District 97 Students Selected for Illinois Music Education Association's District I Jr. Honors Ensembles

After participating in auditions that drew more than 1,500 children from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, more than 60 students from Brooks and Julian middle schools were selected to be members of the Illinois Music Education Association’s (ILMEA) District I Jr. Honors Ensembles for concert band, chorus, orchestra and jazz.

The audutions were held Saturday, Sept. 28, at Summit Hill Jr. High in Frankfort.

Students selected for the junior honors band, chorus and orchestra will participate in the ILMEA District I Junior Music Festival on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Joliet Township High School. Students selected for the junior jazz band will participate in the ILMEA Jr./Sr. Jazz Festival on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Oak Lawn High School.
 
Below are our District 97 music students who were selected for this prestigious recognition.

Junior Chorus

  • Vilas Advani
  • Will Bonomo
  • Grace Cahill
  • Catherine Cahill
  • Emily Churchouse
  • Mackenzie Cohen
  • Holly Eagan
  • Thomas Hann
  • Lila Harris
  • Clara Frantzen
  • Salome Henry
  • Porter Jingst
  • Robert Johnson
  • Sierra Jones
  • Phyllis Kreiter
  • Lainey Lewis
  • Norah Lougachi
  • Bella Lubelchek
  • Laro Martinez-Santos
  • Ainsley McConnell
  • Anna Miller
  • Lydia Missey
  • Josh Oxer
  • Sadie Parkinson
  • Emily Porrez
  • Lars Rauch
  • Hank Schaafsma
  • Caleb Schulz
  • Ryan Scott
  • Marina Sjoblom
  • Annika Tenhor
  • Jane Walker
  • Nolan Walters

Junior Band

  • Henry Lloyd
  • Henry Schacht
  • Elia Wei-Henrys

Junior Jazz Bands

  • Joseph Blonski
  • Alison George
  • Sebastian Hernandez
  • Abe Koransky
  • Owen Ruszczyk
  • Henry Schacht

Junior Orchestra

  • Ella Avrushin
  • Leo Beliaev
  • Malini Datta-Nemana
  • Clara Frantzen
  • Henry Hagedorn
  • Cody Kirkpatrick
  • Ivy Loentz
  • Calum MacAdam
  • Lucian O'Leary
  • Rachel Sang
  • Medith Steinman