Congratulations to the following orchestra students for placing into this year’s Virginia All-State Orchestra! We are very proud to say that McLean HS had the most students accepted into the orchestra from any school in the state!

Violin
Alexander Bills
Ryan Chun
Caleb Wang
Joshua Wang
Donghwa Shin

Viola
Mikayla Li

Cello
Daniel Ahn
Christina Wu

Students auditioned amongst hundreds of highly skilled student musicians and participated in a wonderful performance alongside student musicians from around the state at Christopher Newport University!

Congratulations to the following students who auditioned for and were accepted into the 2021-2022 Senior District 12 Honors Orchestra, which will take place on January 14 & 15th at Washington-Liberty High School:

Violin:
Birka Chen, 2nd violin section leader
Grace Yang
Nicoleta Hoffman
 
Viola:
Audrey Zheng
Charlotte Bach
Andrew Evans, 1st alternate

Congratulations to the following students who auditioned for and were accepted into the 2021-2022 Northern Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra:

Violin:
Ryan Chun, 1st violin
Donghwa Shin, 1st violin
Alexander Bills, 1st violin
Caleb Wang, 1st violin
​Michelle Kim, 1st violin
Lydia Hu, 2nd violin
Ella Park, 2nd violin
Nathan Park, 2nd violin
Joshua Wang, 2nd violin

Viola:
Mikayla Li
Jayesh Edwards, alternate

Cello:
Daniel Ahn
Christina Wu

Oboe:
Hannah Sim

French Horn:
Clara Marks

Flute/Piccolo Alternate:
Tieran Holmes

The above students auditioned in a virtual setting alongside students from Fairfax County, Arlington County, Alexandria City, Falls Church City, private and home schools. Students will perform together alongside other musicians from the region in a concert in mid-November, and will have the chance to go on and audition for the All-Virginia State Orchestra! McLean High School is extremely proud of the hard work that all of the students who auditioned put in for this year's Senior Regional Orchestra audition process.

Congratulations to the following orchestra students for placing into this year’s Virginia All-State Orchestra!

Violin
Donghwa Shin
Eshan Parkash 
Michelle Kim
Ella Park 

Viola
Eleanor David

Cello
Christina Wu

Students auditioned virtually amongst hundreds of highly skilled student musicians and will participate in a brand new virtual rehearsal and performance experience later this school year!

The MHSO is very proud of Eshan Parkash, a junior member of the McLean High School Philharmonic Orchestra, who was chosen to perform with the National Association for Music Educator’s All-National Orchestra in their new virtual format in January!

Eshan began playing the violin at the age of 5. He currently studies under Ko Sugiyama, a former student of The Juilliard School and current assistant concertmaster of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. Under his direction, Eshan won a division of The Joseph and Goldie Feder Memorial String Competition, and also rose in ranks to being the concertmaster of The Capitol Symphonic Youth Orchestra’s most advanced orchestra. Additionally, Eshan participated in both the Northern Virginia Regional Orchestra and All-Virginia State orchestra as a freshman and sophomore, most notably being ranked 5th in the region as a junior and 7th in the state as a sophomore. His acceptance into the All-Virginia Sate Orchestra last school year led to the opportunity to audition for the All-Nationals level. Congratulations, Eshan!