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7 students in D-86 in Joliet perform in LMEA music festival

The festival takes place at Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox

By Denise M. Baran-Unland

Seven Joliet Public Schools District 86 junior high student musicians were selected to perform at the Illinois Music Education Association District 1 Junior Honors Festival. The event takes place at Lincoln-way Central High School on Saturday, November 6, 2021. (Photo provided)

Seven junior high school student musicians who attend Joliet Public Schools District 86 performed Saturday at the Illinois Music Education Association District 1 Junior Honors Festival.

The event took place at Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox.

The following students performed: Maria Avalos Angeles, alto saxophone, Washington Junior High; Meredith Diaz Sanchez, violin, Gompers Junior High; Aiden Hadley, clarinet, Hufford Junior High; Jeremy Lannan, trumpet, Hufford Junior High; Lailah Moore, alto voice, Washington Junior High; Jordan Shell, viola, Hufford Junior High; and Johannah Williams, alto voice, Washington Junior High.

The students’ directors include R. Scott Barnas, Washington Junior High band director; Clifford Hunt, Hufford Junior High orchestra director; James Shaw, Hufford Junior High band director; Rachael Tatar, Gompers Junior High orchestra director; and Chloe Vassmer, Washington Junior High choir director.

For more information, visit ilmea.org and joliet86.org.