Fremd musicians selected for ILMEA District 7 Festival
The Illinois Music Educators Association 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.
More than 50 area high schools participated this year in the District 7 auditions, including all District 211 high schools. The auditions consisted of students performing prepared études, sight-reading and the ILMEA scale page.
This year, 36 music students from Fremd 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 chairman.
"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," Moore added.
The selected students and their ensembles are:
• Band: Patrick Brand, bass trombone, jazz band; Julia Cai, flute; Melinda Coleman, clarinet, orchestra; Ryan Groch, alto saxophone; Cameron Harro, horn; Andy Hong, clarinet; Janet Kim, alto saxophone, jazz band; Jerry Li, trombone, concert and jazz band; Bruce Liu, trombone, orchestra, jazz band; Brenna O'Donoghue, clarinet; Kyra Pagones, flute; Eden Schultz, bass clarinet; and Alex van Roon, baritone saxophone, jazz band.
• Orchestra: Sarah Akutsu, violin; Andres Carrero, violin; Nathan Du, violin; Andrew S. Hwang, violin; Eunice Kim, violin; Joshua Kim, viola; Brian Lin, violin; Hannah Lin, violin; Angie Peng, violin; and Ann Rajan, violin
• Choir: Lauren Berryhill, alto; Chloe Cho, soprano; Angie Cornwell, soprano; Nathan Du, bass; Allison Gile, soprano; Katie Haggett, soprano; Quinn Jackson, alto; Ben Mathew, bass; Arinze Okammor, tenor; Kay Petrie, alto; Alex Tangney, soprano; Mizuki Yamashita, soprano; and Annie Zheng, alto.
Students selected for the Honors Orchestra, Band, or Choir will perform at the ILMEA Festival Nov. 7 at Glenbrook South High School. Students selected for the Honors Jazz Bands will perform at the ILMEA Jazz Festival Nov. 21 at Niles West High School. Details available at www.ilmea.org/districts/district7.