NA Music Students Recognized during Virtual Award Ceremony

The North Andover High School music department premiered a virtual award ceremony on June 11th to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding student musicians in the North Andover Public Schools. Many talented students were recognized for their contributions and for their dedication to the music programs during their years at the high school.

Chorus Awards: Choral Rookie of the Year, Julia Lane; Outstanding Underclassman, Courtney Igbinosa, Ethan Wlodyka; Outstanding Upperclassman, Owen Ferguson, Isabel Durning; Concert Choir MVP, Alli Thibert; Treble Choir MVP, Sami Linscott; Scarlet and Black MVP, Nilan Rivers; Choral Spirit Award, Lydia D'Ambrosio; Chorus Unsung Hero, Carley Howe; National Choral Award, Isaac Gliklich, Noah Freedman; Choral Director’s Award, Kadie Albrecht; Choral Service Award, Maddie MacLellan; Outstanding Musicianship, Sophia Barbato, Caroline Pace.

Band Awards: Band Rookie of the Year, Luke Ralph; Outstanding Brass Award, Shawn Belongia; Outstanding Woodwind Award, Mena Abbay; Percussion Award, Sam Karkache; Most Improved Woodwind Award, Sara Curtin; Band Unsung Hero Award, Mia Imparato; Band Spirit Award, Katie Murphy, Elliot Schoonmaker; Band Director’s Award, Conor Curtin; National School Marching Award, Zachary Gaede, Christopher Long; John Philip Sousa Award, Evangeline Gosselin; The Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, Katherine Kooken.

The following seniors were awarded pins in recognition of their program participation:

1-3-year band or chorus participants: Deanna Bosco, Shailey Concheri, Molly Curtin, Olivia Freund, Jasmine Ourdani, and Amelia Tannatt.

4-year chorus participants: Sophia Barbato, Catherine Benson, Rachel Burba, Salomé Chavarriaga, Sierra Cunningham, Lydia D’Ambrosio, Allison Determan, Noah Freedman, Erin Green, Carley Howe, Max Aurelie LaGuerre, Alana Myers, Caroline Pace, Ami Patel, Allison Thibert, and Lucy Topping.

4-year band participants: Ella Abourjaily, Brian Beasley, Shawn Belongia, Katie Coleman, Mia Imparato, Daniel Jeong, Sam Karkache, Christopher Long, Anna McGrath, Katie Murphy, Stephen Quinlan, Joseph Shneyderman, Kailyn Stephenson, Brandon Vuong, Riley Warner, Niko Whittlesey, and Celia Wong.

4-year chorus and 1-3-year band participants: Nilan Rivers, Kayla Abernathy, Riva Chatsman, and Samantha Linscott.

4-year band and 1-3-year chorus participants: Evangeline Gosselin, Elliot Schoonmaker, Conor Curtin, Hannah Gabriel, Drew Howard, Sara Curtin, and Katherine Kooken.

4-year band and 4-year chorus participants: Mena Abbay, Kadie Albrecht, Courtney Francoeur, Zachary Gaede, Isaac Gliklich, and Holly Tang.

The following juniors were awarded varsity letters in recognition of their program participation:

Lillian Andriolo, Pranali Ashara, Theodore Asvestas, Emma Ballerini, Emma Bourassa, Emma Buyea, Maximillian Campion, Alina Chatsman, Madeleine Comerford, Kayla Cunningham, Courtney Dalke, Grace DiBlasio, Nicole Dumont, Isabel Durning, Mariana Fedele, Owen Ferguson, Sabrina Fielder, Raven Figueroa, Emma Flynn, Corey Freedman, Supraja Ganti, Ryan Gliklich, Emily Hale, Mia Hylan, Kohl Koenig, Bailey Lawson, Ben Leising, Kathleen Lovett, Madeline MacLellan, Aaron Mancaniello, Jazlyn Moreno, Edward Nachamie, Jamilah Namaganda, Jason Ness, Linnea Parker, Maddy Pulaski, Michael Raizin, Eli Ralph, Janya Ramachandran, Hadley Reinke, Kristofer Rhoton, Norah Rivers, Liam Ross, Jack Sahlas, Catherine Souza, Clay Ursu, Olivia Vance, Evelyn Wang, Phoebe Wilmot, Bryan Wu, Clarence Yeh, and Elizabeth Yumiguani.

MMEA Northeastern District Treble Choir Awards: Elementary Recipients: Emma McDonough, Bella Prince, and Allegresse Makuta.

MMEA Northeastern Junior District Awards: NAMS Recipients: Junny Lee; NAHS Recipients: Grace Ballantyne, Keenan Gosselin, Luke Ralph, and Henry Wright.

MMEA Northeastern Senior District Awards: Samuel Ursu, Evelyn Wang, Katherine Kooken, Mena Abbay*, Owen Ferguson**, Isaac Gliklich**, and Henry Wright**.

* Denotes All-State Recommendation.

** Denotes All-State Recommendation with highest state honors and participation in MMEA All State Band or Chorus.

James R. Fulks Music Award Scholarship Recipient: Drew Howard

North Andover Music Association Scholarship Recipients: Isaac Gliklich, Courtney Francoeur, Sophia Barbato, Katherine Kooken, Evangeline Gosselin, Caroline Pace, Anna McGrath, and Conor Curtin.

The North Andover Music Association was also pleased to recognize retiring music teacher, Donna Dragosits, for her 15 years of music education at the Thomson Elementary School.

For more information, and a link to the virtual award ceremony recording, please visit www.northandovermusic.org