The International Academy Music Department 2019-2020 Recognition Program

Just as nearly every aspect of life has been upended this spring, the abrupt and unprecedented end to the 2019-2020 school year meant the cancelation of festivals, final performances, and countless year-end traditions. While the lack of concerts left us without a program to print, we would feel remiss if we did not take a moment to recognize the many accomplishments of our students and ensembles, and perhaps most importantly, bid a fond farewell to our IA Music Class of 2020. Please join us in congratulating all of our students and their many accomplishments listed in this program!

IA Concert Band Congratulations on earning Straight 1st Division Ratings at MSBOA Band & Orchestra festival, on March 5th 2020, at ​ ​ Waterford Kettering High School!

Flute Alto Saxophone Trombone Poorani Arunchunaikani Maxime Andrieux Troy Archer Clare Buday Amr Ansari Zachary Bates Jessica Chan Aidan Beck Andre Berriel Legacy Henry Calvin Blind CJ Combs Brianna Johnston* Zachary Clarke Noah Kim* Despina Kik Julien Hamid Nikhil Kothari Nehali Patel Anna Hendriks Sean Park* Vidhyalakshmi Velayudham Michael Lu* Michael Wasniewski Abigail Swanson Euphonium Jessica Zheng Chrishan Villavarayan Andrew Deng* Erin Williams Johnathan Kowalski Clarinet Parker Newell Hektor Buqaj Tenor Saxophone Om Joshi Charles Howard Tuba Rekha Krispin Ike Schell Kieran Llarena Emma Lau Ahrim Lee Baritone Saxophone Percussion Fareen Momen* Ammar Sarkic Laith Amjad Zara Morsy Joseph DiAntonio Alexis Redman Trumpet Jack Enwright* Sasha Vainberg Oorvi Duvvuri Ihsaan Quader Elizabeth Vettraino Langston Harris* Sophie Tsamaidis Triston McPherson Bass Clarinet Maxim Starobinsky Cami Wilson Akshay Valoor * Denotes Section Leader

IA Symphonic Band Congratulations on earning Straight 1st Division Ratings at MSBOA Band & Orchestra festival, on March 5th 2020, at ​ ​ Waterford Kettering High School!

Flute Alto Saxophone Nita Kattimani* Euijeong Cho Michael Alexander Younus Mohammed Filip Grodzicki Dia Camara* Avery Hammer Gabriele Dushaj Trombone Riya Munot Coen Hao Carter Alexander Qingqing Ouyang Nandan Srikrishna Emily Lockwood Nicole Schmidt Jasmine Tedjo Joseph Owczarek Isabella Simakas* Mackenzie Tison Matthew Priskorn* James Whaley Leah Simakas Oboe Alaina Newell Tenor Saxophone Tuba Lila Reddy* Zachary Aronson-Paxton Elvin Kim Rahul Gopalakrishnan Finn Lewis Clarinet Catarina Assmuth* Baritone Saxophone Percussion Vedika Iyer Soenke Pietsch* Arjun Bhooi Ryan Jin* Savannah Harnphanich Jacqueline Li Trumpet Parker Jensen Leah Raymond Peter Glinski Zachary Keefover* Jessica Zhang Gaspard Mosquet Jonathan Marx Ivey Webb Christopher Roach Bass Clarinet Mitchell Swayze Christina Said Horn Marc Beired Bassoon Lena Denniston Caitlin Paquette Sydney Divozzo * Denotes Section Leader IA Jazz Band

Alto Saxophone Michael Alexander Trumpet Michael Lu Peter Glinski Nandan Srikrishna Langston Harris Jasmine Tedjo Mackenzie Tison Clarinet Crishan Villavarayan Om Joshi

Tenor Saxophone Piano Charles Howard Nicole Schmidt Rahul Gopalakrishnan Lucas Smith Zachary Aronson-Paxton Baritone Saxophone Guitar Dia Camara Colton Steele

Trombone Bass Carter Alexander Gabriele Dushaj Finn Lewis Silvia Dix Noah Kim Matthew Priskorn Drums Nikhil Kothari Christopher Roach

IA String Orchestra Congratulations on earning Straight 1st Division Ratings at MSBOA Band & Orchestra festival, on March 5th 2020, at ​ ​ Waterford Kettering High School!

Violin I Lily Citron Kosta Sergakis Ava Casab Mena Refai Noah Kempken Diya Ramesh Nikki Tkac Mary Holt Elena Ali-Ahmad Samuel Byrne Peter C Susanto Ishaan Aravindaksha Stefan Rajakariar Rachel Rochford Jerry Xia Nida Choudhry Sonia Hussain Lochlan Patterson Sophia Schlotterer Ryan Nix Viola Tanay Dakarapu Shriya Beesabathuni Sebastian Abbo Tasawwar Rahman Sofia Fekete Varun Talluri Mara Rada Lela Huff Alfonso Macias Alyssa Bieszczad Bass Violin II Abigail Kendal Chinedum Aguwa Cello Luke Strickland Clayton Hughes Jack Weatherford Nathaniel Keefover Jay Chitalia Jay Adams-Boone Karim Cruz Justin Chao

IA Symphony Orchestra Congratulations on earning a 1st Division Rating at MSBOA Band & Orchestra festival, on March 5th 2020, at ​ ​ Waterford Kettering High School!

Violin I Violas Flute Megan Fan Morgan Cook Isabella Simakas Akshara Karthik Emily Frega Filip Grodzicki Caroline Michalak Ryan Gilson Tyler Moon Youssef Kamal Oboe Andrew Park Katrina Spears Lila Reddy Ania Petrosky Priya Shah Joelle Petrotta Elisabeth Kelman Clarinet Pelagia Pamel Seth Fox Catarina Assmuth Zoey Cappatocio Miles Goedert Mathew Yonan Bassoon Lawrence Kim Cellos Caitlin Paquette Claire Thomson Grace Bogle Amaya Aten Sophia Burroughs Bass Clarinet Yiyao Liu Sydney Kleiner Christina Said Ryan Lodato Violin II Sophie Egnotovich Horn Maui Baba Miracle Felsner Marc Beired Avery Bates Sarah Kefri Younus Mohammed Missole Doe Yeon Woo Lee Lena Denniston Adnan Khan Moochan Lee Nita Kattimani Grace MacLaren

Paola Miciano Bass Alto Sax Amy Tang Aadi Malhotra Dia Camara Michael Guo Kiley Von Bernthal Trombone Neha Dwibhashyam Jillian Beckwell Carter Alexander Aarani Varatharajan Silvia Dix Matthew Priskorn Chinyere Aguwa Caitlin Tabin Kishan Sripada Gabriele Dushaj Tuba Grish Manoharan Ian Frisch Finn Lewis Juliette Hamid Bel Canto Choir

Soprano Alto Tenor & Bass Harshita Boddu Alexis Alati Waseem Almaat Caroline Borer Heidi Baydoun Mohamad Alzohaili Alexandra Feneberg Giulia Borgna Arvind Emmanuel Erin Heavner Lauren Gappy Ryan Ghias Caterina Hitchcock Alexis John Quentin Guibert de Bruet Rayna Mahadevan Emily Kuzminsky Maximilian Hornung Sarah Morar Medha Lakshmi Bradley Kuron Alex Rofick-Williams Isabella McIlhargie Arthur Lebedinski Monica Samimy Ashlea Nwabueze Jack McEachern Olivia Serio Sidrah Rasheed Adel Obeid Joelle Zajac Hala Sabit Kenan Obeid Sophia Sajan Kareem Obeid Xiomara Sanabria-Beltran Yoshihiro Paris Marya Sayed Hayden Schreiber Cathy Shan Imran Shoukfeh Mira Sripada Robert Silaghi Victoria Strom Rahul Vallurupalli Hannah Tariq Joe Wanket Muna Uhlenbecker Jenny Wolf Lilly Zgodic

IA Chorale While their MSVMA Choir Festival performance was cancelled, I am sure they would have performed splendidly! You can hear one of the pieces they would have performed in this virtual choir performance we put ​ ​ together during our distance learning.

Soprano Alexandra Clugh^ Luke Zora Sahir Esperant^ Delaney Finn* Nicole Godfrey Gracie Fish Bass Cydney Goldstein*^ Sanjana Kandiraju^ Gabriel Gilleland Huda Huseini Yasmeen Khalifa^ Vincent Huynh*^ Anastasiya Ilkiv Vanessa Kiefer*^ Jonah Liss Laike Leatherwood Camille Kreager Abdul-Rahman Mahmood Zara Manna Molly Levin Maximilian Petrosky Pooja Menon* Rachel Park Yashhvardhan Rajjput Melina Pardales*^ Sophie Scott Maximus Shaya Sophia Sajan Madeleine Strom*^ Lucas Smith Anna Seals Divya Suresh*^ Gabriel Stach^ Anna Maria Sorrenti Kemp Winkler*^ Grace Tavi^ Tenor Greyson Yousif Jacqueline Wojcik CJ Andrzejak Vivian Yee Cooper Bond Raaj Govil Alto Gus Lesperance Solomonson* Stephanie Barroso Jack Manting* ^Denotes IACappella member Jessica Cho Joshua Prabhu * Denotes Section Leader

Individual Honors and Achievement

MSBOA State S&E MSVMA State S&E The following students qualified for MSBOA State Solo & The following students qualified for MSVMA State Solo & Ensemble, based on their 1st Division Rating at District S&E: Ensemble, based on their rating at District S&E:

BAND CHOIR ● Poorani Arunchunaikani ● Delaney Finn ● Lena Denniston ● Pooja Menon ● Vedika Iyer ● Divya Suresh ● Ryan Jin ● Brianna Johnston MSBOA District Honor Band ● Om Joshi ● Ryan Jin, 10th grade, clarinet ● Jacqueline Li ● Nichole Schmidt, 10th grade, flute ● Kieran Llarena ● Nichole Schmidt MSBOA All-State Band ● Mackenzie Tison ● Ryan Jin, 10th grade, clarinet

ORCHESTRA MSVMA District, State, and All-State Honors ● Tyler Moon ● Ania Petrosky Choir ● Caroline Michalak ● Delaney Finn, 12th grade, alto ● Pelagia Pamel ● Miles Goedert ● Yiyao Liu

● Missole Doe

● Neha Dwibhashyam

● Katrina Spears

Extra-Curricular Music Ensembles

The following students have earned competitive positions and These organizations enrich students' musical lives, and our dedicated their time to these extra-curricular music ensembles: students' involvement with them brings strength and diversity to the IA music program. Consider participating in one of these ● Jessica Chan, AHS Marching Band groups! ● Gabriel Gilleland, School or Rock ● Vedika Iyer, OYO & MYSB ● Avondale High School Marching Band ● Ryan Jin, OYO ● Rochester Adams High School Marching Band ● Molly Levin, MOTCC ● Rochester Stoney Creek High School Marching Band ● Jacqueline Li, WBHS Marching Band ● West Bloomfield High School Marching Band ● Alaina Newell, RSCHS Marching Band ● Detroit Symphony Orchestra Civic Youth Ensembles ● Parker Newell, RSCHS Marching Band ● Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus ● Qingqing Ouyang, DSO CYE ● Michigan Youth Ensembles ● Matthew Priskorn, Zenith Brass & Take 2 Symphony ● Oakland Youth Orchestras ● Nichole Schmidt, OYO & Faire Musique ● School of Rock ● Sophie Tsamaidis, RAHS Marching Band ● Take 2 Symphony ● Tre Webb, Take 2 Symphony ● Zenith Brass ● Miracle Felsner, OYO ● Robert Silaghi, MAC Open (1st Place) ● Missole Doe, OYO ● Moochan Lee, DMYS ● Tyler Moon, DSO CYE ● Amaya Aten, CYE

● Miles Goedert, DMYS

● Grace Bogle, DMYS

TRI-M is a national honor society for music education, run by the ● Zachary Aronson-Paxton, 11 National Association for Music Education (NAfME). The goals of ● Miracle Felsner, 11 TRI-M are to recognize musical achievement, and to strengthen ● Cydney Goldstein, 11 the community through musical action and service. Inductees ● Nita Kattimani, 11 ● YeonWoo Lee, 11 volunteered for IA music events, like Uniform Night and the ● Jacqueline Li, 11 Banquet. They also performed music in their communities, and at ● Soenke Pietsch, 11 events like our December nursing home performance. The ● Lila Reddy, 11 following students were on-track for induction at the time of ● Lucas Smith, 11 school closure, and therefore have earned their induction for the ● Nandan Srikrishna, 11 2019-20 school year. Congratulations, Inductees! ● Kishan Sripada, 11 ​ ● Caitlin Tabin, 11 ● Jillian Beckwell, 12 ● Greyson Yousif, 11 ● Marc Beired, 12 ● Akshara Karthik, 10 ● Dia Camara, 12 ● Sydney Kleiner, 10 ● Alexandra Clugh, 12 ● Johnathan Marx, 10 ● Miles Goedert, 12 ● Nicole Schmidt, 10 ● Moochan Lee, 12 ● Special thanks go to our TRI-M Executive Board, who put in a great Jack Manting, 12 ​ ​ ● Pooja Menon, 12 deal of time and effort running meetings, organizing events, and keeping ● Younus Mohammed, 12 track of all the details. Great work, and thank you for your efforts! ● Matthew Priskorn, 12 ● Isabella Simakas, 12 President: Dia Camara ● Madeleine Strom, 12 Vice President: Madeleine Strom ● Divya Suresh, 12 Secretary: Jack Manting ● Amy Tang, 12 Treasurer: Nita Kattimani ● Aarani Varatharajan, 12 Historian: Jillian Beckwell ● Kemp Winkler, 12 Ambassador: Pooja Menon ● Jackie Wojcik, 12 The IA Music Program Class of 2020

Dear seniors, Dear Seniors,

Like all of you, I never anticipated that this would be how I’d be You have finally made it through your career at the IA! I know this sharing my gratitude and congratulations at the end of your high journey has brought many great memories and some challenging school career. You deserve much more, after pushing through moments, especially with how this school year has ended. I want to start Online Gov., putting up with my sense of humor, countless hours off by saying that I appreciate each and every one of you. You have made drilling-and-killing passages in our music (that you probably my transition into the IA a lot easier through your talent and leadership. should have practiced at home anyway), and about 20 (or more!) One of the joys of being a music teacher is getting to see your students grow and mature every year. From noticing Euchre in the Brass section performances in your IA career. Along the way we developed (you know who you are) to many meaningful conversations, I have some strange inside jokes (and chants), discovered music we will enjoyed teaching all of you. I will miss the many puns, the 20-minutes of probably never forget (for better and worse), and got to know skipping class (ok, maybe I won’t miss that), trying to teach some of you each other more deeply as musicians and people. That last bit is to play Euchre, and jamming out after school (whether impromptu or the best one to me. You are such a diverse, interesting, intelligent, FOrch rehearsals). You all are truly gifted in everything you do; I know and talented group of people - a perfect balance of skills and that you will make a difference in this world. I wish we could have said personalities that made things click, and made the challenge of goodbye in person, but know that you are always welcome back at the IA doing work every day truly a pleasure. If IA students are the best and in our music room. Best of luck with your future endeavors! of the best, (and I believe you are), then you IA Musicians are the BEST of the best of the best. I am grateful to have been your Congratulations Class of 2020! teacher, and I am looking forward to hearing about what you do as you pursue your passions and seek happiness in the wide world.

Best of luck, IA Music Class of 2020! Musically Yours, Mr. Lewin-Ziegler Sincerely, Mr. LaNoue

Michael Alexander II is, by his own wasn’t feeling her best. In the future, ​ Symphonic Band definition, the most hilarious person on this Catarina hopes to continue to share her earth. I, being love for band and improve her skills as a him, can clarinet player in college and beyond. She Carter Alexander has been a trombone confirm this as is very grateful to have been a part of each player for 7 years now​ , and had always 100% true, and concert, and the bond between many of been the best of his section in class until not up for the members within this tight-knit freshman year debate. While community is one that she will remember began, and he he isn’t the best finally met one musician, or for many years to come. Some things she who would even a good one, he is more of a music looked forward to besides the become both his listener than a music player. Michael is song-playing, was collectively experiencing rival and closest heavily into music from a wide variety of a sense of success and progress as a band friend: Matthew genres such as alt rock, alt pop, jazz, post-practice, as well as Mr. LaNoue’s Priskorn. Carter classical, video game soundtracks, and attempts to gain our attention by making and Matthew some more “experimental” genres. He random references and puns. grew together as listens to about 46 different artists, with 2 of near-equals when it came to the trombone, those artists being discovered in the last 24 Marc Beired started his music career as though Matthew definitely took his music hours of writing this. Michael plans on ​ career much more seriously than Carter did. going into a career in physics, primarily a young child at the age of 7 playing piano. They were both in Bazz Jand, and refused quantum/nuclear physics, and likely will He enjoyed to call it anything else, Matthew joined continue making electronic music as a playing pieces FOrchestra a year before Carter did, hobby in his free time. that were fun though Carter was the one who gave it that name originally. They became a duo that and that he had Catarina Assmuth has been in band was infamous for their idiocy and ​ heard before. ridiculousness both in and out of class. since she first came He continued Whether they were drawing a deified hot to the International playing piano dog known as the Sausage Mage on the Academy, and will until 5th grade whiteboard, or giving Lord Zigglesworth a always remember the when he was hard time, if something weird was going on countless memories given the option in band class, you could generally expect she made while to choose an instrument to play and during Carter and/or Matthew to be the culprit. being a part of this the demonstrations he saw the French horn. Now, physically separated due to the coronavirus outbreak, it saddens Carter that community. Band He recognized it from the soundtracks in so he might not be able to say goodbye to his was always many Star Wars films and Harry Potter closest highschool friend face to face. something to look forward to, and knowing movies. Marc’s favorite pieces have she had band class later in the day gave her revolved around the epic stories that the the drive to persevere on days when she pieces told. The French horn was one of the best instruments for telling stories. It was always emboldened to do better not as we extend our horizons and mature into could impersonate planets and wolves and just for myself but for the group to take adulthood. Bazz Jand forever baby. narrate epic space battles. During his time further pride in what we accomplished. in band class at IA Marc has had the From the bold brassy toots of trumpets to Sincerely, Soulfully, Saxfully, opportunity to continue to play and tell the pleasing plinks of a piano, I found Dia Camara stories in orchestra and symphonic band. myself infatuated with the sounds we Because of this he is extremely grateful and crafted together weekly. Filip Grodzicki recommends the program to more Truly, I could never seem to resist Although I haven’t taken part in the music freshmen in the future and recommends the urge to bop my head along to the program too much current symphonic band members to play music we made that resonated with me so outside of Full in full orchestra. profoundly. I definitely wasn’t the only one Orchestra, the who felt the need to dance, because I often amount of effort that Dia Camara looked back during a long bar rest and I have seen put into To the wonderful people of Symphonic would see members of the trombone it is absolutely Band and Jazz Band Bazz Jand, section doing that funky dance so gallantly. amazing and has ​ ​ What made band great for me was that it motivated me to do Whether it be fourth was a wonderful repertoire of challenging the same with my hour A day or pieces to play as a testament of our group other courses. I was Monday and skill. I will never forget performing accepted into the University of Michigan Wednesday Arabesque, Candide, Princess Mononoke, Ann Arbor, and plan on playing flute for afterschool, I always and Khan in Symphonic Band, just as much some sort of band or orchestra. And lastly, found joy in playing as I hold Brooklyn, Oclupaca, Critical Mass, enjoy MYP and DP as much as possible, music in the band and Sir Duke in Jazz Band in my memory. and by enjoy I mean sleep. ensemble. It often Every year I had the pleasure to hang out with great people and make great music. Below is Younus Mohammed, a energized me with cheer on the most dull ​ ​ and tiresome of school days. I can The only thing I could possibly ask for were former Senior at the International Academy wholeheartedly say that some of my spunky solos from a particular very talented who loves to make happiest days in highschool were junior playing an instrument that rhymes jokes and have fun highlighted by an amazing rehearsal or with lace, you know who you are. If me with his classmates performance by both the Jazz Band or graduating means you’ll lay down the and friends. He Symphonic Band. Motivated by the mood funkiest beat that ever funked in funkytown, plays the French of the music, playing along with the group then I am content never hearing it at all. Horn and over the and developing our musicianship had I thank you all so much for sharing the gift years has gained an become my therapy. I felt refreshed from of making music together, and I wish you all intense passion for hearing the music we made together, and the best in your future developments as music and even musicians or whatever you wish to become took music theory so that he could learn most enjoyed playing the more classical and I am hoping to be either a Dental more about the history of music. He pieces, with a fond memory of having Corps Officer or Medical Service Corps attributes his passion for music to his two played one of the movements from Officer in the Army. I will always love the close friends Matthew Priskorn and Carter Symphonie Fantastique. This year, I also bassoon and what I have learned from Alexander, the inseparable trombone pair, joined the Symphonic Orchestra because playing, as well as from my private lessons and his other close friend, Dia Camara. His they desperately wanted me (not because I teacher, Mrs.Lori Smithling. It’s been a wild time at the IA is filled with great memories was good, but because they didn’t have four years :) of his time goofing around with his friends, any other trumpets). Although I only played from granting Mr. Lewin-Ziegler the title of in one concert, I loved it and I regret not Great, it would appear that Matthew ​ “Lord Zigglesworth-Sama,” to goofing having participated sooner. Next year, I will Priskorn has contracted a strange case of around in Full Orchestra (affectionately be going to the University of Michigan’s ​ illeism (the act of nicknamed “Fork'' by Carter). There wasn’t Ross school of business. I also hope to referring to oneself in the a single day where shenanigans didn’t complete a dual degree in computer third person); however, happen. Shout out to Mr. LaNoue, who was science. he claims that this is still dubbed Father Eric, Lord of the Low Brass, Thank you Mr. LaNoue for an him speaking. I am not God of the Golden Bones (which stand for amazing 3.75 years at the IA. I enjoyed sure if we should believe Trombone) among numerous other names, being in all of my classes that you taught, him though... Anyway, and Mr. Lewin-Ziegler, both of whom put and thank you for always being patient with he left a message, I up with their shenanigans not only in Band my trumpet playing!!! should probably get on and Full Orchestra, but also in Music Theory with that: Although he has only ever had while being good sports about it the entire Caitlin Paquette two band instructors, Matt can safely say way. Younus will be going to Wayne State Despite what my attendance record that Mr. LaNoue is one of the best out University next year, where he will be doing suggests, I really like band and orchestra there. He would also like to formally pre-med so that he can become a doctor and even considered playing the bassoon apologize to Mr. LZ for the unceasing music one day. in the Marine puns during IB Music and Full Orchestra; he

Corps. I am now realizes that playing a string instrument Hello! My name is Gaspard Mosquet ​ really sorry for takes marginally more skill than Guitar Hero and I play trumpet! I’ve played trumpet never coming on advanced difficulty. And also many ever since the 4th to class Mr. thanks to both Mr. LaNoue and Mr. LZ for grade, except for one LaNoue and picking out some very fun and entertaining year in middle school Mr. LZ, and music over the past 4 and 2.31 years where I had the great thank you for respectively and teaching students a lot misfortune of playing tolerating me. about music in general. Also a shoutout to Tuba. Throughout Next year I am Carter Alexander, playing Rummy, Speed high school, I have going to Michigan State and doing ROTC, and Euchre in the back of orchestra practice was far more fun than Solitaire would have church and join the church choir there (I for both of them for making my IB music been. Matt is planning on attending the know I’m such a traitor). Academically, I class interesting and informative, even if the University of Michigan and will be studying plan on majoring in chemical engineering only thing I remember about Neapolitan Engineering and Computer Science. He is and minoring in economics at the University chords is the ice cream Mr. LZ brought in also planning to continue to play the of Michigan this coming fall and help our that class. This music department has trombone in at least one musical ensemble society become more sustainable and save meant so much to me over the past four there as he really enjoys band and the earth (yay!). Last but definitely not least, years, and I am sad to have to leave it, yet orchestra. Finally, a shout-out to all of his deep woods forever! I’m even more excited to see the things it peers, Matt has really enjoyed making will accomplish in the future. music with all of you, apologizes for playing Isabella Simakas really loud sometimes, and hopes the best Amidst all the stress that us students were for you next year in your college endeavors. put through at our time at the IA, music has Chorale Live Long and Prosper. always been a source of comfort and relaxation for Jessica Cho jumped into music at the IA Christina Said me, making my ​ her freshman year. Even though our senior year came to an music classes She joined the abrupt end, the IA staff have been so some of my coveted “Bel Canto: supportive, and they always have been. I favorites. This, Singers choir” am beyond of course, (semi-lovingly thankful for would not have referred to as Bel the IA staff, been possible CANTo by many my A-day without my upperclassmen, lunch table friends and including her sister). She spent two years in friends, and amazing teachers. Even though concerts Bel Canto, and in those two years learned my friends. after school and long days at Festival might the basics of making music and the concept The music have seemed gruelling, I always look back of “sight-reading” (something she has yet department on them fondly as they allowed my friends to grasp). After her sophomore year, she has always and I to bond even further. Additionally, auditioned a second time for chorale, and given me a community and a way to take a some of my closest relationships with was finally, not justly (because she still break from all the priorities of IA to just play teachers are between Mr. LaNoue and Mr. wasn’t a very good singer), allowed to join beautiful music together, and I’m forever Lewin-Ziegler. Band would not have been the ensemble. In this ensemble she grateful for that. I hope to continue music in the same without Mr. LaNoue as my discovered how insanely talented her peers college in some form, but it probably won’t teacher for all four years, and Mr. LZ made were and also how everyone has their own be in the form of a band class. I plan to Full Orchestra practice entertaining with his strengths… Although she never developed continue learning to chant in college at frequent and random tangents. I’m thankful to be a musical genius, she did gain confidence in her own skills. Skills that she Delaney Finn pursuing a dual degree in Music Education hopes to continue developing long after Known by a myriad of things, music and and English, with a minor in K-12 Education she leaves highschool choir behind. choir geek, theatre enthusiast, author and Leadership/Administration! writer, equestrian, Lexi Clugh is a senior and is confused as Gabe Gilleland managed to make it ​ dog-lover, and ​ to why people future music through all four years of the International write their teacher. Delaney Academy, much to bios in the has dedicated the surprise of third person. herself to her everyone. During his Notorious for passion for time at the IA, he her loud laugh learning in the last indulged in several and having a four years at the IA, musical endeavors, bowl cut particularly in her such as joining the (which she love for music. In her four years at the IA, Chorale choir, taking loves!), Lexi she has been in the alto section of Chorale HL Music, and adores and has loved it! She also has participated writing and producing two full length Chorale with in four regional honors choirs and two state albums. He plans on heading to Wayne all of her heart honors choirs with the Michigan Student State University to learn about audio and was eager to join when she transferred Vocal Music Association, and two national production and engineering, so keep a from IAEast’s Chorale at the beginning of honors choirs with the American Choral lookout for when he produces your favorite sophomore year. Lexi loves coffee, musical Directors Association, conferences she feels musician’s new album in a few years. theatre, apple sauce, playing the ukulele, blessed to have been a part of. She also Everyone should go listen to Gabe’s album and streaming music through her hearing became a section leader this past year in Music For Nobody if they want to be cool ​ aids during class. In order to achieve her Chorale, and is super grateful to have had and epic! dream of being an actress with a Disney such an understanding, fun group of altos Cruise Line contract, she will be attending to work with! (She sends her love to each of the University of Michigan’s Residential her alto buddies.) College in their College of Literature, She is so grateful for Mr. LaNoue Science, and the Arts with a major in and Mr. Lewin-Ziegler, for all of the Biopsychology, Cognition, and opportunities, tutelage, advice, and Neuroscience (don’t ask how that lines up resources they have provided her in her with her dream job...she’s still figuring it time at IA, all of which allowed her to out). Lexi would like to give a special thanks flourish and find her calling as a future to Mr. LaNoue and Mr. LZ for putting up music educator. Delaney is attending with how loud she is. Boston University this fall where she will be Vanessa Kiefer is so grateful to have the underdogs mates. Y’all do good work.” Pooja is very grateful to the teachers ​ been a part of IA’s Chorale for all four years He would also like to thank his seat buddies who have made learning fun and for of her high school career. Throughout her Pooja and Josh because they always keep providing the foundation for good habits time at the IA, him attentive and on-track during class. for the future. She is also thankful to her Chorale has been And lastly, he would like to thank Mr. classmates for making high school fun and a constant source LaNoue for allowing him to explore many memorable. She has really enjoyed going of positivity and facets of music with different instruments to school at the IA, and will miss it, and all creativity in her throughout his four years at IA. the people she has come to appreciate. day that she got to IA means a lot to him, but Jack is look forward to. super stoked to be attending Washington Rachel Park Vanessa is also University in St. Louis next year with the The last four years at IA have prepared me thankful to have primary goal of eating as much of that tasty for the next step in engaged in further musical activities at the St. Louis food as possible. Music has, and the most IA, such as co-leading the a-capella club always will be, a huge part of his life and unexpected ways. and being a part of tri-m. She wants to give Jack couldn’t be more grateful to have Looking back at a special shout-out to the alto section for spent it with his friends at IA. myself freshman being her little music support family for all year, I see how Pooja Menon has been in Chorale for these years (i love you guys), and to her IB ​ drastically I have music class for always making her smile with three years and changed and the musical analysis themed banter. has really enjoyed mistakes I could have avoided. But I realize every minute of it. that the most important thing that I can do Jack Manting started out his music She is very is to learn from these moments and grow. I ​ journey as a wee grateful to Mr. would like to thank my family and friends trombonist coming LaNoue for that always support me and allow me to be in freshman year. providing her the best version of myself. Although senior However, by with the year got cut short, I want to remind the sophomore year opportunities to upcoming seniors how quickly time flies by he decided that grow musically throughout this time. She and to use that short time surrounding the trombone was the Soprano Section leader this year yourself with the people that bring you didn’t really “toot and the Ambassador of the Music Honors happiness. This fall, I am planning to attend his horn” and Mr. Society (Tri-M). UCLA majoring in Biochemistry. LaNoue was kind enough to let Jack Pooja will be attending Michigan transfer to Chorale. State’s Lyman Briggs in the fall and plans to Jack would like to give a big shout major in Biology. In the future, she wants to out to his fellow tenors. He says “We are become a doctor. Madeleine Strom has been a member thanks to Mr. LaNoue, who has put up with in her heart. Divya will be attending the ​ of Chorale for 3 years, and is in IB music. her in at least one of his classes for the past University of Michigan in the Fall, and she Outside of school, she had taken private 3 years, not to mention all the questions cannot wait to visit next year to see all the piano lessons for she constantly asks for her compositions. new things to come! about 9 years, and Though the year was cut short, she would now enjoys writing not have wanted to spend her senior year Kemp Winkler her own music. of Chorale with anyone else. I joined choir to play piano, and somehow Next year, she managed to learn how Divya Suresh has been a part of Chorale plans on going to ​ to sing. (Kudos to Mr Purdue University since her sophomore year (when she joined LaNoue for that.) to study medical IA) and she has Likewise, I wish my laboratory loved every second Bass children the best, sciences, and her end goal is to study at a of it! From fun with my one regret Swedish university to major in Biomedicine warm-ups to choir being I’ll never get to or Toxicology. Her career choice has concerts (that almost hear our….interesting nothing to do with music, but she would always happened to harmonies again. Next still like to keep music as one of her main be the night before year I will be attending passions and hobbies in her future. She a test), she will always say Chorale is one of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. hopes that she can continue to build great her favorite classes. She has made some of friendships with others who share a similar her closest friends in this class, and she After Jacqueline Wojcik’s years at the ​ ​ passion for music, just as she has in the past especially loves it because it gives her a IA she will be attending Michigan State 4 years in choir. She’d like to shout out all chance to spend time with people from where she plans to the freshmen and sophomores for their other grades. Apart from Chorale, Divya study International confidence in taking on a higher class and has also been in IACapella since her Business/Relations at sharing their talents with the sophomore year and is one of the leaders James Madison. upperclassmen. For the juniors, she is in of the club as a senior. She would like to Jacqueline knew she awe of the amazing talent and leadership give a shoutout to all her acapella friends liked traveling when skills demonstrated by you all; you will all who always made her Tuesdays a little she was younger, take chorale to another level next year brighter! Divya is also a member of the however her love for while keeping it fun… and quite interesting TRI-M Music Honors Society, and she traveling grew from the IA. Jacqueline with your outgoing personalities. For the enjoyed playing the ukulele at nursing realized that the IA has so much to offer seniors, Maddy was very grateful to have homes and going to see RENT! Although with its diverse students and close built a special bond with each one of you, she did not get a final choir concert to say a community. She has made a lot of great and she will miss the fun they all had, traditional goodbye to all her musical friends there and created many special especially with her Salchichas. Special friends, they will always hold a special place memories. One thing she didn’t expect to join was IASA however she loved learning Neha Dwibhashyam started playing Symphony Orchestra ​ the Indian dance moves. The IA is the violin when she was 5, and has been in perfect place to learn something you are Symphony Orchestra Jillian Beckwell has been in an unfamiliar with. She really enjoyed going on ​ for 3 years. She is also the enrichment trips to Poland and orchestra since 5th grade. She is very in Full Orchestra, and Germany; where those trips gave her the indecisive, so she has OYO's Symphony opportunity to go out of the country for the had a hard time Orchestra. Some of first time. Jacqueline wants to tell her fellow deciding what to play. her most memorable students to not take anything in for granted She started playing orchestra experiences and go outside of their comfort zone. Try all the cello in 5th grade, include falling asleep the different clubs at IA because you’ll switched to the bass on someone’s never know what you’ll enjoy or who you in 6th grade, decided shoulder during a 4 will meet. Jacqueline sang in her first PTC to play the viola in 7th hour Mozart opera in Chicago, shattering show her senior year and wished she joined grade and strongly her violin by falling on the case with her many clubs earlier. She also wanted to disliked it (sorry LZ!). entire body weight, and performing an thank the IA teachers for their hard work Finally in 8th grade, she returned to the erratic rendition of the Mendelssohn and encouragement. Jacqueline wants to bass and decided that was it. This was not concerto with an untightened bow in a thank Mr. LZ and Mr.LaNoue for making true, as at the start of 9th grade, she noisy golf club. She plans to continue choir and IB music a lot of fun. She enjoyed decided that she would give choir a playing violin as she attends the University the interesting aspects of the class like chance. Immediately she knew that she did of Michigan College of Engineering and learning more about the Beatles, one of her not belong in choir as she could not sing, pursues a career in AI. She would like to favorite bands. She even enjoyed writing a so she once again returned to the bass. Jill thank her parents, as well as everyone in 4000 word EE about music theory on the has stuck with the bass ever since, and the IA music community, for all of their brain development of premature babies joined the Symphony orchestra in her support and hard work (including Mr. and wanted to thank Mr.LZ for being a sophomore year and full orchestra in her Lewin-Ziegler, who has been an amazing great mentor. She also wanted to thank junior year. Next year, she is going to teacher and conductor, despite being a Mr.LaNoue for always remaining calm when Grand Valley State University and plans to violist). The people of IA will always hold a Jacqueline was talking with Pooja and Jack major in English and get a minor in history. special place in her temporal lobe. every other second they weren’t singing. Thanks IA for everything!

Ever since her middle school orchestra Miles Goedert music and people at IA. I am undecided of conductor put her in 5th chair, Sophie where I will be going next year, but I will ​ Music has always been a significant part of definitely be majoring in music composition Egnotovich knew she was destined to my life. Well, at least since I was seven. ​ (and chemistry too!). Thanks for everything! become a great cello Before that, I was the

player. There was hardly biggest math nerd a minute spent in her life you've ever seen and Sarah Kefri where she wasn't also the most stubborn Like many students, I have been in practicing and honing seven year old you've orchestra since 5th her technique. She came ever seen too. My Mom grade. I’ve been playing to IA in the year 2016 thought that I may like the cello since then, and and continued her cello music if I gave it a try. I during my high school tutelage under the great put up a fight but then years, I started out in the Doctor Jui-Chao Wang. She learned many she came to a nice strings orchestra lessons from the virtuosic conductor and compromise saying that I only had to take freshman year, but then grew as both a player and a person, even six lessons. The first lesson, I was too went into symphony advancing from Strings into Symphony stubborn to appreciate anything. But the sophomore year and Orchestra in her sophomore year. Then second lesson, my teacher introduced me continued on. Since 9th grade, I’ve been a one day, as quickly as she had come, the to composition and I've been writing part of DMYS (Detroit Metropolitan Youth legendary Jui-Chao Wang vanished. In her everyday since. I like to write about nature, Symphony) because I wanted to keep place came Mr. Joseph Lewin-Ziegler. He colors, emotions, issues/inequalities, and learning from my middle school conductor, was a force to be reckoned with, pushing the people in my life. I feel like my time at since he was the concert orchestra Sophie and her innate musical abilities to IA has shaped so much about how I write conductor at dmys. For the next four years, the brink, challenging her to become the and the kind of person I am. From I am planning on attending Michigan State prodigal cellist he knew she could develop improvising off of EDM songs with Ramiz University but I have yet to decide on a into. Throughout her symphonic career, after school, to talking about the music that major. Sophie has thrived sitting last chair cello. Enrico likes, to writing multilayered songs She led the orchestra with her considerable with Pelagia, I had the best music times and Lawrence Kim talent, air-bowing and taking twenty minute the best times in general at IA. And I had Larry picked up violin as bathroom breaks (it's a health condition, the best music teachers and best teachers his second instrument she'd never skip class intentionally). Sophie in general at IA too! Mr. Ziegler and Mr. nine years ago. Though will continue her education at the University LaNoue helped me so much with serious at first, he now of Michigan, majoring in International orchestration and feedback on my pieces, chooses to play violin as Relations and will mostly likely sell her cello supported me throughout, and made me a method of relaxation on eBay to the highest bidder. always look forward to B days. I had a and plays songs of the fantastic time in highschool because of the Romantic period when the mood fits. But one goal with the violin Grishanth Manoharan has been Amy Tang has been in Symphony for ​ ​ is to play "Introduction et Rondo playing the violin for 7 years. He started in three years and Strings for one year. She Capriccioso" with or perfecting it before 6th grade, and when he also takes private lessons for violin and is one of his friends (sk). He joined the high joined the International concertmaster in school symphony orchestra entering his Academy, he started off Oakland Youth sophomore year and continued to stay in it in Strings. He joined Orchestra's Symphony until the end of his senior year. Larry is Symphony in his senior Orchestra. In her free quite ficke about what he wants to do after year. He is currently time, she likes to highschool. On the plan of going to undecided about where spend time with college, he currently doesn't know where he will attend college and friends and binge he wants to go and doesn't know what he plans on majoring in watch Netflix. In the wants to study, but his main interests are computer engineering. fall, Amy is planning to attend the neuroscience or something in the field of University of Michigan with a major in physics. Pelagia Pamel has been a violinist in electrical engineering or computer science. ​ Symphony since her freshman year. She has Moochan Lee has been in Symphony Aarani Varatharajan was in Symphony ​ participated at both ​ Orchestra for 2 and a half-ish years. He is District and State Solo for 3 years. She did violin outside of school also the first chair cellist & Ensemble, where through private lessons and the DSO youth for the Detroit she has received a 1 orchestra. She Metropolitan Youth for all of her events attended Solo and Symphony as well as the throughout the years. Ensemble her junior youth orchestra at his At the start of her year and received a church. He plans on junior year, she joined 1. She plans to go going to school at the the Detroit to the University of University of Southern Metropolitan Youth Symphony as a first Michigan to follow California to double violin. Pelagia has been taking private violin the pre-med track major in Business Administration and either lessons for eight years. Outside of violin, with a major in Biology. Accounting or International Relations. Pelagia has been a competitive figure Moochan would love to take part in the skater for 12 years at the Detroit Skating orchestra at USC and plans on auditioning Club. She sings in the youth and adult as soon as possible. Moochan has had a choirs, along with studying voice privately, great time in IA's Symphony Orchestra and at Kirk in the Hills. In the fall, Pelagia will be will miss everyone! <3 attending the University of Michigan with plans to study voice and/or international studies. IA Central Campus Music Boosters

The IACCMB is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, run by parent volunteers, with the goal of fundraising ​ ​ for and assisting in the administrative tasks of the IA Music Program. Beyond raising funds, music boosters help in managing our uniforms, selling spirit wear and roses at concerts, printing programs, and hosting our annual Music Banquet. They are so integral to the success of our program, and we are so very grateful for all of their efforts. We thank our 2019-2020 IACCMB Board, with a particular recognition to Mona Clugh and Lisa Goedert, whose children are graduating from the IA. Thank you ​ ​ ​ ​ for your years of service, and congratulations to you and your graduates!

President: Carol Hart Committee Chairs and Key Volunteers ​ Vice-President: Kristina Mony Banquet: Kristina Mony ​ ​ Treasurer: Mitch Swayze Communications: Jenette Smith ​ ​ Secretary: Jenette Smith Hospitality: Kristy Newell ​ ​ Programs: Board Members Ad Sales – Nicola Gilson ​ At-Large: Karen Marx Layout – Shobha Kattimani ​ ​ At-Large: Shobha Kattimani Rose Sales: ​ Band – Karen Marx ​ Chorus – Anita Petrosky ​ Orchestra – Jennifer Cook ​ Spirit Wear: Mona Clugh Uniforms: Lisa Goedert Website: Shobha Kattimani IACCMB 2019-20 Benefactors

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