TEMPO Hosts Oliver Ames Music Awards Night

TEMPO, The Easton Music Parents Organization, in conjunction with the Oliver Ames High School Music Department, held their annual music awards night on Wednesday, May 18 in the OAHS Performing Arts Center.

TEMPO awards included Certificates of Participation, Jackets with Varsity Letter, Third Year Mugs, Senior Picture Plaques, Tech Crew Awards, Festival Participation Certificates, Tri-M Honor Society Certificates and the 14th annual Harris Ullian Award. In addition, the OAHS Music Department staff presented their annual for Orchestral, Band and Choral Special Awards. This was the first time members of the behind-the-scenes technical crew were acknowledged for their contributions to the success of the music program.

 TEMPO Co-Presidents Aaron Kawalek and Tammy Wise opened the festivities and presided over the award presentations.  In an evening highlight, TEMPO Past President Lauri Costa presented the first of two Harris Ullian Awards to Andrea Tulley, while Mr. Kawalek presented the second to Ken Fernandes. The Ullian award honors outstanding volunteerism to the Easton Public Schools Music Department. The following received TEMPO awards:

 Harris Ullian Award

Ken Fernandes

Andrea Tulley

Certificate of Participation

Corina Aaronson, Courtney Abrams, Sadie Baron, Tyler Bassett, Cenndy Belice, Amanda Bielski, Jordan Boone, Danielle Brown, Michael Brown, Nicholas Cadmas, Morgan Capodilupo, Reagan Cerci, Lia Chmielinski, Ethan Cioffi, Molly Constantine, Shannon Cooney, Nicole Cosgrove, Morgan Daly, Carolyn Deegan, Susan Donohue, Carolyn Doty, Telly Efrimidis, Monica Fies, Abigail Flavin, Matthew Foley, Sabrina Foote, Samantha Foote, Charlie Gangemi, Catherine Graves, Sean Graziano, Sarah Hanegan, Olivia Hanscom, Sarah Harney, Haley Hill, Nina Howe, Colleen Irvine, Roodlene Jean-Calixte, Zachary Jenkinson, Alex Jin, Anna Kjelgaard, Genevieve Lamont, Isabel Lamont, Holly Lewis, Hannah Linsky, Ethan Loewald, Jessica Lowney, Brendan Lynch, Erin Lynch, Arianna Manzo, Lindsay McNeice, Phillip Michalowski, Yasmine Mifdal, Jen Miller, Danielle Montella, Nathan Morgan, Sean Motta, Dan Moverman, Kasey Murray, Jennifer Nassise, Christopher Naughton, C.J. O’Connell, Hilda Ormeno, Harrison Phelps, Rose Raymond, Isabel Rojas, David Romero, Mike Sanpietro, Michaela Sarro, Hannah Sedman, Sarah Seltzer, Celso Silva, Nicole Silvia, Tyler Springhetti, Grace Sweet, Kelsey Tagen, Rowan Talbot-Guerette, Zachary Taylor, Brandi Tino, Nhu Tran, Emily Volk, Olivia Wakefield, Jennifer Walker, Bowen Wang, Jared Wise, Hannah Worden, Tayllor Wright

Jackets and Varsity Letter

James Abate, Arianne Barrett, Michaela Barry, Denali Bennett, Keara Benton, Jeremy Berry, Joe Bianchini, Andy Bui, Joseph Burke, Ashley Caterina, Max Cerci, Derrick Cheng, Bradford Cole, Bradley Costa, Diana Cross, Justin Curran, James Dalton, Angela Derolus, Sid Duffy, Ellen Dunlea, Nathan Faust, Korey Foster, Jillian Frank, Kevin Grant, Davis Healy, Jordan Hedrick, Corinne Herlihy, Kaitlin Hurley, Katelyn Hurley, Bobby Kline, Gwen Kozak, Sean Kyne, Anthony Li, Spencer Long, Julia Lowney, Joseph Maglio, Olivia Marcus, Elizabeth Martin, Liam McCafferty, Michael McMillan, Caroline Meyer, Matthew Moynihan, Calvin Nguyen, Abby Papetti, Marjorie Partridge, Shannon Pender, Ashley Pierre-Louis, Jordan Potash, Jessica Puopolo, Alan Sweet, Amanda Urquhart, Jared Wolf, Courtney Woodman

Third Year Awards

Haley Arnold, Markus Ayasse, Jordan Bass, Jennifer Bourne, Theresa Bruderer, Jennifer Byron, Emily Carlson, Alaina Chmielinski, Brendan Clifford, Samantha Cormier, Maryanne Coughlin, James Donahue, Brad Downey, Patrick Drown, Andrew Egger, Kurt Eichorn, Carly Greenberg, Katelyn Hanegan, Michael Hansen, Emily Herschlag, Joseph Hite, Alissa Jenkinson, Sarah Laird, Christopher Lockwood, Robin Loewald, Alex McKeen, Ryan O’Shea, Kathryn Phelan, Cora Porter, Emily Romans, Leah Schwanke, Keith Sullivan, Kevin Swanson, Julia Williams

Senior Awards

Jonathan Agnant, Kristina Bloomer, Alex Bressette, Mary Burak, Jennilee Cannucci, Steven Castro, Ignacio Cetrangolo, Julia Cross, Paige Curtin, Amanda Dew, Victoria Dost, Camille Dubois, Edward Faust, Emily Frank, Colm Grant, Megan Hassan, Connor Healy, Belinda Jean-Calixte, Sarah Kawalek, Zachary, Kellogg, Patrick Keough, Rachel Kline, Katie Kozak, Laura Kudcey, Michael Lakin, Benjamin Less, Derek Linsky, Hayden Lizotte, Sheila McKenna, Bobby Miller, Meaghan Morris, Noah Newberger, Andrew Nguyen, Liza Packer, Jocelyn Paul, Ralph Peterson, Kaitlyn Pitman, Noah Potash, Kaitlyn Quinn, Jonathan Raduazzo, Henry Ratcliffe, Katherine Richardson, Nicole Romero, Michael Roney, Mary Scalabrino, Victoria Schwartz, David Segill, Jennifer Shubitowski

Ashley Silverstein, Alexander Spencer, Timothy Tufts, Rachel Urquhart, Joshua Wise, Katherine Worden, Brian Wright

Music/ Tech Crew Awards

Broderick Flannery, Zachary Flannery, Jasmine Harris, Jocelyn O’Brien, Hardik Patel, Victoria Pullano, Mary Scalabrino, Seth Schwartz, Sarah Seltzer, Dana Smith, Joe Smith, Mary Whitney

Festival Participation Certificates

All-East Conference: Jonathan Raduazzo (Choir)

Massachusetts All-State Choir: Joseph Burke, Kurt Eichorn, Olivia Marcus, Harrison Phelps, Jonathan Raduazzo, Joshua Wise,

Massachusetts All-State Jazz Band - Michael Hansen, Ralph Peterson

Senior Districts Band: David Romero, Alan Sweet

Senior Districts Chorus: Joseph Burke, Kurt Eichorn, Davis Healy, Sarah Kawalek, Olivia Marcus, Meaghan Morris, Harrison Phelps, Jonathan Raduazzo

Michael Roney, Amanda Urquhart, Joshua Wise

Senior Districts Jazz Band: Michael Hansen, Ralph Peterson,

Senior Districts Orchestra: Derrick Cheng, Colm Grant, Victoria Schwartz, Hayden Lizotte, Noah Potash, Grace Sweet

Senior SEMSBA Band: Michael Brown, Ellen Dunlea,

Senior SEMSBA Chorus: Camille Dubois, Katelyn Hurley, Shannon Pender

Senior SEMSBA Orchestra: Derrick Cheng, Bradford Cole, Colm Grant, Kevin Grant, Anthony Li, Victoria Schwartz

Junior District Band: Jocelyn Cheng, Lia Chmielinski, Sarah Harney, Arianna Manzo

Junior District Chorus: Mikeighla Droney, Katherine Duffy, Maeve Evans

Junior District Orchestra: Kara Arnold, Michael Brown, Haley Hill, Phillip Michalowski, Hannah Worden

Junior SEMSBA Band: Jocelyn Cheng, Victoria Cole, Elizabeth Hadley, Sarah Harney, Haley Hill, Nathan Morgan, Michaela Sarro,

Junior SEMSBA Chorus: Mikeighla Droney, Maeve Evans, Addy Marcus, Phoebe Welcome

Junior SEMSBA Orchestra: Kara Arnold, Jarod Boone, Eleni Constantinou, Nicole Cosgrove, Molly Cunha, Monica Fies, Alex Jin, Anna Kjelgaard

Jessica Marquez, Christopher Naughton, Connor Naughton, Harrison Phelps, Benjamin Volk, Emily Volk

Tri-M Honor Society

Officers: Sarah Kawalek, President; Hayden Lizotte, Vice President; Alexander Spencer,Treasurer; Victoria Schwartz, Secretary; Victoria Dost, Historian

Board of Directors: Max Cerci, Michael Hansen, Olivia Marcus, Meaghan Morris,      Noah Potash

Members: Courtney Abrams, Markus Ayasse, Keara Benton, Jeremy Berry, Alex Bressette, Joseph Burke, Derrick Cheng, Bradford Cole, Camille Dubois, Edward Faust, Nathan Faust, Emily Frank, Jillian Frank, Colm Grant, Kevin Grant, Sarah Hanegan, Sarah Harney, Megan Hassan, Zachary Kellogg, Rachel Kline, Isabel Lamont, Caroline Meyer, Christopher Naughton, Harrison Phelps, Kaitlyn Pitman

David Romero, Nicole Romero, Michael Roney, David Segill, Amanda Urquhart

Rachel Urquhart, Emily Volk, Joshua Wise, Hannah Worden, Katherine Worden

Music Department Special Awards

The following OAHS Music Department Special Orchestral Awards were presented by Megan Catelli; Special Band Awards by Jeff Benson and Robert Wheeler; and Special Choral Awards by Charlene Dalrymple:

Outstanding Orchestra Member: Katherine Worden, Emily Frank, Colm Grant

Distinguished Performance Certificate: Patrick Drown, Sarah Kawalek, Katherine Richardson

Outstanding Band Member: Alexandra Bressette, Nicole Romero           

Distinguished Service Award: Nicole Romero, Zach Kellogg, Mary Scalabrino, Jasmine Harris

Outstanding Choral Member: Paige Curtin, Camille Dubois, Michael Roney           

Best All-Around Musician for Choral, Band and Jazz Band and All-East Chorus Participant: Jonathan Raduazzo

Senior Honor: Jocelyn Paul, Kristina Bloomer

Music Honor Award: Edward Faust, Noah Potash, Zachary Kellogg, Alexander Spencer, Jonathan Raduazzo

Musical Theatre Award: Joshua Wise

National Choral Award: Joshua Wise

Outstanding Soloist: Zachary Kellogg

Show Choir Award: Rachel Urquhart, Sarah Kawalek

National Orchestra Award: Victoria Schwartz, Hayden Lizotte                

John Philip Sousa Award: Katie Kozak

Outstanding Pianist: Jonathan Raduazzo

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Ralph Peterson