On Saturday, January 27, over 950 music students from schools across the eastern part of Massachusetts traveled to Needham High School to audition for the 2018 Eastern District Junior Music Ensembles. Students have been preparing for these auditions with their director’s guidance over the past several months.
The Wellesley Performing Arts Department has announced that 43 students from Wellesley High School and Wellesley Middle School were selected for various ensembles. The students will join their colleagues for a few days of rehearsal culminating in a concert at Lincoln-Sudbury High School on Saturday, March 10.
The students accepted for the Eastern District Junior Ensembles:
Wellesley Middle School
Chorus
Sophia Bogdagnovitch, Soprano
Alexandra Hoskyns, Alto
Frank Mendes, Bass
Joshua Musikavanhu, Alto
Katie Passanisi, Soprano
Julia Pekowitz, Soprano
Sofia Scirica, Soprano
Strings
Jae Min Ahn, Violin
Lillian Haspel, Violin
Jeremy Kim, Violin
Winds/percussion
Zachary Dupont, Snare Drum
Jessica Klurfeld, Clarinet
Isabelle Lee, French Horn
Maxwell Lin, Snare Drum
Ellisha Shin, Flute
Lau Wong, Tuba
Genevieve, Van der Wal, Bass Clarinet
Wellesley High School
Chorus
Kady Bedard, Alto
Nicole Ceriani, Soprano
Chloe Cohen, Soprano
Joseph Fantasia, Tenor
Matthew Gray, Bass
Brendan Hill, Tenor
Ryan Hillmer, Bass
Tommy Hillmer, Tenor
Ava Keresztes, Soprano
Josh Kweon, Bass
Samantha Lee, Alto
Owen Matejka, Tenor
Claire Mecke, Soprano
Julia Mizzi, Alto
Jeffrey Ossam, Tenor
Michael Ossam, Tenor
Eliza Rafter, Alto
Norah Schaefer, Alto
Michelle Schehter, Alto
Strings
Lauren Kim, Violin
Winds/percussion
Elaine Chang, Flute
Alice Cook, Trombone
Monica Duan, Clarinet
Lin Jim, Flute
Kristine Peters, Flute
Zoe Zhang, Flute
Performing arts faculty who supported and prepared the students for the auditions included Lauren Connors (choir), Dave Adams (winds/percussion), and Sergey Khanukaev (strings) from WMS, Kevin McDonald (choir), Steve Scott (winds/percussion), and Sergey Khanukaev (strings) from WHS.
