Groves Musicians Receive High Marks at MSBOA
The weekend before last, members of the Groves HS Orchestra program participated in the Michigan School Band & Orchestra Association’s (MSBOA) District Solo & Ensemble Festival held at Novi HS. This is an event where students compete either as a soloist, or in a small ensemble, against set criteria for a judge.
There are five possible scores. The top two are: Division 1 = Excellent and Division II = Good.
21 Groves performances earned the highest possible score – Division I:
- Sarah Jones & Vanessa Archibald– viola duet
- Elijah Daniels & Juliet Berkaw– viola & cello duet
- Addelyn Bishop– violin solo
- Isabella Cocroft– cello solo
- Claire DeJager– violin solo
- Kendall Dorfman– violin solo
- Lauren Goins– cello solo
- Collin Gregory & Ta’Laya Stallings– violin duet
- Raegan Haenggi & Quinn VanderWeele– cello duet
- Isla Hepburn– cello solo
- Isla Hepburn & Ariana Kadlec, violin & cello duet
- Kendall Dorfman & Ariana Kadlec– violin duet
- Ariana Kadlec– violin solo
- Safiya Mahmood– violin solo
- Charlisa Penzak– piano solo
- Isla Hepburn & Evelyn Quinn– cello duet
- Linas Schafer– violin solo
- Ta’Laya Stallings– violin solo
- Kendall Dorfman & Quinn VanderWeele– violin & cello duet
- George Wilde– violin solo
- Alexandra Wright– violin solo
Division II scores were achieved in these performances:
- Poppy Dimmer– cello solo
- Sarah Jones– viola solo
Our students worked very hard in preparation with the goal of meeting their individual potential for this event. They did a fantastic job and performed extremely well! The Groves Orchestra program had 23 entries into the competition. Each one earned a Division I or II rating. Olivia Zang and Paul Shawver are very proud of our hard-working and talented students!
Congratulations to these talented Falcons!
