Sponsored by the Irvine Public Schools Foundation

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

7:00 p.m.

The Irvine Unified School District's Honors Concert is an annual event that features the finest musicians throughout Irvine.  Selected through a rigorous audition process, students are placed  in one of seven different ensembles: the elementary school honor orchestra, chamber strings, and chorus; the middle school honor orchestra and chorus; and the high school honor orchestra and chorus.  Many of the groups provide for the students an opportunity to perform with renown guest conductors such as composers Elliot Del Borgo, and Richard Meyer, and university conductors Richard Rintoul, Dr. Roger Hickman and John Koshak.  Besides performance at the IUSD Honors concert, many of the honor groups perform at Disneyland, California Adventure Park or Knott's Berry Farm.

This year's all Honor groups will be scheduled on the same day, Tuesday, April 29, 2008: 

• The Elementary School, the Middle School, and the High School Honor Choruses, and,

• The Elementary Chamber Strings and Orchestra, the Middle School Orchestra, and High School Orchestra.

Both performances will be at the Calvary Church in Santa Ana.  The Calvary Church has a seating capacity of over three thousand people and provides a beautiful and acoustically pleasing venue.

Map to Calvary Church at Santa Ana

This years conductors are:

• Elementary Honor Chamber Strings - Irene Kroesen and Johanna Kroesen
• Elementary Honor Orchestra - Dianna Gray and Rebecca Venlet
• Elementary Honor Chorus -  Zach Halop
• Middle School Honor Orchestra - Brendan McBrien
• Middle School Honor Chorus - Greg Ellis (Director of Choral Music at McFadden Intermediate School, Santa Ana)
• High School Honor Orchestra -Dr. Nicolas Waldvogel (Associate Professor and Director of the University Symphony Orchestra, University of Pacific, Stockton)
• High School Honor Chorus - Dr. Michael Busch (Director of Choral Activities, Concordia University, Irvine)

This will be the 26th Jubilee Honors Concert that the Irvine Public Schools Foundation has sponsored.  IPSF is a non-profit organization that supports essential programs in the Irvine District.  To date, IPSF has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through such programs as the Honors Concert, their instrumental music rental program, corporate donations, and its membership drives.  With these funds, IPSF has helped to support the district's music and art programs, the district's science program, and teacher mini-grants.  For information about their outstanding programs or about becoming a member of the Irvine Public School's Foundation, please visit www.ipsf.net.

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