Needham High School Students Accepted to Prestigious Music Festival

Twenty five Needham High School students who auditioned against students from across eastern Massachusetts were accepted into the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Senior Districts 2022 Music Festival. These talented and accomplished teens will join their peers to create four separate ensembles: a chorus, a jazz band, an orchestra, and a concert band. The ensembles rehearse together for one weekend in January and then have a public performance.

Thirteen of the students were additionally recommended to audition for the prestigious Massachusetts Music Educators Association All State Festival, which will perform at Symphony Hall in March. (Indicated by an *)

These students are supported by, among others, their families, the Needham Public Schools Fine and Performing Arts Department, and their teachers. Needham High School teachers and band leaders include Spencer Parrish, Alex Lee-Clark, and Jonathan VenderWoude.

Chorus: Mia Allen*, Hazel Barzilay, Joshua Batsevitsky, Kiersten Blume, Leyna Blume*, Ivy Brough, Jackson Bush, Jack Carnahan, Leah Freedman*, Aden Garf, Benjamin Gilman*, Brendan Mawhinney*, Henry McCue*, Boyoung Paik*, Amiya Tess*

Orchestra: Lyudmila Piatkov*

Jazz Band: Zachary Brown*, Ben Kelly*, Cameron Markowitz*

Concert Band: Evangelos Tsingos*, Joshua Van Dam, Zachary Weiskopf, Zachary Wiesch