First In-Person Concert of the Year!
Senior soloists:
Nora Evans-violin
Ethan Park-double bass
Alex Mayton-flute
Lauren Majewski-oboe
Jared Marcus-violin
SENIOR SOLOISTS & AWARD WINNERS
Alex Mayton has been with the orchestra program since his freshman year. He plays the flute and piccolo for both orchestra and band. He will be attending Virginia Military Academy to study Biology where he would like to continue playing the flute as a hobby.
Ethan Park started his musical life as a violinist and decided to switch to string bass at the end of his sophomore year. As a bass player, he played a Major Concerto that same year at Eastshore Solo and Ensemble Festival. Ethan will be attending University of Washington next year.
Jared Marcus is a graduating senior in the class of 2021 and will be attending Syracuse University in the fall to study Broadcast and Digital Journalism. Jared has a multitude of fond memories throughout his many years in the orchestra program but a few of his greatest include, fun trips to Factoria mall after performing, his Senior solo, and the once-in-a-lifetime Disney trip with the Orchestra. Jared will dearly miss Mrs. Miltun and the entire Orchestra class and can’t wait to see his friends play solos and continue to make amazing music for the future.
Lauren Majewski has enjoyed music all her life, and started playing the oboe 6 years ago. She joined orchestra as a freshman, and has loved every minute of it. Lauren will be attending University of Washington and is excited to take part in their amazing music and orchestra program.
Norah Evans has been playing the violin since age 4 and has been part of the Mercer Island Orchestra for the last 8 years. Several highlights include the trip to Disneyland, her senior solo, and placing at Eastshore Solo and Ensemble. She will be attending Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA next year. She looks forward to bringing her violin to play in the Olin Conductorless Orchestra.
MIHS ORCHESTRA 2021 AWARDS
PHILHARMONIC
Outstanding Freshman Nandini Mishra
Most Improved Kate Greer & Alexander Durkee
Leadership Award Sidh Schrof
Most Supportive Angela Lee & Owen Pasquali
Most Inspirational Grace Go & Henry Goecken
Best Musician Ava Yeh & Alexander Singh
Most Talented Chloe Degracia & Yunia Zhang
Most Helpful Julia Pearman & Violet Kinney & Luna Ruan
Best Attitude Izzy Biggs & Marla Lee & John Lee
Most Hardworking Lily Ryerson & Susie Yang
Best All Round Yuki Ye & Violet Kinney
Knows everyone’s phone # Grace Go
Orchestra Board Sidh Schrof
Dedication Daniel Marcus & Davin Aoyama & Madison Liu
Director’s Award Lucas Lessard & Megan Sandoval & Ryan Chen
SYMPHONIC
Outstanding Sophomore Priya Bhananker
Outstanding Junior Lily Jester
Most Improved Simran Albuquerque & Harrison Wang
Leadership Award Angeline Lee
Most Supportive Stella Prophater & Angelina Durkee
Most Inspirational Ellie Shi
Best Musician Amanda Chin
Most Talented Clyde Brown
Most Helpful Thomas Dinh
Best Attitude Cora Meredith & Jolie Llorin
Orchestra Board Stella Prophater
Dedication Miles Avilez & Bailey Rosengren
Director’s Award Ben Payson & Kaitlin Zhong
CHAMBER
Outstanding Sophomore Sophia Rosales
Outstanding Junior Joe Zhang
Outstanding Senior & Leader Norah Evans
Jr Leadership Ava Rosenbaum;
So Leadership Garrett Lee
Most Improved So Katie Evans; Jr Aimee Graesser & Sr Brynn Doty
Most Supportive Annika Bahnanker
Most Inspirational So – Sarah Hochberg;
Jr. Bennett Samuelly
Sr Jeremy Wong
Best Musician Hide Shiotsu
Most Talented Ethan Park & Shaadaan Burn & Jarrett Sato
Most Helpful Kyle Iwasaki Zoom Tech Helper!
Best Attitude Marti Flickinger & Nin Garr
Most Hard Working Olivia Guo & Tong Lin
Best Video Editor Ethan Cheney
Did not get the Most Distracted/Most Distracting Award – Jared
Orchestra Board Norah, SarahF, Justin, Annika, Elsa
Dedication Elsa Lanctot & Justin Shen
Wind Player Dedication Ben Kinder
Outstanding Wind Player Alex Mayton & Lauren Majewski
Director’s Award Jared Marcus & Rachel Leung & Jon Pinney-Brown
PTA Orchestra Award – Jared Marcus
Team-O Miltun – Sarah Fredrickson
National School Orchestra Award – Norah Evans
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