Downers Grove North Fine Arts: Thirty-one District 99 Musicians Achieve 2010 "All-State" Recognition

Thursday, December 02, 2010

Thirty-one District 99 Musicians Achieve 2010 "All-State" Recognition

Fourteen student musicians from Downers Grove North High School were selected by competitive audition to the 2010-2011 Illinois Music Educator’s Association All-State Band, Choir, Orchestra, Jazz Band and Secondary General Music Composition Contest. Performance auditions were held last October at Hinsdale Central High School; musical compositions were evaluated by professional musicians and composers from across the Midwest.

“We are really thrilled for these students and their families,” said Brayer Teague, Fine Arts Department Chair at North High. “Many people helped these students achieve this success, beginning with their very first elementary school music teachers and extending to their private-lessons teachers today. North High is very proud to have these incredible musicians representing District 99 at the All-State level, and we are equally pleased for our friends at South High who also had a tremendous number of students selected for All-State this year.”

In total, thirty-one student musicians from District 99 were selected for this prestigious performance honor.

The All-State Band, Choir, Orchestra and Jazz Band will convene for a series of rehearsals in Peoria, IL, January 26-29, 2011. Their concerts will be held at the Peoria Civic Center on the evening of January 28, and the afternoon of January 29, 2011.

All-State Band

Brandon Broholm – Tuba (Senior)

Marie Kirkegaard – Clarinet (Senior)

Jonathan Sheetz – Bass Clarinet (Junior)

Isaac Stevenson – Orchestral Percussion (Senior)

Kirsten Keller – Orchestral Flute (Senior)

Stephen Shatzer – Orchestral Bassoon (Junior)

All-State Choir

Abby Gardner – Alto (Senior)

Kaitlin Jeffries – Alto (Senior)

Josh Smith – Tenor (Senior)

All-State Orchestra

Marisa Bellie – Double Bass (Senior)

Lauren Kovanko – Viola (Junior)

Meghan Lyda – Cello (Junior)

Alana Osterling – Cello (Sophomore)

Hannah Young – Band Harp (Junior)

FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHY

The philosophy of the North High School Fine Arts Department faculty is to offer students a well-rounded curricular experience that includes exposure to genres of music, theatre, and visual art in a wide variety of creative settings. Program goals that serve as tenets for the North High School Fine Arts Department faculty are: To provide a productive and cooperative learning environment in which students of various backgrounds and ability levels may learn to achieve outstanding artistic results; To intentionally study music, theatre and visual art from cultures and communities that have been historically under-represented; To engage students in a journey toward artistic and personal success at the highest level; To develop in young people the appreciation, discrimination, analysis, and participation skills necessary to become lifelong consumers of the arts.

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