Lana Hur is a renowned classical guitarist who started her musical journey at just six years old. Her talent quickly caught the public's eye when she began winning prestigious international awards, including the grand prize at the First National Youth Classical Guitar Competition in South Korea.
Oboist VICTORIA HIROMI DOO LEE takes music anywhere – from chamber groups at aquariums and art museums in California and touring as a soloist in Europe, to wind octets in Branson pubs and the Park Avenue Amory with the New York Philharmonic.
Matt Hare is a double bassist, composer, and educator based in Southern California. Last season he performed a solo recital in Los Angeles featuring his own compositions written over the Pandemic. In the upcoming season he will premier his orchestration of Hayk Arsenyan's Stratum, a concertante for double bass and piano, with the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia.
Tim Hall has been teaching at Irvine Valley college since 2006. Tim is also the Director of Woodwind and Brass studies at Chapman University’s Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music. Born and raised in Southern California, Tim is a free-lance musician who is both a regular in major local ensembles and a seasoned touring musician.
John Hallberg (b. 1988) is an accomplished saxophone performer and educator based in Southern California. His career has taken him across the United States, Europe, and Asia, giving recitals and solo performances in venues such as Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Segerstrom Concert Hall, Mozart Concert Hall of Zuhai, Zipper Concert Hall, Thayer Recital Hall at The Colburn School, and numerous university campuses worldwide.
Mathieu Girardet serves as Director of the Instrumental Music Area at Irvine Valley College. A native of Montpellier, France, Mathieu is a versatile musician with experience as an educator, clarinetist, composer, and arranger.
Mike Applegate was a pioneer in the accounting software arena back in the 1980's – and now he's paying it forward for Irvine Valley College (IVC) students.
Applegate launched TimeValue Software in 1984, a time when the software industry was in its infancy. Emerging as the industry leader in amortization software, the company’s first and flagship product – TValue – is now used by most of the top 100 accounting firms in the U.S.
Woraporn Sae-Hia is an enterprising international student at IVC, who is charting her path toward a future in business. Hailing from Thailand, Woraporn's journey towards academic and professional excellence began at Darunsikkhalai, where she specialized in Engineering Science. With a steadfast focus on her academic pursuits, Woraporn has set her sights on UC Irvine for her four-year institution plans. Her ambition to become an entrepreneur drives her forward, fueled by a desire to innovate and create positive change in the business world.
Madiha Pashtoon is a driven and accomplished student, who majored in Political Science at IVC, with a profound motivation rooted in her father's career as a diplomat. A graduate of University High School in Irvine, Madiha aspires to attend either the University of California, Irvine, or the University of California, Los Angeles, to further her education in pursuit of a career in international relations and law, with a focus on advocating for global minorities.