District Students Selected for Santa Clara County Honor Band,
All-State Choir, and All-National Honors Choir

Los Gatos, December 20, 2022: The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District (LGSUHSD) is proud to announce that after a rigorous audition process for each selection, students from both Los Gatos and Saratoga High Schools were selected to be a part of the Santa Clara County Honor Band, the All-State Honor Choir, and the All-National Honor Choir. 

 

The Santa Clara County Honor Band is run by the Santa Clara County Band Directors Association, a volunteer organization managed by high school band directors in Santa Clara County. With over 200 total auditionees, 23 students from the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District were accepted.

 

The California All-State Honor Choir is part of the California Choral Directors Association (CCDA) and will perform at the CCDA 2023 All-State Choirs in February 2023. Student auditions included a solo performance, tonal memory, scales, and sight reading. Out of approximately 900 students, 14 LGSUHSD students were selected out of top students that participated in each of California’s regional honor choirs in November. 

 

In addition, two Los Gatos High School students auditioned and were selected to be a part of the All-National Honors Choir and will perform at the National ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) Conference in February 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 

Join us in congratulating the following students:

Santa Clara County Honor Band

Los Gatos High School: Kian Egami (oboe)

Saratoga High School : Akshat Bora (bassoon), Owen Chang (saxophone), Kathy Chen (clarinet), Alvin Cheng (clarinet), Jayden Ham (principal clarinet), Helen Kao (flute), Dyne Lee (clarinet), Caden Lee (saxophone), Nathan Lee (trumpet), Jaehyun Lim (clarinet), Eric Miao (flute), Alison Okuno (principal trumpet), Raghav Rajan (horn), Daniel Schwartz (trombone), Petr Tupitsyn (piccolo), Rishi Vaidya (percussion), Alex Vash-Munoz (saxophone), Simon Yan (percussion), Stanley Yang (saxophone), Nathan Zhu (clarinet & piano), Travis Zhu (saxophone)

 

All-State Honors Choir

Los Gatos High School: Shaurya Banjara (‘25), James Burlinson (‘24),
Logan Campbell (‘24), Ethan Chow (‘24), Aadja Jain (‘25), Kathryn Chloe Kimyai (‘’25), Shayla Kumaresan (‘25), Medha Sarkar (‘25), Ro Venezia (‘25),
Kiara Zhuo (‘23)

Saratoga High School: Dustin Peng (‘23) , Nishant Nair (‘24), Nikila Bashyam (’25), Annabelle Miin (‘25)

 

All-National Honors Choir

Los Gatos High School: Logan Campbell (‘24), Kaitlyn Shaeffer (‘26)

The Santa Clara County Honor Band is the longest running honor band on the West Coast. This year, Santa Clara County Honor Band will be celebrating its 70-year history with a brand new commission by world-renowned composer and conductor Dr. Timothy Mahr (St. Olaf College), conducted by the composer himself.

“With so much talent within our schools and throughout the region and state, I am so proud of our students and staff for these public recognitions,” shared Bill W. Sanderson, Superintendent of Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District. “We are so fortunate to have a community that supports these students with strong enrichment programs in our schools.”

Learn more about each of the school’s music programs here: Los Gatos Music Boosters, Saratoga Music Boosters. 

 

About Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District is a thriving learning community that supports all students to develop the skills, passions, confidence, and resiliency to pursue college and/or career pathways. Home to Los Gatos High School and Saratoga High School, our students are lifelong learners who demonstrate personal integrity, social responsibility, and positive physical and mental health. Members of the LGSUHSD community make meaningful and positive contributions to the world.