30 Chelmsford Students Qualify for Massachusetts Music Educators Association Junior District Festival

The Chelmsford High School Fine and Performing Arts Department recently announced that 30 students from Chelmsford middle and high schools have been selected for the 2015 MMEA Junior District Concert Music Ensembles.

On Saturday, Jan. 31, almost 1,000 students auditioned for the Northeast District Festival, and the competition was fierce. The students who qualified for this prestigious event will work with musicians from surrounding towns and rehearse with guest conductors to prepare for a concert to be held at Lowell High School on Saturday April 11, 2015.

“We are thrilled to send this many students to the Jr. District festival,” commented CHS Director of Bands Matthew Sexauer. “This is a very special group of musicians who are particularly dedicated to a high level of music making.”

The students accepted to the 2015 MMEA Northeast Junior District Festival from Chelmsford are:

CHS Band (Director Matthew Sexauer):

• Moira Andrews
• Bailey Berglund
• Emily Bruce
• Amy Carey
• Maria Combs
• Ashley Donahue
• Isabelle Geada
• Megan Long

CHS Chorus (Director Amanda Roeder):

• Gina Castellano
• Grace Rigney

CHS Orchestra (Director Kate Comeau):

• Kyra Chan

McCarthy Band (Directors Allison Lacasse and Sean Wright):

• Abigail Angwin
• John Clancy
• Erick Lee
• Natalie Tierney

McCarthy Chorus (Director Jodi Richardson):

• Sophia Bellone
• Chase Boles
• Caroline Carey
• Emma Dewitt
• Maridian Dooley
• Philip Ferdinand
• Eliana Lantheaume
• Kate Petka
• Clare Rigney
• Sam Segal

Parker Chorus (Director Jodi Richardson):

• Lora Coggins
• Elizabeth Gatto
• Kaylie Rucker
• Delaney Schiefen

Parker Orchestra (Director Lisa Tiano):

• Emilia Caputo-Starkweather

Special thanks to the Chelmsford Friends of Music, who support our CPS music programs by providing the MMEA festival fees for student participants.

For more information, please contact Christina Whittlesey, Fine and Performing Arts Department Coordinator, at the above address, e-mail, and phone number.