DHS Concerto Competition

January 22, 2025

DHS Concerto Competition Results 2025

I am happy to announce that our annual DHS Orchestra Concerto Competition was a great success, and again we have two winners! 

Congratulations to Pianist Yuma Kano and Cellist Cal Ringgold! 

Bravo Yuma and Cal for your amazing performances. The DHS Symphony Orchestra and I look forward to learning your solos and performing them with you both!   

Yuma Kano who performed the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, mov III

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando

https://youtu.be/9Ux9OjjZyfY?si=SDUCaST46rd2Wcop 

Cal Ringgold- Lalo Cello Concerto in D Minor, mov I 

Édouard Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor 

https://youtu.be/7TnzouRZjRo?si=trb074Cv0WxKdxbj 

Both of these wonderful musicians will have the honor of performing their concertos with the DHS Symphony Orchestra at the Wennberg Orchestra Festival at the Mondavi Center Sunday, April 13th 2025,  as well as receive an award of $200! 

Congratulations to all of our contestants who performed so wonderfully. I thank you for all your dedication and commitment to such an impressive level of musical excellence. 

It was a joy to be a part of your performance and to see how wonderfully all of you are growing musically! The audience was very impressed by all of the musical talent on display and to imagine all of this wealth of talent at one school! We are so fortunate to have a music program that fosters this level of expectation and student engagement each year. A huge thank you to all of the parents and music teachers throughout the community and in our schools that support our students and music program each year and help to make it the best it can be! 

DHS Concerto Competition Performance Order:

1. Haoching Liu- Walton Viola Concerto, mov I (7 min) 

2. Christina Chen- Mendelsohn Violin Concerto, mov I (10 min)

3. Yuma Kano- Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, mov III (10 min)  

4. Jennifer Lee - Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, mov III (13 min)

5. Samuel Liao- Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, mov I (13 min) 

6. Joey Gonzalez- Kabalevsky Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major, mov III (8 min)

7. Helen Xie- Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, mov I (15 min)

8. Amelia Rupert- Koussevitzky Bass Concerto in F# Minor, mov I (7 min) 

9. Cyan Ding- Weber Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op 73, mov I  (9 min) 

10. Eva Wilson- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, mov III (10 min)

11. Cal Ringgold- Lalo Cello Concerto in D Minor, mov I (11 min) 

12. Claire Shu- Saint Saens Violin Concerto No. 3, mov I (10 min)

13. Laura Kay- Saint Saens Piano Concerto No. 2, mov III (8 min)

14.  Kanako Hayashi- Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16, mov I (13 min)

Special THANK YOU to our skillful adjudicators:

Luiz Coelho Holmes Band and Choir Director, Pianist Shinae Kim, Angelo Moreno DHS-Holmes Orchestra Director, and Student Adjudicator violinist Jenna Son and Caitlyn Ohler our 2024 DHS Concerto Winners.

Thank you to all for a job well done, 

Mr. Moreno