2022 Photos & Videos

Summer 2022 Focus:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

July 24 Concert at the Nixon Presidential Library Theater

2:00 PM PROGRAM

Front: Violinist Abby Trinh, Cellist Richard Mott and Violist Tiffanie Chang
Back: Violinist Aric Hongyi Xiao and Violist Ten Gu

VIDEO of the Mozart & Britten Quintet Performance

String Quintet in C Minor, K. 406, 4. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Simple Symphony, 2. Playful Pizzicato
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Front: Violinist Becky Wang, Cellist Phoebe Kensicki
Back: Violist Jayden Yeo and Violinist Jarden Pan


VIDEO of the Mozart & Anderson Quartet Performance

String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 159, 3. Rondo
W. A. Mozart
The Syncopated Clock
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

Front: Violinist Evan Kim and Cellist Jack Burmahln
Back: Violinist Aston Kim and Violist Jerry Sun

VIDEO of the Mozart & Porter (“Anything Goes”) Quartet Performance

String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589, 1. Allegro
W. A. Mozart
Anything Goes
Cole Porter (1891-1964)

Front: Violinist Eunice Sung and Cellist Sofia Roncancio
Back: Violist Janell Lim and Violinist Ivana Chacon

VIDEO of the Mozart & Arlen (“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”) Quartet Performance

String Quartet in C Major, K. 465, 3. Rondo
W. A. Mozart
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Harold Arlen (1905-1986) 

Front: Violinist Michael King and Cellist Caitlin Walsh
Back: Violinist Joel Kim and Violist Elliott Kim

VIDEO of the Mozart & Porter (“Night & Day”) Quartet Performance

String Quartet in F Major, K. 590, 1. Allegro moderato
W. A. Mozart
Night and Day
Cole Porter

Front: Cellist Ethan Irianto and Violinist Dallas Chu
Back: Violist Bradley Son and Violinist Becky Liu

VIDEO of the Mozart & Arlen (“It’s Only a Paper Moon”) Quartet Performance

String Quartet in G Major, K. 387, 4. Molto Allegro
W. A. Mozart
It’s Only a Paper Moon (1933)
Harold Arlen, arr. 2002 Bert Ligon

double-treble
Faculty: Esther Back, Kay Pech, Leslie Ho, David Xiao-Qiang Pan

Memories of July 8-24, 2022

We wanted to play together! But COVID kept testing our attempts at staying healthy. One violinist caught COVID and had to drop out the first morning of rehearsals. Eventually two violinists had to step in who had very little time to prepare, so at the concert we awarded them with…

THE COURAGE AWARD
to Michael King and Jarden Pan, who were given $100 scholarships each to return next summer.

Kay Pech presents Courage Awards to Jarden Pan and Michael King

We rehearsed outdoors; we rehearsed indoors in air-conditioning (which we prefered!). Three members of the household where we rehearsed on the outdoor back patio fell victim to COVID, so, of course, we didn’t go in!

We wore our masks and strained to hear what someone was saying under their mask…

We tried playing the way the coach was demonstrating…

After five rehearsals, we provided a 2 pm concert July 24 at the Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda. Thank you to all who came to our free concert. Each of our six groups–five string quartets and a viola quintet–prepared movements by Mozart….plus an encore!

Richard Anshutz Award

Every year the faculty honors a returning high-quality student with the Richard Anshutz Award. Read about our winner(s) HERE: Dallas Chu, Joel Kim, Evan Kim, and Ethan Irianto.

Violinists Aric Hongyi Xiao and Abby Trinh, Cellist Richard Mott, Violists Ten Gu and Tiffanie Chang
Aric, Abby, Rich, Tiffanie & Ten Gu
Aric, Abby, Rich, Tiffanie & Ten Gu
Aric, Abby, Rich, Tiffanie & Ten Gu
Violinist Rebecca Liu, Cellist Ethan Irianto, Violist Bradley Son and Violinist Dallas Chu
Violinist Aston Kim, Cellist Jack Burmahln, Violinist Evan Kim and Violist Jerry Sun
Aston, Jack, Jerry and Evan in rehearsal
Violinist Dorothy Wang, Cellist Phoebe Kensicki, Violinist Jarden Pan and Violist Jayden Yeo
Violist Elliott Kim, Violinist Joel Kim, Cellist Caitlin Walsh, Violinist Michael King
Leslie Ho sharing some Improvisational Insights with Joel, Caitlin, Elliott and Michael
Joel and Caitlin rehearsing
Joel, Caitlin, Elliott and Michael
Violinists Ivana Chacon and Eunice Sung, Cellist Sofia Roncancio and Violist Janelle Lim
Violinists Eunice Sung and Ivana Chacon
Violinist Ivana Chacon
Cellist Sofia Roncancio
Rehearsing a movement of Mozart
Prof. Ho helping Eunice’s quartet develop “a story”
Artist-teacher Leslie Ho works with violinist Joel Kim
Our artist-teacher Dr. Esther Back
Kay Pech and Dr. David Xiao-Qiang Pan coaching the Mozart Viola Quintet
Violinists Aric Hongyi Xiao and Abby Trinh, Cellist Richard Mott, Violists Ten Gu and Tiffanie Chang with coaches Dr. Pan and Kay Pech
Eunice and Sofia
How Jack manages to see his music, measure by measure
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Many Thanks!
We are grateful for the generous contributions from our donors who have provided every participant with a $100 scholarship.

Dr. Donald and Tamara Ambroson
Jonathan Andreas
Marc L. Andreas Foundation
Cynthia Greer
The Hennings Fischer Foundation
Emily Irianto
Richard Mott
Amazon Smile
David Xiao-Qiang Pan
Susan Owen Paxson
Kay Pech

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