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Students named to N.C. Honors Chorus and Orchestra

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Staff

District students were recently selected to be in either the N.C. Honors Chorus or the N.C. Honors Orchestra. Students from across the state auditioned to be in both of these prestigious groups. These students performed at the 2009 N.C. Music Educator’s Conference in Winston-Salem. The Middle School Honors Chorus was conducted by Jonathon Willcocks of Chichester, England.

Both middle and high school students were selected for the N.C. Honors Chorus. At their audition, students had to sing a voice piece and perform a sight-sing in front of a single judge in a closed audition. Students also had to submit an audition CD before the closed audition. Of the more than 1,000 students who audition for the Honors Chorus, only about 15 percent are selected.

Students selected to the Honors Chorus are: Henry Branson, East Chapel Hill; Nora Burgard, Chapel Hill; Jessie Feng, Smith Middle; Rebekah Hirsh, Chapel Hill; Claire Hoke, Smith; Camille Johnson, East Chapel Hill; Emily Johnston, Carrboro; Hae-Joon Lee, East Chapel Hill; Emma Lo, East Chapel Hill; Jammond Obie, McDougle; Cressler Peele, East Chapel Hill; Maggie Poole, East Chapel Hill; Dylan Smythe, East Chapel Hill; Louis Vaught, Carrboro; Lucy Yin, Chapel Hill; and Katherine Zeng, Smith Middle. District choral directors for these students are: Jenny Anderson, McDougle and Smith; Kay Johnson, Carr-boro; Sean Grier, Chapel Hill; and Desiree Davis-Omburo, East Chapel Hill.

Only high school students auditioned for the N.C. Honors Orchestra. Selection into the Honors Orchestra is based on the Eastern and Western Regional All-State audition the previous February. Only the top 10 positions are chosen for Honors Orchestra, so it’s made up of the top 10 performers in each section of the state. Several hundred students audition in February before a panel of nine judges and only 85 students from across the state are selected.

The 14 students selected to the Honors Orchestra are: Sara Aratake, Chapel Hill; Dominic Brancazio, East Chapel Hill; Dian Chen, East Chapel Hill; Emilie Chen, East Chapel Hill; Rebecca Clemens, Chapel Hill; Sangin Han, East Chapel Hill; Mary Hu, East Chapel Hill; Young-Eun Hyun, East Chapel Hill; Aaron Krolik, East Chapel Hill; Forrest Li, East Chapel Hill; Irene Li, Chapel Hill; Abigail Lin, East Chapel Hill; Emer O’Reilly, East Chapel Hill; and Angela Yu, East Chapel Hill. District orchestra directors for these students are: Barbara Smith, Chapel Hill High and Ryan Ellefsen, East Chapel Hill.

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