On Saturday, February 1, the West Middle
School Band and Chorus sent student musicians to perform at MSVMA and MSBOA
District Solo and Ensemble Festivals.
Singers performed at Monroe Middle
School and instrumentalists at Livonia Franklin High School. Each
musician performed pieces they had prepared for judges and was awarded a rating
for their efforts.
Vocalists included Kara Powers, Cindy
Nyarko, Abigail Bird and Jasmine Plank, who all received a "good"
rating; Vheena Vilareal and Chloe Osborne, who each was rated "excellent";
and Gabe Hubbard, the only performer at the vocal festival to rate "superior."
Instrumentalists included Donte
Bankhead, trombone, earning a "good" rating. Rated "excellent"
were Madison Rollins, flute, and clarinetists Jamie Lovelady, Sabrin Sekhon,
Ryley Jackson, Rebecca Swift, Hannah Bolsley, Jessica Schlitz, Ivery Johnson
and Alana Gates.
Saxophonists Jeremy Storage and
Mitchell Furman earned "excellent" ratings also.
Rated "superior" were
flutists Anna Hansen and Brandi Keesee, and clarinetists Vheena Villereal,
Alexis Ziesmer, DiAnna Orlandi and Sarah Gerin.
Sax soloists Colin Sartor and Jeremy
storage each earned an "I" superior rating, as well as duo-trumpeters
Megan Stewart and Colin Sartor. A mixed brass quartet of trumpeters Riley
Adams and Ryan Stephenson, French hornist Josephine Nnangobya and trombonist
Xavier Krause also took home the blue-ribbon "superior" rating.
Music department directors Mr. Martin
and Mrs. Scott are extremely proud of their students' efforts and courage and a
celebration of success is planned.
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