Opus 5
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Opus 5
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CWOTO Opus 5 Saturday, April 19, 2003 7:30 pm Thousand Oaks High School Performing Arts Center 2323 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 [map]
Tickets: $12 adult / $6 senior/child/student (available at the door)
Bring an extra $8 for a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts -- our traditional fundraiser!
Performers and Their PiecesPiano Concerto #1, Opus 15, C Major Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Rondo
An honors student at Westlake High School, Lydia is currently in her sophomore year. She is copy editor of the school paper and participates in the mock trial team as an attorney. She also is on the girls’ varsity golf team and is active in the Chinese community. When not occupied with school or music, Lydia’s interests range from sociology to sleeping. She also enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family and curling up with a good book. Africa Fantasy for Piano & Orchestra, Opus 89 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
She
is a several time winner of the Contemporary Gold Medal Festival, and the
Southern California Jr. Bach Festival. She has participated in many auditions
and recitals and received recognition for excellent performances in Young Artist
Piano Competitions and the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards program.
She has passed the advanced level of Certificate of Merit, the Music Teachers'
Assn. of California's syllabus examination program, with honors. This year,
Niccole was selected to participate in the Honors Piano Seminar at the Colburn
School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, where she has be able to perform at monthly
master classes given by guest piano professors from universities around the
country. Niccole
is an accompanist for her school choir and has received the Chopin Accompanist
Award for the past two years. She plays flute and piccolo in the school band.
She also plays flute and piccolo with the Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra. She is
a frequent soloist for weddings and other special events. In addition to her
music achievements, she is an accomplished Polynesian dancer and is attempting
to launch her own business as a performer. The
for the third consecutive year, Niccole has been named in Who's Who Among
American High School Students, the US Achievement Academy, the National Honor
Roll, and the National Honor Society. In the fall, she plans to attend La Sierra
University as a music/pre-pharmacy major. Piano Concerto #2, Opus 18, C minor Sergei Rachmaninoff (1878 - 1943) Moderato
Clarinet Concerto #2, Opus 74, E-flat Major Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826) Romance; Polacca
Violin Concerto, Opus 99, A minor Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Passacaglia: Andante; Burlesque: Allegro con brio -- Presto
In addition to playing the violin, Raymond is an honor/AP student and was named a National Merit Finalist. During his high school career, he has participated in Cross Country, Track and Field, and Math Team. Raymond has also been a part of Youth and Government, a YMCA sponsored program, which takes annual trips in February to Sacramento and uses the capitol building to form a mock legislature and court system. When he isn’t studying or practicing, he volunteers at the Los Robles Medical Center. As for future plans, he intends to major in electrical engineering at MIT.
Piano Concerto #2, Opus 22, G Minor Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) Scherzo
Piano Concerto #2, Opus 18, C minor Sergei Rachmaninoff (1878 - 1943) Allegro scherzando
Edward has studied piano performance for twelve years, and he currently studies with Edward Francis. Edward (Hardie) has competed in many regional competitions, including the Discovery Artists competition, in which he earned an honorable mention. He has also competed in the local Bach Festivals and the 20th Century Festivals, in which he has continuously been placed at the highest level of performance. Edward participated in OPUS 1, in which he played the first movement of Bach's Piano Concerto in D minor. He will continue his studies at the university level, possibly at the University of California in Los Angeles. Edward's other major interests include computer engineering and programming for PowerPC processors, and digital entertainment technology.
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Ms.
Lydia Lo, 15, began piano studies with Theresa McArthur at age 5. Since
then, she has studied with Caroline Lai and in 1999 became a student of Edward
Francis, who is her current teacher. In 2002, she passed the Advanced Level in
the Certificate of Merit with honors. She has participated in and won several
Southern California Jr. Bach and Contemporary festivals sponsored by the Music
Teacher’s Assn. of California. In January, 2003, she won the Young
Pianists Competition and in June will solo with the Conejo Valley Youth
Orchestra at the Kavli Auditiorium at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts plaza. Last
winter, she started the Excelsior Quartet with a group of friends, which visited
retirement homes and played music for the elderly during the holiday season.
Lydia also plays violin and is a member of the first violin section of the
Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra. 
Ms.
Niccole Modell is a 17-year-old senior honor student at Newbury Park
Adventist Academy. This is her second appearance with CWOTO's Conejo Concerto
Orchestra, having played in the inaugural program two years ago. She began piano
lessons at age 5. She studied for several years with Julie Elliott, and for the
past five years, with Edward Francis.
Mr. Chris Stoutenborough started private clarinet lessons with Daniel
Rhymes in the fourth grade and three years later joined the New West Youth
Symphony. In 1996, he was selected for the Disney’s Young Musicians Symphony
Orchestra, which played at the Hollywood Bowl. In eighth grade he joined the
Gold Coast Wind Ensemble as its youngest member and had the honor of performing
with Frederick Fennel. In the ninth grade he was a member of the Thousand Oaks
High School Wind Ensemble and was selected for both the All-Southern and the
All-State high school honor bands. He began taking lessons from Yehuda Gilad and
decided to enroll at Idyllwild Arts Academy. During his summers he has played in
the Idyllwild Festival Wind Ensemble, the Idyllwild Festival Orchestra and the
Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s orchestra. In his junior year he
soloed with the New West Symphony as a 2000 Discovery Artist. In his senior year
he was one of fifteen young musicians invited to Florida as part of the NFAA
Arts Recognition and Talent Search for which he received a level I recognition.
Chris was named the “Most Outstanding Music Student” in his graduating class
at Idyllwild Arts. He is currently a sophomore pursuing a degree in clarinet
performance at USC under a Presidential Scholarship. This past November, he
received first place in the woodwind division of the Pasadena Showcase
Instrumental Competition. 
Mr.
Raymond Tong, age 18, is a senior at Thousand Oaks High School. He began
studying violin at the age of 5 with Barbara Lapidus and currently studies with
Joyce Osborn. Over the past few years, Raymond has achieved several awards and
honors. Through the Certificate of Merit program, he completed Panel, the
highest level of the program, twice and has performed in both the Panel Honors
Recital (2001) and Panel Master Class (2002) at the annual Music Teachers
Association of California State Convention. He is the former concertmaster of
the Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra (1998 – 2000) and returned to the orchestra
in 2002 as the violin coach. He was a member of the CSUN Youth Orchestra in 2001
and played the solo part for J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. In the
summer of 2000, Raymond was Principal 2nd of the Marrowstone Festival Orchestra.
As a soloist, he has participated twice in the Jascha Heifetz Society’s Master
Class series with renowned violinists such as Ruggero Ricci and Eugene Gratovich.
In addition to solo performances, Raymond performed in a piano trio along with
Andrew Janss (cello) and Sean Chen (piano). They competed in the 2000 VOCE
(Voice, Orchestral, and Chamber Ensembles) competition and placed first in the
intermediate ensemble category, sending them to the State Convention performance
in San Diego. 
Ms.
Chika Nobumori, born in Japan, was introduced to music at young age because
her older sister would practice daily. Now 17-years old, she is a junior at
Westlake High School with a GPA near 4.4. Her piano lessons started when she was
4 years old and she has been studying with Edward Francis for the past three
years. She is also a flutist, and is a member of the high school band and wind
ensemble. She has gradually gained experience performing at various recitals,
festivals and competitions. She has received gold medals from several
Contemporary Festivals, (which led to performances at the Thousand Oaks Civic
Arts Plaza), honors at the Advanced Level of the Music Teachers’ Assn. of
California’s Certificate of Merit Examinations, and was also a regional winner
of the Southern California Jr. Bach Festival, which culminated in an invitation
to appear in the Showcase Concert in Santa Barbara. She was also one of the
featured soloists in the Ventura Chamber Music Festival’s Young Artists
Recital in 2002. With her Junior Lifeguard Certificate, she enjoys spending time
in the water. In addition to swimming, she likes to run, play tennis, shop, and
play the flute.
Mr.
Edward Hardie, a seventeen-year-old senior at Newbury Park High School, has
excelled in his academics, participating in the prestigious International
Baccelaureate program there.