Belmont Public Schools News

MMEA All-State and Junior Districts Results

MMEA All-State and Northeast Junior District Festival 2020

Over the past two weekends music students from Belmont High School and Chenery Middle School have auditioned for a variety of honors ensembles. Auditions for the Massachusetts Music Educators (MMEA) All-State Band, Chorus, Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble took place at Shrewsbury High School on January 25. This past weekend, auditions for the MMEA Northeast Junior District Festival (Grades 7-9) took place in Wakefield.

Our music teaching faculty are incredibly proud and grateful for the work that all of these students have put into preparing for their auditions. This process has made them stronger musicians and contributors to our performing ensembles at BHS and CMS. Regardless of the result of their auditions, every student who did the work and took the artistic risk of auditioning deserves to feel proud of what they have accomplished.

We are happy to announce that 45 students from grades 7-9 were accepted to the MMEA Northeast Junior District Festival, and that 22 students from BHS were accepted to perform at the All-State Festival in Boston (March 5-7). This is an astronomical number of All-State acceptances for our school. Though we do not keep official statistics on this, we believe that this is by far the largest student contingent we have sent to the All-State Festival in many, many years.

Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS to all of the students who were accepted to MMEA honors ensembles this year. This is a reflection of your hard work in the practice rooms and of the exceptional music-making you engage in each day in school with your music teachers. This is also a result of the overwhelming value our families and community members place on the role of music education in the lives of our children. 

The following BHS students were accepted to participate in the MMEA 2020 All-State Festival:

Rebecca Anderson	Tuba
Elijah Barnes	Chorus
Lot Bates	Cello
Alyssa Chen	Violin
Jasmine Chen	French Horn
Madeleine Christensen	Chorus
Lydia Haddad	French Horn
Zhixing Huang	Chorus
Aditya Jain	Jazz Trombone
Seiyoung Jang	Trumpet
Tilda Jones	Flute
Daniel Joh Kang	Violin
Edward Lee	Chorus
Andrew Lu	Violin
Colin Martin	Bassoon
Chloe Park	Trombone
Jessica Peng	Flute
Irene Son	Clarinet
Ian Svetkey	Chorus
Bianca Windemuth	Viola
Alexander Yang	Cello
Kenneth Zhou	Tuba

 

The following students in Grades 7-9 were accepted to participate in the MMEA 2020 Northeast Junior District Festival:

Claire Boyle	Chorus	CMS
Parker Brookins	Trumpet	CMS
Yoojin Choi	Cello	CMS
Kira Davidson	Flute	CMS
Richard Deng	Violin	CMS
Bethany Eagar	French Horn	CMS
Kathleen Gao	Violin	CMS
Lillian Ge	Viola	CMS
Owen Hickman	Clarinet	CMS
Sophia Jensen	Bassoon	CMS
Diana Kalantar	Trumpet	CMS
Daniel Kim	Cello	CMS
Ethan Kim	Trombone	CMS
Meredith Knauff	Cello	CMS
Sam Kutsman	Clarinet	CMS
Ian Lee	Violin	CMS
Joshua Lee	Bassoon	CMS
Derek Leigh	Trumpet	CMS
Ellie Lesser	Tuba	CMS
Simiao Li	Violin	CMS
Clodagh Liang	Violin	CMS
Aaron Lubetsky	Jazz Trombone	CMS
Jacob Lubetsky	Jazz Trumpet	CMS
Olivia Mann	Chorus	CMS
Rebecca Michaud	Chorus	CMS
Hugh Montana	String Bass	CMS
Su Min Pyo	Clarinet	CMS
Jiali Shi	Cello	CMS
Ylfan Shi	Violin	CMS
Jack Stevens	Viola	CMS
Christina Xi	Violin	CMS
Ashley Yao	Violin	CMS
Evan Zhang	Clarinet	CMS
Renee Zhao	Violin	CMS
Serena Zhu	Violin	CMS
Sean Dong	Violin	BHS
Faith Kwon	Violin	BHS
Levia Li	Chorus	BHS
Crystal Liu	Clarinet	BHS
Nick Mazzoni	Clarinet	BHS
Grace Murphy	Flute	BHS
Juliette Peng	Flute	BHS
Subin Pyo	Violin	BHS
Camryn Thebado	Chorus	BHS
Gretchen Westover	Violin	BHS