Upper and Middle School Band Students Perform Well at ABC League Festival

On February 4, 2017, seventy-four MICDS instrumental music students participated in the 36th annual ABC League Solo and Small Ensemble Festival at The Principia under the auspices of band directors Scott Shaw and Andrew Jackson. Among our 59 entries, 46 students played solos, and another 41 performed in instrumental ensembles. Several students played in multiple events. There were many amazing performances for the adjudicators, and medals and ribbons were awarded to all! The following is a list of those students including grade level, instrument, and rating.

VERY GOOD RATING – GREEN RIBBON:
Alex Dawson (8) – Trumpet
Nolan Waynick (8) – Trumpet
Gretel Wurdack (8) – Trumpet
Michael Emami (11) – Trumpet
James Bilderback (9) / Will Morris (9) / Eli Paul (9) – Trumpet Trio
Nicholas LeNoir (12) / Caleb Stallion (12) – Trumpet Trio

EXCELLENT RATING – RED RIBBON:
Nina Hamilton (7) – Flute
Imaan Amin (8) – Flute
Rishi Bhattacharya (8) – Xylophone
Chase Bouchein (8) – Clarinet
Joshua Darrish (8) – Trumpet
Ari Motwani (8) – F Horn
Angela Shiang (8) – Flute
Ceci Cohen (9) – Oboe
Asha Dundoo (9) – Cello
Benjamin Hollander – Bodie (9) – Trumpet
Garrett Keener (10) – Trombone
Kabir Singh (10) – Trumpet
Shae Daney (12) – Flute
Robby Morris (12) / Kevin Xu (12) / Sam Hanser (10) / Alex Migala (9) – Trumpet Quartet

SUPERIOR RATING – BLUE RIBBON:
Sophie Fendler (7) / Kate Yuan (7) / Emma Scally (7) – Clarinet Trio
Zaire Harrell (7) – Bass Clarinet
Amy Li (8) – Alto Saxophone
Rich Qian (8) – Clarinet
Will Wurdack (8) – Alto Saxophone
Jonah Zacks (8) – Tenor Saxophone
Ryan Ahn (9) – Alto Saxophone
Leila Awasthi (9) – Viola
Jialen Chen (9) – Alto Saxophone
Asha Dundoo (9) – Piano
Helen Jiang (9) – Piano
Shibashis Mandal (9) – Tenor Saxophone
Henry Posega Rappleye (9) – Tenor Saxophone
Will Sloane (9) – Baritone Saxophone
Lucy Zhao (9) – Piccolo
Kelci Creath (10) – Flute
Chris Shannon (10) – Alto Saxophone
Astrid Barzaghi (11) – Violin
Binxuan Zhang (11) – Flute & Piano
Nathan Huang (12) – Trombone
Kyle Fehr (9) / Christian LeNoir (9) – Alto Saxophone Duet
Chase Nwamu (9) – Clarinet / Claudia Cheng (9) – Clarinet / Jack Bay (9) – Bass Clarinet / Nishanth Boppana (9) – Bass Clarinet – Mixed Clarinet Quartet
Grace Lee (10) / Kate Trowbridge (10) – Flute Duet
Hopie Melton (11) / Renee Stanec (9) / Lucy Zhao (9) – Flute Trio
Leigh Dennis (11) / Rohit Siddabattula (10) / Stanley Ding (9) – Clarinet Trio
Katie Donovan (11) / Ryan Ahn (9) / Jialen Chen (9) – Alto Saxophone Trio
Kayla Martin (12) / DeRon Sutton (12) / Austin Walker (12) – Alto Saxophone Trio

Besides garnering the top rating of SUPERIOR for their solos, the following music students received recognition as the “Most Outstanding Soloist” in their instrumental category.

MOST OUTSTANDING SOLOIST PLAQUES
Will Falk (8) – “Middle School Xylophone”
Eric Ji (8) – “Middle School Clarinet”
Rich Qian (8) – “Middle School Violin”
Claudia Cheng (9) – “Upper School Piano” (Second Consecutive Plaque)
Lucy Zhao (9) – “Upper School Violin” (Second Consecutive Plaque)
Tom Maiocco (10) – “Upper School Tuba”
Lucy Cadanau (11) – “Upper School Flute” (Fourth Consecutive Plaque)
Katie Donovan (11) – “Upper School Alto Saxophone”
Charles Ivie (11) – “Upper School French Horn” (Third Consecutive Plaque)

MICDS Upper School Band students were also awarded with TWO Traveling Trophies for “Most Outstanding Ensemble” performances! They will be on display outside the band room in the hallway trophy case.

Binxuan Zhang (11) / Lucy Cadanau (11) / Kelci Creath (10) – Flute Trio (Third Consecutive League Trophy)
Ted Kemp (11) / General Dorsey (10) / Jacob Lefton (10) / Henry Carpenter (10) / Alex Hutton (9) / Sameer Siddiqui (9) – Percussion Sextet (Second Consecutive League Trophy)

Congratulations to all participants for superb performances, and for representing MICDS in such a fine fashion!