North Andover Music Students Audition For MMEA Festivals and All-State Conference

The North Andover Music Association would like to commend the North Andover High School students who auditioned for the Massachusetts Music Educators' Association Northeastern District Senior Festival on November 14, 2015, as well as the 7th, 8th and 9th grade students who auditioned for the MMEA Northeastern District Junior Festival on January 30, 2016.

Congratulations to the following students who were selected to participate in the MMEA Senior Festival held on January 9th, many of whom received a recommendation to further audition for the MMEA All-State Conference:

Chorus:

Hannah Carroll, soprano *All-State Recommendation
Emily Cummings, soprano *All-State Recommendation
Ryan Drew, bass *All-State Recommendation
Will Ferguson, tenor *All-State Recommendation
Danny Holman, tenor *All-State Recommendation
Cerena Leaffer, alto
Joe Paquin, bass
Alyssa Peltonovich, soprano *All-State Recommendation
Sam Wright, tenor *All-State Recommendation

Band:

Kunal Gala, snare drum *All-State Recommendation
Terry Hearst, snare drum *All-State Recommendation
Mark Klose, trumpet *All-State Recommendation
Saurabh Kumar, clarinet *All-State Recommendation
Will Lauzon, trumpet
Sydney Seo, clarinet
Frank Zhou, alto saxophone *All-State Recommendation

Exceptional honors go to Emily Cummings, Ryan Drew, Will Ferguson, Sam Wright, Kunal Gala, and Saurabh Kumar for having reached the highest performance level in the state, being selected to participate in the annual All-State Conference in Boston, March 10th – 12th.

Special acclaim is also given to the following 8th and 9th grade students who were selected to represent North Andover in the MMEA Junior Festival at Lowell High School on April 9th.

Girl’s Chorus:

Sophia Barbato, soprano
Manal Boutissant, soprano
Carly Fraser, alto
Olivia Nichols, soprano
Phoebe Sahlas, alto

Boy’s Chorus:

George Lord, tenor
James Lyons, bass

Orchestra:

Emma Greaves, trumpet

Jazz Band:

Daniel Heron, trumpet

Band:

Hanna Nazzaro, clarinet
Zoë Zimmer, trumpet
Eliott Schoonmaker, tuba
Joseph Huggins, trombone

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