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McLean HS Students Accepted into the 2023-2024 Senior District 12 Honors Orchestra

11/16/2023

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 to students accepted into the 2025 Virginia All-State Orchestra!

11/16/2023

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

Violin
Sophia Wang

Viola
Guillermo Javierre-Carmona
Livia Nhan

Cello
Chloe Jeong

Students auditioned amongst hundreds of highly skilled student musicians and will participate in a special performance alongside student musicians from around the state this April in Richmond, Virginia!

McLean HS Students Accepted into the 2023 Northern VA Senior Regional Orchestra

11/16/2023

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

2023 Orlando Competition

3/28/2023

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:

Concert Orchestra received a plaque with a Bronze rating
Symphonic Orchestra received a plaque with a Bronze rating
Sinfonia Orchestra received a 3rd Place plaque with a Silver rating
Philharmonic Orchestra received a 1st Place plaque with a Gold rating
Outstanding Orchestra Group Trophy, given to the orchestra program that received the highest performance scores throughout the festival
Adjudicator’s Award Trophy, given to the combined school orchestra/band/choir program that received the highest combined performance scores throughout the festival
Maestro Award Trophy, given to violinist Alexander Bills for his excellent leadership and performance

Students Accepted into the 2023 All-Virginia Orchestra

3/1/2023

Congratulations to the students listed below for their acceptance into this year’s All-Virginia Orchestra! Students auditioned this past weekend at JMU and will head down to the Richmond Convention Center for rehearsals and a prestigious performance from April 27-29th.

Ryan Chun, violin
Birka Chun, violin
Christina Wu, cello
Lea Kung, harp (alternate)
Kian Choi, Bb clarinet

The orchestra is very proud of these students for representing the Highlanders at the state level!

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McLean HS Students Accepted into the 2023-2024 Senior District 12 Honors Orchestra

Congratulations to students accepted into the 2025 Virginia All-State Orchestra!

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2023 Orlando Competition

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