MRHSO Newsletter
May 2020
2020-21 School Year Info and Changes
First, I’m changing the name of our Sub Non Varsity B group Philharmonic to Chamber White. I’m combining both the 3rd and 4th group for Concerts and UIL, and Chamber, our Sub Non Varsity A group, will now be called Chamber Purple. Combined the group will be called Chamber. Students from 2nd and 3rd period will rehearse the same music in class and rehearse together after school.
Our award winning Varsity ensemble Sinfonia will record their first ever Texas Honor Orchestra submission in the Fall! I’m excited for the journey we will embark upon together once school starts back up!
All students in the Program will have the opportunity to attend the Renaissance Festival next Fall! They've updated their requirements and only one group from each campus can perform. Sinfonia will perform and other students in the program will cheer them on! We will also go to see a Houston Symphony Orchestra education concert next January. Pricing and other details will be available in the Fall.
Our Officer Team is going to develop instrument clubs/teams to bring students together! Students will have the opportunity to join violin, viola, cello and bass teams led by their fellow Officers. They will lead a beginning of the year Ice Cream Social and our annual BBQ at Mary Jo Peckham Park on Friday, 9/11 from 4:30-8:30pm. In addition, we have Fall, Winter, and Full Orchestra Socials to look forward to as well!
In the beginning of both the Fall and Spring semester I’ll introduce our online store! Students will have the opportunity to purchase additional MRHSO t-shirts, hoodies, polos, pajama bottoms, girl t-shirts, trucker hats, yard signs, garment bags, and much more!
Lastly, on the first day of school I’ll roll out our Spring trip to Dallas! I’m using a new company where all payments will be made online. We are planning to see a Dallas Symphony concert, go to Six Flags and perform at the Dallas Botanical Gardens from 3/26-3/28/20! The base cost for the trip will be $718 for 30 paying passengers. If we can get the total number of paying passengers to 50 the price would drop to $589! Hotel, transportation, attractions, and food is included in the cost. The company has done a great job with providing a reasonable payment schedule (and you can use a credit card with online payements directly to the company), the first $100 payment will be non-refundable and you have until February 9th, 2021 to make all payments.
Have a great summer, and please contact me with questions: gabriellkatz@katyisd.org
2020-21 Officer Leadership Team
Co-President: Jessica Garcia and Jennie Le
Secretary: Megan Cude
Librarians: Mayra Portillo
Historians: Elijah Clark and Sofia Flores
Wardrobe Manager: vacant
Stage Crew: Sydney Gonzalez, Larissa Perez, Nallely Ramos, Eric Rivera, Karina Salaiz, Josh Watson
MRHSO Booster Club Recognition
I want to thank these parents for going above and beyond to ensure your student's success in the Program - we had a lot of fun this year! Your Booster Club made some incredible progress for the student body and I'm looking forward to working with the 2020-21 Booster Team!
2019-2020 MRHSO Orchestra Booster Club
Director
Gabriel Katz
President
Kim Cude
Parliamentarian
Lee Mamone
Secretary
Patricia Stokes
Co-Treasurer
Denise Lopez
VP of Fundraising
Melissa Mamone
VP of Publicity
Lynda Ayala/Jennifer Herron
VP of Events
Alicia BouchardMRHSO 2020-21 Ensemble Rosters
2nd Period - Chamber White
Mitchell, Colin
Mohiuddin, Hasan
Molina, Kaleb
Padilla, Ashley
Paz DeLeon, Melany
Perez, Johnathan
Perkins, Michael
Valdez, Blake
Vickers, Jero
Washington, Ava
Chavez, Ximena
3rd Period - Chamber Purple
Araniva, Ashley
Barrero, Pedro
Blanco, Joaquin
Brown, Vincent
Covarrubias, Adrian
Delozier, Jasmine
Espinoza, Vanessa
Fuentes, Yasmin
Gomez, Brenda
Himmo, Aurora
Johnson, Adrienne
Laguna, Victor
Lara Pleitez, Janelle
Lopez, Jazmine
Lopez, Samara
Martinez, Israel
Mattei, Joshua
McLean, Bryan
Mendoza, James
Ng, Zoey
Ngo, Ahn
Perkins, Daniel
Plowman, Savannah
Ramirez, Evelyn
Ramirez, Vanessa
Rodriguez Costillo, Sarah
Rueda, Miguel
Salazar, Estefania
Samayoa, Laila
Sosa, Valerie
Watson, Joshua
4th Period - Sinfonia
Anderson, Cali
Botani, Jean
Chavez, Edwin
Cude, Megan
Durwood, Rachel
Elkhadar, Wyssam
Escobar, Joseph
Garcia, Evelyn
Garcia, Jessica
Gerbacio, Rosaisela
Gonzalez, Annie
Gonzalez, Lynette
Gorman, Mya
Harrell, Joi
Isaacs, Shariyah
Juarez, Omar
Larios, Celeste
Le, Jennie
Lopez, Skie
Malikian, Alina
Mamone, Kaitlyn
McAdams, Noah
Pham, Catherine
Portillo, Mayra
Ramon, David
Rees, Maya
Rodriguez, Vivian
Salaiz, Karina
Tran, Megan
5th Period - Camerata
Baldridge, Tyler
Bouchard, Matthew
Mbengue, Binta
Chavez, Kenneth
Clark, Elijah
Escobar, Juan
Flores, Sofia
Fry, Alanis
Garcia, Jasmine
Garza, Monica
Gomez, Nicholas
Gonzalez, Sydney
Gutierrez, Diego
Guzman, Leslie
Haro, Gustavo
Hernandez, Abram
Landeros, Jose
Landry, Riley
McAdams, Aileen
Morales, Kenny
Nunez, Carys
Pena, Tiffany
Perez, Larissa
Pineda, Kathya
Ramirez, Dayanara
Ramos, Nallely
Reyes, Kristen
Rivera, Eric
Sanchez, Seles
Siehgbeah, Jaway
Stokes, Sofie
Strawder, Kailynn
Velasquez, David
Weaver, Anthony