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Apr 30

Pre-assessment Concert on 3/4/2025

Congratulations to the Langley Orchestra on their successful pre-assessment concert on Tuesday, March 4th! The concert featured all three of Langley’s Orchestras: Philharmonic, Symphonic, and Concert. Starting with the Philharmonic Orchestra, students performed the Holberg Suite, Op.40 “In Olden Style” by Edvard Grieg, and the Serenade, Op.10 by Ernst von Dohnanyi. Next up, Concert Orchestra played Fantasia on an Original Theme by Joseph Phillips, Allegro in D by Antonio Vivaldi, and Finale from Symphony No. 88.  Finally, Symphonic Orchestra played Themes from “The Moldau” by Bedrich Smetana (arr. Frost), the   “Unfinished” Symphony  by Franz Schubert (arr. McCashin), and Capriccio Espagnol by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Dackow). Truly an abundant amount of compositions that embody the timeless nature of classical music!

The playbill can be found below:

Assessment Concert 2025 copyDownload

Here is the link to the pre-assessment concert, as well as the recording to the Orchestras Assessment at Herndon HS with only the Symphonic and Philharmonic.

2025 Philharmonic Orchestra 

2025 Concert Orchestra 

2025 Symphonic Orchestra

2025 Langley Orchestra Seniors 

Apr 28

Congratulations to Students Selected for the All-State Orchestra

Congratulations to Leah Pang, Gemma Shi, Amiliya Smith, and Bennett Huang for being selected to the All-Virginia Orchestra! All four of these musicians were selected through a blind audition process out of a field of hundreds of Virginia’s finest high school musicians. The All-Virginia Orchestra will be performing in concert on April 26 in Richmond.

A heartfelt thank you to our trip organizers Jen Lee and Claudia Peters, whose meticulous planning made every aspect of the trip truly outstanding. Thanks also to our dedicated chaperones: Mayam Ayromlou, Pamela Fox, Farid Homayounmehr (also our trip photographer), Slava Reshetnyak, Raj Rana, Lucy Sang, Masami Smith, and Kelcy Wanamaker.

A very special additional congratulations to senior Amiliya Smith who was selected as cello section leader of the All-Virginia Orchestra! This distinction means that Amiliya is recognized as the top high school cellist in Virginia. Congratulations Amiliya! 

Apr 05

New Student Auditions for 2025-26

Langley Orchestra is excited to welcome all string students to the upcoming 2025-2026 school year!

Langley’s orchestra program is comprised of five classes that rehearse separately (Freshman Orchestra, Sophomore Orchestra, Junior Advanced Orchestra, Senior Advanced Orchestra, and audition-only Philharmonic) but often combine into three orchestras for concerts, assemblies, and assessments (Concert Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra, and Philharmonic Orchestra). Advanced Orchestra at Langley High School includes Juniors, Seniors & Philharmonic classes and an honors weighting (+0.5) is added to Advanced Orchestra classes.

New string students coming to Langley High School are automatically placed into their grade-level class.  If new students wish to be considered for advanced placement, section seating, or Philharmonic class, they are required to submit an audition by video.  The audition will comprise one scale of the student’s choosing (number of octaves and difficulty will be considered – 3 octaves required for Philharmonic) and a short excerpt of a solo piece (1-2 min) that demonstrates the student’s technical abilities.  There is no need for special equipment – a video from a smartphone, tablet, or school laptop works fine and piano accompaniment is not necessary.  Please be sure to introduce yourself at the beginning of your video. The audition videos can by submitted via this Google Form. Note the entire video including your introduction, scale and excerpt should not exceed 4 minutes in length. The deadline to submit the audition video is Friday, May 9, 2025.

Please use the following method to record your audition videos and copy the link to the Google Form:

  • Upload your video recording to YouTube. Video files submitted in other formats will not be accepted. Steps for YouTube uploads can be found here.
  • During upload, select the “Unlisted” privacy option. This allows you to still share the video link with us without making the video viewable to the public. More info here. Check the YouTube video link to make sure it works.
  • Submit your audition video link via this Google Form (note you need to log into your Google account using non-FCPS email to access this form).
  • The link could be included in any of the free response questions such as years playing instrument, and list of instrument activities.

If you encounter any technical problems, please contact webmaster Mrs. Xiaoli Zhao.

Students currently in Langley Orchestra will audition during Langley Links in April after Spring Break – look for an announcement and sign-up information in Schoology soon.