We are also excited to mention that harpist Goldie Woods received an Honorable Mention and will also be performing on May 17th.
The concert is free to the public and we hope to see you there!
Ms. Smith and the MHSO are so extremely proud of violinist Ryan Chun, who recently won 🥇 1st place in the Strings Division of the 2024 U.S. Army Orchestra Young Artist Competition with his ravishing performance of the 3rd movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto! Having won the competition, he will be performing in a concert on May 17, 2024 at Schlesinger Concert Hall featuring Young Artist competition winners and side-by-side with the Army Orchestra. We are also excited to mention that harpist Goldie Woods received an Honorable Mention and will also be performing on May 17th. The concert is free to the public and we hope to see you there! Congratulations to the following orchestra students for placing into this year’s Virginia All-State Orchestra!
Violin Birka Chen Ryan Chun Alexandra Glas Viola Livia Nhan Harp - (accepted into the Concert Band) Goldie Woods Students auditioned amongst hundreds of highly skilled student musicians and will participate in a special performance alongside student musicians from around the state this upcoming weekend in Richmond, Virginia! We want to extend a large congratulations to the following students who auditioned for and were accepted into the Senior District 12 Honors Orchestra, which will take place on January 12 & 13th at Langley High School:
VIOLIN Emily Moon, violin 2 Paul Yoo, violin 1 Nathan Park, violin 1 Ryan Kang, violin 2 Anna Mashaieshoub, violin 2 Anna Wang, alternate VIOLA Bridget Olson Olivia Nguyen Andrew Evans CELLO Jacob Park James David Mo Gruber, alternate BASS Gabriel Garces Maren Lees, alternate Thank you to all of the students who put in the hard work and time to audition. Congratulations are in order to the following students who auditioned for and were accepted into the 2023 Northern Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra! The students listed below auditioned alongside students from Fairfax County, Arlington County, Alexandria City, private and home schools and have been chosen to perform in a full symphony under the direction of Dr. Daniel Myssyk on November 11th at Wakefield HS. McLean High School is extremely proud to have had so many talented students accepted into this prestigious orchestra! VIOLIN
Birka Chen Ryan Chun Alexandra Glass Alice Kim VIOLA Livia Nhan Lee Davis CLARINET Kian Choi BASSOON Muyang Zhang Congratulations to the orchestra, band, and choir students for a wonderful trip to Orlando this past weekend! Below is a list of the awards the orchestra won as part of the Heritage WorldStrides competition:
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