Music is For a Lifetime

Posted January 25, 2016 10:00 pm

Alicia Boehm

Music is a natural part of everyone. It creates an atmosphere of fun, interaction and excitement. That is why children are naturally drawn to it. If we nurture this ability, music will provide a lifetime of enjoyment and creativity.

Northshore Concert Band, an internationally known 100-member symphonic band that performs throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, continues its 60th Anniversary season with Carmina Burana: Love, Luck and Fate.

Part of their mission is "to foster and promote wind music and the adult band concept and to assist in the music education of young people." Their annual Lifetime of Music program, which is a highlight of their January 31, 2016 concert at Northwestern University's Pick-Staiger concert hall in Evanston, Illinois, is designed to introduce young musicians to the idea that "music is for a lifetime". By inviting the most talented young musicians of the Chicagoland area to join them onstage, the Northshore Concert Band hopes to demonstrate to younger musicians that there are opportunities for them to play and enjoy their instruments their entire lives, regardless of whether they choose a musical vocation.

The following student musicians will participate in this annual concert:

FLUTE

Rachel Araujo, Zion-Benton Township HS

Nicole Arvidson, Buffalo Grove HS

Kaela Bonow, Plainfield North HS

Alissa Hagen, Elmwood Park HS

Abel Limon, Proviso Mathematics & Science Academy

Willow Schanz, Wauconda HS

Bethany Sorman, William Fremd HS

Emily Terian, Plainfield North HS

Allison Wallace, Mundelein HS

OBOE

Jose Trujillo, Maine East HS

BASSOON

Emily Hensley, Plainfield North HS

CLARINET

Jonathan deBruin, Glenbard North HS

Alina Dorion, Plainfield North HS

John Farwick, Wauconda HS

Christian Haynes, Zion-Benton Township HS

Abigail Morgan, Alan B. Shepard HS

Isaid Salazar Ramirez, Mundelein HS

Kyra Tessmann, Mundelein HS

Tyler Villa, Plainfield North HS

Brianna Walsh, Plainfield North HS

BASS CLARINET

Brian Talbot, Home School

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Alicia Megchelsen, Home School

Dariusz Starostka, Elmwood Park HS

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Alexandra Damato, Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Alexander Frumkin, Mundelein HS

TRUMPET

Mary Borow, Kolbe Home School Academy

Matthew Kim, Vernon Hills HS

Jake Ribich, Wauconda HS

Jean Paul Rodriquez, Glenbrook South HS

Victoria Seliger, Northside College Prep

George Stedman, Mundelein HS

FRENCH HORN

Anne Kelley, Evanston HS

Sarah Trammel, Lake Forest HS

TROMBONE

Hannah Speer, Mundelein HS

Rebecca Townsend, Libertyville HS

Lauren White, Glenbard North HS

EUPHONIUM

Ryan Cho, Lake Forest HS

Alana Cleveland, Zion-Benton Township HS

McKenzie Jordan, Libertyville HS

TUBA

Rolin Blake, Mundelein HS

George Lucaciu, Maine East HS

Dan Marshalla, Lake Zurich HS

Elaine Waite, Plainfield North HS

STRING BASS

Kyle Allison, Glenbard North HS

PERCUSSION

Douglas Reno, Zion-Benton Township HS

Seth Tanner, Wauconda HS

Akeelah Taylor, Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy

Concert Information:

Carmina Burana: Love, Luck and Fate

Sunday, January 31, 2016, 3:00pm

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, Illinois

Ticket Information:

Individual concert tickets are $18 each, seniors $13, students/children $7.

Tickets are available in advance or at the door, with special group rates available.

Call 847-432-2263 or visit www.northshoreband.org

Doors open at 2:00 pm.

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