The Orchestras at Battlefield

The Battlefield Orchestras hope you will join us on Thursday, May 12 between 11am and 9pm for a fundraiser at Foster's Grille! Please show this voucher at checkout so we receive credit! Thank you for your constant support!

Families, alumni, community members! Our winter orchestra concert and silent auction is THIS Thursday! Doors to the auction open at 6pm in the Battlefield HS commons cafeteria, and the concert starts at 7 in the auditorium! Members of Reagan Middle School's 8th grade orchestra will be joining us as well as a member of the class of 2021 returning to assist us in a very special piece! Don't miss out! Please share this message to all and let's pack the house!

Happy Holidays from BHS Orchestras! While we can't be together this holiday season to make music, we hope that this performance from last year's winter concert will provide a little extra cheer!

https://youtu.be/A0SHddh0oUk

Battlefield HS Philharmonia: Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24 (O'Neill and Kinkell/arr. Phillips) The Battlefield High School Philharmonia performs Bob Phillips' arrangement of this Trans-Siberian Orchestra classic (written by Paul O'Neill and Robert Kink...

It's a two-for-one! Please join me in congratulating our 3rd and 7th block orchestra classes for their first performance of the year! Both classes are members of our concert orchestra, and while typically they would combine with each other for in-person concerts, they each produced their own virtual performance. If you know any of the musicians in either group, please take the time to reach out to them or their families to congratulate them. I am incredibly proud of the work our students hare putting in, even during these difficult times! Here are the links to their videos for you to view and share with others:

3rd Block: https://youtu.be/iogYLgY718Y

7th Block: https://youtu.be/7K6t8bLC5x4

Battlefield Orchestra's first virtual performance of the year. Our new Intermezzo Orchestra kicks off our performance series with Doug Spata's "Gargoyles." More to come soon! Feel free to share with friends and family!

https://youtu.be/DkHZhssndtI

Battlefield Intermezzo 2020 Fall Performance The Battlefield High School Intermezzo Orchestra performs a virtual rendition of Doug Spata's "Gargoyles."

For those planning on joining us for caroling at Manassas Mall, we must unfortunately cancel due to the PWCS Code Red today. We will keep you updated if a make up day can be scheduled. Thanks!

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ORCHESTRA SENIORS: For senior boards, we cut boards in half to save on costs, especially since most do not have enough photos to fill an entire board. If you would like a full board, we simply ask you donate the board so we can keep in budget. Please let me know right away at [email protected] if you would like a full sized board!

Battlefield Philharmonia performs Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings and Warlock Capriol Suite, tomorrow 9AM, at Carnegie Hall in New York City!

The Orchestra Support Organization, a parent volunteer group that serves our orchestra program, is looking for donated food to sell at Solo and Ensemble to help raise money for the orchestra.

If you are able to donate any of the items listed at the link below, we would be very grateful! Thanks for all you do to help out our students!

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Solo Ensemble Concession Sale Welcome to Battlefield Orchestra Support Organization! The OSO is a volunteer organization established to support our BHS Orchestra Director for the purpose of promoting the best interest of the students of the Battlefield High School Orchestra Program. To Provide the needed financial, physic...

Attention Orchestra Parents! There will be an open meeting hosted by the OSO to discuss and gather feedback about the 2020 Spring Trips, including Hawaii and a smaller overnight trip for those looking for a more economical option. The meeting will take place on Sat., 3/23 at 9:30AM in the BHS Orchestra Room. All orchestra families are welcome and encouraged to attend! Hope to see you there!

- Annie Tran

- Aiden Lee

WOW! A final congratulations to the Battlefield Philharmonia for earning straight superior ratings and near perfect scores on their performance as the grand finale of the 2019 District 9 Orchestra Assessment.

All of our groups earned a superior rating - what an incredible accompishment! Kudos to all of our students and their incredibly supportive families!

Congratulations to the Battlefield Concert Orchestra on earning straight superior ratings at district assessment, both in sightreading and on stage! Amazing job and beautiful performance!

Congratulations to the Battlefield Orchestra Ensemble for earning a superior rating at tonight's district assessment performance! They earned both a superior on stage and in sightreading. Way to go!!

Be sure to wish our Concert Orchestra and Philharmonia students "good luck" as they prepare to perform at district assessment tomorrow!

- Annie Tran

Congratulations to our musicians on a wonderful Pre-Assessment Concert yesterday evening! Please enjoy videos of the performances using the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcKtapOdsWKssBXNCSzcAAes0CZzTwt0u

2019 Pre-Assessment/"Masterworks Concert" - YouTube

Congratulations to our All-County Orchestra students on a fabulous performance! A special shout out to seniors Eugene Choo and David Park, Concertmaster and Asst. Concertmaster respectively, and 9th grader Christian Orrico, Associate Concertmaster. Way to go, bobcats!

Check out our students at today’s Haymaker STEAM expo where they are exhibiting music technology and software!

Good luck to Battlefield Philharmonia freshman Thomas Kim, finalist in the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition!

- Annie Tran

- Aiden Lee

Congratulations to our 28 students who successfully auditioned for the 2019 All-County Orchestra! Nearly 1/3 (31%) of the strings are from BHS - way to go!

Craig Caudill
Eugene Choo
Edison Huang
Lily Khochareun
Faith Kim
Christian Orrico
David Park
Angela Schlagel
Sungbin Yun
Caroline Gee
Thomas Kim
Erin Klus
Steve Park
Eunice Kim (alt.)
Vincent Bui
Rachel Kim
Aiden (Joshua) Lee
Tae Lee
Danny Lee
Kyle Woodson
John Zoscak
Daniel Tolbert (alt.)
Sebastian Borden (alt.)
Nyree Brown
Hayden Goertz
Kyle Rinker
Brandon Kim
Kevin DiBassinga (alt.)

A big shout out to Eugene Choo for earning the position of Principal Second Violin and David Park for earning Asst. Concertmaster at the 2018 Senior Regional Event! Christian Orrico is also performing as Asst. Principal Second Violin of the JRO. Way to go!!

Good luck to all ten of our students who are performing this afternoon!!!

Peter An
Eugene Choo
Ruby DiPasquale
Alex Harrison
Aiden Lee
Tae Lee
Isabeal Measels
Christian Orrico
David Park
Kyle Rinker

- Aiden Lee

Chamber Orchestra students performed for the Superintendent's Business Breakfast last Thursday! Congrats on a terrific performance!

- Aiden Lee