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FACULTY RECITAL
The LACC faculty performed a scholarship fundraiser recital on May 23, raising nearly $1,000 to be used for student scholarships.
HONORS PROGRAM
The Spring 2008 Honors Program took place on May 22 with many scholarships and awards given to deserving Music Department students:
SERVICE AWARDS
Esther Alejandro, Jennifer Anderson, Ricardo Barton, Vanessa Berg, Rafael Bustamante, Grayson Cook, Dennis Dockstader, Luis Escareno, Debra Freedman, Michael Gonzalez, Irene Gutierrez, Rocco Harris, Andrew Hawes, Doc Hayes, CJ Jackson, Peter Kirkpatrick, Daniil Korachkin, Susan McCarthy, Margarite Means, Lou Michaels, Francisco Mora, Lizette Pelayo, Patrick Ramsey, Ronnie Reece, Jade Ross, Joseph Rossi, Michelle Theriot, Steve Watanabe, Debra Wilkerson, Vanessa Wheeler, Manuel Wittman, Annie Word
COMMERCIAL MUSIC SKILLS CERTIFICATES
Esther Alejandro
Music Copyist Levels 1&2, Orchestrator/Arranger Level 1, Instrum Performer Strings Level 1
Instrum Performer/Guitar Level 1, Instrum Performer/Piano Levels 1&2,
Instrum Performer/Organ Level 1, Music Technology Levels 1&2
Roberto Bacalski
Instrum Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrum Performer/Organ Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 1
Derek De La O
Instrum Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrum Performer/Organ Level 1
Instrum Performer/Guitar Level 1
Luis Escareno
Instrum Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrum Performer/Organ Level 1
Christian Gonzalez
Instrum Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrum Performer/Organ Level 1
Instrum Performer/Guitar Level 1
Jose Gonzalez
Instrum Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrum Performer/Organ Level 1 Eduardo Mojica
Music Copyist Level 3
Toshimasa Tomura
Instrum Performer/Piano Levels 1&2, Instrum Performer/Organ Levels 1&2
Sarahmae Thomas
Instrum Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrum Performer/Organ Level 1
Instrum Performer/Guitar Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 1
Mark B. Williams
Instrum Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrum Performer/Organ Level 1, Instrum Performer/
Woodwinds Level 1, Instrum Performer/Brass Level 1, Orchestrator/Arranger Level 1
Valerie Young
Instrum Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrum Performer/Organ Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 1
ABBOTT AWARD
Jonathan Lee
AMERICAN GUITAR SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP
Miguel Carrillo
RUSKIN-MITCHELL BOOK AWARD
Roberto Bacalski
CLAUSEN-BURNS-CARLSON BOOK AWARD
Valerie Young
ELIZABETH R. MAYER BOOK AWARDS
Ricardo Barton, Vanessa Berg, Eun Joo Cho, Chrislyn Cross, Mahlkah Haynes, Yeon Joshlynn Kim, Ji Hye Kwon, Hyangrim Lee, Hye June Park, Kevin Polzer, Simona Simulov, Annie Word
JAZZ BAND SCHOLARSHIP
Shingo Yuji
DR. GLYNN T. SETTLE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Esther Alejandro
ELIZABETH R. MAYER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Eun Joo Cho
PAUL PARK CHAMBER MUSIC AWARD
Hyangrim Lee, Shingo Yuji
PAUL PARK MOST IMPROVED PIANIST AWARD
Roberto Bacalski
ALICE SUTTON SCHOLARSHIP
Ricardo Barton
MARION SUOVANEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Kevin Polzer
LORRAINE WYLER SCHOLARSHIP FOR WOMEN:
MOST IMPROVED STUDENT
Vanessa Wheeler
ROBERT E. WILKINSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Hyangrim Lee
DAN RAYMOND AWARD
David Cruz
DAVID A. ALPERT SCHOLARSHIPS
Michael Bianco, Miguel Carrillo, Aaron Salinas,
LESLIE P. CLAUSEN SCHOLARSHIP
Yeon Joshlynn Kim
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Esther Alejandro, Derek De La O, Hyangrim Lee, Hye June Park,
Simona Simulov, Sarahmae Thomas, Vanessa Wheeler
OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Derek De La O
JERRY AND CAROL GOLDSMITH MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS
Eun Joo Cho, piano, performing Rhapsody in G-minor by Johannes Brahms
Hyangrim Lee, piano, performing American Preludes #1-4 by Alberto Ginastera
JOHN WILLIAMS VISITS THE LACC MUSIC DEPARTMENT
On April 2 the Music Department welcomed Academy Award–winning composer, conductor, and alumnus John Williams to LACC. In thanking us for the “fantastic job” and our “commitment to the college and our students,” LACC President Dr. Jamillah Moore stated that “the event was a huge success and a wonderful showcase of the talent and opportunities that exist at LA City College.”
According to one attendee of the concert and Q&A, the school “has done for [our] students and for this college a most excellent service. It was a moving and meaningful evening, beautifully done. The generosity and wisdom, the music and collaboration of serious and giving people…was great….It was a landmark, an important event. And that it was focused on students and a man whose message was clear and deep, made it especially touching.”
The Composers Club concert, also attended by Mr. Williams, had over 200 attendees and was an unqualified success.
LACC Chamber Chorale Goes to San Francisco
Students from the Chamber Chorale (Music 561) attended the 2007 MACCC (Music Association of California Community Colleges) Conference in San Francisco, performing with over 200 students from Community Colleges throughout the state.
