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Fantasia Asia Concert

Congrats to Langley Orchestra for a great concert! Langley Orchestra presented its Fantasia Asia concert on Tuesday the 17th featuring a wide variety of Asia-related music.

Below is a downloadable pdf of the concert program. Thanks to our talented student artists who helped with the covers!

A video recording of the concert was sent to the Langley Orchestra family by email. The concert album can be found here.

Prior to the concert, orchestra students and guests enjoyed the culture festival and quartet in Langley Hall, shoutout to those who performed or helped celebrate their culture! Students also enjoyed a dinner of Chinese food before the concert which included stir-fried noodles, chicken, and rice.

Pre-concert festivities also included Asian themed music, a K-pop performance, a stunning Indian dance, and even a performance on the sitar. In addition, many members of the Langley Chinese and Japanese clubs were present and even set up a display table outside of the auditorium. All of these pre-concert activities helped to set the stage for a fabulous first orchestra concert which included guest musicians from Langley Band as well as singers from the Langley Chorus.

Student soloists played alongside each of Langley’s three orchestras: Concert Orchestra (freshmen & sophomores), Symphonic Orchestra (juniors & seniors), and Philharmonic Orchestra (all grade levels by audition).

(Chinese students at a stand in Langley hall)

(Philharmonic rehearsing before the concert and during the concert)

(Sophie & Chloe Lin playing solo – Spring Breezes, in front of the Symphonic Orchestra)

(Langley Chorus joined the song – I’ll Make a Man Out of You, from Mulan)

(The introduction and cold jokes are our favorites)

(Guest conductors Aidan Moussavi, and Audrey Goodner)

Thank you to the PTSA for the giving out the delicious mochi ice cream during the culture fair and Langley’s world language teachers for assisting and promoting their culture! A special thanks to Mr. Martin and his band students, Mrs. Player and the VoiceMale singers, and Mr. Kaufman and his students techs that supplied the animations for complementing the orchestra performance! Finally, a big thank you to all student, teacher, and parent volunteers who supported the Langley Orchestra for this event! 

Edward Park

Photo credit: Farid Homayounmehr; Geoffrey Yuan

“Fantasia Asia” Rehearsal Schedule

(Artwork courtesy of Clemence Zou)
The first concert of the year, “Fantasia Asia,” will take place at 7pm on Tues, Oct 17. For this concert, students must wear the black Langley Orchestra polo shirt and black pants or skirts. Alternatively students (and families) are encouraged to wear traditional Asian attire! All students are required to attend concert-day rehearsals. The rehearsal schedule is:
3:00 Concert Orchestra (Freshman & Sophomores)
3:45 Symphonic Orchestra (Juniors & Seniors)
4:30 Free Pre-concert Chinese Dinner Begins (orchestra students only) (Cafeteria)*
6:00 Langley Hall reception**
6:30 Philharmonic
6:45 Students take their places
7:00 Concert begins
8:30 Concert ends (approximate)
*As a special treat to start off our orchestra season, the Langley Orchestra Society will be providing a FREE CHINESE DINNER to every orchestra student. The meal will feature both meat and vegetarian/vegan options, and will be catered by local McLean eatery China Express. Entrees will include General Tso’s Chicken, Beef and Broccoli, Szechuan String Beans, Vegetable Lo Mein, Vegetable Fried
Rice, as well as White Rice and Fortune Cookies. Dinner will begin at 4:30 in the cafeteria and is available to orchestra students only.

**Please make plans to join us beginning at 6pm for a pre-concert Celebration of Asian Culture in Langley Hall featuring traditional foods, decor, music, and dance of various Asian cultures. Please click this link to the SignUp Genius to bring your favorite Asian-inspired foods by 6:15pm or to help with set up.

Starting at 3:25 pm on concert day, Krispy Kreme doughnuts will be sold in Langley Hall. Sales will be CASH ONLY – $15 for a dozen glazed doughnuts or $2 for a single donut.

Congrats to Langley’s SRO representatives 2023!

Congratulations to the following students who were selected among hundreds of students who auditioned on Monday, October 2rd, 2023 for the Northern Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra:

Audrey Goodner (concertmaster)

Gemma Shi (principal 2nd violin)

Bennett Huang (1st violin)

Finn Fitzgerald (viola)

Amiliya Smith (cello)

Griffin Krupp (alternate bass)

These students will participate in the Northern Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra event November 9-11, 2023 at Wakefield HS, and will be eligible to audition for the All-VA Orchestra in late February. CONGRATULATIONS!!