Congratulations to the following students advancing to the Pre-Area recording round this Saturday!
Violin: Ashley T, Andy Q, Samantha L, Iris L, Emily H, Daniel L, Meige L, Anqy T
Viola: Yenna L-G, Eric Z, Johnathan S, Raghav S
Cello: Bryan H, Eddie X, Jett W, Abhinav G, Ethan T, Albert C, Vincent H
Bass: Kevin M, Jonathan V, Jackson B, Ishaan R, Caroline P
The Plano West Chamber Orchestra is pleased to be named the state champion 2019 TMEA String Honor Orchestra! This win marks our state-record 8th selection as a Texas honor orchestra. The Chamber Orchestra will now have the opportunity to perform at the TMEA Convention in San Antonio in February 2019.
We are also extremely proud of our feeder high schools, Jasper and Shepton. Both schools did well in the competition, and Jasper High School is the only non-varsity orchestra from the state to crack the finals. The success we have at Plano West is absolutely rooted in the excellent music instructions our students receive at Jasper, Shepton, Rice, Robinson, Renner, Frankford, and our community of private music instructors.
We are pleased to share that Plano West Chamber Orchestra has been named National Winners in the Mark of Excellence’s National Orchestra Honors.
The Chamber Orchestra was named a National Winner in the string orchestra category, submitting last year’s performances of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 3, movement 1, and Thomas Canning’s Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan.
Congratulations to the Plano West students who earned placement in the All-Region Orchestras today! Students marked with an * have qualified for the All-State recording screening round on October 22.
Symphony Violin
Iris Lin (2*), Ashley Tauhert (4*), Samantha Liu (8*), Daniel Liang (10*), Anqy Tong (21*), Andy Qiao (22*), Meige Lu (32*), Sua Park (34*), Jimmy Ding (40*), Sanjana Shriram (41*), Emily Huong (43, first screening round alternate)
Philharmonic Violin
Kesavan Venkatesh (4), Kevin Fang (9), Harrison Wu (10), Jeff Weng (12), Katie Brown (13), Shirley Yu (21), Ayush Iyer (26), Shikhar Gupta (30), Edison Huong (36), Kimberly Tsao (37), Audrey Sun (38), Ting Mao (42), Christopher Wang (alternate)
String Violin
Shido Nakajima (1), Betel Berhame (alternate)
Symphony Viola
Raghav Sriram (5*), Grace Zhu (7*), Eric Zhang (13*), Andrew Yu (15*)
Symphony Philharmonic
Yenna Lee-Gannon (1*), Johnathan Shih (4*), Hanna Sung (8), Darren Huang (9*), Nicole Widjaja (13*), Samantha Tsai (14), Katherine Chen (Alternate)
String Viola
Thomas Minchew (8),
Symphony Cello
Ethan Tan (1*), Bryan Han (2*), Eddi Xu (3*), Jett Wang (6*), Shenai Chan (8*)
Philharmonic Cello
Abhinav Godavarthi (4*), Catherine Yang (9*), Albert Chen (12*), Vincent Huang (13*), Felicia Lien (14*), Kihan Sung (alternate)
Symphony Bass
Kevin Meng (1*), Jonathan Vasilyev (6*)
Philharmonic Bass
Jackson Benjamin (1*), Ishaan Roy (3*), Matthew Grover (5*), Caroline Peters (6*)
String Orchestra Bass
Anish Singh (alternate)