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CWOTO Opus 3

Saturday, March 30, 2002

7:30 pm

Newbury Park High School

456 N. Reino Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320 [map]

Tickets: $10 adult / $5 senior/child/student (available at the door)

CWOTO will be hosting a Krispy Kreme donut fundraiser at this event!

Performers and Their Pieces

Trumpet Concerto, Hob. VIIe:1    Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

    Allegro

Mr. Jason Paul, age 16, is a junior at Thousand Oaks High School where he is enrolled in the Wind Ensemble, Marching Band and plays lead trumpet in the Jazz Band. He began playing trumpet at age 8 and studies with Harry Leff.

Jason has been a member of the New West Youth Symphony and brass quintet for the past four years, and a member of the CSUN Philharmonic for three years.

In the year 2001 and 2002 Jason auditioned and was selected as one of 9 Herald Trumpets and had the honor of announcing the arrival of the queen and her court for the Tournament of Roses Parade held on New Years Day. In January 2002 he represented Thousand Oaks in the All Southern California Honor Band and in February 2002 was a member of the All State Honor Band held in Fresno. Jason has been a member of the Ventura County Honor Band for the last three years. In past years he has received superior ratings and command performances as a soloist at both the District and Regional levels of the SCSBOA rating festival.

Jason is a member of the Mass Media class at Thousand Oaks and has had the opportunity of producing commercials and movies, some of which have been seen on Channel 21. In March 2001 he was given the honor to represent Thousand Oaks at the Academy Awards.

Jason enjoys the hand bell choir and spends countless hours at the computer writing drill for field shows and arranging music. He also enjoys playing in pit orchestras for stage productions.

He wishes to thank the board of CWOTO for the opportunity to be featured as a soloist with the CCO ... and is happy to be performing in the same concert with his brother.

Kol Nidrei, Opus 47    Max Bruch (1838-1920)

Ms. Kristina Allison started the cello at the age of seven. She studied with Rachael Swearingen and is now currently studying with Andrew Cook. She became principal cellist of the New West Youth Symphony and she was also one of the founders of the New West Youth String Quartet when she was eleven. They have performed on many occasions at jobs and fundraisers. The quartet has performed at the Conejo Arts Festival numerous times. She was also the principal of the CSUN Youth Symphony Orchestra for one year and then promoted, by the request of the Philharmonic conductor, to the Philharmonic Orchestra.

When Kristina was twelve she was accepted to attend the National Cello Congress held at Arizona State University. She has won many competitions and this last March she received a Superior rating at the SCSBOA Solo and Ensemble Festival. At the Regional level last May, she received the highest rating of a Command Performance. She has participated in the National Cello Institute for three years. She has also completed the Advanced Level of Certificate of Merit last April. Last June, she won the MTAC Concerto Competition and had the privilege to perform with the San Fernando Valley Orchestra. In 2001, she auditioned for the SCSBOA AII-Southern Honor Orchestra and was accepted.

Kristina also plays the clarinet in her school's Wind Ensemble. She was invite to audition for the Gold Coast Wind Ensemble, which consists of mostly professional musicians, when she was fourteen. She was accepted and is currently playing with that group. In 1998, Kristina was accepted into the SCSBOA AII-Southern Honor Band. In January of 1998 she participated in the Ventura County Honor Band. She has also been accepted at the Idyllwild Performing Arts Camp in the Festival Wind Ensemble for two years.

Piano Concerto, K. 466, D minor    Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)

    Allegro

Ms. Shelly Bian, age 16, is a junior at Thousand Oaks High School. She has been studying piano for six years and has taken classes with Bradley Gregory since she moved to Thousand Oaks from Tucson, Arizona two and a half years ago. In Tucson, at the age of 12, she won the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition and received second place in the Catalina Chamber Orchestra Piano Competition for the Kabalevsky Piano Concerto Op. 50. She also performed this concerto with the Tucson Civic Orchestra. During the past two years in Thousand Oaks, Shelly has received a gold medal in the Contemporary Festival, performed at the city Civic Arts Plaza, and won numerous awards in the Southwestern Youth Music Festival. She was also a regional winner of the Southern California Bach Festival and has passed the advanced level of Certificate of Merit. Other than her musical studies, Shelly enjoys running in track. She has maintained straight A’s throughout high school and is currently taking many Honors and AP classes.

Piano Concerto, Opus 16, A minor    Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    Allegro: Molto moderato

Mr. Jonathan Teichert, age 18 and a resident of Oak View, is originally from Washington D.C.  He has been studying piano with Edward Francis since 1997, having first worked with Claire Hume.  He has been a Gold Medalist in the Contemporary Music Festivals of 1999, 2000, and 2001 sponsored by the Music Teachers’ Association of California, and has performed in Honors Recitals at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza each year.  He has also been awarded honors in the Southern California Junior Bach Festival.  He was invited to perform at a benefit concert for the Ventura Chamber Music Festival, and was also a featured soloist on their Young Artist Recital & Masterclass last year.  He is a Certificate of Merit Honors Award winner, and has achieved distinction at the “Advanced” level, which is the highest possible.  He was also invited to participate in competitive auditions at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, after which he was presented with a Leni Fe Bland Foundation music scholarship for further study.  Jonathan is also an organist at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Ojai.  When he isn’t practicing, he enjoys reading and watching movies with his friends.  He also likes to bike and kayak at various locales close to his home.

Hungarian Fantasy    Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Mr. Jason Watkins was born in Newbury Park, California, eighteen years ago, and has lived in the same home with his parents and older brother, Jeremy. Jason attended elementary school, middle school, and high school in the same area and has experienced many exciting adventures during those years.  His interests include snowboarding, skateboarding, karate, wrestling, body boarding. But of all his interests his greatest passion has been that of music.

He has played piano since eighth grade and has developed a real love of classical music. He has been involved not only in developing himself as a pianist but he also sings in the Newbury Park High School Choir and began a Chamber Music Club on campus as well. He has studied with Glenda Buckley for most of his early training, and for the past 2.5 years had been a student of Edward Francis. He has played in numerous recitals, including: Gold Medal Honors Recitals at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, the Southern California Jr. Bach Festival, and “A Day of Piano Recitals” at California Lutheran University.

Jason enjoys many other artistic endeavors such as drawing and painting as well as movies and the theatre. He plans to attend college next year with an emphasis on music and the arts and hopes to spend some time in France this summer or during a semester of study abroad while in college.

Oboe Concerto (1999)    John Harbison (1938-)

Mr. Jeffrey Paul II is a May, 1999 graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. His primary instrument is the oboe, but he also plays the piano, saxophone, and
composes. He has studied oboe with Richard Killmer, David Weiss, and Sal Spano. His piano studies were with Edward Francis.

He has performed and recorded with such groups as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Heidelberg Schlossfestspiele Orkestra in Heidelberg, Germany, and has performed solo works with the New West Symphony and the Pepperdine University Orchestra.

Recently Jeff has kept himself busy by doing some studio work, taking a few auditions, and preparing for his big break as a movie star. He currently attends the University of Southern California, pursuing an MM in Oboe performance, while playing Principal Oboe in the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra.

When he isn’t scraping cane, he is probably playing at a night club with one of his bands: Dakah, a 50 member hip-hop orchestra, a groove and improvisation based group, Dispenza, and the funk band The Jimmy Spot.  Musical aspirations aside, Jeff's second home is behind the barbecue, where he enjoys a cool libation while tending to a tender slab of meat marinated in his own special sauce, singin' along with his favorite country western hits.

Konzertstuck, Opus 79, F minor    Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Mr. Andrew Hsieh, age 15,  is a junior at Thousand Oaks High School. He has played piano since the age of five and has been studying with Edward Francis for the past eight years. During this time, Andrew has performed in numerous recitals and has participated in various music Festivals and competitions.  He has won numerous gold medals at the Contemporary Festivals and has always been a participant in the Certificate of Merit Examinations, passing each year with honors. Just last year, Andrew took part in the Panel Auditions and was accepted to perform at the State Convention in San Francisco.
 
 Apart from being a devoted pianist, Andrew is an honors student and an AP scholar. Because of this,  much of his time is spent studying in order to survive his classes. However, he still manages to be involved in extracurricular activities. As a Varsity runner on the Cross Country team in the fall and the Track and Field team in the spring, he spends many hours after school in training. In addition to sports and piano, he is also a very active Life Scout in Boy Scout Troop 775 and participates in as many of the troop's campouts and backpacking expeditions as possible.

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