Fifty District 202 high school student musicians will take part in the Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA) district festivals for jazz, choir, band, and orchestra in November.
The band, choir, and orchestra festival is on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at Dundee Crown High School in Carpentersville. The jazz band festival is on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at St. Charles East High School in St. Charles.
The students were selected based on a competitive audition to perform in the District IX festivals.
At the District IX Festival, they will rehearse with top musical instructors before performing with other students from across the area as part of the District IX Choir, Band or Orchestra.
The students will learn later this fall if they have qualified to perform at the Illinois Music Education Conference held in Peoria on January 24-27, 2024.
These District 202 students will participate:
Plainfield High School-Central Campus
Band
- Zoe Strange, sophomore - Flute
- Grace Newberry, sophomore - Trumpet
Senior Chorus
- TJ Countryman Jr., senior - Bass II
- Aaron Nowicki, junior - Tenor
- Sabrina Rodriguez, junior - Soprano I
Senior Treble Chorus
- Allyson Botzum, senior - Alto I
- Lia Di Cola, senior - Soprano
- Myka Hoover, senior - Alto I
- Kiara Boateng, junior - Alto I
- Ruth Laskowski, junior - Alto II
Plainfield South High School
Band
- Miles Solita, senior - Flute
- Katelyn Cook, sophomore - French Horn
- Brandon Youngren, junior – Trombone
Orchestra
- Kamryn Cook, sophomore - Percussion
Senior Mixed Chorus
- Samantha “Sam” Cochran, senior - Soprano II
- Tessa Sottosanto, senior – Alto I
- Shane Young, junior – Bass II
Senior Treble Chorus
- Sophia Bertolotti, senior – Alto II
- Allison “Allie” Beintum, junior - Alto II
- Natalie Keene, junior – Alto II
- Faith Pondelicek, junior – Soprano II
Vocal Jazz I
- Samantha “Sam” Cochran, senior – Soprano
Plainfield North High School
Band
- Giancarlo Gonzales, senior – Clarinet
- Marek Pedziwater, senior – Percussion
- Evan Rodgers, junior – Clarinet
- Chloe Vasilakis, sophomore – Flute
- Matthew Witek, junior – Tenor Saxophone
Jazz band
- Jeffery Choate, junior- Trombone
- Matthew Witek, junior – Tenor Saxophone
Orchestra
- Ethan Clark, junior – French Horn
- Christiffer Davis, junior – Violin
- Kaitlin Lee, sophomore - Violin
Senior Chorus
- Sajdah Anani, senior – Soprano I
- Amileah Bautista, junior – Alto I
- Aalijah Colon, senior - Alto II
- Addison Davis, junior - Soprano I
- Emmerson “Emme” Dietz, senior - Alto I
- Ben Grobstein, senior - Bass II
- Faith Idzik, senior - Alto I
- Rodessa Jones, senior - Tenor I
- Aanya Krishnan, senior – Alto I
- Addison Kyrychenko, senior – Soprano I
- Rylie Ruggirello, senior - Alto II
- Evan Ruggirello, sophomore - Tenor I
- Ella Schuler, senior – Soprano II
- Nick Zaravia, senior – Tenor I
Mixed Chorus
- Alexa Girdwood, junior - Alto II
- Sajdah Anani, senior – Soprano I
- Amileah Bautista, junior – Alto I
- Aalijah Colon, senior - Alto II
- Emmerson “Emme” Dietz, senior - Alto I
- Ben Grobstein, senior - Bass II
- Faith Idzik, senior - Alto I
- Rodessa Jones, senior - Tenor I
- Aanya Krishnan, senior – Alto I
- Addison Kyrychenko, senior – Soprano I
- Evan Ruggirello, sophomore - Tenor I
- Ella Schuler, senior – Soprano II
- Nick Zaravia, senior – Tenor I
Treble Chorus
- Hadley McFarland, senior - Soprano 1
- Isabella Fries, senior - Soprano II
Plainfield East High School
Band
- Victoria “Tori” Gatto, senior - Clarinet
- Raymond Fang, senior - Baritone Saxophone
- Anthony Tilkin, senior - Trumpet
Orchestra
- Kacper Surowiak, junior – Bassoon
Senior Chorus
- Stella Abarca, junior - Alto I
- Joshua Arenas, junior - Bass II
- Carleanne Cagampang, senior – Alto I
- Tyler Carrano, sophomore - Bass I
- Bradley Channell, senior - Tenor I
- Autumn Dunn, senior - Soprano II
- Payton Hopwood, junior - Soprano II
- Nora Ingram, junior - Alto II
- Alexandra Medina, senior - Alto II
- Christina Raz, junior - Alto II
- Kara Rivera, sophomore - Alto II
- Marissa Romero, junior - Alto I
- Daniel Sarmiento, senior - Tenor II
- Cecelia Wynne, junior - Soprano I
Treble Chorus
- Hannah Amegashie, senior - Alto II
- Abigail Hebreard, junior - Soprano I
- Keimari McMichael, senior - Soprano I
- Hannah Nauman, junior - Soprano II
- Daniella Torres, junior - Soprano II