Middle School Students Participate In Area Festivals

By LAURIE BORST

Published: May 04, 2007 12:00 am

Newtown Middle School students participated in the 2007 Western Region Middle School Festival Concert, which took place March 24 at the Ives Concert Hall, Western Connecticut State University. Sponsored by the Connecticut Music Educatorâs Association (CMEA), this musical performance program featured some of the areaâs best young musicians.

NMS students in the Festival Jazz Band were Laurel Speed and Brian White. Students in the Festival Concert Band were R.J. Roman, Molly Sheluck, and Monica Tedla. Members of the Festival Chorus were Leah Barrett, Katie Cummings, Katie McMorran, Brittany Soucar, Megan Preis, and Gabrielle Milano.Â Â

Other NMS students participated in the 33rd Annual Fairfield County String Festival, also held March 24.

Seventh grade violinist Douglas Pierce, violist Nicole DeFelice, and cellist Julie Ficks, and eighth grade violists Jane Ellen Anderson and Meghan Loose, and bassist Rachel Fintz performed at the festival held at Newtown High School.

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