Twenty-two outstanding music students from the Darien HS Band, Orchestra, Chorus and Jazz Ensemble have been chosen to participate in the 2016 Connecticut Western Region Music Festival.
The Darien Public Schools Music Department is proud to announce that 22 outstanding musicians from Darien High School have been chosen through a highly competitive audition process to perform at the Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music Festival. The honors music festival will take place at Staples High School in Westport on January 15-16 where the students will have the privilege of working in Band, Orchestra, Chorus, and Jazz ensembles with some of Connecticut’s most accomplished high school musicians conducted by nationally renowned conductors and educators. Richard Sadlon, the Director of Music in Darien states that, “These students have consistently worked and studied over several years to been chosen as among the finest high school musicians in Western Connecticut. We are all extremely proud of their musical accomplishments.”
The students representing Darien High at the 2016 Connecticut Western Region Honors Music Festival are: From Band: Lane Blummer, Drake Corrigan, Tianhia Du, Katie Huffert, Caroline Lacy, Valerie Le, Celia Mundt, Evan Tong, Luke Uhlman and Jacob Won. From the Orchestra: Sara Baldwin, Elizabeth Garijo-Garde, Monet Takeda, Wen Yan Toh, Candice Wang, and Austin Won, percussion. From the Chorus: Avery Brook, Elizabeth Domittner, Isabelle Hole, Caroline Lui and Evelyn Sload. Jazz Ensemble: Dominick Wood.
All of the students who participated in the Connecticut Western Region Festival will eligible to audition for the Connecticut All-State Festival. Congratulations to all of the students and their teachers, Mr. Christopher Andrade, Chorus, Mr. Jonathan Grauer, Band and Ms. Jane Minnis, Orchestra. The regional honors ensemble concerts will take place at the Staples High School auditorium on Saturday, January 16 and are scheduled as follows: Orchestra and Concert Band will be at 3:30 p.m. and the Jazz Ensemble and Chorus concerts will be presented at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 in advance from students and are $15.00 at the door.