Awards
Congratulations to the following ensembles and individual musicians for all of the hard work and dedication it took to create such extraordinary results!
2011-2012 School Year
Montgomery County Youth Chorus
Lizzie Bartlett, Michelle Huey, Scott Kaplowitz,
Emma Keteltas, Simone Levine, Cassie Rabner
Senior All-State Chorus
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Junior All-State Chorus
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American Choral Directors Association – Voices United
Lizzie Bartlett and Simone Levine
2010-2011 School Year
2011 Festival Disney Competition, Orlando
All Whitman Choral groups received Superior total scores, in addition to the following:
Silver Award for Chamber Choir in the Specialty Choir Category.
Best in Class Award for Men’s Chorus and the highest total score in men’s chorus category
Women’s Chorus — second highest total score — and Treble Chorale — fourth highest total score — in the Treble Chorus Category.
Outstanding Student Accompanists Award to Whitman’s Sara Lucas and John An
Senior All-State Chorus
Missy Curl, Michelle Huey, Abby Lederman, Cassie Rabner, Lizzie Bartlett, Sasha Berger, Corinne Erasmus, Emma Keteltas, Grace Laboy, Simone Levine, Matt Albrecht, Peter Beiser, John An, Scott Kaplowitz, Carter Martin
Junior All-State Chorus
Phoebe Christofedes, Aryana Bolourian, Jon Wiedemann, Harrison Holt
Montgomery County Youth Chorus
Lizzie Bartlett, Scott Kaplowitz, Emma Keteltas, Anna Martin, Cassie Rabner, Ibuki Takizawa
All-Eastern Chorus
John An and Missy Curl
American Choral Directors Association – Voices United
Luis Alvarado, Lizzie Bartlett, Heather Menefee and Steffie Sansbury
2009-2010 School Year
MCPS 9th Grade Honors Chorus
Emma Keteltas, Irene Solaiman
Senior All-State Chorus
Matt Albrecht, John An, Abby Bodurtha, Missy Curl, Ronnie Foreman, Noah Gavil, Carolyn Heiman, Chelsea Lo, Colin MacKnight, Carter Martin, Heather Menefee, Haruka Nakagawa, Steffie Sansbury, Tori Sharbaugh, Yuxin Teng, Mia Tong, Alex Xourias, Isabelle Zeledon
Junior All-State Chorus
Michelle Huey, Scott Kaplowitz, Emma Keteltas,
Abby Lederman, Cassie Rabner, Ibuki Takizawa
2008-2009 School Year
MCPS 9th Grade Honors Chorus
Ani Carlson, Mallory Frankel, Grace Laboy, Kenny Wesley, Lydia Carroll
Senior All State Chorus
John An, Andy Berry, Missy Curl, Ronnie Foreman, Emma Furth, Noah Gavil, Carolyn Heiman, Jessica Huey, Ben Laboy, Chelsea Lo, Sarah Longstreth, Emily Lyon, Colin MacKnight, Carter Martin, Emma Rackstraw, Angela Ranganathan, Elena Robison, Steffie Sansbury, Tori Sharbaugh, Clayton Smith, Emily Sobel, Dani Soldin, Sumi Takizawa, Hanna Vogel, Matthew Albrecht (alternate), Alison Snow (alternate)
Junior All State Chorus
Sasha Berger, Jane Bernhard, Rahul Kumar, Grace Laboy, Omid Vatandoost, Kenny Wesley
All Eastern Chorus
Andy Berry, Sarah Longstreth, Clayton Smith, Ben Laboy – alternate
Montgomery County Youth Chorus
Matthew Albrecht, Andy Berry, Leah Chiaverini, Jamila Crossman, Tayler Esherick, Beth Feldstein, Ronnie Foreman, Emma Furth, Louisa Glor, Carolyn Heiman, Jessica Huey, Nick Indrisano, Ben Laboy, Carter Martin, Angela Ranganathan, Elena Robison, Emily Sobel, Melanie Stern, Hannah Vogel, Alex Xourias, Isabelle Zeledon
2007-2008 School Year
Heritage Music Competition, Orlando
Gold Award and First Place for Chamber Choir
Gold Award and First Place for Men’s Chorus
Gold Award and First Place for Women’s Chorus
Gold Award for Treble Chorale
Sweepstakes Award for the entire music department (choral and instrumental) for highest scoring musical ensembles overall.
Heritage Music Festival Adjudicator Awards: Ensembles receiving a score of 95 or above – Men’s Chorus, Chamber Choir
Heritage Music Festival Outstanding Choral Award: Chamber Choir
Heritage Music Festival Soloist Award: Andrea Carroll
MCPS 9th Grade Honors Chorus
Juliet Mullins, Steffie Sansbury, Heather Menefee, Amelia Rehm, Emily Park, Hannah Sherman, Adoni Anagnostopoulos, Nick Indrisano, Max Craft, Hayley Biegel, Rebecca Andrasko, Maia Paul, Emily Nagle, Tayler Esherick, Beth Feldstein, Alex Xourias
Senior All State Chorus
Andy Berry, Mikayla Braun, Carolyn Heiman, Ben Eskin, Andrea Carroll, Ronnie Foreman, Chelsea Lo, Ben Laboy, Jessica Huey, Emily Sobel, Elliott Rosenbaum, Natsuha Kuroda, Isabelle Zeledon, Clayton Smith, Sarah Longstreth, Emily Lyon, Lily Maroni, Angela Ranganathan, Marielle Taft, Sumi Takizawa
Junior All-State Chorus
Hayley Biegel, Missy Curl, Tayler Esherick, Sarah Tyson, Matthew Albrecht, John An, Carter Martin
Montgomery County Youth Chorus
Lili Bayer, Andy Berry, Andrea Carroll, Leah Chiaverini, Louisa Glor, Carolyn Heiman, Kate Hu, Jessica Huey, Natsuha Kuroda, Sarah Longstreth, Angela Ranganathan, Isabelle Zeledon, Vicky Zoccali, Emma Furth, Emily Lyon, Elena Robison, Diana Saum, Pamela Schrenk, Alyssa Sinkfield
2006-2007 School Year
Heritage Music Competition, Chicago
Gold Award (superior ratings) and First Place Trophy for Chamber Choir
Gold Award and First Place Trophy for Men’s Chorus
Gold Award and Second Place Trophy for Advanced Women’s Ensemble
Silver Award (excellent ratings) and First Place Trophy for Treble Chorale
Sweepstakes Award for the entire music department (choral and instrumental) for highest scoring musical ensembles overall.
Heritage Music Festival Soloist Awards: Nikki Massoud, Lee Carlaw
MCPS 9th Grade Honors Chorus
Leah Chiaverini, Emma Furth, Noah Gavil, Kate Hu, Matt Lynch, Elena Robinson
Senior All State Chorus
Mikayla Braun, Ellen Bryson, Andie Carroll, Natsuha Kuroda, Sarah Longstreth, Claire Lyon, Emily Lyon, Catherine Petrick, Andy Berry, Maya Encarnacion, Matt Glenn, Chrissie Howe, Ben Laboy, Emma Lewis, Nikki Massoud, Andrew Newman, Clayton Smith, Reed Wilson
Junior All State Chorus
Leah Chiaverini, Chelsea Lo, Dani Schulkin,
Ronnie Foreman, Carolyn Heiman, Itai Farhi, Ben Lewis
Montgomery County Youth Chorus
Andy Berry, Mikayla Braun, Ellen Bryson, Andie Carroll, Bennett Clarkson, Sara Davidson, Maya Encarnacion, Louisa Glor, Natasha Kuroda, Ben Laboy, Emma Lewis, Claire Lyon, Nikki Massoud, Andrew Newman, Catherine Petrick, Sumi Takizawa, Rebecca Talisman