慈善音乐会

Celicia Thendean, 18, began piano studies at age four with her mother and Prof. Anna Poklewski, later advancing with Ilana Vered. She has performed with the Brunensis Virtuosi Orchestra, Livermore-Amador Symphony, SEEN Orchestra, Palo Alto Philharmonic, Korea Seocho Philharmonia, and twice with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Celicia has earned top prizes in numerous competitions, including the Piano Texas International Festival Concerto Competition, Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition, Claudette Sorel Piano Competition, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, Philadelphia International Music Festival, and is a three-time MTAC VOCE State Winner. She was inducted into the prestigious Young Artists Guild in 2025 and received a scholarship from the Chopin Foundation in 2024. She has participated in esteemed programs including the Juilliard Summer Piano Program, Piano Texas, Music Fest Perugia, Southeastern Piano Festival, Philadelphia International Music Festival, Edward Auer Summer Workshop, and the Vivace Music Festival where she earned the Vivace Award in 2020, which led to a performance in Wilmington, North Carolina alongside Marina Lomazov, Joseph Rackers, and Ara Gregorian. In addition to piano, Celicia plays cello, oboe, english horn, and clarinet—reaching MTAC Panel Honors on cello and earning the position of concertmaster for the All-Northern Honor Band on oboe.

基娅拉·滕迪安（Chiara Thendean）是一位来自加利福尼亚州普莱森顿的16岁小提琴手。她目前师从史文怡（Wenyi Shih）老师。她6岁时开始跟随当地老师徐丽莎（Lisa Xu）学习小提琴。一年后，她被旧金山音乐学院预科班录取，并在戴维斯·劳（Davis Law）老师的指导下学习了三年。在此期间，她首次接触到管弦乐演奏，加入了旧金山音乐学院的预科青年管弦乐团。 2021年，她荣获印尼国际青年音乐家大赛大奖。2022年，她在意大利佩鲁贾音乐节上与布鲁内斯名家乐团（Virtuosi Brunenses Orchestra）合作，首次演奏了门德尔松小提琴协奏曲的第一乐章。一年后，她有机会在同一音乐节上与我的前任老师克洛伊·基弗（Chloe Kiffer）合作演奏了巴赫双小提琴协奏曲。 中学时期，她曾参加2023年和2024年加州初中全州弦乐团和交响乐团的演出。高中一年级时，她受邀担任哈维斯特公园中学管乐团的客座指挥，指挥他们在加州全州音乐教育大会上的演出。2025年，她参加了CODA荣誉交响乐团的演出。目前，她是学校管乐团一队的成员。她曾与库特尼四重奏在海菲兹音乐节上合作演出，在家乡，她也曾与和谐三重奏和多尔切三重奏合作演出。多尔切三重奏曾参加2023年东湾室内乐音乐节，并在美国公开室内乐比赛中荣获一等奖。

艾伦妮丝·谭是圣何塞米申高中的一名高二学生。她是金州青年交响乐团的成员，曾随乐团在法国和西班牙进行巡回演出。她曾三次入选加州全州交响乐团，并持有英国皇家音乐学院联合委员会（ABRSM）大提琴和钢琴八级优异证书。她还荣幸地在旧金山创新国际音乐比赛、美国音乐大师赛和美国国际音乐比赛中获得奖项。艾伦妮丝同样致力于将音乐作为连接社区的桥梁，她每周都会在医院担任大提琴志愿者。此外，她还会举办独奏音乐会，并为一家养老院的居民提供床边音乐。在高中，她担任音乐俱乐部主席，负责组织排练和带领社区演出。她同时也是“心灵艺术”（Art of the Heart）项目的项目经理，负责在老年辅助生活中心组织每月一次的音乐会，招募志愿者音乐家并策划精彩纷呈的节目。

Mark taught orchestra, band, jazz, and choir for 35 years at Amador Valley High School, San Mateo High School, and Pleasanton Middle School. In the last decade, the Amador Valley High orchestras have performed at the California Music Educators State Conference 4 times. Mr. Aubel has been named “Teacher of the Year” twice in his career, including locally for the Pleasanton Unified School District. He has performed with Jamey Aebersol, Lou Rawles, Clay Aiken, and many others. He is currently active throughout the state as a guest conductor, adjudicator, professional musician, published composer, and mentor for new music teachers.

Ewen Tsai began her music studies at an early age  learning piano and  cello in Taiwan.  She holds double master degrees in  both Music Performance and Education from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and earned her bachelor’s degree in Music from Washington State University with President’s Honor Roll.  Ewen has over 20 years teaching experience, has been on both string and music education faculty at various institutions, and won awards for her research on the Integrated Music Curriculum. Ewen’s arrangements have been performed worldwide, including 100 Cello Concert in Taiwan (2020) and Cello Paradiso in the 49th Istanbul Music Festival (2021). Ewen’s students have won top honors in many competitions, evaluations and orchestra auditions.   Ewen enjoys performing all genres of music and cooperating with various arts forms including dance and exhibitions. To further enhance her musical career, Ewen actively participated in masterclasses and workshops, including Mischa Maisky (cello), Jennifer Culp (cello), Forrest Kinney (composition), Pablo Ziegler (composition). From 2012-2019, Ewen represented North California to perform in the annual MTAC convention. In 2016-2020, Ewen was elected two terms Music Teachers’ Association of California Branch President,  hosted and coordinated concerts, competitions, student recitals, masterclasses and lectures.   (The Music Teachers’ Association of California®, incorporated in 1897, is a professional organization dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in music education. With over 6,000 teachers, Certificate of Merit® (CM) is the most participated music evaluation program in the United States.)

芬妮·钱德拉四岁开始学习钢琴，并在同年于儿童电视节目中首次登台演出。九岁时，她已参加过众多音乐会和电视节目。同年，她加入雅马哈青少年原创音乐会（JOC），这是一个致力于培养有才华的年轻音乐家进行音乐创作的组织。在JOC学习期间，她创作了多首乐曲，并在印度尼西亚、泰国和马来西亚等地多次演出。 2004年，她赢得了那慕尔圣母大学协奏曲比赛的冠军，并与红杉交响乐团合作演奏了拉赫玛尼诺夫第二钢琴协奏曲。2006年夏天，钱德拉女士受邀前往维也纳博森多夫钢琴学院深造。 钱德拉女士拥有超过17年的钢琴教学经验，她的一些学生已被中国的音乐学院录取。 2002年，她在印度尼西亚泗水为钢琴教师举办了一场钢琴研习班，并成为当地Quatro音乐教育学校的联合创始人之一。 2007年，她与恩师安娜·波克莱夫斯基女士以及同事比安卡·罗斯利女士共同创办了安娜·波克莱夫斯基音乐学院。 https://www.annapoklewskiacademyofmusic.com/piano-instructors

Daniel Su, 18, is an oboist and percussionist from Pleasanton, CA. He started playing piano at age eight, then took up oboe in middle school and percussion in high school. Daniel studies oboe with Elizabeth Henderson and has performed as a percussionist in Amador Valley High School's Marching Band and Winter Percussion programs for four years. In his junior year, he studied with oboist James Moore at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Precollege and performed with the Los Angeles Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.

Amador Valley High School and Harvest Park Middle School musicians comprise the Strand Symphony. In addition, The Livermore Choir will perform vocal selections. The talent and dedication of these artists is a gift to our community.