Instrumental Awards
Congratulations to the following ensembles and individual musicians for all of the hard work and dedication it took to create such extraordinary results!
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 Junior Honors Orchestra
Sophia Caldera, Claire Gasque
Montgomery County Junior Honors Jazz Band
Raymond Kheirbeck
Montgomery County Senior Honors Band
Ben Miltenberg, Isaac Segal, Jeremy Steinberg, William Zhang
Montgomery County Senior Honors Orchestra
Beatriz Atsavapranee, Jason Frankel, Sam Shapiro
Montgomery County Senior Honors Band
Matt Digan, Michael Dressner, Alex Gandolfo, Jordan Wolff
All State Senior Band
Gabe Slesinger, David Weber
All State Senior Orchestra
San Hoi Forrest, Samir Kaveeshwar, Seth Massey
All State Senior Jazz Band
Matt Digan, Alex Gandolfo
Other Honors:
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Finalist – Gabe Slesinger
The President’s Own Marine Band Concerto Competition Finalist – Gabe Slesinger
Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival High School Band Competition – Walt Whitman Jazz Ensemble — Second Place Winners
Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival High School Jazz Band Competiton Soloist Award – Alex Gandolfo
Previous Years
2009-2010 School Year
MCPS Junior Honor Band
Nathaniel Henning, Ben Miltenberg, Joseph Kao
MCPS Junior Honors Orchestra
San Ho Forrest
MCPS Senior Honors Band
Brett Horin, Siddhu Anandalingam, Jonathan Kaufman, Brian Lin, Anna Ryba, Andrew Wyner, Emily Park, Ethan Senator, Jesse Freeman, Gabe Slesinger
MCPS Senior Honors Orchestra
Seth Weintraub, Devin Craig, Adam Horin
MCPS Senior Honors Jazz Ensemble
Adam Schefkind, Siddhu Anandalingam, Aaron Seeber, Max Light, Dan Pappalardo, Kate Amrine, Gabe Slesinger, Amol Mehta (Alt), Thatcher Ladd (Alt)
All State Junior Band
Ben Miltenberg
All State Junior Orchestra
San Ho Forrest
All State Senior Band
Siddhu Anandalingam, Gabe Slesinger, Emily Massey, Anna Ryba
All State Senior Orchestra
Clara McCreery, Caleb Woo, Andrew Wyner, Jonathan Kaufman, Emily Park
All State Jazz Ensemble
Siddhu Anandalingam, Gabe Slesinger, Kate Amrine, Dan Pappalardo, Sahil Ansari, Emily Park
2008-2009 School Year
Junior County Band
Jacob Razch, Jeremy Steinberg, Gabe Slesinger
Junior County Jazz Ensemble
Michael Dressner, Steven Goldberg, Aldo Grifo-Hahn, David Newman, Gabe Slessinger
Junior State Band
Gabe Slesinger, Ana Ryba
Senior County Band
Rebecca Newman, Siddhu Anandalingam, Albert Kwak, Vijay Vishwanath, Kiki Abu-Sharr, Emily Park, Ethan Senator, Kate Amrine, Jesse Freeman
Senior County Orchestra
Dena Goodman, Colin MacKnight
Senior State Band
Siddhu Anandalingam, Emily Massey, Rebecca Newman, Kate Amrine (alternate)
Senior State Orchestra
Clara McCreery, Caleb Woo (alternate)
Senior County Jazz Ensemble
Kate Amrine, Siddu Anandalingam, Dan Lee, Jonathan Kaufman, Dan Papalardo, Aaron Seeber, Danny Ullmann Atlernates: Ian Arnold, Julian Jacobson, Sahil Ansari, Amol Mehta
Senior State Jazz Ensemble
Aaron Seeber, Siddhu Anandalingam Alternates: Dan Papalardo, Amol Mehta
2007-2008 School Year
State Festivals
Symphonic Orchestra Symphonic Band
All Superior ratings
District Festivals
Symphonic Orchestra Symphonic Band Concert Band
All Superior ratings
Concert Orchestra (for comments only, all outstanding)
Heritage Music Competition, Orlando
Gold Award and First Place for Jazz Ensemble Gold Award for Symphonic Orchestra Gold Award and Second Place for Symphonic Band Gold Award and First Place for Concert Band Silver Award for Concert Orchestra Sweepstakes Award for the entire music department (choral and instrumental) for highest scoring musical ensembles overall.
Heritage Music Festival Adjudicator Awards
(All ensembles receiving a score of 92 or above) Concert Band Symphonic Orchestra Jazz Ensemble
Heritage Music Festival Outstanding Orchestra Award
Symphonic Orchestra
Heritage Music Festival Outstanding Soloist Awards
Damjan Korac, Gavin Palmer
Junior County Band
Siddhu Anandalingham, Jonathan Kaufman, Erik Koritzinsky, Adam Polis, Ethan Senator
Junior County Orchestra
Clara McCreery, Andrew Weinstein
Junior County Jazz Ensemble
Siddhu Anandalingham, Sahil Ansari, Max Light, Colin MacKnight, Adam Polis, Ethan Senator
Junior State Band
Siddhu Anandalingham, Jonathan Kaufman, Adam Schefkind, Ethan Senator
Junior State Orchestra
Clara McCreery
Senior County Band
Brian Lin, Neha Mehta, Rebecca Newman, Rachel Zhang, Kiki Abu-Sharr (alternate), Kate Amrine (alternate)
Senior County Orchestra
Alex Buria-Hellbeck, Mai Segawa, Pam Schrenk, Dena Goodman, David Poznansky, Dan Pappalardo
Senior State Band
Emily Massey
Senior State Orchestra
Jhee Soo Ahn, Stephanie Chow, Lakshman Mody, Lauren Song, Caleb Woo Senior County Jazz Ensemble
Daniel Lee, Mandy Mamlet, Polly Membrino, Sam Raim, Gavin Palmer (alternate)
Senior State Jazz Ensemble
Sam Raim, Michael Deem (alternate)
