District 64’s Emerson Jazz Band “Opens” Park Ridge Civic Orchestra Concert

Emerson Middle School jazz students from Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 will team up with the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra in a special concert on Sunday, February 10 at 2:00 p.m. at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge.  Students will have the exciting privilege of “opening” the afternoon’s entertainment with a 20-minute concert ahead of the Orchestra’s program.  Admission for all students is free.

Emerson Jazz Band students include:  flute – Emily Bugai (grade 7), Allison Paxhia (grade 6) and Ashley Jianu (grade 7); clarinet – Danny Connolly (grade 8); alto sax – Joey Hands, Katie Boyce and Robbie Skoronski (all grade 8) and Thalia Koupas (grade 7); tenor sax – Steven Richter (grade 8) and Margaret Edsey (grade 6); bari sax – Johnny Maltese-Miller (grade 8); trumpet – Joey Maltese-Miller, Kara Swanson, Sydney Richter and Brandon Jelke (all grade 8), Sam Mathew (grade 7), Patrick Talbot (grade 6), and Matt Spiewak and Everett Ebling (both grade 7); trombone – Christo Fosse (grade 7) and Owen Kopka (grade 6); tuba – Nick Levy (grade 7); piano – Melannie Kavanaugh (grade 7), Olivia Conklin (grade 8) and Jack Dombro (grade 6); bass guitar – Fin O’Driscoll (grade 7); drum set – Julia Borrelli (grade 8) and Jacob Lenzini (grade 7); and percussion – Alyssa Tamvakis (grade 8).