Ridge Music Students Selected for Region II Performances

Editor's Note: Band parent Donald Grossmann provided the following information.

Twenty-two Ridge High School music students have been selected, by audition, for the 2012 Regional II Bands, Orchestra and Choruses.

Selected to the wind ensemble were Kevin Lui on Bb clarinet and Alison Shim on mallets. Oliver Tang was accepted into the Symphonic Band on Bb clarinet. The Region Bands performed their annual concert on January 15 at Montgomery High School.

 Kevin was also was accepted into the All-State Wind Ensemble which is scheduled to perform its annual concert on February 25 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

Also elected to the Region Orchestra was violinist Yunhee Kang. The Region Orchestra concert was held on January 8 at Montgomery High School.

Eighteen Ridge students were selected for the Region II Mixed and Women’s Choruses which performed their annual concert on January 29 at Monroe Township High School. Members of the Mixed Chorus were sopranos Samantha Cordasco, Sara DiDiego, Sarah Matsushima and Lisa Woodridge, alto Niki Sumka, tenor Alexander Wilke and basses Dan Choe, Matthew VonBargen and Devin McGuire. Members of the Women’s Chorus were sopranos Catherine Kelly, Taylor Munir and Kelsey McKeon, and altos Katherine Corrigan, Julia Grossmann, Emily Jones, Sunwoo Chae and Emily Vaias. 

Auditions for these Region II ensembles were held in December.  The instrumental audition consisted of scales, a prepared solo and sight reading.  The choral auditions consisted of scales, solo and quintet testing. Nearly 500 students auditioned for the two choruses.