District 202 High School Musicians to Participate in ILMEA District Festival

Sixty District 202 high school student musicians will participate in the Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA) District 9 jazz, choir, band, and orchestra festivals in November.

The senior jazz festival is on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora. The senior concert festival is on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at Dundee Crown High School in Carpentersville.

The students were selected based on a competitive audition to perform in the District 9 festivals.

At the District 9 festivals, they will rehearse with top musical instructors before performing with other students from across the area as part of the District 9 Choir, Band, or Orchestra.

The students will learn later this fall if they have qualified to perform at the Illinois Music Education Conference, which will be held in Peoria from January 29 to February 1, 2025.

These District 202 students will participate:

Plainfield High School-Central Campus

Band

  • Craven Andaya, senior – Trombone
  • Lucas Vergara, senior – E-Flat Clarinet
  • Grace Newberry, junior – Trumpet

Orchestra

  • Zoe Strange, senior – Flute

Mixed Chorus

  • Kiara Boateng, senior – Alto II
  • Logan Burgess, senior – Bass II

Treble Chorus

  • Kaitlyn Vidmar, senior – Soprano I

Plainfield South High School

Band/Jazz Band I

  • Brandon Youngren, senior – Trombone

Orchestra

  • Katelyn Cook, junior – French Horn

Mixed Chorus

  • Annika Lundgren, junior – Tenor 1
  • Julianne Trompeta, junior – Alto II
  • Sophia Garcia, sophomore – Alto 1
  • Angelina Fraley, freshman – Soprano 1

Treble Chorus

  • Allison Beintum, senior – Alto II
  • Gianna Braviere, senior – Alto II
  • Natalie Keene, senior – Alto II
  • Faith Pondelicek, senior – Soprano II
  • Daphne Miller, junior – Alto II
  • Isabella Martinez, sophomore – Soprano II

Plainfield North High School

Band

  • Matthew Witek, senior – Tenor Saxophone
  • Joseph Jezuit, junior – Flute
  • Chloe Vasilakis, junior – Flute

Jazz band I

  • Matthew Witek, senior – Tenor Saxophone

Jazz band II

  • Jeffery Choate, junior- Trombone

Orchestra

  • Ethan Clark, senior – French Horn
  • Kaitlin Lee, junior – Violin
  • Evan Rodgers, senior – B-Flat Clarinet

Mixed Chorus

  • Amileah Bautista, senior – Alto I
  • Cayden Hockman, senior – Bass I
  • Shelby Littel, senior – Alto II
  • Thea Salcedo, senior – Soprano I
  • Lily Klosowski, junior – Soprano II
  • Shiloh Adams, junior – Alto I
  • Evan Ruggirello, junior – Tenor II
  • Logan Schmalz, junior – Tenor II
  • Abria Williamson, junior – Alto I

Treble Chorus

  • Addison Davis, senior – Soprano I
  • Julie DeLaPaz, senior – Alto II
  • Fiona Sulo, senior – Soprano II
  • Alexa Girdwood, senior ­- Alto II
  • Olivia Smolen, sophomore – Alto I

Plainfield East High School

Band

  • Kacper Surowiak, senior – Bassoon
  • Mitchell Thulin, senior – Tenor Saxophone

Orchestra

  • Madison Barber, senior – Oboe

Mixed Chorus

  • Stella Abarca, senior – Alto I
  • Joshua Arenas, senior – Bass II
  • Abigail Hebreard, senior – Soprano II
  • Payton Hopwood, senior – Soprano I
  • Nora Ingram, senior – Alto II
  • Christina Raz, senior – Alto II
  • Cecelia Wynne, senior – Soprano I
  • Hannah Nauman, senior – Soprano II
  • Tyler Carrano, junior – Tenor II
  • Eliah Gaudiano, junior – Tenor II
  • Stephan Odoi, junior – Bass I
  • Kara Rivera, junior – Alto I
  • Brooklyn Joiner, sophomore – Alto II

Treble Chorus

  • Marissa Romero, senior – Alto I
  • Daniella Torres, senior – Alto I
  • Kaylah Zavala, junior – Soprano II
  • Hadley Kaminski, junior – Soprano I