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Students Participate in Regional and State Musical Festivals
Each year at the encouragement of their music director, Westminster’s highest achieving music students participate in adjudication and concert festivals sponsored by the Connecticut Music Educators Association.
This year, 11 Westminster students auditioned in November, along with thousands of students from high schools across the region, for spots in the Northern Region High School Music Festival, which took place Jan. 19-20 at New Britain High School. Five Westminster musicians were accepted into this regional festival. They were Brian Kullas ’08, tuba; Young Bahn ’07, soprano; Eliza Mandzik ’09, soprano; Joe Yankus ’09, bass; and Alexandra Geitz ’07, alto. This was Brian’s third year making it into the Northern Regional band. At the invitation of the director of the festival, Westminster faculty member David Chrzanowski served as the accompanist for the festival chorus, as he has in recent years.
Brian, Young, Eliza, Joe and Alexandra all were invited to audition in February for a coveted spot in the All-State festival chorus. Joe scored high enough on his audition and was accepted. This is Joe’s second time making it into both the All-State and Regional choirs, having been selected last year when he was a student at Renbrook School.
The All-State festival will take place March 29-30 and will include three days of rehearsals in Waterbury and a concert Saturday evening at Central Connecticut State University.
“The choir audition piece for the All-State festival was very difficult this year, and the competition was fierce,” said Westminster Director of Music Peter Perkins. “The students are responsible for learning all of their audition pieces, both for the Northern Region and All State, plus all of the performance pieces for each festival, which amounts to a lot of music. David Chrzanowski and I help them prepare as much as we can with special after-school and evening rehearsals.”
Young plans to be a music voice major in college next year while Alexandra hopes to pursue music and/or music theater at the college level. Eliza and Brian also have long-term plans to pursue music degrees in college.
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This year, 11 Westminster students auditioned in November, along with thousands of students from high schools across the region, for spots in the Northern Region High School Music Festival, which took place Jan. 19-20 at New Britain High School. Five Westminster musicians were accepted into this regional festival. They were Brian Kullas ’08, tuba; Young Bahn ’07, soprano; Eliza Mandzik ’09, soprano; Joe Yankus ’09, bass; and Alexandra Geitz ’07, alto. This was Brian’s third year making it into the Northern Regional band. At the invitation of the director of the festival, Westminster faculty member David Chrzanowski served as the accompanist for the festival chorus, as he has in recent years.
Brian, Young, Eliza, Joe and Alexandra all were invited to audition in February for a coveted spot in the All-State festival chorus. Joe scored high enough on his audition and was accepted. This is Joe’s second time making it into both the All-State and Regional choirs, having been selected last year when he was a student at Renbrook School.
The All-State festival will take place March 29-30 and will include three days of rehearsals in Waterbury and a concert Saturday evening at Central Connecticut State University.
“The choir audition piece for the All-State festival was very difficult this year, and the competition was fierce,” said Westminster Director of Music Peter Perkins. “The students are responsible for learning all of their audition pieces, both for the Northern Region and All State, plus all of the performance pieces for each festival, which amounts to a lot of music. David Chrzanowski and I help them prepare as much as we can with special after-school and evening rehearsals.”
Young plans to be a music voice major in college next year while Alexandra hopes to pursue music and/or music theater at the college level. Eliza and Brian also have long-term plans to pursue music degrees in college.
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