Highland Middle School Students Picked for IMEA Orchestra Concert

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — Several Highland Middle School orchestra students were selected to participate in the Illinois Music Educator’s Association District 7 Honor Orchestra concert that was held Nov.2 at Maine West High School. The students performing includeed Jocelyn Hurh, Nicole Mathew, George Lu, Tyler Knudten, Aarya Misra, Alyson Humbert and Rylan Dogadalski, said the school’s orchestra director Carol Janossy.

The November performance is “quite a gala,” Janossy said.

More than 300 students auditioned for a position in the orchestra in September, Janossy said, adding that about 125 students pass the audition. Members of the orchestra are from IMEA District 7, which encompasses the Northern section of Illinois.

“Not only will the young musicians play great music but they will reunite with friends from other schools and also make a few new musical friends,” Janossy said. “We are very proud of our selected participants.”