Congratulations to the ARHS music students who have been named to the 2011 Massachusetts All State ensembles. The students who audition for All-State had to prepare a Western District Audition in November for membership in the District Level ensembles of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA). The top players in each instrument section are recommended on to audition for the All-State ensembles. Each player has to prepare a specified piece, scales, and sight-read music at the audition. The required pieces are roughly equivalent to college/conservatory audition pieces. They are competing against musicians from all over Massachusetts. The auditions are about 15 minutes long and the students have to perform their pieces, scales and sight-reading in front of an adjudicator.
In related news, we want to congratulate Carson Marshall on violin, and Sarah Martini on contrabass, who were nominated and then accepted to the All-Eastern Festival, based on last year’s All-State auditions. Acceptance to All-Eastern is a very high honor for these students.
Grade 11
Dorian Elgers-Lo
Carson Marshall (2nd time)
Ejeong Baik
Solomon Goldstein-Rose
Caroline Norton
Sarah Martini (2nd time)
Grade 10
Kylie Prutisto-Chang
Grade 9
Anna Perkins
Seungchan Song
Grade 12
Genevieve Higgins
Asa Julien
Grade 11
Sophia Normark
Grade 10
Thomas Jeffries
Grade 10
Jaimon Olmstead
In addition, we congratulate go the following students who achieved highly enough at the district level to be recommended to audition for all-state:
Grade 12
Gloria Ha-young Hong
Rebecca Myers
Grade 11
Tess Domb Sadof
Sam Duncan
Suyin Taunton
Grade 10
Delbar Mamedzade
Brandon Italiano
Janko Tomasic
Grade 9
Dashi Bouvier-Valenta
Special Orchestra Honors: Congratulations to ARHS senior Dorian Elgers-Lo for winning the Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s Rhodes Competition. Dorian will be performing Prokofiev’s 1st piano concerto with the Springfield Symphony on March 14. Congratulations also to senior Sarah Martini who was named Principal Bass in the National Honors Orchestra, performing in New York’s Carnegie Hall.