Who Are We?
Concerts for Charities is a club founded in Portola High School (with members from all across the school district) with a purpose of allowing students expand their passion for music beyond the school curriculum. We combine bimonthly performances at senior homes and hospitals along with school concerts with donated profit to charities in order to give back to the community.
Adviser
Mr. Adrian Rangel-Sanchez
Mr. Adrian Rangel-Sanchez is the Choir teacher and director at Portola High School. In addition to voice, he is also skilled in guitar and piano. He wishes to spread the warmth of music through the Concerts for Charities club at Portola High School.
Leadership & Staff
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Justin Pai (President, Co-Founder, City of Irvine Ambassador, and Website Manager)
Justin Pai is the President, website manager, events organizer, and co-founder of the Concerts for Charities Corporation. As of 2019, Pai is the legal corporate CEO of Concerts 4 Charities after he and his partner, Madison Lee, declared and incorporated the organization in the State of California. Pai is also pianist, guitarist, transcriber, and part time music tutor/teacher from Irvine, CA. He is a winner of several international music competitions and has been fortunate enough to perform and debut at Carnegie Hall in December of 2017. He wishes to utilize his passion for music and management to make music more accessible to the public community.
Titus Ng (Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
Titus Ng is a sophomore at Portola High. He enjoys playing piano and has been a pianist since 5 years old. Besides piano, he has also played cello for 6 years. Ng has attended many competitions, placing in the Southwestern Youth Music Festival (SYMF) and MTAC Irvine branch piano competitions. In 2019, he earned the MTAC Certificate of Merit for Piano Advanced Level. He decided to join the Concerts 4 Charities Organization to spread his love for music to others.
John Zhu (Guitar Section leader)
John Zhu is a student in Portola High School. He moved to the United States at age 11 from China. John is an experienced guitarist with 4 years under his belt. Zhu feels that music is such a great impact his life as it is able to help him relax and becoming a better person. In addition to music, Zhu plays in the Basketball team at Portola High School. Ultimately, without the friends that he has, he would not be the same person.
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Madison Lee (Vice President, Co-Founder, Jazz Trio Section Leader)
Madison Lee is currently a senior in high school. Since the Organization's incorporation in 2019 with Justin Pai (CEO), Madison is the CFO of the Concerts 4 Charities Corporation. She has been playing piano since she was 4 years old and bass since the 8th grade where she participated in the IUSD Middle School Honors Orchestra. She also played the violin for 4 years. Her favorite types of music are Romantic period and jazz songs. She also volunteers to teach younger bassists in youth orchestras. Madison hopes to use her musical passion and versatility to spread her love for music to the community.
Brian (Yuhao) Xie (Secretary)
Yuhao (Brian) Xie is a sophomore from Portola High School. He has been playing the Alto Saxophone for the past two years. Xie started his Saxophone career in summer of 2014 with his instructor back in his homeland, China, until he immigrated to America in December of2015. Concerts for Charities has given him exposure to more opportunities through their senior home and charity performances. Before he joined the club has never performed in a concert, but after a few months in the club he has been given performance opportunities.
Zachary Smay (Co-Founder)
Zach Smay is the co-founder of Charities Club at Portola High School. He has played multiple instruments throughout his life. Those instruments being drums, piano, and saxophone. He loves the feeling of playing music for people to listen to and enjoy. He cannot wait to see what this club has to offer others and to see the joy on the audience's faces.
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Ensembles
All ensemble photos taken by Lisa Hu Chen (https://www.lisahuchen.com/). Thank you Ms. Chen!
Guitar Trio/Voice&Guitar Quartet |
String Quartet/Piano Quintet |
Jazz Trio |
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John Zhu*
Tom Doan
Joshua Lee
Han Zhang
Gabriel Chen
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Chloe Tjangnaka-Cello
Wesley Tjangnaka-Viola
Austin Wang-Violin
Matthew Wong-Violin
Justin Pai- Piano
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Madison Lee-Bass & Piano*
Titus Ng-Cello & Piano
Brian Xie-Alto Saxophone
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*group leader
Active Members
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Titus Ng
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Joshua Lee
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Gabriel Chen
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Austin Wang
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Brian Xie
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John Zhu
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Madison Lee
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Matthew Wong
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Benjamin Kim
Han Zhang
Justin Pai
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Ostend Suryajaya
Chloe Tjangnagka
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Meera Siram
Wesley Tjangnaka
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Colin Kang
Tom Doan
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