Opus 33

Dr. Roscigno has worked extensively with professional orchestras, college orchestras, and younger musicians throughout his career. He has served as Music Director of the Conway Symphony in Arkansas, Assistant Conductor of the Tucson Symphony, and guest conductor for the Plainview Symphony and Santa Barbara Ballet Theater. In 2003 he led Opera Constanta of Romania in performances of Carmen, The Barber of Seville, and Un Ballo in Mascera.Dr. Roscigno's diverse musical career has allowed him opportunities to perform and conduct at some of the great venues of North America, including Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall, Yankee Stadium, and Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

Brian Ma is a 7th grade honor student in the Discover Academy at Sequoia Middle School. He started studying violin with Shuwei Liu at the age of eight after listening to his friend's violin recital. Brian won second place in the SYMF violin duet competition with his sister, and the fourth place in the solo competition in 2011. He also won first place in the SYMF violin competition in 2010, second place in 2009 and the third place in 2008. Brian is a member of the CVYO Preparatory Orchestra. Brian performed as a violin featured soloist in Opus 31 with Thousand Oaks Philharmonic in 2011. He was also one of the soloists at Thousand Oaks Philharmonic's Golden Recital in July 2011. Brian loves to play tennis. He is currently a student of Jerry Yu, a CLU tennis assistant coach. Brian won second place at the Ventura County Novice Tennis Tournament for boys 12-and-under at the Pacific Tennis Club in November 2011. In his free time, Brian loves to read. He also loves to ski in the winter.

Megan Ervin is a sixth grader and a straight-A student at Bethany Christian School in Thousand Oaks. She has played piano since the age of four – a fact that is not too surprising given that her mother, Ornela Ervin, is a piano teacher. Megan has been selected several times as a winner of the Southern California Junior Bach Festival at both the branch and regional competitions, has played frequently in the Contemporary Music Gold Medal Honor Recitals at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, has played in the YouTube Festimantic! competition and related honors recitals, and has played in the Certificate of Merit Honors recitals for the Conejo Valley MTAC branch. Last summer she was also selected to perform at the MTAC State Convention in Northern California. Megan participates in the APPASSIONATA Conservatory Training Program and has played at different venues and master classes as part of the program. She regularly performs in musical events at her school, enjoys being involved in her church's youth group, and spends her free time reading and playing with her Labradoodle puppy, Hershey. This is Megan's second performance with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic.

Megan Wu is a seventh grade student at Colina Middle School. She began playing piano at the age of six, studying with Dr. Christine Chow for almost 5 years. Currently, she studies piano with Mr. Edward Francis. She has passed the Advanced Level of MTAC Certificate of Merit Evaluation at age 11, and was invited to play at the MTAC State Convention. Megan has actively participated in recitals and competitions and won numerous local and regional awards. She won second place in her first competition, the 2008 CAPMT Sonata competition. A year later, she won first place in the 2009 CAPMT Sonata Competition. She was the showcase winner for MTAC Baroque Festival, and has been to the regional competition for the Bach Festival. She has also performed multiple times at the Civic Arts Plaza as a Gold Medal pianist in the Contemporary Music Festival. Besides piano, Megan's hobbies include reading, writing, and spending time with her friends. She also enjoys having fun with her older sister, Jennifer.

Kevin Ye is an AP/Honors sophomore at Westlake High School with a 4.0 GPA . He violin lessons started at the age of ten with Manxia Wu and Jianhua Zhong. He became a student of Joyce Osborn in 2008. Last year, in the Advanced Level of CM he performed at the MTAC State Convention. He also participated in the MTAC VOCE competition, and placed second in the final level of the So. Cal Jr. Bach Festival. Kevin has played in master classes with Dr. Ernie Salem, Tricia Park, and Martin Chalifour, concertmaster of the LAP hil. Last summer, he performed in the TOP hil's Gold Recital Series and in a joint fundraiser concert celebrating the partnership of the TOP hil and the Ventura County Community Foundation. As an avid chamber musician, Kevin played in a quartet coached by Mrs. Osborn which participated in the VOCE state competition at Chapman University. The quartet also played in a master class with Juilliard Quartet founding violinist Joseph Silverstein, and was featured at the Westminster Presbyterian Church for its "Prime Time" presentation of the CVYO . In his fourth year with CVYO , Kevin serves as the Principal Second Violinist of the Youth Orchestra, and plays first violin in Westlake High School's Chamber Orchestra. Kevin is first violinist in a school quartet, which performed at the12th district's annual PTSA Honorary Service Awards night and recently at the Sunrise Senior Living Center. In addition to music, Kevin played on the Freshman/Sophomore volleyball team, was honored as team MVP and earned a spot on the Oxnard All-Tournament team. He also plays with Bones Volleyball, a Division 1A club team in the SoCal Volleyball Assn. He has volunteered at the Discover Center for Science and Technology, and is currently a Volunteer Usher at the Civic Arts Plaza and a coach for the Saturday Girls Volleyball League at the TO Teen Center. In his spare time,Kevin loves to read, write, participate in math competitions, and play beach volleyball.

Eric Zhong is a seventh grader at Colina Middle School. Eric has loved music from a very early age and studied classical piano with Christine Chow from age seven to nine. Since then, he has been a student of Edward Francis. Eric has been a winner of the Conejo Valley Music Teachers' Association branch Bach Festival, gold medalist of Contemporary Music Festival and winner of YouTube Festimantic! competition. Eric also plays viola and drums and performed on both instruments at Musician's Depot's "Rock Night" concerts. Outside music Eric was champion of Colina Middle School 2011 spelling bee, student of the year for Colina Middle School Boys and Girls Club 2010, and was Scrooge's nephew in 2011 Boys and Girls clubplay, "A Christmas Carol." He participated and won third place in the 2011 Conejo Valley Lego competition. In sports he swims at Classic Aquatics, practices Karate at American Eagles Karate and plays tennis with his father. Eric is an avid reader, loves math, history, good food and playing video games with friends and his little sister.

Victoria Juan is a seventh grader at Sycamore Canyon Middle School. She first began playing piano at age 5 and has studied piano under Mrs. Jocelyn Yom, Mrs. Jenny Hara, and Mr. Jeffrey Lavner. In the fall of 2010 Victoria began studying piano under Mr. Edward Francis and has been his student ever since. She has been awarded numerous honors in various piano competitions, such as the Southern California Junior Bach Festival and the MTAC Contemporary Festival. She is a member of the Hammered! Master Class Seminar as part of APPASSIONATA!, and has played in master classes for visiting concert artists and professors. Studying classical piano has been a great adventure filled with surprising joy and constant challenge and it enriches her life tremendously. Besides playing piano, Victoria also enjoys reading, writing, drawing, swimming, playing volleyball, and spending time with her friends and family. She is a straight-A student at school and hopes to become a physician when she grows up.

David Huang is a freshman at Westlake High School. At age 7, he began playing piano with Mrs. Angela Yi-Jin Hsu, and he currently studies with Mr. Edward Francis. In 2008, David won a Fe Bland Foundation Scholarship from the Santa Barbara Foundation, and a 1st place scholarship in the International Classical Music Contest from the Reverie Youth Symphony Orchestra. David has been recommended the Honors Festival each year of syllabus examinations. He has successfully earned many gold medals as winner at the MTAC Conejo Valley Branch Contemporary Music Festival, has won at the So. Cal Jr. Bach Festivals, as well as the YouTube Festimantic! competition. Last year, he played the Ravel Concerto in G with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic, as winner of the MTAC Concerto Competition. He won second place in the CAPMT Romantic/ Impressionistic Festival and he received an honorable mention at the MTAC State Solo and Concerto Competition. He has also participated in JCM, a chamber music program, and played piano for the musical Chicago during a summer production earlier this year. He is a current participant in the Hammered! Master Class Honors Seminar. In addition to piano, he has played the violin since 2007. He won first place in Division XX at the Annual Southwestern Youth Music Festival in 2009. David currently plays 1st violin in the CVYO Preparatory Orchestra. Aside from playing piano and violin, David also enjoys reading, running, listening to theatre music, and practicing karate.