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Student Recognition...<br />
<strong>Hersey</strong>’s Choir<br />
Fine Arts<br />
We are proud to announce that the <strong>Hersey</strong> Choir had<br />
6 students who were selected to the IMEA District<br />
VII Choir. These students auditioned with over 650<br />
other students, representing over 65 high schools in<br />
the NW suburban area.<br />
Students selected from <strong>Hersey</strong>:<br />
Madeleine Brown<br />
Mark Jacks<br />
Anthony Kim<br />
Michael Perlongo<br />
David VanScoyoc<br />
Jack VanScoyoc<br />
Chosen for the vocal jazz groups:<br />
Madeleine Brown<br />
Michael Perlongo<br />
Camille Carso participated in the National Assoc.<br />
of Teachers of Singing IL District Competition.<br />
Over 200 students participated and in her first<br />
competition she made semi-finals in the musical<br />
theater freshmen/sophomore division.<br />
<strong>Hersey</strong>’s Orchestra<br />
HERSEY SETS ANOTHER RECORD IN THE<br />
MUSIC DEPARTMENT! <strong>Hersey</strong> had more<br />
students chosen than any other school in the<br />
history of the IMEA.<br />
Congratulations to Roya Zandi, Tiffany Chung,<br />
Nicholas Huene and Kyle Chung who were<br />
selected to the Violin section in the IMEA District<br />
VII Orchestra.<br />
<strong>John</strong> <strong>Hersey</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> senior tuba player,<br />
Serena Voltz, was selected as the 1st place winner of<br />
this year’s Concerto/Aria Competition. Voltz will<br />
perform Edward Gregson’s Tuba Concerto, Movt.<br />
1 with the Honors Orchestra at the District 214<br />
Honors Music Festival this coming March.<br />
Voltz was selected from six exceptional<br />
musicians at the concerto/aria recital. Second place<br />
went to <strong>Hersey</strong> senior violin player, Roya Zandi.<br />
<strong>Hersey</strong>’s Band<br />
Illinois Music Education Association District<br />
VII Record!<br />
More than 630 students from 65 schools in<br />
northeastern Illinois auditioned for 150 spots on<br />
October 10 at Zion-Benton <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>. <strong>Hersey</strong><br />
auditioned the maximum number of students<br />
allowed: 18 for concert band and 12 students for<br />
jazz band. Out of all of the students that auditioned,<br />
<strong>Hersey</strong> placed ALL of the 12 jazz students that<br />
auditioned into a District Jazz Band and 16 of the<br />
18 students that auditioned for the Concert Band/<br />
Orchestra Winds/Percussion, for a total of 28 band<br />
placements in the IMEA District VII Ensembles.<br />
Forty-Four <strong>Hersey</strong> band students pre-auditioned<br />
to determine which 30 students would audition for<br />
the IMEA ensembles.<br />
The District VII wind and percussion students and<br />
jazz students will perform in a concert in Nov. 10.<br />
<strong>Hersey</strong>’s District VII rep’s this year: Jazz Bands(12<br />
out of 12 students auditioning):<br />
Grace Cusick, Jeremy Fuller, Brian Ellison,<br />
Kevin Kapinos (Honors Jazz Combo), Tommy<br />
Powers, Max Ulbert (top band), Josh Popovici,<br />
Erick Berg, Youki Nojima (top band), Liam<br />
Burke, Karl Lingner (Honors Jazz Combo),<br />
Nathan Vartavarian<br />
Band/Orchestra Winds/Percussion (16 out of 18<br />
students allowed to audition): Marie Spychala,<br />
Claire Hynes, Samantha Lapid, Lisa Norling,<br />
Angela Kucharski, Paul Kim, Jeremy Fuller,<br />
Grace Cusick, Monika Mroz, Mary Casagrande,<br />
Justin Kamp, Josh Popovici, Kevin Kapinos,<br />
Jake Imlach, Serena Voltz, Andy Jones<br />
Congratulations are also to Kyle Chung who was<br />
selected to perform in the recital.<br />
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