Downers Grove North Fine Arts: DGN All State Musicians Wrap Up Week at Illinois Music Education Conference

Saturday, January 28, 2017

DGN All State Musicians Wrap Up Week at Illinois Music Education Conference

Sixteen student musicians from Downers Grove North High School earned All-State honors through the Illinois Music Education Association. Students were selected to the All-State Bands, All-State Choirs, All-State Orchestras, and recognized in the All-State Music Composition Contest. All-State musicians traveled to Peoria, IL, from January 25-28, 2017 and participated in the Illinois Music Education Conference.

“We are truly thrilled for these students and their families,” said Brayer Teague, Fine Arts Department Chair. “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 were excited they had the opportunity to perform alongside the very best musicians in the State of Illinois.”

The music faculty of North High School is proud to congratulate the following students who earned ILMEA All-State Honors:

CHORUS

Tim Berberich (12) – Tenor I – All State Choir

Benjamin Goedert (12) – Tenor I – All State Choir

Cecilia Kowara (11) – Soprano I – All-State Honors Choir

Lindsey LeBeda (11) – Alto II – All State Choir

Brendan Quealy (11) – Tenor II – All- State Honors Choir

ORCHESTRA STRINGS
Josie Bondarowicz (10) – Double Bass – All State Orchestra

Lucie Boyd (10) – Viola – All State Honors Orchestra

Amelia Korbitz (10) – Violin 1 – All State Honors Orchestra

Bryan Monk (11) – Violin 2 – All State Orchestra

WINDS & PERCUSSION
Daniel Brethauer (12) – Bass Trombone – All State Honors Band

Jennifer Casey (11) – Euphonium – All State Honors Band

Maria D'Ambrose (12) – Oboe – All State Orchestra

Eirene Kowal (12) – Percussion – All State Honors Band

Brian Perillo (10) – Euphonium – All State Honors Band

Caleb Schmurr (12) – Trombone – All State Honors Band

MUSIC COMPOSITION
Ellie Banke (10) – Commercial/Popular – 3^rd place

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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Saturday, January 28, 2017

DGN All State Musicians Wrap Up Week at Illinois Music Education Conference

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