Illinois Music Educators Select Palatine Kids

Posted October 22, 2014 11:00 pm

Rob Coleman

Palatine, IL: The Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA) annually selects the most talented musicians in each of the nine Illinois districts to perform at a one-day concert at a local high school. Fifty-three area high schools participated this year in the District seven auditions including Fremd and Palatine. The auditions consisted of students performing prepared etudes, sight-reading, and the ILMEA scale page.

This year 38 music students from Fremd and Palatine High School were selected to perform in the Honors Band, Honors Choir, Honors Orchestra, and Honors Jazz Bands. "We are very proud of all of our students that have been selected for ILMEA District 7 Honors ensembles. The students are exceptional high school musicians and worked very hard to achieve this honor" said Matthew Moore, Fremd High School Music Department Chair. Moore added, "The students will have the opportunity to perform with outstanding high school musicians from surrounding area schools, as well as working with renowned collegiate/professional guest conductors at the ILMEA Festivals". Students selected for the Honors Orchestra, Band, or Choir will perform at the ILMEA Festival on November 8th at New Trier High School. Students selected for the Honors Jazz Bands will perform at the ILMEA Jazz Festival on November 22nd at Barrington High School.

The selected students and their ensembles are below.

Honors Orchestra:

Sarah Akutsu - Volin - FHS

Alexandra Baumgart - Horn - FHS

Julia Cai - Flute - FHS

Andres Carrero - Volin - FHS

Justine Chee - Volin - FHS

Karisa Chiu - Volin - FHS

Krystian Chiu - Cello - FHS

Roy Cho - Clarinet - FHS

Nathan Cornwell - Percussion - FHS

Nathan Du - Volin - FHS

Jack Hallier - Violin - PHS

Andrew Hwang - Volin - FHS

Brian Lin - Volin - FHS

Nathan Mo - Cello - FHS

Angie Peng - Volin - FHS

Alison Reitsma - French Horn - PHS

Jennie Yang - Viola - FHS

Emily Yin - Volin - FHS

Honors Jazz Band:

Leah Fallon - Guitar - PHS

Nick Liotti - Trombone - FHS

Alex VanRoon - Bari Saxophone - FHS

Honors Band

Melinda Coleman - Clarinet - FHS

Mateo Diaz - Horn - FHS

Lisa Kehe - Clarinet - PHS

Nick Liotti - Trombone - FHS

Grace Liu - Flute/Piccolo - FHS

Hazuki Okuda - Flute - FHS

Eden Schultz - Bass Clarinet - FHS

Brian Sonderegger - Clarinet - PHS

Melanie Shaffer - Bass Clarinet - FHS

Honors Choir

Chloe Cho - Soprano - FHS

Quinn Jackson - Alto - FHS

Emilie Kouatchou - Alto - FHS

Vance Lehman - Bass - FHS

Ben Mathew - Tenor - FHS

Gina Pfister - Soprano - FHS

Kaitlin Popovich - Soprano - FHS

Amy Sedlak - Soprano - FHS

Annie Zheng - Soprano - FHS

Concerts: Information about public performances by the groups can be found on the ILMEA website - http://www.ilmea.org/districts/district7

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