Simon Braun

• 3rd place, San Francisco Bay Area Fall NATS competition, Oct 2020
• 2nd place, San Francisco Bay Area Spring NATS Classical: competition, Mar 2021
• Honorable mention, San Francisco Bay Area Spring NATS Classical: SFBAC, Mar 2018
• Honor roll for continued dedication and determination to musical excellence, NMSM 2018-2023

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

OPERA

CARMEN, Street Boy, West Bay Opera, May 2018

SNOW QUEEN, Raven, San Francisco Opera, Summer Conservatory , Jul 2017

BENEFIT & FUNDRAISING CONCERTS WITH RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS - SECTION LEADER

Western Regional, ACDA Junior High Honor Choir, Salt Lake City, UT, Mar 2020

‘Carmina Burana’, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco, CA, Jun 2019

iSing w Copenhagen Girls Chorus, St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco, CA, Mar 2019

Celebration of Life, Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto, CA , Feb 2019

‘Light the Way’ Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, Dec 2018

Wedding, Rugherford, CA, Oct 2018

30th Anniversary, Stanford Bing Hall, Palo Alto, CA, Jun 2018

San Francisco Symphony, Home Alone, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2017

Sunrise Retirement Center, Belmont, Belmont, CA, Feb 2017

RAGAZZI BOYS CHOIR TOURS AND ANNUAL PERFORMANCES

‘To Italia and Beyond’ (Salzburg & Vienna, Austria and Venice, Italy), June 2022

Masterclass with Vienna Boys Choir , June 2022

‘Destiny and Discovery’ (virtual), Mar 2021

‘Beyond the stars’ (virtual), Dec 2020

‘Old First Concert’, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2019

‘For the Beauty of the Earth’, United Methodist Church, Palo Alto, CA, Dec 2018

International Choral Kathaumixw, Powell River, Canada, Jul 2018

NMSM SOLO RECITALS

The Vagabond, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Center for performing Arts, MV, CA, Jan 2023

Le secret, by Armand Silvestre, Center for performing Arts, MV, CA , Jun 2022

I am the pirate king from Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan (virtual), Jun 2021

Linden Lea, by Vaughan Williams, Dec 2020

Per la Gloria d’adorarvi, by Giovanni Bononcini, May 2019

Never Enough from “The greatest Showman”, Jun 2018

Heidenroslein / F. Schubert, Dec 2016

Sandmann’s Aria from “Hansel und Gretel” / E. Humperdinck, Jan 2016

EDUCATION

Music Theory, 4 years with Ragazzi Boys Choir

Piano, 4 years

Pinewood School, High School, Los Altos, Class of 2024

WORK / VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Mountain View City - Youth Advisory Committee Member, Jul 2022 - current

Pinewood High School Robotics Club - Treasurer, Sep 2022 - current

Mountain Camp, Woodside - Camp Counselor, Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

Bay Area Debate Academy, Cupertino - Camp Volunteer, July 2021