Record Number of Darien High School Musicians Chosen to Perform in Western Region Honors Ensembles

Thirty-one outstanding musicians from Darien High
School have been chosen through a highly competitive audition process to
perform at the Connecticut Music Educators Association Western Region Music
Festival. The honors music festival will take place at Trumbull High School on
January 17-18 where the students will have the privilege of working in Band,
Orchestra, Chorus, and Jazz ensembles with some of Connecticut’s most
accomplished high school musicians conducted by nationally renowned conductors
and educators. Richard Sadlon, the Director of Music in Darien states that,
“These students have consistently worked and studied over several years to been
chosen as among the finest high school musicians in Western Connecticut. This
is the largest number of student that we have ever sent to this honors festival
in the entire history of Darien High School and we are all extremely proud of
their musical accomplishments.”

The students representing Darien High at the 2014 Connecticut
Western Region Honors Music Festival are: From Band:  Sandya Avula, Drake
Corrigan, Rebecca DeMaio, Sonia Gandhi, Danika Hornick, Catherine Lacy, Anna
Moorhead, Eve Phelps and Justin Lang.  From the Orchestra:
Matt Evans, Nicole Gagne, Justin Lindsey, Alison Lui, Grant Morro, Monet
Takeda, Wen Yan Toh, Candice Wang and Chloe Zhou.  From the Chorus:
Laura Anglade, Ben Hayes, Matthew Hayes, Diana Jackson, Mitchell Losito, Cristina
Noujaim, Daniel Traver and Melanie Turner. Jazz
Ensemble: Julia Evans, Channing Pear, Amanda Sload, Peter Traver and
Dominick Wood.

All of the students who participated in the
Connecticut Western Region Festival will eligible to audition for the
Connecticut All-State Festival.  Congratulations
to all of the students and their teachers, Mr. Christopher Andrade, chorus, Mr.
Jonathan Grauer, band and Ms. Jane Minnis, Orchestra. The regional honors
ensemble concerts will take place at the Trumbull High School auditorium on Saturday,
January 18 and are scheduled as follows: Band and Orchestra will be at 3:30
p.m. and the Chorus, Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Jazz concerts will be presented at
6:00 p.m.  Tickets are $10.00 in advance
and are $15.00 at the door. (The snow date for the festival is January 24-25.)