Photo: High and Middle School musicians hit the high notes at all-state, junior district levels
Before Thanksgiving, 50 students from Belmont High School were asked to perform in the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) Northeastern Senior District Festival, which took place at Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory on Jan. 7, according to Arto Asadoorian, director of Fine & Performing Arts for the Belmont School District.
On Jan. 21, several of those students were invited to audition for the MMEA All-State Music Festival. “We are very proud to announce that 10 students from Belmont High School have been selected to participate in the festival, which will take place March 2-4 in Westford,” said Asadoorian. The All-State Concert on March 4 will be held at Symphony Hall in Boston.
The Belmont High students are:
- Helena De Figueiredo Valente (Grade 12), Chorus
- Nathaniel Gillette (Grade 12), Trumpet – top score in the state
- Jabe Hicks (Grade 12), Alto Saxophone
- Lily Hicks (Grade 12), French Horn
- Daniel Karma (Grade 12), Jazz Trumpet
- Daniel Kim (Grade 11), Cello
- Ethan Kim (Grade 10), Trombone
- Meredith Knauff (Grade 11), Cello
- Ryan Park (Grade 9), Trumpet
- Su Min Pyo (Grade 10), Clarinet
On Jan. 28, 103 students from Belmont High and Chenery Middle schools auditioned for the MMEA Northeastern Junior District Music Festival, and 69 of those students were accepted and will perform on March 15, 17 and 18 at Galvin Middle School in Wakefield:
| Max | Abouzeid | Trumpet | BHS |
| Joseph | Barry | Trombone | BHS |
| Brendan | Han | Violin | BHS |
| Hank | Hicks | Bassoon | BHS |
| Patrick | Lee | Jazz Baritone Saxophone | BHS |
| Nilay | Narayan | Viola | BHS |
| Ben | Palmer | Cello | BHS |
| Luka | Rozgic | String Bass | BHS |
| Henry | Vidaver | Cello | BHS |
| Brooke | Whalen | Treble Choir | BHS |
| Elizabeth | Zuccarello | Euphonium | BHS |
| Peter | Aloisio | Jazz Trumpet | CMS |
| Nick | Anderson | Oboe | CMS |
| Calvin | Barnes | Mixed Choir | CMS |
| Madelieine | Buell | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Sophia | Bufano | Trombone | CMS |
| Arundhati | Chakrabarty | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Ivan | Chernov | Mixed Choir | CMS |
| Noah | Chin | Cello | CMS |
| Sienna | Choi | Violin | CMS |
| Eva | Cohen | Tuba | CMS |
| Ella | Connelly | Mixed Choir | CMS |
| Nailah | Coulibaly | Trumpet | CMS |
| Simon | Dizekes | Tuba | CMS |
| Sam | Engler | String Bass | CMS |
| Ethan | Gong | Alto Saxophone | CMS |
| Jinyu | Gu | Trumpet | CMS |
| Aanya | Gupta | Viola | CMS |
| Avika | Gupta | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Teagan | Imberman | Viola | CMS |
| Srishti | Kar | Jazz Tenor Saxophone | CMS |
| Tyler | Kim | Jazz Trumpet | CMS |
| Rebecca | Knight | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Caroline | Lafkas | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Lauren | Lin | Viola | CMS |
| Zoe | Lindsey | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Annie | Liu | Cello | CMS |
| Emma | Liu | Viola | CMS |
| Austin | Mann | Mixed Choir | CMS |
| Sophia | Miao | Violin | CMS |
| Ginevra | Miglio | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Christelle | Moise | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Tim | Molokov | Trumpet | CMS |
| Isaac | Moon | Mixed Choir | CMS |
| Jacob | Moon | Mixed Choir | CMS |
| Tagney | Padera | Violin | CMS |
| Halley | Peck | Violin | CMS |
| Eric | Pyo | Clarinet | CMS |
| William | Qin | Flute | CMS |
| Claire | Quinn | Violin | CMS |
| Shriya | Sanyal | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Abby | Sawyer | Mixed Choir | CMS |
| Markus | Sendzik | Viola | CMS |
| Zoe | Shen | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Alina | Shi | Flute | CMS |
| Steven | Shi | Violin | CMS |
| Malachi | Smith | Tenor Saxophone | CMS |
| Sahana | Sokka | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Paul | Son | Clarinet | CMS |
| William | Sun | Alto Saxophone | CMS |
| Elissa | Tian | Violin | CMS |
| Madeline | Tisdale | Mixed Choir | CMS |
| Luana | Wanderley | Treble Choir | CMS |
| Tucker | Whiteman | Clarinet | CMS |
| Kevin | Xiang | Cello | CMS |
| Evelyn | Yang | Cello | CMS |
| Yolanda | Yu | Flute | CMS |
| Brianna | Yueh | Trombone | CMS |
| Sophia | Zhong | Violin | CMS |