Submitted by the Music Department of the Bedford Schools and POMS
Twenty-three Bedford middle and high school students were chosen to participate in this year’s Massachusetts Music Educators Association Senior and Junior District festivals, as well as the All-State festival. The district and All-State music festivals are musical enrichment opportunities sponsored by teachers who are members of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association. Students in instrumental and vocal music are chosen by audition for the chance to participate in several days of rehearsal with renowned clinicians. The festivals culminate in concert performances of demanding literature for symphony orchestra, concert band, and choral ensembles.
Last November, student musicians in grades 9–12 from across the Greater Boston area auditioned for the Massachusetts Eastern Senior District Music Festival. Out of more than a thousand auditionees, nine Bedford students were accepted into the festival, which was held on January 9 at Boston Latin School.
On January 23, auditions were held for the All-State Festival, which draws high-school musicians from the entire state. The All-State Festival will be held on March 11 and 12 at the Seaport Hotel/World Trade Center in Boston. BHS juniors Matthew Bridgeman and Chloe DeMello were selected for the All-State Chorus, and junior Hannah Rubin was selected for the All-State Orchestra. The All-State Concert will be held at 1:00pm on Saturday, March 12, at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, in Boston. .
Nearly one thousand student musicians in grades 7–9 auditioned last Saturday, January 30, for the Massachusetts Eastern Junior District Music Festival. Fourteen Bedford students were chosen to participate in chorus and orchestra. The Junior District Festival will be held March 4 and 5 at Lincoln-Sudbury High School,
Congratulations to all students who tried out. Auditioning for the festival requires long hours of dedicated practice in preparation of a solo, as well as a test of sight reading and scale performance ability. Adjudicators are respected professional musicians who are specialists in their field.
The following Bedford residents were selected to participate in the following ensembles at the Festivals.
Senior District
Bedford High School (* = All-State attendee)
Hannah Rubin (cello), Orchestra *
Matthew Bridgeman, Chorus *
Chloe DeMello, Chorus *
Julia Doucet, Chorus
Nate Fisette, Chorus
Rebecca Kelly-Bowditch, Chorus
Natalie Lewis, Chorus
Emily McSwain, Chorus
The Rivers School, Weston
Michaela Francesconi, Chorus
Junior District
John Glenn Middle School
Carly DeMello, Mixed Chorus
Araz Dulgarian, Mixed Chorus
Mia Federico, Treble Chorus
Derek Shao, Orchestra
Bedford High School
Gabriel Alper, Mixed Chorus
Lauren Anderson, Treble Chorus
Sophia Clouse, Treble Chorus
Samantha Gallant, Treble Chorus
Jayden Heller, Mixed Chorus
Liam Oates, Mixed Chorus
Jessica Ryan, Treble Chorus
Noah Southard, Mixed Chorus
Kate Winkler, Treble Chorus
Ben Woodward, Mixed Chorus
The Bedford students study under the direction of Amy Budka, Katrina Faulstich, Jim Felker, and Phil Maffa. Bedford is part of the Eastern District of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association, which includes 150 schools in Acton, Bedford, Boston, Boxborough, Brookline, Cambridge, Carlisle, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Framingham, Lincoln, Littleton, Medfield, Millis, Milton, Natick, Needham, Newton, Quincy, Sherborn, Somerville, Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, Westford, Weston, and Westwood.
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