Congratulations to the 30 MICDS vocal and instrumental students who participated in the MSHSAA District Solo/Ensemble Festival held on Friday, March 8, 2019 at Parkway Central High School. Students performed one or two pieces before an adjudicator who provided written comments and critique on areas such as intonation, tone quality, breathing, articulation/diction, dynamics, stage presence and interpretation/style.
Each performer was assigned an overall rating of: 1-Exemplary, 2-Outstanding, 3-Satisfactory, 4-Developing or 5-Ineffective. Students earning a 1-Exemplary rating are eligible to perform at the MSHSAA State Music Festival on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
1-Exemplary Ratings:
Kelci Creath ’19, Flute Solo
Katie Flemming ’19, Vocal Solo
Tommaso Maiocco ’19, Tuba Solo
Alex Migala ’20, Trumpet Solo
Emma Nohara-LeClair ’19, Vocal Solo
Akshay Patwardhan ’20, Vocal Solo
Arjun Ramakrishnan ’20, Vocal Solo
Liam Weber ’21, Vocal Solo
Lucy Zhao ’20, Flute Solo
Kyle Fehr ’20, Shibashis Mandal ’20, Christopher Shannon ’19, Saxophone Trio
2-Outstanding Ratings:
Sebastian Ashman ’22, Vocal Solo
Claudia Cheng ’20, Piano Solo
Cecilia Cohen ’20, Oboe Solo
Lauren Douglas ’22, Vocal Solo
Rafi Gil-Diaz ’19, Clarinet Solo
Layth Hamed ’19, Vocal Solo
Amy Li ’21, Saxophone Solo
Shibashis Mandal ’20, Piano Solo
Morgan Weber ’21, Vocal Solo
Ittmum Zahir ’22, Vocal Solo
Jerry Zhang ’21, Piano Solo
Lucy Zhao ’20, Violin Solo
Lauren Ferguson ’20, Alysha Ford ’20, Tista Mandal ’20, Sophia Taylor ’20, Girls Quartet
Kelci Creath ’19, Renee Stanec ’20, Lucy Zhao ’20, Flute Trio
3-Satisfactory Ratings
James Bilderback ’20, Trumpet Solo
Nina Hamilton ’22, Piano Solo
The MICDS instrumental music students are under the direction of Becky Long and Joshua Baumgartner. String students are under the direction of David Doherty and Erin Hamill. Vocal music students are under the direction of Dana Self. Accompanist for the festival was Nicholas Bideler.