Chamber Music

Wesley King and Bailey Cooper enjoyed the Chamber Music Festival at University of California, Irvine, with outstanding coaching from Trio Celeste.

Festivals

Lyndsey Lipscomb performed Haydn Concerto in G major at St. Margaret's Summer Music Festival in San Juan Capistrano, CA. 

Off to College

Congratulations to my graduating seniors! Natalie Bickel and Tia Chen-Wong are headed to UC Berkeley, Derek Lee will study engineering at UCLA, and Danika Thompson will study at Belmont, which is the leading school for Music Industry.

Orange County School of the Arts

Congratulations to my students who are excelling at the Orange County School of the Arts.

Toren Master Class

Limor Toren eloquently instructed students on musical and technical aspects of Saint-Saens, Lalo, and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Bach Double at Soka University

Wesley King and Jaryd Dukes were on fire in the 3rd movement of the Bach Double violin concerto at the Aliso Niguel High School concert.

First Stand

My students are doing well in their school orchestras. Lillian Chen is Concertmaster of Santiago Hills Elementary Orchestra in Irvine, and Christopher Chan is Concertmaster of the Newhart Middle School String Ensemble. Brent Lee is Principal 2nd violin in the Dana Hills Chamber Orchestra and Natalie Bickel is on 1st stand at Aliso Niguel High School. Bravo!

Symphonic Leadership

Many of my students have won leadership positions this year; Julia Wang is Concertmaster of the Concert Orchestra at Orange County School for the Arts. Katherine Park is 1st stand second violin in the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra. Elise Esplin is assistant Concertmaster of the Tesoro Chamber Orchestra, and Lillian Chen is assistant Concertmaster at Santiago Hills Elementary.

Certificate of Merit

Congratulations to fifteen of my students who participated in the Music Teacher's Association Certificate of Merit, with special mention to Claire Jager for a perfect theory score, and to Richard Lu and Annie Chang for all excellent ratings on technique, sight-reading, and repertoire performance.

Carnegie Hall

Congratulations to Annie Chang for winning Honorable Mention in the American International Protege Competition. Katherine Park has been invited to perform Vieuxtemps Concerto #5 at Carnegie Hall, after winning a prize in the same competition.