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National Award for Two Farmington High School Musicians
Two FHS musicians qualify for the All-Nationals Music Festival as members of the Mixed Choir in November.
557 Students from 49 States and Territories
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to Showcase Talents in Orlando, FL, November 7–10
RESTON, VA During the 2018–19 school year, along with other accomplished music students across the United States and overseas in military base schools, Ashney Datta and Elisabeth Williams from Farmington practiced with dedication to gain a part in their local, district, and state music honor ensembles.
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And now Ashney and Elisabeth will join the “best of the best” for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) 2019 All-National Honor Ensembles November 7–10, 2019, at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The Jazz Ensemble, Mixed Choir, and band will take place 7:00–10:00pm, November 9, and the Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band concerts will begin at 9:30am, November 10. Ashney is a member of the Advanced Treble Chorale and Oriana Singers at FHS. Elisabeth is a member of the Chamber Singers, Orchestra, Madrigals, Chamber Orchestra and studies the piano at Hartt School. This year, she is enrolled in Advanced Placement Music Theory composing her own music. Their FHS music teachers nominated them at the end of last year and the students completed an extensive audition process.
The All-National Honor Ensembles performers represent collaboration and creativity in its highest musical form. The All-National Honor Ensembles consist of a concert band, symphony orchestra, mixed choir, jazz ensemble, guitar ensemble, and modern band. Students were chosen through an audition process. The concert band and symphony orchestra will each have 119 and 121 instrumentalists respectively, the jazz ensemble 20 instrumentalists, the mixed choir 240 vocalists, the guitar ensemble 41 instrumentalists, and the modern band 16 performers.
Selected students will be rehearsing a challenging repertoire in preparation for performing under the direction of six of the most prominent conductors in the United States: Tesfa Wondemagegnehu (Mixed Choir); Soo Han (Symphony Orchestra); Emily Threinen (Concert Band); Todd Stoll with Camille Thurman (Jazz Ensemble); Bill Swick (Guitar Ensemble); and Scott Burstein (Modern Band). All conductors have received top honors in their field and will spend several days rehearsing with students before the concert.
