Caldwell-West Caldwell School Musicians Earn Spot in Honors Strings Ensemble

Fifteen students from Jefferson, Washington and Wilson Elementary Schools in West Caldwell, and Lincoln Elementary and Grover Cleveland Middle School in Caldwell, were selected to perform at the North Jersey School Music Association (NJSMA) Elementary Honors Orchestra Festival.

A total of 300 students from throughout northern New Jersey participated in the festival on May 9, at Randolph High School.

The selected students included violinists Cindy Chen and Charlotte Lepis from Jefferson School; violinists Stephanie-Rose Caragiulo, Nicole Cordasco and Sophia Pienciak from Wilson School; violinists Kate Porcello and Gina Strumolo, and cellist Alexis Narine from Lincoln School; violinists Lilian Chiaet and Leah Facella from Washington School; and violinists Jaqueline Li, Erica Maloney, Katherine Pepper, Owen Russel and Carina Whiting from Grover Cleveland Middle School.

Photo courtesy of Christine Corliss

Photo caption: From top left are Lincoln School students Kate Porcello, Gina Strumolo, strings teacher Nate Lienhard, and Alexis Narine; Wilson School students Stephanie-Rose Caragiulo and Sophia Pienciak (Nicole Cordasco is missing from photo); middle row (left to right) Jefferson School students Charlotte Lepis and Cindy Chen; Washington School students Lilian Chiaet and Leah Facella; and Grover Cleveland Middle School students Katherine Pepper, Owen Russel, Erica Maloney, strings teacher Annelie Fahlstedt, Carina Whiting and Jaqueline Li.