nicolov, Ian Shin, Christian St. Marseille, Leo Sui, Connor Taing, and Luke Toner
PRODUCTION & DESIGN
Kevin Cook, Director, Production & Design Conservatory Victoria Hoyt-Heydon (PD, ‘10), Assistant Director, Production & Design Conservatory
Video Presentation: Putting It Together
Audio Engineering by Mathew Roy Lighting Design by Crystal Shomph Featuring: The Seniors of the Production & Design Conservatory
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC | PIANIST
Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A., Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory
1010 N. Main Street
Music by Sebastian Chang Music Direction by Dr. Sarkis Baltaian and Sebastian Chang Featuring: Melody Chang, Caitlyn Jin, Brian Le, and Cherry Li
COMMERCIAL DANCE
Nicole Berger, Director, Commercial Dance Conservatory
Underground
Music by AGF (“If” and “Greim69”) Choreography by Dasha Tertova Featuring: Jennifer Arantes, Jonah Boswell, Emily Buschelman, Emmy Cheung, Hannah Choe, Megan Chie, Elizabeth Garza, Shane Higa, Irene Kim, Katelyn Kim, Mikayla King, Hannah Kon, Miranda Kotero, Katie Nguyen, Emily Park, Brianna Sanchez, Dani Silver, Sydney Thomas, and Kailyn Yi
EL-ERIAN FAMILY ACTING
John Walcutt, Director, The El-Erian Family Acting Conservatory Stephanie Dorian, Assistant Director, The El-Erian Family Acting Conservatory
Video Presentation: For the One in the Stars
Video Produced by Max Rogoff and Seniors from the Film & Television Conservatory Featuring: The Seniors of The El-Erian Family Acting Conservatory, including Dylan Barton, Scott Becker, Ariyah Nichol Brown, Riley Cummings, Colin Daniels, Mili Duffell, Jacob Ferguson, Aidan Gonzalez, Ethan Gray, Zachary Hoffman, Audrey Hou, Carlos Jimenez, Hannah Kotkin, Sophia Madrigal, Jordan Maldonado, Aoife McEvoy, Garrett McQuaid, Aidan Moore, Haedden Mund, Taylor Nguyen, Sunaya Patel, Emily Presley, Grettee Pham, Clarissa Romero, Colin Root, Bianca Santos, Natalie Seckington, Jessica Sequeira, Alison Slowiaczek, Leila Stark, Olivia Stolrow, Polina Sultanov, Jacqueline Vellandi, Grace Wilcox, and Lauren Williams
BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DANCE
Marlene Peña-Marin, Director, Ballet Folklórico Dance Conservatory
¡Viva Veracruz!
Choreography by Marlene Peña-Marin Featuring: Juan Aldana, Monserrat Alvarez, Saira Arias, Anthony Arreola, Jocelyn Arreola, Elizet Brito, Joaquin Cantoran, Stephanie Gonzalez Arevalo, Adrian Horta, Miranda Lomeli, Mia Lopez, Carlos Lozano, Brianna Melgoza, McKayla Mercado, Destinee Nuñez, Isaac Nuñez, Brad Olivarez, Chelsea Olivarez, Amanda Ramirez, and Brianna Salazar
SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO DR. OPACIC Masterpiece
Directed by Cindy Peca With Assistance from Quinn Olesiuk Song by John Kavanaugh Lyrics by David Goldsmith and Adapted by Melissa Wackerman Music Direction by Melissa Wackerman Orchestrated by Patrick Copeland Vocal Direction by Jamond McCoy and Melissa Wackerman Costume Design by Quinn Olesiuk and Cindy Peca
SEASON FINALE PRODUCTION & EVENT TEAM Kelly Andrews Anna Belmer (MT, ‘13) Amanda Blazey Anel Cantu Kevin Cook Allison DeMeulle (IM, ‘14)
Jenna Fleming (BCD, ‘16) Julia Gutierrez Ria Hall (ACT, ‘12) Trinh Hoang Maria Lazarova, D.M.A. Ricky Mesina Quinn Olesiuk
Cindy Peca Shelby Sandberg (CMD, ‘08) Jamie Schofield Lori Solomon Elizabeth Ton (MT, ‘95) Christopher Yu
SEASON FINALE STUDENT CREW Amara Beghtol Spencer Bush Karis Choe Angela Delgado Elly Efe Ella Goodemote Haven Hanson
Skye Horton Nolan Hudson Matilda Lapin Dominic Lindbeck Cailey Lockitch Finn O’Brien Elizabeth Pittoors
Caleb Rudolph Catherine Sheldon Shane Tribe Hannah Wong Nakata Julian Yi Dean Zamiska
2021-2022 VOLUNTEER AWARD RECIPIENTS Community Partner Award Audio By The Bay McKenna Cars Fundraising Volunteer Award Cheryl Laven Outstanding Alumni Award Michael Repper (IM, ‘08) Outstanding School Volunteer Award Blanca Horta Linda Reisian Teri Belmer Parent Leadership Award Alicia Cruz Janice Lee Wang
The Orange County School of the Arts Foundation thanks
for their commitment and contribution to our event!
SCHOOL & FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP BOARDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Officers Jessica Herthel, Chair Halim Dhanidina, Secretary Members Vincent J. Foley, Jr. Gary Humphreys Paul Satkin FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers Vincent J. Foley, Jr., Chair Teren Shaffer, President & CEO Jason Herthel, Secretary Kevin Tiber, Treasurer Members Lisa Argyros Jim Bergman Lisa Brennan Bruce E. Chapman James Conroy Halim Dhanidina Jeffrey Evans Lamia Gabal, M.D. Gillian Hayes, Ph.D. Steven Ho Martin Howard Patricia Juarez Saini Kannan Eoin L. Kreditor, J.D. Michael Laven Ali Levin Kevin Rosenberg Lee Runnels Don Steiner Jennifer Sternshein Christine M. Walker-Bowman Haeran Park Zedeck
EMERITUS BOARD Julia Argyros John Daniels Mohamed El-Erian, Ph.D.* Brad Ellis, J.D. Paul Folino Douglas F. Garn (in memoriam)* John Gates* Carol Green Jerry Mandel* Michal Mekjian, Jr. Sebastian Paul Musco (in memoriam)* Maria Newkirk Fong* James “Walkie” Ray Judy Sabbagh Susan Samueli, Ph.D. Sandy Segerstrom Daniels* Janice Frey Smith Kate St. Clair Russell Stern John Vestri Lewis Webb (in memoriam) Scott Woolsey* *New members added to the Emeritus Board in honor of the school’s 35th anniversary
SCHOOL & CONSERVATORY LEADERSHIP SCHOOL President & CEO Teren Shaffer Chief Operations Officer Steven Wagner Principal Michael Ciecek Dean of Instruction Kimberly Barraza Lyons, Ph.D. Dean of Student Services Becca Freeland Dean of Arts Maria Lazarova, D.M.A. Dean of Special Services Leon Metoyer Dean of Facilities & Supervision William Wallace, Ed.D. Learning Specialist Shelley Stanphill FOUNDATION Vice President of Development Elizabeth Ton (MT, ‘95) Senior Director of Communications Kelly Andrews FOUNDER Ralph S. Opacic, Ed.D.
CONSERVATORY SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS Mekjian Family Culinary Arts & Hospitality Daniel Mattos, Chef Director SCHOOL OF DANCE Ballet & Contemporary Dance Steven Hyde, Director Ballet Folklórico Dance Marlene Peña-Marin, Director Ballroom Dance Robert Porch, Director
SCHOOL OF THEATRE El-Erian Family Acting John Walcutt, Director Stephanie Dorian, Assistant Director Musical Theatre Lauren Lim Jackson (CMD, ‘03), Director Karen Rymar, Assistant Director Production & Design Kevin Cook, Director Victoria Hoyt-Heydon (PD, ‘10), Assistant Director
Commercial Dance Nicole Berger, Director SCHOOL OF FINE & MEDIA ARTS Creative Writing Josh Wood, Director Digital Media Patrick Williams (VA, ‘96), Director Film & Television Aaron Orullian, Director Integrated Arts Charna Lopez, Director Angela Ryan, Conservatory Assistant 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 Coordinator, Pianist Program John Reynolds, D.M.A., Associate Director Coordinator, Frederick Fennell Wind Studies Program Coordinator, The Garn Family Jazz Studies Program Nicholaus Yee, D.M.A., Coordinator, Strings & Orchestra Program Popular Music Natasha Pasternak, Director
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
The OCSA Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing financial support to the school. The Foundation accomplishes this through individual contributions (in addition to families’ annual Conservatory Funding Agreements); membership support and social groups, including Encore; corporate sponsorships; special events; foundation grants; legacy giving; capital campaigns; and community engagement programs and classes. Thank you to the following individuals who have generously contributed to the OCSA Foundation. All Foundation gifts and membership contributions provide invaluable support toward important schoolwide initiatives that directly benefit our talented students. The following lists represent all gifts and pledges received by April 4, 2022.
2021-2022 SEASON SPONSORS
ARTIST SCHOLAR SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM The Artist Scholar Sponsorship Program supports nearly 200 economically disadvantaged OCSA students whose families are living below the national poverty level. This campaign not only helps to fund the arts conservatory portion of their school day, but also makes certain they have access to the full OCSA experience, including school dances, yearbooks, technology, and school supplies. Thank you to the following 2021-2022 Artist Scholar Sponsorship Program donors: The Ahn Family The Garth Family The Nguyen Family Anonymous (2) Jessica and Jason Herthel Orange County Community Foundation Argyros Family Foundation Courtney and Harald Herrmann Jimmy Peterson The Back Family Shelley and Steve Ho The Ren Family The Baran Family The Hoagland Family The Robertson Family The Bentley Family The Jerrier / Smith Family The Rogoff Family The Braverman Family Jewish Community Foundation of OC The Ruiz Family The Brenes Family Amanda and Kevin Johnson Samueli Family Foundation Lisa and Jack Brennan The Kempe Family Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman The Burkett Family King & Joy Foundation Adrienne and Rande Shaffer The Cesario Family The Kwon Family Brianna and Teren Shaffer The Chung Family Kimberley Lakes and James Kay The Shiwota Family The Cianfrani Family The Laven Family Smart Foundation Fund The Costa Family The Lupton Family The Soumbasakis Family DevTo Support Foundation The Maietta / Weinberg Family The Steiner Family Saranya and Halim Dhanidina The Malabara / Tioleco-Cheng Family The Sun Family The Dragon Kim Foundation The Malis Family Tarsadia Foundation Edison International The Mall Family In Memory of Nghiep Le Thanh Farmers & Merchants Bank The Mansey Family Elaine and Kevin Tiber The Feldman / Malone Family Debbie and Aaron Malo Elizabeth and Ali Ton Mary and Robbie Finlay Marx Stark Foundation Maria and Rafaelito Victoria Lamia Gabal, M.D. The Miller Family Michelle and Gary Yoshino The Gabal / Niebrugge Family The Nicolov Family Haeran Park Zedeck and David Zedeck
SPECIAL RECOGNITION HEARTS FOR THE ARTS The Hearts for the Arts campaign provides additional support for arts conservatory needs beyond annual budgets, by purchasing special equipment and supplies, taking student artists on field trips to professional arts venues, and presenting student performances. Thank you to the following 2021-2022 Hearts for the Arts donors: AAPW Corp El-Erian Family Foundation The Lee Family (3) Gina Abello The Endo Family The Lefler Family The Acciacca Family The Eng Family The Lewis Family The Adams Kellum Family The Escobar-Linn Family The Lim Family The Akoh Family The Espinola Family The Linn Family The Amarasuriya Family The Farber Family The Litvak Family Ampower Construction Services The Felipe Family The Long Family The An Lee Family The Finken Family Maria and Armando Lopez The Anguis Family The Fish Family The Loureiro Family The Antonio Family The Garbacz Family The Loza Family / Loza Enterprises Corporation The Arvizu Family The Gay Majerus Family The Luzung / Chauchereau Family The Alturi Family The Ge Family The Lyman Family Lawrence Au Max H. Gluck Foundation The Lynam Family The Bansil Family The Gray Okada Family The Madenlian Family The Baran Family The Gregg Family The Majerus Family BNY Mellon Wealth Management Henry L. Guenther Foundation The Malabara / Tioleco-Cheng Family The Bobeva Family The Gupta Family The Manalo Family The Brenes Family The Hall Family (2) The Manavi Family Lisa and Jack Brennan The Halpern Family The Mansey Family The Brohm Family The Manuel Family The Han / Hou Family The Brown Family The Marder Family Hartman Trust The Buckel Family The Martin Family The Haub Family The Buford Family The Martinez Family The Hazzard Family Ann Burge The Mazzara Family The Herman Family Paula and James Burt The McCann Family The Herthel Family The Caguioa Family Elizabeth McKay Stern The Hewitt Family The Camacho Family The McCollum-VanHoosear Family The Hibbert Family The Camaya Family (2) The McCutchen Family The Hillebrecht Family Johnny Carson Foundation McKenna Subaru The Ho Family The Carter Family The Melching Family The Hogg Family The Casola Family The Mendelson Family The Hong Family Serdar Celik Richard Merage / RPM Foundation The Howard Family The Cha Family The Merchant Family The Huebner Family The Chai Family The Miladinovich Family The Hughes Family The Chand Family The Miller Family (2) The Jackson Family (2) The Chang Family The Moore Family JCTEES.COM The Chekardzhikov Family The Mora Family The Jerrier / Smith Family The Chi / Wang Family The Morales Family The Jiang Family The Chilcote Family Merrie and Ed Mora The Johnson Family The Cho Family (2) The Mordesovich Family The Jones Family The Cohen Family The Morreale Family The Juarez Family The Collins Family The Munson Family The Kang Family The Conroy Family Murdy Foundation The Keyoung Family Ann Crane The Nash Family The Khaustova Family Cheryl and Robby Craig The Nguyen Family The Kim Family The Cummings Family The Nguyen / Nicolov Family The Kubisch Family The Dave Duque Family The Nieblas Family Andrew J. Kuehn, Jr. Foundation The Davis Family The Novales Family The Lacsamana Family The Delancellotti Family The OConnor Family The Lai Family / King & Joy Foundation The Demmerle Family The Olive Family The Lam Family Saranya and Halim Dhanidina The Onias Family The Larsen Family / Purus WM Mary and Pat Dirk The Overman Family The Larson Family The Diwan Family Pacific Life Foundation The Lawler Family Cynthia Drennan The Panetta Family The Le Coz Family Dwell Healthy Psychology The Parklee Family The Leathem Family
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
HEARTS FOR THE ARTS CONTINUED The Patel Family (4) Anne Marie Pearson The Pendley Family Jimmy Peterson The Pitt Family The Qin Family The Rao Family The Ranya World Music LLC The Recana Family The Reed Family The Reisian Family Melita and Stuart Riddle The Riley Family The Robertson Family The Sadri Family The Saito Family The Saman Family The Samueli Foundation The San Angelo Family The Sartin Family Paul Satkin and Karen Duprey The Scharp Family The Scheper Family Anna Schlozhauer and Jim Bergman The Schmidhauser / Hughes Family The Schulein Family The Seri Family The Setterholm Family The Shaikh Family
The Shields Family (2) The Shiwota Family The Shoquist Family The Si Family The Silva Family The Sinanan Family The Slater Family The Smith Family Jeannette and John Soumbasakis The St Pierre Family The Staebler Family The Strozewski Family The Su Family The Sudalaipandi Family The Sulit Family Summerfield Foundation The Sun Family The Sweeney Family / Topcor LLC The Talcott Family The Tavares Family / PacWest Accounting The Taylor Family The Tenorio Family The Thagard Foundation The Thompson Family The Thomson Family The Tidball Family The Tija Family The Ting Family (2)
The Tolentino Family The Torres Cancino Family The Tran Family (2) The Tribbett Family The Truong Family The Tsang / Brown Family The Uehara Family United Way of Greater Los Angeles The Vargas Family The Vazquez Family Duck Soon and John Walcutt The Wang Family (3) The Warne-McGraw Family The Weber Family The Wei Family The Weimer Family The Weisbach Family The Weissberg Family The Yan Family (2) The Ying Family The Yoshimochi Family The Yoshinaga Family The Youderian Family The Zeng Family The Zhang Family (2) The Zhong Family The Zisko Family
MASTER ARTIST SERIES The Master Artist Series supports high-profile visiting artists who create meaningful and often life-changing experiences for our student artists. Through this series, master artists and industry leaders are able to share their gifts, career stories, and expertise with students through residencies, master classes, lectures, and performances. Thank you to the following 2021-2022 Master Artist Series donors: California Community Foundation Lynn and Doug Freeman Julie Garn The JE Foundation Johnny Carson Foundation The Malo Family The McBeth Foundation Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman The William Gillespie Foundation Yamaha Ling and Charlie Zhang
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Thank you to the following 2021-2022 President’s Circle members: Amy and Kurt Busch Kara and Rob Casola Lisa Chang and Tom Sigel Rachael Cianfrani and Mike Brodie Saranya and Halim Dhanidina Nancy and Stephen Eng Roxann Engle and Joe Rossini Cynthia and Wade Faerber Julia Feldman and Ryan Malone Sally and Dan Fleet Lamia Gabal and Charlie Wilcoxson Tasha Gabal and Kurt Niebrugge Erin and Bryan Giglia Erin and Duke Han Allison and Brian Herman Shelley and Steven Ho Kimberley Lakes and James Kay Penny LaRue-Robertson and Ken Robertson Cheryl and Michael Laven Janice Lee and James Wang Andrea and Gary Malis Debbie and Aaron Malo Greg McCollum and Jeff Van Hoosear Kendra and Dan Miller Merrie and Ed Mora Rosemarie Paguirigan-Steiner and Don Steiner Shannon and Andrew Patterson Beth and John Schlechter Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman Jeannette and John Soumbasakis Samantha and Jon Stark Jennifer and Sandy Sternshein Kim and Bert Tavares Mei Tsang and James Brown Grace Wang and Joseph Chi Nicole and Ryan Warne-McGraw Michelle and Gary Yoshino
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Thank you to the following 2021-2022 Encore members: Aashi and Marty Arora Brian and Allison Herman The Murphy Family Aqua and Mike Baron Sumie Higa-Yanami The Neal Luangpraseut Family The Bartholomaus Family Steve and Shelley Ho Dr. Nathalie Nguyen and Mr. Pressian Nicolov The Beans Scott Holty and Emilie Albert Joyce Noche Cruz Wadiya Blaylock Cindy Hughes and Paul Schmidhauser Daisy Nueva Lisa and Jack Brennan Impact Wealth Management Rosemarie Paguirigan-Steiner and Don Steiner Louis and Anne Bretana Joanne Jeon Robert and Susan Park Mei and Steve Brown Jay Jerrier and Karen Smith The Patterson Family The Busch Family Kendall Jones The Paul Family Missy and Chris Callero Gurpreet Kang Kathy, Rachel, and Evan Presby The Casola Family Angela Kent and David Kane Sara Ramirez, MD and Javier Garay Lisa Chang and Tom Sigel Chang Keun and Yoon Jung Kim The Raymonds Tony Chang and Lani Kaneshiro Andrew and Chinyee Keyoung The Recana Family Drs. Arpitha and Balaji Charlu Jim and Jamei Kidder The Reiher Family Tim and Rita Chen Boomi and Chris Kim The Robertson Family B Cho and Family Michelle and Anthony Kimball Debbie and Joe Rogoff Vincent and Karla Chung The Kleinman Family The Ruiz Family Cambria and Jack Cline Kishore Kota and Aparna Vadhri Hans and Susan Sacher Courtney Collier Sonny and Martha Kothari John and Beth Schlechter Dr. Gretchen Conroy and Mr. James Conroy The Kotkin Family Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman Craig and Patricia Cooke The Kuntz Family Seed Performing Arts The Dayal Family Larry and Jen Labrado The Shinogi Family Jerome de Vente and Catherine Diamond Dr. Kimberley Lakes and Dr. James Kay David and Tina Sidoni The DeArmey Family Cheryl and Michael Laven Monica and Ritesh Singhania The Deutschman Family Foundation John and Thuy Le The Siu Family The Dhanidina Family The Le Coz Family Heba Soliman The Diwan and Merchant Family The Leahy Family The Soumbasakis Jose Family Stacey A. Downey Joy and Jason Lee Samantha and Jonathan Stark Stephen and Nancy Eng Scott and Susan Lee The Sternshein Family Roxann Engle and Joe Rossini Janice Lee Wang and James Wang The Swartz Family Mike and Trish Sweeney The Faerber Family Drake and Christina Levasheff Kim and Bert Tavares Julia Feldman and Ryan Malone The Lipinsky Family The Thornhill Family Mr. and Mrs. Fernandez de Aenlle Bonaparte and Debbie Liu T Truong and K Kondo Julia and Richard Finken Quinnie Liu Kimberly Tupper Sally and Dan Fleet Kevin and Louise Lloyd Tracie and Sara Turrietta Angelica Forno / Hacienda Escrow Corporation Keith and Cornelia Lockitch Todd and Jennifer Vigiletti The Fox / Osier Family The Malis Family Lance and Jennifer Volland Tasha Gabal and Kurt Niebrugge The Malo Family Grace Wang and Joseph Chi Lamia Gabal, MD Jennifer and Shalom Mann Nicole and Ryan Warne-McGraw Deepti Gandhi Britt Marder Jason and Katie Weissberg Jose and Cindy Garay Drs. Derek and Yasmine Mason Laura Wilbur and Rod Lanthier Luis and Ciria Garcia Ken and Sylvina May Dr. Garrett and Mrs. Christine Wirth Drs. Joe Albert Garcia and Marcia Taborga Gregory McCollum and Jeff Van Hoosear The Witting Family Joan Gasser Matt and Diana McCutchen James and Isabella Yang The Gibbons Family The McKenzie Family Holly and Jayson Yardley The Giglia Family Sonja and Jeff Melching Alex and Kathryn Yong The Goerrissen Family Valerie and Lawrence Miles Michelle and Gary Yoshino The Goodemote Family Dan and Kendra Miller The Young Family Mala and Neeraj Gupta The Mingram Family Ming Zhang Charles and Lisa Hampson Geoff and Olga Mizrahi Duke and Erin Han Merrie and Ed Mora Harlo’s Mom The Morris Family
Special Thanks To Our Families Thank you to all of our OCSA families who have contributed this year 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. We couldn’t make the OCSA magic happen without you!
to all OCSA families, faculty, and staff for another extraordinary year!
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