District 88 students named as ILMEA All-District Musicians

On Oct. 3, Addison Trail hosted auditions for District 9 of the Illinois Music Education Association. Top left: Addison Trail junior Breanna Trejo practices for her audition. Top right: Willowbrook junior Bahgat Hassan rehearses. Bottom left: Addison Trail seniors Dariana Ruiz (left) and Gina Tomasello help participants during the event as representatives of Addison Trail's Tri-M (Modern Music Masters) Honor Society. Bottom right: Addison Trail parents volunteer at the concession area. They are (from left) Blanca Ruiz Conejo, Lisa Mackey and Nicki Montgomery.

On Oct. 3, Addison Trail hosted auditions for District 9 of the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA).

About 3,000 students, teachers and parents/guardians participated to audition for the ILMEA All-District Band, Chorus, Orchestra, Jazz Band and Vocal Jazz. The students represented about 60 area high schools.

Below are the District 88 students who were named as ILMEA All-District Musicians.

Addison Trail ILMEA All-District Musicians
BAND: Junior Gianna Caruso

CHORUS: Senior Nicolas Montgomery and junior Connor White

ORCHESTRA: Senior Kevin Marroquin

JAZZ BAND: Seniors Kenneth Bartkiewicz and Alejandro Salazar

Willowbrook ILMEA All-District Musicians
BAND: Senior Shannon Frank, junior Renee Maggard and sophomore Emma Staunton

CHORUS: Senior Kathleen Cicero, senior Julia Cicero, sophomore Emma Cismesia, senior Genevieve Corkery, senior Nicholas Danielson, junior Thomas Danielson, junior Michael Danielson, senior John DeAngelo, senior Kathleen Gomez, senior Aleksandra Graf, junior Bahgat Hassan, junior Joseph LaPointe, senior Emily Luna, senior Lillian Nuss and junior Kassandra Valencia

ORCHESTRA: Senior Nicholas Johnson, senior Kaylynn Kattiyaman and junior Samuel Munoz

The Band/Chorus/Orchestra Festival will take place on Nov. 4 at Elgin High School. The Jazz Festival will take place on Nov. 18 at Bolingbrook High School. For more information, go to www.ilmea.org/districts/district9.