ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION
Proudly Presents
SATURDAY, MAY 18 | 7 P.M.
SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS
We provide an unparalleled arts and academic education in a creative, challenging, and nurturing environment to a diverse group of students who are passionate about the arts, preparing them to reach their highest potential.
Established in 1987, the nationally recognized Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) offers a dynamic school culture that enables students to flourish as artists and scholars. The school currently serves a diverse student body of nearly 2,300 students in grades 7-12 from more than 100 cities throughout Southern California.
In addition to offering a challenging college-preparatory academic program that produces high-achieving, motivated scholars, OCSA provides aspiring young artists with the opportunity to refine their skills and flourish in one of 17 arts conservatories. Each year, more than 200 concerts, recitals, staged performances, and exhibitions are presented at a variety of venues in Orange County and throughout the world, providing students with the unique experience of entertaining and inspiring thousands of audience members.
OCSA is a donation-dependent public charter school; no student is offered or denied admission based on financial capacity. The school’s rigorous academic education coupled with advanced arts training has impacted many students, molding generations of creative thinkers, leaders, artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
RANKED #3 BEST CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA Niche, 2024
Dear Friends and Families,
It is with immense joy and pride that I welcome you all to Season Finale 2024, presented by the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) Foundation!
As another remarkable season’s curtain closes, I am in awe of all that the OCSA community has accomplished. And while I am so proud of our many accomplishments, I am even more honored to be able to witness firsthand the daily impact that OCSA has on all those who walk its halls. I know without a doubt that the experiences our students have at OCSA – academically, artistically, and socially – will guide them as they embark on their journeys in higher education and their careers. It is also undeniable that the positive impact of OCSA would not be possible without our valued teachers. The passion and dedication that our teachers display each and every day is truly incredible and is what makes them the absolute best at what they do.
I would like to take this opportunity to extend my deepest gratitude and appreciation toward a foundational leader who has been making a substantial impact at OCSA for the past 22 years, Mr. Steven Wagner. As many of you are aware, Mr. Wagner will be retiring from his position as Chief Operations Officer at the conclusion of this school year. Alongside OCSA’s Administrative Team, Mr. Wagner has helped provide the vision and leadership to facilitate the school’s growth from just 800 students to nearly 2,300, and from 12 arts programs to 20. His guidance throughout my time at OCSA has been invaluable, as I know it has been to many others. I hope you will join me in thanking Mr. Wagner and wishing him a happy and well-deserved retirement!
I also want to thank our 2023-2024 Season Sponsors: Pendry Newport Beach, Farmers & Merchants Bank, and Boot Barn, as well as our Board of Trustees, Foundation Board of Directors, Emeritus Board, President’s Circle, Encore, and PSO members for their continued and enthusiastic support of our students. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation for our parents, alumni, administrators, faculty and staff, members of the local community, most importantly, our talented and inspiring student artists. I am especially excited to welcome our newly admitted students, who are just beginning their OCSA journey and will be joining us for the 2024-2025 school year in the fall.
Now, it’s time to marvel at tonight’s outstanding lineup of performances from each of our conservatories. Please enjoy!
All the best,
Teren M. Shaffer President & CEO
Orange County School of the Arts
We are so very proud of everything you have accomplished and can't wait to see what is in store for each and every one of you!
We hope you enjoy this dynamic showcase celebrating the culmination of the school year and featuring spectacular performances and presentations by the talented student artists of all 17 OCSA arts conservatories.
SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS
Culinary Arts & Hospitality
SCHOOL OF DANCE
Ballet & Contemporary Dance
Ballet Folklórico Dance
Ballroom Dance
Commercial Dance
SCHOOL OF FINE & MEDIA ARTS
Arts & Enterprise
Creative Writing
Design & Media
Film & Television
Integrated Arts
Visual Arts
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Classical Voice
Instrumental Music
Popular Music
SCHOOL OF THEATRE
Acting
Musical Theatre
Production & Design
Thank you to all OCSA families, faculty, and staff for another extraordinary year!
Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A., Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory
Nicholaus Yee, D.M.A., Coordinator, Strings & Orchestra Program
March of the Swiss Soldiers
William Tell Overture (Finale)
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Conducted by Jacob Sustaita, D.M.A.
Featuring: The OCSA Symphony Orchestra, including Katherine Baker, David Binoya, Matthew Blam, Marie Bocanegra, Joel Carrasco, Ivana Chacon, Sabrina Chang, Truanne Chen, Sumin Cho, Irene Choung, Isaac Chun, Victoria Chun, Joshua Cua, James Dechary, Julia Dietz, Nicholas Doan, Juneau Foxlin, Pedro Fregoso, Andrew Fung, Allyson Hahn, Emma He, Joseph Ho, Justin Hong, Nathan Hwang, Miri Izenberg, Annabelle Jin, Amy Jong, Amelia Kang, Lyric Khan, Ariana Kim, Kayla Kim, Jaden Kim, Tane Kim, Maiya Kothari, Sydney Kramer, Grace Lai, Christine Lee, Danny Lee, Jaynie Lee, Jiyu Lee, Olivia Lee, Rubi Lee, Sandra Lee, Sydney Lee, Kaien Li, Emily Lu, Matthew Martono, Allison Molin, Thalia Nguyen-Khoa, Saya Nishimura, Edwin Noh, Danny O’Grady, April Park, Hayden Park, Keilah Park, Damian Paul, Tyler Phan, Liam Ramos, Owen Ramos, William Reynolds, Aadya Sharma, Ian Shin, Swansea Siu, Killian Smith, Kenny Song, Thomas Song, Joshua Ta, Natalie Tran, Garrett Walker, Caitlin Walsh, Emma Wang, Kaylie Wise, Rachel Won, Kara Wong, Chloe Woo, Lucy Woo, Sophie Woo, Audrey Yoon, Janice Yoon, and Kevin Zhou
Ryan Reithmeier, D.M.A., Director, Classical Voice Conservatory
Tonight Is So Delightful from Die Fledermaus
Music by Johann Strauss
Orchestral Arrangement by Francis Griffin
Original Text and Plot by Robert Norman
Stage Direction by Robert Norman
Musical Preparation by David Clemensen, D.M.A. Conducted by Jacob Sustaita, D.M.A.
Featuring: Madison Becerra, William Bolin, Raya Catlin, James Conroy, Henry Courtney, Mona George, Yewon Jang, Sky Keyoung, Samara Kohne, Mathew Malagar, Lilliana Mindel, Chloe Ness, Sebastian Nunez, Macey Ranck, Viveka Saravanan, Angel Shen, Cian Sheridan, Nikki Smith, Adam Suh, Kate Um, Jack Wilson, Jeffrey Yang, Maxwell Yen, Jaden Yoo, and Luna Zamora
Ally Bushman, Director, Arts & Enterprise Conservatory
Video Presentation: Stand Up
Featuring: The Students of the Arts & Enterprise Conservatory
John Reynolds, D.M.A., Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory RUMBLE! A Pugilistic Fugue
Composed by John Carnhan
Conducted by John Carnahan
Featuring: The Frederick Fennell Wind Ensemble, including Katherine Baker, David Binoya, Matthew Blam, Marie Bocanegra, Kaitlyn Chung, Samuel Chung, Mateo Cruz, James Dechary, Julia Dietz, Nicholas Doan, Pedro Fregoso, Andrew Fung, Samantha Gonzales, Momoka Hayashibe, Emma He, Miri Izenberg, Lyric Khan, Arim Kim, Sydney Kramer, Grace Lai, Danny Lee, Olivia Lee, Oasis Lin, Sebastian Lopez, Edward Luna, Zuriel Martinez, Allison Molin, Daniel O’Grady, April Park, Keilah Park, Damian Paul, Tyler Phan, Darren Qiu, Owen Ramos, Ian Shin, Katherine Shinogi, Kenny Song, Kahlan Steffens, Nathan Tatsuta, Luke Toner, Emily Vu, Garrett Walker, Kaylie Wise, Guanting Wu, and Janice Yoon
MEKJIAN FAMILY CULINARY ARTS & HOSPITALITY
Daniel Mattos, Chef Director, The Mekjian Family Culinary Arts & Hospitality Conservatory
Video Presentation
Produced by Rabecca Woodruff
Featuring: The Students of The Mekjian Family Culinary Arts & Hospitality Conservatory
Marlene Peña-Marin, Director, Ballet Folklórico Dance Conservatory
Amor de Frontera
Music by Polka Cero
Choreography by Juan Gil Martinez Tadeo
Featuring: Emily Alvarez, Jesus Alvarez, Anthony Arreola, Delilah Brito, Monica Calva, Sofia Gomez, Yahaira Gomez, Molly Guerra, Isabella Guzman, Amy Herrera, Karina Lariz, Carlos Lozano, Andrea Martinez, Avril Martinez, Nicole Martinez, Christina Melgoza, Isaac Nuñez, Brad Olivarez, Anabella Paik, Naema Peña, Sophia Robles, Kimberly Rojas, Sophia Sigala, Mia Villalpando, and Paulina Zamora
CREATIVE WRITING
Joshua Wood, Director, Creative Writing Conservatory
Performance Poetry Selections
Featuring: Milana Berhe, Jamie Jung, Katerina Malabarba, and Ollie Tully
INTEGRATED ARTS
Charna Lopez, Director, Integrated Arts Conservatory
Cassandra Foster, Conservatory Manager, Integrated Arts Conservatory
Into the Woods
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Charna Lopez
Choreography by Charna Lopez
Music Direction by Rebecca Wong-Burdett
Puppet Provided by Stage Monkey Design
Video Design by Morgan Reynolds
Featuring: Ruby Aguilar, Dane Bergman, Brayden Bittel, Charlie Blumling, Sophie Bradecich, Conrad Cain, Sammy Dorfman, Hudson Fell, Daniel Grossgold, Molly Jenkins, Hailey Knowles, Savi McFarland, Bruno Mckenzie, Kaylee Nagata, Bella Nueva, Lila Olson, Hannah Osier, Dylan Panetta, Simone Ponsford, Annalia Sellers, Rebekah Sundukovskiy, Ciara Tadeo, Corinne Thomas, Mia Vey, Maizie Wade, Emily Welty, and Gloria Xiong
Accompanied by: Patty Awaa (Violin), Lisa Cherry (French Horn), Daniel Hernandez (Clarinet), Kristofer Medina (IA, ‘18) (Keyboard), John Reynolds (Trumpet), Julian Rymar (Bassoon), Thomas Song (Cello), Kaylie Wise (Flute), and Rebecca Wong-Burdett (Piano)
Steven B. Hyde, Director, Ballet & Contemporary Dance Conservatory
Excerpt from La Bayadere
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Costumes Supervised by Kelley Munoz
Featuring: Aubrey Banaag, Audrey Chiou, Hailey Cho, Shelby Guetzkow, Isabella Harrington, Carissa Hsu, Katelyn Hu, Charlotte Huang, Arabella Kim, Mattea Le Coz, Chloe Lee, Jessica Li, Violet Lopiccola, Daniella Morales, Fiona Munoz, Leilah Prevost, Bebel Thanaritiroj, Paisley Thanaritiroj, Preston Walker, Camryn Witkin, and Bingqing Yu
Kelly Marie Pate, Director, Production & Design Conservatory
Video Presentation: Let There Be Light!
Featuring: The Seniors of the Production & Design Conservatory
Nicole Berger, Director, Commercial Dance Conservatory
Music by Aliyah’s Interlude
Choreography by Nathan Lopez
Featuring: Kai Armitage, Lauryn Bakh, Liliana Carlopio, Mackenzie Couch, Malia Gardner, Rebeca Gomez Garza, Amy Guo, Ashley Guo, Natalie Jahn, Kaili Kester, Hailey Kim, Coco Kuntz, Brielle Lieberman, Maya Loureiro, Makaela McCosar, Diana Montiel, Ava Mora, Loila Rhee, Arianna Sanchez, Shayrie Tedios, Brooklyn Toney, and Emma Rose Williams
Ryan Miller, Director, Musical Theatre Conservatory
Amelia Barron (MT, ‘09), Conservatory Manager, Musical Theatre Conservatory
It’s Time To Dance from The Prom Book and Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Book by Bob Martin
Music by Matthew Sklar
Directed by Jared Gertner
Choreography by Maddie Beanne Young
Music Direction by Christopher W. Smith
Featuring: Ashely Arnold, Bella Avalos, Irene Bang, Lilly Betts, Lula Buckle, Katia Carbajal, Zane Carras, Corrina Castro, Sofia Ciro, Kate Cummings, Samantha Dejbakhsh, Grace Gilchrist, Liron Greenberg, Sadie Guerrero, Julian Gwin, Nathan Han, Reese Hewitt, Brooke Kabashima, Janey Kolina, Danwoo Kwak, Phoenix Lambie, Izzy Lazzarinetti, Atalia Lewis, Trevor McCutchen, Sydney Nadal, Henry Robinson-Dorn, Sophie Russ, Daniel Sidoni, Teresa Smith, Amanda So, Sophia Vernon, Lexi Winner, Sora Yanami, and Graydon Yosowitz
Natasha Pasternak, Director, Popular Music Conservatory
Xanadu
Music by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neil Peart
Arrangement by the Popular Music Conservatory Senior Class
Music Direction by Natasha Pasternak
Featuring: Eli Cooper, Samantha Garcia, Asher Hinton, Joshua Jaeseung Kim, Anthony Leminh, Frank Li, Nina Lynn, Karis Merrill, Hugo Nguyen, Fenella Nishigawara, Jefferson Sawyer, River Spijkers, Savannah Tweedt, and Andres Vaca
FILM & TELEVISION
Aaron Orullian, Director, Film & Television Conservatory
Video Presentation:
National Filmographic: The Secret World of FTV Students
Written and Directed by Jackson Levy
Cinematography by Quentin Marino
Edited by Ella Lindner
Sound by Samuele Caturegli
Produced by Morgan Ang
Featuring: The Seniors of the Film & Television Conservatory
John Reynolds, D.M.A., Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory
Down South Camp Meeting
Music by Fletcher Henderson
Music Direction by John Reynolds, D.M.A.
Featuring: The OCSA Ambassador Jazz Orchestra, including Emmet Althoen, Samuel Chung, Mateo Cruz, James Dechary, Nicholas Doan, Pedro Fregoso, Grace Gillen, Miri Izenberg, Kilam Lam, Danny Lee, Allison Molin, Darren Qiu, Owen Ramos, Ian Shin, Katherine Shinogi, Oliver Shiwota, Nathan Tatsuta, Luke Toner, Emily Vu, and Kaylie Wise
MARTIN & CYNTHIA HOWARD DESIGN & MEDIA
Patrick Williams (VA, ‘96), Director, Martin & Cynthia Howard Design & Media Conservatory
Video Presentation: Let Me Tell You a Story
Featuring: The Seniors of the Martin & Cynthia Howard Design & Media Conservatory
John Walcutt, Director, The El-Erian Family Acting Conservatory
Stephanie Dorian, Assistant Director, The El-Erian Family Acting Conservatory
The Song of Mother Courage
Directed by Stephanie Dorian, Richard Kinsey, and Jenny Moon Shaw
Original Music by Richard Kinsey
Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
Choreography by Jenny Moon Shaw
Featuring: The Seniors of The El-Erian Family Acting Conservatory, including Grace Abbott, Sophia Abiera, Sameer Bajaj, Esther Cho, Ryan Choi, Lila Cupolo-Bausch, Ava DeVoe, Maya Ferchaw, Angel Garcia, Philip Giglia, Kate Given, Justin Jacobson, Parker Lewis, Ethan Manalastas, Zoey Ariel Martinez, Bryn Mason, Liam Miley, Maggie Moland, Maxfield Ney, Isabella Rivas, Bhavik Sabherwal, Marley Saunderson, Gracie Silberman, Siena Stark, Levi Sternshein, Ava Tello, and Gracie Wiemann
Also Featuring: The Cast of Mother Courage, including Cameron Avery, Anne Bauer, Devyn Berrey, Peyton Eich, Roman Xavier Elson, Dana Estrella, Esmee Gallucci, Rohan Ganesan, Vlad Ghepes, Kaia Han, Audrey Kim, Isabella Kim, Shayla Knihtila, Kylin Lehner, Aidan Lindsay, Charles Meltreger, Dagny Rosenblatt, Lyonne Sakamoto, Emeline Tran, Isabella Yassa, and River Zylstra
BALLROOM DANCE
Robert Porch, Director, Ballroom Dance Conservatory
Dirty Dancing Medley
Choreography by Briana Suakjian and Kris Suakjian
Costumes by Linda Reisian
Music Editing by Brittney Porch and Briana Suakjian
Featuring: Mario Berestetsky, Heather Torres Cancino, Gabriel Cho, Jared Lee, Aurelia Philmore, Isabella Sanchez, Chloe Savage, Brody Silva, Sean Sulit, Celeste Valadez, Alexander Vargas, Ariadna Vidal, Felix Wang, James Williams, Selina You, and Cynthia Zhang
Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A., Director, Instrumental Music Conservatory Galop-Marche
Music by Albert Lavignac
Music Direction by Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A. and Wenjing Liu, D.M.A.
Featuring: Lucie Kim, Kara Syn, Rachael Vu, and Xinchun Zhang
Paige Oden, Director, Visual Arts Conservatory Randy Au, Assistant Director, Visual Arts Conservatory
Video Presentation: Meet 4 Visual Arts Seniors
Produced by Christine Moulton
Featuring: Violet Adams, Fatima Mai, Chili Sloop, and Melody Wu
A GLIMPSE AT GALA 2024
Cindy Peca, Creative Director Jacob Piattoni (CMD, ‘18), Foundation & Creative Team Associate
Wicked Compilation
Music and Lyrics by Steven Schwartz
Music Direction by Melissa Wackerman
Orchestrated by Patrick Copeland
Vocal Direction by Gavin Thrasher
Band Directed and Conducted by Robert “Jake” Jacobs Choreography by Jacob Piattoni (CMD, ‘18)
Production Coordinated by Alex Padilla (PD, ‘18)
Costume Design by Cindy Peca and Jacob Piattoni (CMD, ‘18)
Featuring:
Dancers: Miranda Brockway, Guinevere Gale, Ella Jerrier, Joleane Jewell, Maya Loureiro, Logan Macy, Brady Moore, Sarah Moore, Jade Park, Brandon Paul, Piper Rosvek, Ella Sheppard, Amanda So, and Rylee Young
Instrumentalists: Thurman Arosteguy, Maiya Kothari, Jett Lackey, Allie Molin, Giancarlo Perla, Brandon Pham, Luke Sakurai, Aadya Sharma, Savannah Tweedt, Andres Vaca, Calitin Walsh, Kara Wong, and Elizabeth Yong
Vocalists: Luca Aiello, Lily Aniceto, Johann Avenido, J.J. Barton, Madison Becerra, Isabella Betancourt, Isabella Both, Chase Cardoso, Zane Carras, Raya Catlin, Malia Chisick, J. Grant Conroy, Henry Courtney, Samantha Dejbakhsh, Caitlin Francisco, Michael Garay, Mona George, Charis Githuka-Ngige, Daniel Grossgold, Sadie Guerrero, Nathan Han, Claire Harmsen, Zane Herrmann, Asher Hinton, Yewon Jang, Estella Sky Keyoung, Lauren Kimball, Brendan Knox, Samara Kohne, Bryce Leng, Kelly Li, David Lyons, Mathew Malagar, Madeline Malo, Lilliana Mindel, Jonathan Mizrahi, Adrienne Morrow, Chloe Ness, Celine Ngo, Hugo Nguyen, Abriella Nicolalde, Sebastian Nunez, Sebastian Padilla, Angelina Pendleton-Mendez, Daniel Peters, Macey Ranck, Ava Recana, Joules Recana, Sophie Russ, Viveka Saravanan, Lexie Shehab, Rulan (Angel) Shen, Cian Sheridan, Nikki Smith, Sydney Sublette, Adam Suh, Erin Tardibuono, Leyla Ton, Kate Um, Sophia Vernon, Jack Wilson, Liya Wilson, Paxton Wong, Leila Woodward, Jeffrey Yang, Maxwell Yen, Jaden Yoo, and Luna Zamora
We are grateful to all of our fantastic student hosts this evening!
SEASON FINALE STUDENT CREW
Ryan Baran
Monserratt Samirah Castillo
Abigayle Fusco
Sebastian Lee
Lauren Liddane
Kristoffer Renshus
SEASON FINALE PRODUCTION & EVENT TEAM
Kelly Andrews
Darren Bautista
Anna Belmer Jackson (MT, ‘13)
Staci Berrey
Amanda Blazey
Anel Cantu
Alicia Cruz
Julia Gutierrez
Robert “Jake” Jacobs
Maria Lazarova, D.M.A.
Abbe Levine
Ricardo Mesina
Quinn Olesiuk
Alex Padilla (PD, ‘18)
Cindy Peca
Katie Perry Page (MT, ‘11)
Jacob Piattoni (CMD, ‘18)
Julia Rudge (CMD, ‘16)
Shelby Sandberg (CMD, ‘08)
Jamie Schofield
Lori Solomon
Elizabeth Ton (MT, ‘95)
Michael Von Hoffman
Melissa Wackerman Hui-Shan Yong
The Orange County School of the Arts Foundation thanks for their commitment and contribution to our event!
2023-2024
Community Partner Award
City of Santa Ana
Fundraising Volunteer Award
Jessica and Chris Moland
Doug Schulein
Outstanding Alumni Award
Caroline Fleet (VA, ‘12)
Outstanding School Volunteer Award
Wendy Leng
Matt McCutchen
Rosie Nunez
Teri Belmer Parent Leadership Award
Kelly Fox
Samantha and Jon Stark
President & CEO
Teren Shaffer
Chief Operations Officer
Steven Wagner
Principal
Michael Ciecek
Assistant Principal of Instruction
Kimberly Barraza Lyons, Ph.D.
Assistant Principal of Student Services
Becca Freeland
Assistant Principal of Arts
Maria Lazarova, D.M.A.
Assistant Principal of Student Supervision
Abbe Levine
Director of Special Services
Lauren Reynolds
Learning Specialist
Shelley Stanphill
FOUNDATION
Vice President of Communications
Kelly Andrews
Vice President of Development
Elizabeth Ton
Director of Productions
Eric Hamme
SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS
Mekjian Family Culinary Arts & Hospitality
Daniel Mattos, Chef Director
SCHOOL OF DANCE
Ballet & Contemporary Dance
Steven B. Hyde, Director
Ballet Folklórico Dance
Marlene Peña-Marin, Director
Ballroom Dance
Robert Porch, Director
Commercial Dance
Nicole Berger, Director
SCHOOL OF FINE & MEDIA ARTS
Arts & Enterprise
Ally Bushman, Director
Creative Writing
Joshua Wood, Director
Martin & Cynthia Howard
Design & Media
Patrick Williams, Director
Film & Television
Aaron Orullian, Director
Integrated Arts
Charna Lopez, Director
Cassandra Foster, Conservatory Manager
Visual Arts
Paige Oden, Director
Randy Au, Assistant Director
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Classical Voice
Ryan Reithmeier, D.M.A., Director
Instrumental Music
Sarkis Baltaian, D.M.A., Director
Pianist Program
Strings & Orchestra Program
John Reynolds, D.M.A., Director
The Garn Family Jazz Studies Program
Frederick Fennell Wind Studies Program
Nicholaus Yee, D.M.A., Coordinator
Strings & Orchestra Program
Popular Music
Natasha Pasternak, Director
SCHOOL OF THEATRE
El-Erian Family Acting
John Walcutt, Director
Stephanie Dorian, Assistant Director
Musical Theatre
Ryan Miller, Director
Amelia Barron, Conservatory Manager
Production & Design
Kelly Marie Pate, Director
Officers
Vincent Foley, Jr., Chair
Paul Satkin, Secretary
Members
Hon. Halim Dhanidina (Ret.)
Jessica Herthel
Gary Humphreys
Officers
Jason Herthel, Chair
Teren Shaffer, President & CEO
Jennifer Sternshein, Secretary
Kevin Tiber, Treasurer
Hon. Halim Dhanidina (Ret.), Board of Trustees Representative
Eoin L. Kreditor, J.D., Vice Chair, Legacy Giving
Kimberley Lakes, Ph.D., Vice Chair, Human Capital
Michael Laven, Vice Chair, Finance
Directors
Lisa Argyros
Jim Bergman
Lisa Brennan
Albert Bushala
Bruce E. Chapman
Jim Conroy
Julia Feldman
Lamia Gabal, M.D.
Bryan Giglia
Gillian Hayes, Ph.D.
Steven Ho
Martin Howard
Jennie Johanson-Maya
Patricia Juarez
Michael Le, M.D.
Lee Runnels
Don Steiner
Christine Walker-Bowman
Julia Argyros
John Daniels
Sandy Segerstrom Daniels
Mohamed El-Erian
Brad Ellis, J.D.
Maria Newkirk Fong
John Gates
Carol Green
Jerry Mandel
Michal Mekjian, Jr.
James “Walkie” Ray
Judy Sabbagh
Susan Samueli, Ph.D.
Janice Frey Smith
Kate St. Clair
Russell Stern
John Vestri
Scott Woolsey
In Memoriam
Paul Folino
Doug Garn
Sebastian Paul Musco
Lew Webb
Aquarian Drumheads
Arts Orange County
Audio By the Bay
Bowers Museum
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
City of Santa Ana
Dragon Kim Foundation
El Sol Academy
The Frida Cinema
Girl Scouts of Orange County
Glorious
Max H. Gluck Foundation
GRAMMY Museum
Grand Central Art Center
Hilbert Museum
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Jazz at Lincoln Center
LBC Heroes Squad
Montage Hotels & Resorts
Orange County Museum of Art
Orange County Music & Dance
The Pacific Club
Pacific Symphony
Philharmonic Society of Orange County
Pretend City
RED
Relámpago del Cielo, Inc.
Santa Ana Police Activities and Athletic League
Santa Ana Public Library
Segerstrom Center for the Arts
South Coast Repertory
Think Together
Thompson Autism and Neurodevelopment Center at CHOC
Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort and Club
Yamaha
Chapman University
Culinary Institute of America
El Sol Academy
International Association of Professional Music Teachers
Johnson & Wales University
Orange Coast Community College
Orange County Department of Education
Orange County Educational Arts Academy
University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College
Santa Ana College
Swiss Education Group
University of Southern California
The OCSA Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing financial support to the school The Foundation accomplishes this through individual contributions (in addition to families’ annual Conservatory Funding Agreements); membership support and social groups, including Encore; corporate sponsorships; special events; foundation grants; legacy giving; capital campaigns; and community engagement programs and classes.
All Foundation gifts and membership contributions provide invaluable support toward important schoolwide initiatives that directly benefit our talented students.
Thank you to the following 2023-2024 President’s Circle members:
Armi and Ron Abiera
Cheryl Alderson and Charles Dominguez
Courtney and James Banaag
Alyson and Alfredo Cartagena
Kara and Rob Casola
Kathy and William Chang
Gretchen and Jim Conroy
Saranya and Halim Dhanidina
Britt and Bruno Di Leo
Julia Feldman and Ryan Malone
Sally and Dan Fleet
Betsy and Luke Freiler
Lamia Gabal and Charlie Wilcoxson
Stacy and Jason Gwin
Erin and Duke Han
Allison and Brian Herman
Jessica and Jason Herthel
Chinyee and Andrew Keyoung
Cheryl and Michael Laven
Debbie and Bonaparte Liu
Sherry and Paul Main
Debbie and Aaron Malo
Greg McCollum and Jeff Van Hoosear
Maeesha Merchant and Gaurav Diwan
Merrie and Ed Mora
Tita Nguyen and Michael Le
Rose Paguirian-Steiner and Don Steiner
Allison and Jim Panetta
Shannon and Andrew Patterson
Bradley Pivar and Rod Escobedo
Ami and Rakesh Puvvada
Alexis and Julian Recana
Trilby and Michael Robinson-Dorn
Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman
Juliet and Doug Schulein
Karen Smith and Jay Jerrier
Mohini and Vip Soni
Jeannette and John Soumbasakis
Samantha and Jon Stark
Jennifer and Sandy Sternshein
Kim and Bert Tavares
Mei Tsang and Steve Brown
Ivy Wang and Patryk Symchych
Michelle and Gary Yoshino
Sandy and David Young
Jinny and Ed Yun
Thank you to the following 2023-2024 Encore members:
Armi and Ron Abiera
Kevin and Patty Adams
Anonymous
Ms. Jyothi Atluri
The Badenas Peterson Family
The Banaag family
The Bailey Family
The Becker Family
The Betts Family
Team Bignami
Charles and Drew Bittel
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Both
Laura and Justin Boysen Aragon
Jack and Lisa Brennan
Martha Brito
Dr. Alyson and Alfredo Cartagena
The Casola Family
William and Kathy Chang
Joy Chao and Jason Lee
Tim and Rita Chen
Dr. Gretchen and Mr. James Conroy
The Dayal Family
The Dejbakhsh Family
The Deutschman Family
The DeVoe Family
The Dhanidina Family
Britt and Bruno Di Leo
The Dominguez Family
Stephen and Nancy Eng
Sally and Dan Fleet
The Fox/Osier Family
Betsy and Luke Freiler
David and Penny Fry
Lamia Gabal and Charlie Wilcoxson
Kim-Marie Galloway
The Garay Family
Sam and Romi Garg
The Ge Family
Golden Estate Legal
The Gourley Family
Growing Healthy Together, Inc. Pediatric
Practice in Long Beach
Daniel Guo’s Family
Javier and Brandi Gutierrez
Jason and Stacy Gwin
Erin and Duke Han
Elaine and Michael Haselhuhn
The Herman Family
The Herman Family
Andy and Gracie Hinton
Spencer Ho
Stacy L. Hodge
Scott Holty and Emilie Albert
Cindy Hughes and Paul Schmidhauser
The Idriss Family
The Jacobson Family
Jay Jerrier and Karen Smith
Danwoo K.
The Kapoor Family
Angela Kent and David Kane
Andrew and Chinyee Keyoung
The Kleinman Family
The Kondo/Truong Family
The Kuntz Family
Nolan and Kisu Lam
Michael and Cheryl Laven
Michael and Rosemarie Le Coz
Michael Le and Tita Nguyen
Charles and Shana Lee
Lily Lee
Scott and Susan Lee
The Lee Family
Matthew and Jasmine Lindauer
The Lipinsky Family
Debbie and Bonaparte Liu
Kevin and Louise Lloyd
Linda Ly and Kevin Pang
Paul and Sherry Main
The Malo Family
Ryan Malone and Julia Feldman
Drs. Derek and Yasmine Mason
Greg McCollum and Jeff Van Hoosear
Bill and Miranda McCroskey
Diana and Matt McCutchen
Jeremy and Archana McEligot
Paul Mendoza
Maeesha Merchant and Gaurav Diwan
Val and Larry Miles
The Mizrahi Family
The Moland Family
Merrie and Ed Mora
Akie Nagaski
Yvonne Naranjo
The Nemana Family
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Nottage
Daisy Nueva
Molly Ortwein
Rosemarie Paguirigan-Steiner and Don Steiner
Jim and Allison Panetta
The Parekh Shah Family
The Passalacqua Family
Andrew and Shannon Patterson
The Pennor Family
The Pivar-Escobedo Family
Rakesh and Ami Puvvada
The Raymonds
Hon. Julian and Alexis Recana
Trilby and Michael Robinson-Dorn
The Ross Family
The Rossfeld Family
Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman
Douglas and Juliet Schulein
The Schultz Family
The Shinogi Family
The Shipman Family
Mrs. Deepika Shiroy and Mr. Chandan Shiroy
Tina and David Sidoni
The Siu Family
Mohini and Vip Soni
John and Jeannette Soumbasakis
Samantha and Jonathan Stark
Jennifer and Sandy Sternshein
Patryk Symchych
Loc and Christina Ta
Kim and Bert Tavares
Alan Terricciano and Dr. Lisa Roetzel
Mei Tsang and Steve Brown
The Velarde Family
Crystal Wang
The Weaver Family
Laura Wilbur and Rod Lanthier
Vivien Yin
Michelle and Gary Yoshino
The Young Family
Drs. Edward and Jinny Yun
The Zazik Family
Yue Zhai’s Family
The goal of Students First: A Capital Campaign is to create an enhanced campus environment that will benefit the entire OCSA community.
Thank you to the following individuals and organizations who have donated in support of this transformational campaign:
Acting Conservatory Families, Class of 2025
Anonymous
Julia and George Argyros
Lisa Argyros
Albert and Miaad Bushala
The Cha Family
Dr. Gretchen and Mr. James Conroy
The DeVoe Family
DevTo Support Foundation
The Dhanidina Family
The Dirk Family
El-Erian Family Foundation
Roberta Estrin
Farmers & Merchants Bank
The Garn Family
Shelley and Steven Ho
The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation
Martin and Cynthia Howard / Howard CDM
Chinyee and Dr. J. Andrew Keyoung
N&D Kim Family
Tina and Eoin Kreditor / Cleo A Bluth Charitable Foundation
Dr. Kimberley Lakes and Dr. James Kay
Cheryl and Michael Laven
Hsueh Chun Lo
The Malone Family
Jennifer and Paul Meyhoefer
Mrs. Tita Nguyen, Esq. and Dr. Michael Le
Ryan and Jin O’Grady
The Park Family
Debbie and Joe Rogoff
Samueli Foundation
Anna Schlotzhauer and Jim Bergman
Karen Smith and Jay Jerrier
The Sternshein Family
The Tioleco-Cheng Malabarba Family
Ryan and Nicole Warne-McGraw
The Wegner Family
Michelle and Gary Yoshino
Thank you to all of our OCSA families who have contributed this year in support of their child’s arts conservatory experience.
Your contributions specifically support conservatory salaries, facilities, equipment and supplies, performance opportunities, guest artist master teachers, and field trips.
We couldn’t make the OCSA magic happen without you!
