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Nine students from the Gunn Music Program will perform in the Connecticut Music Educators Association's Northern Region Music Festival on Saturday, January 18, at New Britain High School, located at 110 Mill Street in New Britain, Connecticut. The festival concert will feature performances by the Northern Region Jazz Band, Treble Choir, and Mixed Choir at 2 p.m., and the Northern Region Concert Band and Orchestra at 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person.
Students from schools in 48 towns in Litchfield County and the Greater Hartford region auditioned to perform in the Northern Region Music Festival. Gunn will be represented at the festival by the following students:
Siena Castonguay ’27 — Soprano, Treble Choir
Wilhelm Luft ’27 — Trumpet, Orchestra
Poppy Mand ’27 — Soprano, Treble Choir
Aryel Sealey ’25 — Tenor, Mixed Choir
Oliver Severino ’27 — Bass, Mixed Choir
Rocky Wang ’25 — Trombone, Concert Band
Gavin Yin ’26 — Alto Sax, Concert Band
Stella Zhu ’25 — Alto, Mixed Choir
Anya Zigmont ’26 — Viola, Orchestra
In addition, six of these students — Castonguay, Mand, Sealey, Severino, Zhu and Zigmont — will be auditioning February 1 at North Haven High School for the chance to perform in the CMEA All-State Music Festival. If selected, they will perform in concert with the top musicians in the state, March 27-29 at Wethersfield High School. Go Gunn!
Above: Students traveled to New Britain on January 17 to participate in rehearsals for the Northern Region Music Festival. Photo by Ron Castonguay P’27, Director of the Arts and Music Director.