Downers Grove North High School student musicians participated in the Illinois High School Association State Solo and Ensemble Contest on March 7, 2020.
66 music events from Downers Grove North High School earned a Division I rating of SUPERIOR. A Division I score is categorized as “A Superior Performance – outstanding in nearly every detail.” In addition, 27 music events from Downers Grove North High School garnered a Division II rating of OUTSTANDING. A Division II score is categorized as “An excellent performance – only minor defects.”
“Preparing for a Solo and Ensemble contest is a great opportunity for our students to express their individualism as soloists and to develop team-work skills with small ensembles,” said Brayer Teague, Fine Arts Department Chair at North High. “We’re very proud of all our students who entered the state contest this year. They did a terrific job representing North High with their musicianship.”
Sixteen North High events received perfect scores, and seven North High events received the "Best in Room Citation" for garnering the highest achievement score in their event room.
66 music events from Downers Grove North High School earned a Division I rating of SUPERIOR. A Division I score is categorized as “A Superior Performance – outstanding in nearly every detail.” In addition, 27 music events from Downers Grove North High School garnered a Division II rating of OUTSTANDING. A Division II score is categorized as “An excellent performance – only minor defects.”
“Preparing for a Solo and Ensemble contest is a great opportunity for our students to express their individualism as soloists and to develop team-work skills with small ensembles,” said Brayer Teague, Fine Arts Department Chair at North High. “We’re very proud of all our students who entered the state contest this year. They did a terrific job representing North High with their musicianship.”
Sixteen North High events received perfect scores, and seven North High events received the "Best in Room Citation" for garnering the highest achievement score in their event room.
The following North High Music Events received a
“Division I—Superior” rating:
Tessa
Arenz (Bass Clarinet) Best of Day Citation in Contest Room
Grace
Arnold (Violin)
Nicholas
Atonson (Violin)
Justin
Berghorst (Violin)
Carissa
Blumka (Flute)
Grace
Brenner (Trumpet)
Stephen
Cecil (Viola)
Mikayla
Cichy (Flute)
Ellie
Cremer (Violin)
Libby
DeCero (Violin)
Alison
Dry (Trombone)
Rebecca
Edmundson (Violin) * Best of Day Citation in Contest Room
Emily
Ennis (Flute)
Zoey
Etheridge (Cello)
Derek
Ferraro (Trumpet)
Abbie
Folkening (Flute)
Natalie
Folkening (Cello)
Marissa
Gonzalez (Flute) *
Jeannie
Hansen (Bassoon) *
Aaron
Heppner (Flute)
Isaac
Hsu (Cello) *
Robert
Huth (Cello)
Emilija
Irvin (Bassoon) * Best of Day Citation in Contest Room
Hannah
Janka (French Horn)
William
Janka (Tuba)
Sadie
Kearney (Flute)
Anya
Konieczka (Trumpet)
Francesca
Korbitz (Flute) * Best of Day Citation in Contest Room
Angelica
Kowara (Trombone)
Emma
Krause (Flute) * Best of Day Citation in Contest Room
Mary
Lerch (French Horn)
Lucas
Marra (French Horn)
Kyra
McComb (Marimba)
Taran
Mellacheruvu (Violin)
Sophie
Michaels (Violin)
Ish
Mistry (Trombone)
Brady
Moore (Cello)
Nicole
Moravec (Violin)
David
Nelson (Bb Clarinet)
Raegan
Novak (Flute) *
Owen
Nystrom (Bassoon) *
Katelynn
Ohk (Flute)
Jonathan
Orjala (Trumpet)
Noah
Pardue (Viola)
Melissa
Parkinson (String Bass)
Leah
Purcell (Flute) *
Catherine
Ramsey (Harp)
Cate
Stocki (Harp)
Demitrious
Stravou (Violin)
Julia
Szostak (Cello)
Miles
Teague (French Horn) *
Paige
Sadler (Violin) *
Erin
Tamasi (Flute)
Julia
Toth (French Horn)
Carissa Blumka, Leah Purcell, Raegan Novak, Erin Tamasi (Flute Quartet) * Best of Day Citation in Contest Room
Mikayla
Cichy, Emily Ennis, Abbie Folkening, Sadie Kearney (Flute Quartet) *
Emilija
Irvin, Owen Nystrom (Bassoon Duet) *
Carissa
Blumka, Marissa Gonzalez, Francesca Korbitz, Emma Krause (Flute Quartet) *
Justin
Berghorst, Brady Moore, Catherine Ramsey, Paige Sadler, Jesse Wei (String
Quintet) Best of Day Citation in Contest Room
Joey
Duncan, Josh Powers (Euphonium Duet)
Aaron
Heppner, Katelynn Ohk, Alayla Tingzon (Flute Trio)
Tessa
Arenz, Zachery Heppner, Sarah Lupescu, Sunti Segrave-Daly (Clarinet
Quartet)
Mikayla
Cichy, Emilija Irvin, Eric Jacobsen, Sofia Jimenez (Mixed Woodwind
Quartet)
Sydney
Fleming, Katie LaVere (String Duet)
Alison
Dry, Will Knudsen, Ish Mistry, Julianna Tuohy (Trombone Quartet)
Derek
Ferraro, Patrick Martens, Tressa Rapach (Trumpet Trio)
*
- Perfect Score
The following North High Music Events received a “Division II—Excellent” rating:
Ajoni Anand (Viola)
Gwen Casten (Trumpet)
Grace Chalberg (Trumpet)
Joey
Duncan (Euphonium)
Chloe Edmondson (Violin)
Samantha Gargiulo (Violin)
Jessica
Gruszka (Trumpet)
Cameron Hejny (Bb Clarinet)
Zachery Heppner (Bb Clarinet)
Tabitha Irvin (Bass Clarinet)
Blake Lietz (Trombone)
Matthew Lupescu (Marimba)
Gavin McCool (Trumpet)
Amaya Munoz (Violin)
Devin Murphy (Trumpet)
Patrick Neustadt (Trumpet)
Andy
Perino (Trumpet)
Tressa
Rapach (Trumpet)
Sam
Stein (Trumpet)
Andrew
Swenson (Trumpet)
Axel
Thornton (Cello)
Alayla
Tingzon (Flute)
Anna
Tokash (Bb Clarinet)
Matt
Isenman, Rebecca Orjala, Rachel Rios, Nathan Talag (Saxophone Quartet)
Kristen
Karam, Tushar Mitra, Noah Pardue, David Schmurr (String Quartet)
Madeline
Antonio, Grace Arnold, Sotirios Gouriotis (String Trio)
Gwen Casten, Alison
Dry, Mary Lerch, Jonathan Orjala, William Janka (Mixed Brass Quintet)