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30 Students from Westport's Staples High School Participate in Regional Music Festival
The event, held at the high school last week, was sponsored by the Conecticut Music Educators Association.
WESTPORT, CT — Thirty Staples High School students from the Music Department recently participated in the Conecticut Music Educators Association Western Regional Music Festival.
Staples students participating were: Orchestra - James Gikas, Chloe Hankey, Angela Ji, Lauren Schmidt, Jack Whitten, Jessica Xu, Justin Berg, Michael Fording, Melanie Lust, Maya Namasivayam, Anella Lefebvre, Sophia Thomas, Seohyun Hong, and Samantha Atlas; Chorus - Madison Malin; Jazz Band - Declan Harding, Joseph Williams, Nick Rossi, and Joshua Sigal; and Concert Band - James Mudholkar, Woongki Hong, Benjamin Schussheim, Preston Lust, Justin Lovro, Zachary Gurahian, Andrew Badeski, Jacob Kitchner, Michael Woods, Will O'Halloran and Sophia Han.
The festival, hosted by Staples High School, involved 30 schools and close to 400 students from the western part of the state. Students rehearsed the evening of the 13th and all day on the 14th. Concerts were given later on the 14th.
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Photo 1: Orchestra; Photo 2: Chorus member Madison Malin; Photo 3: Jazz Band; Photo 4: Concert Band. Photo credit: Contributed
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