District Assessments will be held on Friday, March 1 at James Madison High School, located at 2500 James Madison Drive, Vienna, VA 22181. This event is only relevant to students in Symphonic and Philharmonic Orchestras; students in these orchestras are required to attend. Parents, family, and friends are encouraged to attend to show their support.
Happy New Year! Huge congratulations to the following Langley District XII Honors Orchestra students who participated in the 2024 DHO event on January 12-13:
Zifei Zhao, concertmaster
Michaela Frey, principal 2nd
Geoffrey Yuan, 1st violin
Sophie Lin, 2nd violin
Dinh Lam, 2nd violin
John Wu, viola
Avery Orfitelli, viola
Catherine Lyons, viola
Shumvobi Mitra, assistant principal cello
Max Tang, cello
Allison Chung, cello
Joanna Chen, cello
Tony Aue, cello
Bryan Xia, cello
Riley Seewer, bass
We are proud to say that Langley hosted another successful DHO! Not only did Langley Orchestra have the most students (15) out of any high school perform, we even took the concertmaster (Zifei), principal 2nd (Michaela), and assistant principal cello (Shumvobi) positions! These students worked hard to prepare for an audition to be chosen out of hundreds of students to play in a weekend concert and their efforts were paid off, great job to all of you!
The guest conductor this year was the director of orchestra studies at GMU, Dr. Soo Han. He did a great job preparing the difficult program, which included Kirt N. Mosier’s “Overture to the Wind,” Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” Karel Butz’s “The Mighty Columbia,” and Edvard Grieg’s “Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Opus 46.”
Once again, congratulations to our students and Happy New Year!
Upcoming Important Dates
Tues. Sept.8
Spiritwear and Formalwear Order Deadline
Fri. Sept.11
Deadline to Sumit Cello/Bass Rental Form/Payment
Fri. Sept.11
SRO Audition Fee Due
Sat. Sept.19
Orchestra Car Wash Fund Raising, 10:00 AM - 4:00 pm @ McLean BP
