Audition Information
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String Orchestra
The String Orchestra is our beginning string ensemble. Although most students already have experience upon joining, we welcome new students as well and encourage returning students to explore other secondary instruments besides their main instrument. The string orchestra consists mainly of 9th and 10th graders.
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Advanced Orchestra
The Advanced Orchestra is our intermediate ensemble and generally consists of 10th and 11th graders. Our repertoire becomes more challenging, and more emphasis is placed on musicality. We are looking for motivated students with good work ethic and are looking to be challenged musically and are ready to take on leadership roles. Students must audition in order to join the Advanced orchestra!
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Chamber Orchestra
The Chamber Orchestra is our most advanced ensemble and generally consists of 11th and 12th graders. Our repertoire becomes even more challenging, and we explore more into phrasing and balance. We are looking for passionate and driven students with strong work ethics who are ready to take their playing to the next level. Students must audition in order to join the Chamber Orchestra
Congratulations to the students that will be joining or returning to the Aliso Niguel High School Orchestra program for the 2025-2026 school year! We are so excited to see the growth of our string program and can’t wait to work with our new students in the Fall. 90% of students were accepted into the orchestra of their choice. We take orchestra placements very seriously and look at many factors when making decisions. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. We hope that you can place your trust in us that we make this a fair and transparent decision with a focus on both students and the program as a whole. We are still accepting submissions for the orchestra, and will be adding students as we receive audition submissions - with an understanding that higher expectations will be placed on these submissions due to their extended duration to prepare.
Thank you so much for taking the time to submit your auditions. Please contact Mr. Chen at jychen@capousd.org if you submitted a form/audition and you do not see your name below.
Aliso Niguel High School String Orchestra
Violin
Lyn Agra
Husam Ahmad
Kiaan Bansal
Kainoa Brown
Analiese Gase
Zachary Green
Soren Mantegh
Sui Miura
Amir Moin
Alena Pacheco
Peyton Rose
Braxton Schwind
Katherine Selvidge
Ethan Tran
Parnian Yazdani
Leor Zuna
Viola
Sierra McBride
Layla Szymansky
Cello
Logan Holtzer
Luke Katz
Noah Park
Kai Thomas
Bass
Claire Emminger
Jaden Llanes
Tighearnan Neesen Jackson
Aliso Niguel High School Advanced Orchestra
Violin
Emma Auth
Olivia Bang
Aiden Chan
Elliot Hong
Kyle Iwohara
Yena Kang
Zoey Karr
Angela Kim
Katti Li
Mindy Li
Lisa Liang
Zeke Lucas
Rohit Madhusudhanan
Rowan Mroczynski
Lana Pholkosol
Jenna Radieddine
Aria Schmidt
Jacob Schmidt
Waylon Schwind
Jairah Torres
Sarina Zafra
Viola
Devesh Swarnachandrabalaji
Matthew Yang
Cello
Chris Bronola
Jonathan Kim
Ramon Morales
Isabel Morales
Matteo Renella
Graham Scherer
Nathan Wood
Mei Yu
Bass
Juan Torres
Brian Tran
Aliso Niguel High School Chamber Orchestra
Violin
Katelyn Besmonte
KariAnne Chien
Liliana Flores
Evan Gideon
Nishka Harish
Daphne Karr
John Kim
Ananya Kota
Saoirse Murray
Emily Salisbury
Liam Scherer
Madelynne Tetley
Viola
Lucy Contino
Celina Huo
Zoe Lee
Cello
Rishikesh Bhushan
Roy Bronola
Ashley Chang
Michael Che
Evelyn Clasquin
Whitney Luu
Hannah Oh
Kaden Reed
Bass
Seth Martin
Sophie Padilla
