Eight student musicians from Downers Grove North High School earned nine
All-State Honors
in the 2012-2013 Illinois Music Educators
Association All-State Band, Choir, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Composer Showcase,
and ‘Future Music Educators Symposium’. Performance auditions were held last
October at Carl Sandburg High School; musical compositions were evaluated by
professional musicians and composers from across the country.
“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.”
The All-State Band, Choir,
Orchestra and Jazz Band will convene for a series of rehearsals in Peoria, IL,
January 23-26, 2013. Their concerts will
be held at the Peoria Civic Center on the evening of January 25, and the
afternoon of January 26, 2013. Composers will be honored at an awards ceremony
on the morning of January 26, 2013.
All-State Choir
Patrick Murray - Tenor I (Senior)
All-State
Orchestra
Katie Krainc – Violin 2 (Senior)
Rachel Pfeifer – Cello (Sophomore)
Katie Portman – Violin 2 (Junior)
All-State
Jazz Band
Brett Latman – Trumpet (Senior)
Spencer Schillerstrom – Tenor Sax (Junior)
All-State
Music Composition
Spencer Schillerstrom – Jazz Improvisation:
3rd place (Junior)
Kaitlin Shannon – Commercial/Popular: 2nd
Place (Junior)
Future
Music Educators Symposium
Erin Elgass (Senior)
