The Orange County High School of the Arts
will present a
“SENIOR PERFORMANCE”

Many gifted students will perform Mozart’s 20th Concerto and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

Michael Repper will be conducting the orchestra at this event. Michael is seventeen years old and has attended the school since 9th grade. Mike has won many awards for his piano performance. His most notable awards include First Place at the California MTNA Piano Competition, Second Prize at the Southwest United States Region MTNA Piano Competition, First Place at the Southern California Junior Bach Festival, and First Place at the Southern California Youth Concerto Competition. Michael started conducting when he was 12; his current Conducting teacher is Branden Muresan of San Clemente. In the summer, he will study conducting privately with Dr. Gregory Knowles of the Juilliard School, and will perform in the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

On the piano, Kyle Shafiee will be performing Mozart’s 20th Concerto. Kyle is seventeen years old and attended the high school since 7th grade. He has won many awards including 1st place for the CAPMT Bartok Festival, best solo piano performance at the SYMF Competition in California and 2nd place at the California Mozart Concerto Music Competition. He has been asked by Maestro Carlo Ponti, Jr. of the San Bernardino Symphony to be the guest pianist for the symphony in 2009. He has also been asked to perform in a series called, “Encore,” presented by Ms. Kathryn Hull in Palm Desert. Kyle will continue his studies of piano at the International Institute for Young Musicians in the summer an on to college in the fall.

Both young men have dreamed about classical music at a very young age. They both work very hard, attending school from 8:00 to 5:00, then after school, doing homework, practicing and rehearsing. Michael and Kyle have both studied piano with the internationally-renowned authority on piano teaching, Dr. Scott McBride Smith of Irvine. These 2 young people are a representation of the future of classical music. A desire so strong, that both have decided to make music their career.

The Performance will take place Saturday, April 19th 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Orange County High School of the Arts, Symphony Hall
1010 N. Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92701

Ticket Price $6.00, tickets are available at the door (Includes refreshments)