15 Oswego D308 High School Students Named 'All-State Musicians'

OSWEGO, IL — Fifteen high school students from Oswego School District 308 were named "all-state musicians" by the Illinois Music Educators Association, officials announced.

Eight of the students attend Oswego High School, and the other seven are students at Oswego East High School. They join other Illinois students in grades 10–12 who earned the highest scores at the district level during the District 9 Music Festival in November.

The ILMEA features all-state bands, choirs, orchestras, jazz bands, vocal jazz ensembles, jazz combos, composer showcases and future music educator symposiums.

To be considered an all-state musician, students are required to attend the district festival in its entirety to then potentially be selected from all participants for all-state ensembles and individual honors, officials said in a news release.

The 15 Oswego students will go on to participate in the all-state musician festival Jan. 25 and Jan. 26 in Peoria.

The following students were recognized.

Oswego High School:

• All-State Band: Harley Engdahl (Bass clarinet); Zoe Lippoldt (Contrabass clarinet); Jacob Salas (clarinet)
• All-State Jazz Band: Charlie Snyder (Bass)
• All-State Chorus: Braden Konick (Tenor I)
• All-State Orchestra: Owen Driscoll (Bassoon), Shelby Kiss (Clarinet)
• Future Music Educators: Lyric Johnson

Oswego East High School

• All-State Band: Emi Busuioc (Euphonium), Winston La (Alto saxophone), Greg Lazatin (Tenor saxophone), Ava Lenell (Oboe)
• All-State Jazz Band: Ryan Weaver (Drum set)
• All-State Chorus: Ysabelle De Los Santos (Soprano I)
• All-State Honors Chorus: Samuel Greene (Tenor II)