{"id":2885,"date":"2016-02-22T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2016-02-29T11:46:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T19:46:01","slug":"several-pylusd-students-nominated-for-2016-artist-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=2885","title":{"rendered":"Several PYLUSD students nominated for 2016 Artist of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Feb. 19, the Orange County Register announced the names of the students who were nominated for their third annual Varsity Arts Artist of the Year awards. These 391 teacher-nominated youths in the fields of theater, dance, vocal music, instrumental music, visual arts and film represent the top arts students from 74 Orange County high schools.<\/p>\n<p>Several students from the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District were chosen, including:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dance<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Celeste Calabrisi, Esperanza High School<\/li>\n<li>Haley Thompson, Esperanza High School<\/li>\n<li>Lindsay Prescott, Parkview School<\/li>\n<li>Mya Kough, Yorba Linda High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Film<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Caleb Garrett, El Dorado High School<\/li>\n<li>Katie Ann O\u2019Keefe, El Dorado High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Instrumental music<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dorian Apitz, Esperanza High School<\/li>\n<li>Travis Hunter, Esperanza High School<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Flavell, Valencia High School<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Han, Yorba Linda High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Theater<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elise Anderson, El Dorado High School<\/li>\n<li>Hunter Nelson, El Dorado High School<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Pietenpol, El Dorado High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Visual arts<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yagoda Jedrzejczak, Esperanza High School<\/li>\n<li>Risa Kuper, Esperanza High School<\/li>\n<li>Suhhyung Lee, Valencia High School<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Baugh, Yorba Linda High School<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Jacobson, Yorba Linda High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vocal music<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew Guttilla, El Dorado High School<\/li>\n<li>Devyn Kontur, El Dorado High School<\/li>\n<li>Amy Leonard, El Dorado High School<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Gabriel, Valencia High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next, a panel of arts educators will choose a top 10 from each discipline. Those results will be announced in April. The Artist of the Year from each discipline will be announced May 1. For more information, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/arts-704601-year-artist.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2887\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2887\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2887\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-2-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"Mya Kough, 17, foreground, of Yorba Linda High School choreographed a performance piece that won top honors at Canadian Get To Know Contest. \u00a9 ANA VENEGAS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-2-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mya Kough, 17, foreground, of Yorba Linda High School choreographed a performance piece that won top honors at Canadian Get To Know Contest.<br \/>\u00a9 ANA VENEGAS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2888\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2888\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2888\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2888\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-3-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Mrozek, 17, left, an editor, and Katie Ann O'Keefe, 17, a cinema photographer, with in the Digital Arts Academy at El Dorado High School watch a television broadcast of &quot;Hawk Talk.&quot; \u00a9 LEONARD ORTIZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-3-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-3.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda Mrozek, 17, left, an editor, and Katie Ann O&#8217;Keefe, 17, a cinema photographer, with in the Digital Arts Academy at El Dorado High School watch a television broadcast of &#8220;Hawk Talk.&#8221;<br \/>\u00a9 LEONARD ORTIZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2889\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2889\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2889\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2889\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Elise Anderson performs in &quot;Freckleface Strawberry&quot; at El Dorado High School. \u00a9 DREW A. KELLEY, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-4.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elise Anderson performs in &#8220;Freckleface Strawberry&#8221; at El Dorado High School.<br \/>\u00a9 DREW A. KELLEY, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2890\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2890\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2890\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2890\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Esperanza High School Jazz Band members Travis Hunter, left, and Cameron Newton perform during a concert at the Steamers Jazz Club in Fullerton. \u00a9 VICTOR M. POSADAS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-5.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esperanza High School Jazz Band members Travis Hunter, left, and Cameron Newton perform during a concert at the Steamers Jazz Club in Fullerton.<br \/>\u00a9 VICTOR M. POSADAS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2891\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2891\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2891\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2891\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-6-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine Han, 16, is a student at Yorba Linda High School. Her talent is violin and her sponsor is Syoung Kim Beck of Top Learning Center. \u00a9 ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-6-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-6.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catherine Han, 16, is a student at Yorba Linda High School. Her talent is violin and her sponsor is Syoung Kim Beck of Top Learning Center.<br \/>\u00a9 ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2892\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-7.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2892\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2892\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2892\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-7-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"Kyle Gabriel, 16, of Yorba Linda belts out a love ballad during rehearsal at Valencia High in Placentia. \u00a9 CINDY YAMANAKA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-7-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-7.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Gabriel, 16, of Yorba Linda belts out a love ballad during rehearsal at Valencia High in Placentia.<br \/>\u00a9 CINDY YAMANAKA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-8.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2893\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2893\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-8-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"artist-of-the-year-8\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-8-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-8-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-8-120x67.jpg 120w, https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/artist-of-the-year-8.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Feb. 19, the Orange County Register announced the names of the students who were nominated for their third annual Varsity Arts Artist of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1177,15],"tags":[17,146,13,144],"class_list":["post-2885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","category-school-district","tag-el-dorado-high-school","tag-esperanza-high-school","tag-valencia-high-school","tag-yorba-linda-high-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}