Peninsula High School Music Boosters

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Congratulations to our
Music Boosters' Fundraiser Winners!
Thank you to all who supported our fundraising efforts!

March:

Tom Lyons
Conner Kawakami
Thomas Houk

December:

Cory Ng
Eric Koshimizu
Keri Folks
Curie Felder

Next Chance to Win will be May 29th! MACBookPro
For tickets, contact us at penhighmusicboosters@gmail.com

General Music Booster Meetings are the
2nd Wednesday of every Month.
Meetings are at 7:00 p.m

Still need several positions filled for next year...if interested, please contact us at penhighmusicboosters@gmail.com

Music Boosters Community Service Program Meeting:
We are done for the summer...next meeting will be September 12th, right after school in the Faculty Dining Room

If you would like to receive community service hours over the summer, please consider helping us with our Summer Music Tutoring Program by signing up at the following link:
/tutor-sign-ups.html

Peninsula High Reflections Contest Winners are also Musicians!

The two PTSA Reflections Winners are from the Music Department. Congratulations to Yuri Motoyama for Visual Arts and to Blake Pilger for Music! Their entries will move on to the State level...we wish you luck!

Congratulations to our Musicians who are also Scientists!
Palos Verdes Regional Science Fair Winners...

Choir

Sara Grzywacz
Cynthia Shi
Samantha Wathugala

Orchestra

Prishilla Amatya
Alex Chen
Shannon Chen
Jennifer Choi
Emily Kim
Jasmine Kim
Sarah Kim
Grace Lee
June Lee
Sung Jae Park
Patrick Portiz
Daniel Suh
Mia Yamauchi

Jazz Band

Braeden Benedict
Sean Nam

Marching Band & Jazz Band

Ryan Wong

Congratulations to our Music Department Valedictorians!

Victoria Chan
Kylie Hess
Cynthia Shi

Yoon Sung Choi
Jamie Kang
Adam Whitman

Natalia DaSilva
Michelle Lin

Congratulations to Tiffany Chung and Isabella Ma!

ARTISTS OF THE FUTURE

Tiffany Chung and Isabella Ma, both juniors and PVPHS orchestra violin students were selected as winners of "Artists of the Future" Concerto Competition. This is a highly competitive competition featuring some of the most gifted and talented students throughout the greater Los Angeles Area. This competition was sponsored by the South Bay Branch of the Music Teacher's Association in collaboration with the Beach Cities Symphony, and the winners will perform with the Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra on May 24th at 7:30 pm @ El Camino College. This concert is free and open to the public. Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following students for making California All State Honor Ensembles!

Concert Band: Daniel Gelman and Adam Hall
Jazz Band: Zacharia El-magharbel

YOUNGARTS LA and US Presidential Scholars Program
PENINSULA HIGH SENIORS NAMED 2013 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR CANDIDATES--
FEBRUARY 6-11, 2013 The inaugural YoungArts Los Angeles will provide approximately 45 young artists in the visual, literary and performing arts with life-changing experiences, including master classes and workshops with notable artists, and performance and exhibition opportunities. Join us for FREE performances February 9 and 10! READ MORE...http://www.youngarts.org/

US Presidential Scholars Program Eligibility Requirements:
For the academic component of the program, students who meet the following criteria:

are or will be U.S. citizens or Legal Permanent U.S. Residents by the application deadline (Students who were not U.S. citizens or Legal Permanent U.S. Residents on the day they took SAT or ACT exam, or who requested that The College Board or ACT not release their scores to outside entities, should contact the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program at 319-341-2PSP (319-341-2777) to ensure their scores are considered in the determination of the candidate pool.);
graduate or receive a diploma between January and August of 2013, the current program year; and
score exceptionally well on either the SAT of the College Board or the ACT of the American College Testing Program, based on tests taken during the two-year window that begins in September, 2010 and runs through October, 2012, (for the recognition cycle concluding in June, 2013), or be nominated by their Chief State School Officer (CSSO) based on outstanding scholarship.

For the arts component of the program, students who meet the following criteria:

are or will be U.S. citizens or Legal Permanent U.S. Residents by the application deadline;
graduate or receive a diploma between January and August of 2013, the current program year;
demonstrate academic achievement; and
participate in the National YoungArts Foundation's nationwide YoungArts program.

Application for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program is by invitation only. Students may not apply individually to the program or be nominated (outside of the above process).

How Beneficial is Early Childhood Music Training?

Psych Central:
Childhood Music Lessons Can Aid Adult Listening
By JANICE WOOD Associate News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on August 22, 2012

A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood, according to a new study.

Compared to people with no musical training, adults with one to five years of musical training as children had enhanced brain responses to complex sounds, making them more effective at pulling out the fundamental frequency of the sound signal, researchers at Northwestern University report. “Musical training as children makes better listeners later in life,” said Dr. Nina Kraus, a professor of neurobiology, physiology and communication sciences at Northwestern...the study suggests that short-term music lessons may enhance lifelong listening and learning.

To read this article in it's entirety, click on the link below:
http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/08/22/childhood-music-lessons-can-aid-adult-listening/43510.html

PVPUSD First Annual Orchestra Festival May 2012