Belmont High/Chenery Musicians Achieve High Individual Honors

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:

MaxAbouzeidTrumpetBHS
JosephBarryTromboneBHS
Brendan HanViolinBHS
HankHicksBassoonBHS
PatrickLeeJazz Baritone SaxophoneBHS
NilayNarayanViolaBHS
BenPalmerCelloBHS
LukaRozgicString BassBHS
HenryVidaverCelloBHS
BrookeWhalenTreble ChoirBHS
Elizabeth ZuccarelloEuphoniumBHS
PeterAloisioJazz TrumpetCMS
NickAndersonOboeCMS
CalvinBarnesMixed ChoirCMS
MadelieineBuellTreble ChoirCMS
SophiaBufanoTromboneCMS
ArundhatiChakrabartyTreble ChoirCMS
IvanChernovMixed ChoirCMS
NoahChinCelloCMS
SiennaChoiViolinCMS
EvaCohenTubaCMS
EllaConnellyMixed ChoirCMS
NailahCoulibalyTrumpetCMS
SimonDizekesTubaCMS
SamEnglerString BassCMS
EthanGongAlto SaxophoneCMS
JinyuGuTrumpetCMS
AanyaGuptaViolaCMS
AvikaGuptaTreble ChoirCMS
TeaganImbermanViolaCMS
SrishtiKarJazz Tenor SaxophoneCMS
TylerKimJazz TrumpetCMS
RebeccaKnightTreble ChoirCMS
CarolineLafkasTreble ChoirCMS
LaurenLinViolaCMS
ZoeLindseyTreble ChoirCMS
AnnieLiuCelloCMS
EmmaLiuViolaCMS
AustinMannMixed ChoirCMS
SophiaMiaoViolinCMS
GinevraMiglioTreble ChoirCMS
ChristelleMoiseTreble ChoirCMS
TimMolokovTrumpetCMS
IsaacMoonMixed ChoirCMS
JacobMoonMixed ChoirCMS
TagneyPaderaViolinCMS
HalleyPeckViolinCMS
EricPyoClarinetCMS
WilliamQinFluteCMS
ClaireQuinnViolinCMS
ShriyaSanyalTreble ChoirCMS
AbbySawyerMixed ChoirCMS
MarkusSendzikViolaCMS
ZoeShenTreble ChoirCMS
AlinaShiFluteCMS
StevenShiViolinCMS
MalachiSmithTenor SaxophoneCMS
SahanaSokkaTreble ChoirCMS
PaulSonClarinetCMS
WilliamSunAlto SaxophoneCMS
ElissaTianViolinCMS
MadelineTisdaleMixed ChoirCMS
LuanaWanderleyTreble ChoirCMS
TuckerWhitemanClarinetCMS
KevinXiangCelloCMS
EvelynYangCelloCMS
YolandaYuFluteCMS
BriannaYuehTromboneCMS
SophiaZhongViolinCMS

It’s ‘RAMA’ Saturday With Stringarama, Bandarama At High School

Photo: Lots of musicians this Saturday.

This is no joke: April 1 will be your chance to hear from the youngest to the most experience musicians on a “Rama” day in Belmont.

Moved from its traditional pre-Christmas date to allow the younger musicians to be a bit more proficient, the Belmont Public Schools Fine and Performing Arts Department presents the long-time tradition Stringarama and Bandarama on April Fools’ Day.

First will be the Stringorama Concert, featuring more than 400 string students in Grades 3-12, at the Belmont High School’s Wenner Field House. The performances start at 1 p.m. 

Each grade will perform a selected piece that showcases their best work, and then the entire ensemble will perform the first ever Grand Finale.

Then at 4 p.m., the Wenner will house another group of several hundred student musicans as the Wenner becomes the largest band room around as the 45th annual Bandarama takes place. You’ll hear from elementary, middle and high school bands in works the performers have been preparing do perform.