Artistic Expressions: volume 15

Name: Kanen Braden Grade: Senior    Wingspan: What is your favorite memory from drill?  Braden: "My favorite memory is officer camp 2022-2023." Wingspan: What lessons has drill taught you? Braden: "How to be a servant leader and how to communicate with others more effectively." Wingspan: When did you first start dancing? Braden: "I started dancing freshman year when I was in ...

Name: Aya Boumosleh Grade: 11th  Years of experience: 9   Wingspan: When did you start getting involved in art?  Boumosleh: “I’ve been doing art for a while now and have always been involved in some sort of art class.” Wingspan: What made you choose art?  Boumosleh: “I chose art because of how it makes me feel. Whenever I draw or paint I feel calmed and inspired.” Wi...

Name: Rohan Tolia Grade: 11 Instrument: trombone Years Played: 6   Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument?  Tolia: “Honestly, there wasn’t much. I just went to one of those try-out things, and somebody told me I was really good and the instrument I chose, so I picked.” Wingspan: What made you want to join band?  Tolia: “What made me want to choose a band...

Name: Eujin Chung Grade: 12th Years of Experience: 7 years Future job: physician     Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument?  “In fifth grade, we had a day where we tried out different instruments, and the flute was the instrument they best recommended me for.” Wingspan: What made you want to join band?  “I wanted to join band in middle school because ...

Name: Mika Lal Grade: 12th  Inspiration: Hayao Miyazaki  Future job: Experimental psychologist   Wingspan: When did you start getting involved in art?  Mika: “I was involved in art since I was little. I remember carrying around a sketchbook with me whenever my family and I would go out. In elementary school, I would also be playing around with sticky notes creating origami pieces....

Name: Katerina Yang Grade: 11th grade Future College: The University of Texas at Austin Future job: unsure     Wingspan: How long have you been doing art? Yang: “I’ve been drawing since I was at least five. I’ve been drawing pretty much all of my life.”  Wingspan: How has art affected your life? Yang: “Art has been something that I can rely on when I feel stressed. Althou...

Name: Lily Peinhardt Grade: 12th Years of Experience: 7 years Future job: lab technician Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument?  “The day we had instrument tryout, I remember I really wanted to play the saxophone. When I tried out the trombone though, I made the loudest sound, and everyone in the room looked at me, and I decided that loud was fun and that trombone was the...

Name: Saesha Dravekar  Grade: 12  Years Experience: 6 years  Future Job: physician, medical field  Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument? “I think the violin is a very versatile instrument that can be played in many different forms, so I think that’s why I gravitated towards picking the violin. Plus, I was already heavily involved in Hindustani Classical music at th...

Name: Fajar Shujaat Grade: 11th grade Future College: unsure Future job: Interior Design and architecture   Wingspan: How long have you been doing art? Shujaat: "Since elementary school. Pretty much all my life. Since I've been in school, I've made sure there was an art class in my schedule."  Wingspan: How did you discover your talent and passion for art? Shujaat: "My mom used to be ...

Name: Eva Soto Grade: 11th Future job: doctor Years of experience: 5 years Favorite artist/inspiration: Maria Kreyn   Wingspan: What made you choose art? Soto: “I’ve always been interested in art. I’ve been doing it for most of my life.”otWingspan: What do you like about art? Soto: “I like being creative and showing my talent.” Wingspan: How does art impact your daily life?  ...

Name: Ruhi Ali Grade: 11 Years of Experience: 13 years Future Job: psychiatrist   Wingspan: What influenced you to join choir? Ali: “I’ve been doing choir since fourth grade, so just kind of continuing that and trying to get all the way to graduation doing choir.” Wingspan: When was your first experience with singing? Ali: “My first experience with singing was when...

Name: Jayna Yoon Grade: 12th Years of Experience: 12 years Future job: psychiatrist   Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument?  “I was in first grade when I started playing the violin, so I don’t think it was exactly my choice, but I tried both violin and piano and enjoyed violin more, so I continued to play.” Wingspan: What made you want to join orchestra? ...

Name: Sradha Das Grade: 10 Years of Experience: 4 years Dream job: any performance career    Wingspan: Why did you join theater? Das: “I joined theater because I loved being on stage. I’ve loved it since I was a little kid, it made me so happy, and I used to smile when I was singing and stuff. And I realized I could sing and dance, so theater was perfect for me.” Wings...

Name: Adler Xu Grade: 11th Instrument: viola  Years of experience: ​​6 Future job: aerospace engineering   Wingspan: What made you want to join orchestra?  Xu: “A music elective was mandatory in Plano middle schools, but I chose orchestra over band or choir mostly because the majority of my friends were joining orchestra.” Wingspan: How does orchestra impact your daily lif...

Name: Kritika Chamakura Grade: 10 Years in color guard: 1 Future Job: dermatologist  Staff reporter Sarayu Bongale sits down with sophomore Kritika Chamakura as she describes her journey as a color guard member. Chamakura recalls the ups and downs of color guard as well as the future she sees with the sport.   Wingspan: Why did you join color guard? Chamakura: “My frien...

Name: Yejin Choi Grade: 9 Years of experience: 4-5 Future Job: not sure yet   Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument? Choi: “I chose the violin because I had always loved how the violin sounded when hearing recordings of violin performances. I also loved the way musicians expressed emotion and thought with the violin, which was unique compared to other instruments.�...

Name: Sophie Yang Grade: 11th Years of Experience: piano for 10 years and viola for 5 years Future job: anesthesiologist   Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument? Yang: “I chose viola because I love the deeper sound of the instrument compared to violins. It is also pretty portable compared to some other instruments.” Wingspan: What made you want to join orchestra?�...

Name: Abhineeth Pasam Grade: 10th  Future College: Unsure but hopefully somewhere in California Future job: Computer Science  Years of experience: 5-6 years Favorite Singer: Bruno Mars    Wingspan: What made you choose to join choir?  Pasam: “I joined choir because I’ve always enjoyed singing. I wanted to see what choir was like and I ended up staying.” Wi...

Name: Judith Aluga Grade: 11th Future College: Pratt Institute or UT Austin Future job: Hopefully, an architect or an accountant Years of experience: 0 Favorite artist: Frank Lloyd Wright   Wingspan: What made you choose ceramics? Aluga: “I originally chose this class because I wanted to take AP 3D design senior year, and I wanted something to bridge the gap between Art 1 and AP 3D. Then ...

Name: Anvi Saxena Grade: 10 Years Dancing: 9 years Future Job: undecided Wingspan: What inspired you to start dancing? Saxena: “I started dancing because my cousin danced and I really looked up to her, so I started to dance too when I was around four or five years old.” Wingspan: What type of dance do you do? Saxena: “Right now I do Bharatnatyam, a type of Indian classical...

Name: Riya Sharma Grade: 10th grade Years in Technical Theater: 4 years Position: Stage Manager  Wingspan: Why did you join technical theater? Sharma: “My friend, who is a year older than me, took it, and she was like ‘it’s such a fun filler class.’ I was actually going to drop it later on, but I forgot to fill out the form, and [so] I started doing shows, and I loved it, so I c...

Name: Ram Bonthala Grade: 10th Instrument:violin Future College: Stanford Future Job: business  Years of Experience: 9    What made you want to choose your instrument? Bonthala: “My older sister plays the violin and my next door neighbor is a violin teacher so it was the right circumstances.” What made you want to join orchestra? Bonthala: “I’m in the Came...

Name: Sherry Hu Years experience: more than 12 years Inspiration: Morisot, Caravaggio, my art teachers, and my grandfather. Future job: Something in the intersection between business and design   Wingspan: When did you start getting involved in art?  Hu: “Around kindergarten.” Wingspan: What made you choose art?  Hu: “I was involved with a lot of activities when I was younge...

Name: Saanvi Bhasin Grade: 11th grade Years experience: 12 years  Favorite singers: Dhruv and Harry Styles Future college: undecided  Future job: leaning towards computer science   Wingspan: When did you start getting involved in choir? Bhasin: “I started getting involved in choir in elementary school after my parents put me in singing classes. Even though they were the ones t...

Name: Aswikha Karthikeyan Grade: 10th Years of experience: 5 years Future Job: dermatologist  Wingspan: Why did you join orchestra? Karthikeyan: “I joined orchestra because I felt the whole vibe of it was pretty calm and it seemed enjoyable. Also, my middle school directors looked really nice and it seemed like a good environment to be in.” Wingspan: Why did you choose to play viola? Karthikeyan:...

Name: Zoe Langford Grade: 11th Future College: University of Texas at Austin Future job: optometrist Years of experience: 10 Favorite artist: Leonardo da Vinci   Wingspan: What made you choose art? Langford: “Honestly, I needed a GPA boost. Since I’ve done art for a long time, I knew that I’d enjoy the class. Also since I already spend time drawing for fun, I thought that it wouldn't...

Name: Yuktha Perneti  Grade: 11th Instrument: percussion  Future College: undecided Future job: Sustainable Urban Designer or Software Engineer Years of experience: 6 Inspiration: the unforgettable feeling when you perform  Favorite musicians: Ji Su Jung and beabadoobee   Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument? Perneti: “At first I wasn’t super interested ...

Name: Sia Parpelli Grade: 10 Years singing: 8 years Future job: cardiovascular surgeon   Wingspan: What inspired you to start singing? Parpelli: ”In third grade, my teacher started a choir and I really liked it, so I continued it in fourth and fifth grade. In fifth grade, I made it into an honor choir in my district and I just continued singing over the years. At around fifth grade...

Name: Kenna Hall Grade: Senior Hobby: Fashion Design and cosplay theatre Years involved: 3 years    Wingspan: What made you choose to do fashion design? Hall: “I’ve always liked fashion, I never got into it very much though. I really needed a credit my freshman year and I decided to take fashion designing and I sort of just stuck with it because I loved it.” Wingspan: W...

Name: Lila Elizondo Instrument: French horn Years of experience: 5 years Future College: Kansas State  Future job: the veterinary field   Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument? Elizondo: “Nothing in particular, it just seemed fun.” Wingspan: What made you want to choose to do band? Elizondo: “It seemed like a fun social way to make friends.” Wingspan: H...

Name: Soren Ryu Grade: 9th Instrument: Tenor Saxophone  Future College: Undecided Future job: Armed Forces Years of experience: 4 years Inspiration: Jazz music Favorite musician: Patrick Bartley or Dexter Gordon Wingspan: What made you choose your instrument? Ryu: "Because the saxophone is such an integral part of jazz, I chose it so I would have the freedom of playing different styl...