Welcome!

Welcome to friends, families, and music loving community! We are so excited to put our amazing musicians on display in a friendly battle this evening. Our students have been working hard since the beginning of the year on creating unique and entertaining sets and their progress and hard work will be on display for you today!

We encourage you to cheer loud, clap along, and get up and dance if the music moves you to.

We have snacks and refreshments located right outside of the gym and hope you stop in for something to eat.

Today's Battle will be based on audience interaction as well as engagement. Each group will have their photo posted on our Instagram - @phs_instrumental_music - and the group with the most likes at 8 pm will be declared the winner and have a full music video recorded and published on our website and and social media.

Make sure to share your favorite group's photo with as many people as you can, and please enjoy Battle Of Rock Bands 2024!!

Opulent

It’s our time to shine with our shining singer Siri, our amazing lead Apollo, crazy rhythm Claire, spectacular bassist Seb, and eloquent drummer Elsa, we’re ready to show our opulence to the crowd!

Milk & Cookies

Consisting of Zoe, Evan, Jibreel, Lisa, and Madi, Milk and Cookies delivers a fresh mix of alternative-pop and indie-pop. With majority of the band members being vocalist, we faced many challenges in performing on unfamiliar instruments. But we managed to make it work and we are really proud of the process! We will be performing Freaking Out the Neighborhood by Mac DeMacro and Alien Blues by Vundabar.

Gambit

We have 5 cards on deck, Yeeun as the Joker, Hersh as the Ace of Spades, Dylan as the Ace of Cloves, Kang as Ace of Diamonds, and Johno as the Ace of Hearts. Together we are GAMBIT. We wish to bring you a great time with our performance with our musical symphony and bring to you Pompeii by Bastille, and finish off strong with Highway To Hell by AC/DC. We have been playing our instruments for years and wish to showcase our talents in front of you guys tonight. We hope you love our performance and you already know we the best.

Crocs'N'Sox

We are Crocs N Socks, 4 dudes and a chick, kinda like the Marias. Suah is our singer, Ethan and Joshua are our lead guitarists and rhythm guitarist, Mark is our bassist, and Shravan is our drummer. Our songs are Josie by Steely Dan, and Sweater Weather by the Neighborhood. We will have a special guest joining us for Josie. Prepare for great songs full of energy!

Heat In The Atmosphere

Prepare yourselves for an out of the world experience! A revival of the cosmic proportions- Heat in the Atmosphere is back with 2 new songs for your enjoyment. Our lead singer Isabelle has channeled cerebral energy along with our guitarists Ethan, Hea and Yash, crazy spacey bassist Luke and drummer Django to bring you all here today. Enjoy the night under the atmosphere with us bringing the heat back!

Black Castle

Hello everyone! Welcome to Battle of the Rock Bands! We are Black Castle! On the left, we have our bassist, Juno. She is a senior and has been playing the bass for one year. To the right of her is our lead guitarist Elliot, a junior and he has been playing for 6 years. Going down the line we have our two sophomores, Josh who has been playing drums for 4 years and our rhythm guitarist, Renee who has been playing for 3 years. In the middle is our lead singer, Abella who has been singing since she was 6 and will be graduating in the fall! Tonight we will be playing our rendition of The Ghost of You by My Chemical Romance and My Heart by Paramore. We hope you enjoy your night!

The Blinding Lights

Hey everyone, we are The Blinding Lights, and our band focuses on capturing the soundscape of the 80s pop music. Our band members are Sarah (vocalist), Myreen (Bassist), Sneha (Lead Guitar), Ayushi (Rhythm Guitar), Mary (Keys), and Leon (Drums). Our first song will be Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears, and our second song is Billie Jean by Michael Jackson. We chose these songs to give you a nostalgic and familiar feel to your experience with songs we have all heard on the radio or grew up with. Please come and watch our show! Hope to see you shine bright!

Danimals Sweepstakes

We are Danimals Sweepstakes and we are god. We play music because thats fun and fun is what we are. We came here 13 years ago from our home planet hepatitis - C to rock and make music for the people. Ofelia sings, Angelina Keys, Sawyer and Shayleb play the guitar, Aaliyah is our bass, and Michael is on the drums. We play from Franz Ferdinand (not the dead one) and from Blur because thats all we could think of.

After Hours

After hours is a super cool awesome sauce band formed in 2024. Originating from Irvine California, the pop rock band brings a fresh new energy to the music scene. Their fun and upbeat energy and songs make for a thrilling show you won’t want to miss. After Hours is built on fun and good music. Come watch them on October 5th at the Battle of the Rock Bands!

Groundwire

We're Groundwire, one of the pop performance ensembles at Portola High School this year!

We have two vocalists, Iliana and Sara, who are both extremely talented, and provide us with diversity in vocal style and range. Additionally, we have Sharim, our lead guitarist, who does not know music theory at all, but is highly skilled at what he does. On rhythm guitar and piano, we have Dana, who has experience in a lot of genres and styles, and can play just about anything you ask her to. On drums we have Bryan, who is always fun to hang out with, and who goes above and beyond on the drum kit. We are blessed to have our saxophone player Shion, who has been very versatile and is currently learning keyboard and guitar to fit the needs of the band. Our bass player, Megan, is very knowledgeable on music theory and helps to run all of the gear, making this band all the more functional.

With the exception of Bryan, who is only a junior, we are all seniors who have been involved with the instrumental music program since our freshmen year. We're really excited to finish out our senior year in the program, and look forward to covering and writing a lot of great music! Enjoy the set, and thank you for supporting the Portola High School instrumental music program.

Events like tonight would not be possible without the support and assistance of our parents and families. We would like to thank Lee Stewart, Raina Eujin Song, Krizen-Joi Aguilar, Erica Borquez, HyoJin Bae, Marie Claire Marshall and Lourdes Atienza for helping make this night happen! If you are interested in joining our community and continuing to build our events ask Mr. Traska or Mr. Distante about how you can get involved! Meetings happen once a month on Zoom and in person and we have positions of all levels.

Want to help keep us moving forward?

The materials we have to support our students come in no small part from our families generosity. Every cable, amp, stage piece, speaker, and instrument the students have access to is thanks to your support. In order to keep our program reaching out to more students and to keep providing our students with the best possible music making experience we have an Amazon Wish List that we would gladly accept gifts from. The list can be found HERE.

Thank you!

We would like to thank our music program sponsors for making this year so successful! We would like to thank Paris Baguette, Fruit Design by Nesa, Ruff Cutz by Karl, Custom Design Tint & Wrap, CTU Services Inc., and the Chapman University Office of Diversity, equity, and Inclusion for their continued support!

THANK YOU!

Music is alive and well in Irvine, and that is in no small part thanks to patrons like YOU! Without an audience our music wouldn't have the same meaning and our program would not be as healthy and vibrant as it is. We truly enjoy seeing such a variety of students and musicians in our program and are grateful for the opportunity to provide them a space to share their art and passion with the public. Thank you for coming!

We would also like to thank Mr. John Pehrson, Jen Ochsner, Amy Paulsen, Steven Chai, and Brandon Emery for their support throughout the year, Mr. Leo Diego and the facilities staff for keeping our spaces clean and facilitating the evening, Ms. Samantha Sanford and the tech students for their work and facility usage, Mr. Adrian Rangel-Sanchez for the undying support, Jazmine Khaligov for the fantastic artwork, Mr. Andy Marshall for his assistance in making the sound magical, Jonathan Zuniga, Luke Thomas, and David Sauer for their expertise and ensemble coaching.

For more information about our upcoming events make sure to follow us on Instagram at @phs_instrumental_music and check back at our website, www.phsmusic.org to save the dates!

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