On Oct. 4, Addison Trail hosted auditions for District 9 of the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA).
More than 2,500 students and teachers participated to audition for the ILMEA All-District Band, Orchestra, Chorus, Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Jazz Ensemble. The students represented more than 50 area high schools.
Below are the District 88 students who were named as ILMEA All-District Musicians.
Addison Trail ILMEA All-District Musicians
BAND: Senior Ryan Cabildo, senior Christopher Lodzinski, senior Nico Favuzzi
ORCHESTRA: Senior Kristian Santiago
CHORUS: Senior Maxwell Dziabis, senior Alexia Vargas
JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Junior Kenneth Bartkiewicz, senior Ryan Cabildo, junior Nina Caliendo, junior Sofia Koulouvaris, senior Zachery Michaliska, senior Jason Nuehring, senior Trevor Yurek
VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Senior Alexia Vargas
Willowbrook ILMEA All-District Musicians
BAND: Junior Shannon Frank
ORCHESTRA: Senior Matt Sulla, junior Noah Kamm
CHORUS: Junior Kathleen Cicero, junior Julia Cicero, junior Genevieve Corkery, sophomore Tom Danielson, junior John DeAngelo, sophomore Bahgat Hassan, senior Emily Kreiman, sophomore Joe LaPointe, junior Emily Luna, senior Amy Monterroso, junior Lillian Nuss, senior Sam Otake, senior David Stoffle, senior Tim Wagner
The Jazz Festival will take place on Nov. 12 (location to be determined). The Band/Chorus/Orchestra Festival will take place on Nov. 19 at Lake Park High School, 600 Medinah Road in Roselle. For more information, go to www.ilmea.org/districts/district9.