Past ETHS Band awards

This year’s fine arts awards ceremony will take place:

Wednesday, may 19, 2010, 3:45pm in the eths auditorium

 

This page honors past students who have been recognized for their improvement, excellence, and dedication to the etHS band program. congratulations and thank you!

2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR:


BAND AWARDS:

Wildkit Band Award

Chris Bouxsein

Director's Band Award

Claire Harper


Most Improved Freshman Award

Colin Fero

Rachel Sorkin

Most Improved Sophomore Award

Joe Abrams

Outstanding Freshman Award

Thomani Adams

Sophie Arndt

Luke Austen-Smith

Grant Bailey

Jessica Carley

Linnea Garcia

Rachel Geschidle

Christian Hunter

Dan Rashid

Jessica Shatkin

Will Sparks

Kate Weine

Aaron Widell

Outstanding Sophomore Award

Kathleen Doyle

Daniel Dunietz

Keith England

Joey Fisher

Nick Jones

Avi Kurganoff

Hannah Legator

Tom Parkinson

Carol Pint

Matt Pranica

Ben Sheu

Vidur Sood

Jonathan Spalding

Mark Specht

Andrew Winslow

Nate Woodring

Outstanding Junior Award

John Albright

Sam Carruthers

Aaron Comforty

Joseph Eskin

Charlie Fisher

Dan Fronczak

Greg Hanford

Ellie Levine

Josh Phillips

Andrew Pope

Andrew Sowle

Greg Urban

Jacob Youngblood

Outstanding Senior Award

Ben AdamS

Malcolm Black

Chris Bouxsein

Isabel Fulcher

Claire Harper

Rachel Hudgens

Will McKenna

Sarah Shaw

4 Year Senior Award

Benjamin Adams

Malcolm Black

Christopher Bouxsein

Hannah Carlton

Benjamin Caroli

Carolyn Casady

Llyoandra Cooper

Steven Devine

Karlton Durry Jr.

Amanda Ellison

Jonah Ellman

Isabel Fulcher

Justin Fuller-Smith

Catherine HarloW

Claire Harper

Rachel Hudgens

Mark Isaacson

Rachel Kamienski

Rachel Kaplan

Margaret Kelly

Kevin Macica

Peter Manheim

Nora Marino

Will McKenna

Jake Montanaro

Jaime Myers

Anders Pollack

Luke Rehage

Sarah Shaw

Cole Sorensen

Kenneth Spalla

Jonathan Strunk

Senior Award for 2 years Service

Laura Hayden

Senior Award for 3 years Service

Anne Frigo

Leadership & Volunteer Award

Allie Denton

Luann Dollente

Claire Harper

Cole Murphy

Sylvia Niemira

Greg Urban


JAZZ AWARDS:


Louis Armstrong Award

Drew Banzhaf

Peter Manheim

Will McKenna


Most Improved Freshman Jazz Award

Daniel Rothschild

Most Improved Junior Jazz Award

Aaron Comforty

Josh Doo

Duncan Reilly

Outstanding Freshman Jazz Award

Sam Hudgens

Zach Levine

Outstanding Sophomore Jazz Award

Lucas Cox

Sally Decker

Maddy Smith-Huemer

Avi Kurganoff

John Miller

Outstanding Junior Jazz Award

Asher Miller

Outstanding Sophomore Jazz Award

Matt Pranica

Jonathan Spalding

Outstanding Junior Jazz Award

Julian Allen

Aaron Comforty

Greg Hanford

Jacob Youngblood

Outstanding Senior Jazz Award

Chris Bouxsein

Luke Rehage


OTHER AWARDS & HONORS:

Honors Recital

Ben Adams

IMEA Composition Award

Greg Hanford


All-District Performers:



Northshore Honor Band Performers:


Northshore Concert Band “Lifetime of Music” Performers:


Honors Recital Performers:



2006-2007 SCHOOL YEAR:


BAND AWARDS:

Wildkit Band Award

Travis White-Schwoch

Director's Band Award

Louis Hellman

Andrew Day


Most Improved Freshman Award

Matt Pranica

Most Improved Sophomore Award

Marissa Driscoll

Most Improved Junior Award

Jonathan Strunk

Most Improved Senior Award

Emily Rolando

Outstanding Freshmen Award

DOYLE, KATHLEEN

DUNIETZ, DANIEL

ENGLAND, KEITH

JONES, NICHOLAS

KURGANOFF, ABRAHAM

LEGATOR, HANNA

ROMAN, NICHOLAS

SHELLY, RACHEL

SHEU, BENJAMIN

SOOD, VIDUR

SPALDING, JONATHAN

SPECHT, MARK

STRUNK, CLAIRE

WINSLOW, ANDREW

WOODRING, NATHANIEL

Outstanding Sophomore Award

ALBRIGHT, JOHN

COMFORTY, AARON

ESKIN, JOSEPH

FISHER, CHARLES

HANFORD, GREGORY

LEVINE, ELEANOR

PHILLIPS, JOSHUA

POPE, ANDREW

URBAN, GREGORY

YOUNGBLOOD, JACOB

Outstanding Junior Award

ADAMS, BENJAMIN

BLACK, MALCOLM

BOUXSEIN, CHRISTOPHER

FULCHER, ISABEL

HARPER, ELIZA

HUDGENS, RACHEL

MCKENNA, WILLIAM

Outstanding Senior Award

Sara Doyle

James Strzalka

Leadership and Volunteer Award

Travis White-Schwoch

Andrew Day

Greg Latta

Cole Murphy

Jacob Melczer

Claire Harper

Greg Hanford

Greg Urban

3 & 4 Year Senior Award

AZZARELLO, MICHAEL (3)

BRODY, PETER

CALDWELL, SARAH

COURTRIGHT, BROOKS

DAMASHEK, ELLIOT

DAY, ANDREW

DOYLE, SARA

GILBERT, RYON

HELLMAN, LOUIS

HUPPERT, MAXWELL

KIPP, DANIEL

LATTA, GREGORY

LAURENCE, ALISON

MARKS, SAMUEL

MCGARY, MARIE 

MELCZER, JACOB

MILLER, CHRISTOPHER

O'CALLAHAN, ANDREW

PIERCE, GREGORY

RANIERI, KATHERINE

RASHID, ROBERT

ROLANDO, EMILY

ROLFES, NICHOLAS

SEAR, DANIEL

SLOANE, LILAH

STRZALKA, JAMES

WHITE-SCHWOCH, TRAVIS



JAZZ AWARDS:


Louis Armstrong Award

Chris Miller

Robert Rashid

Most Improved Freshman Award

John Miller

Lucas Cox

Hannah Legator

Most Improved Sophomore Award

Aaron Comforty

Josh Doo

Josh Phillips

Most Improved Junior Award

Chris Bouxsein

Most Improved Senior Award

Mike Azzarello

Outstanding Freshmen Jazz Award

Jonathan Spaulding

Avi Kurganoff

Sally Decker

Outstanding Sophomore Jazz Award

Julian Allen

Greg Hanford

Jacob Youngblood

Outstanding Junior Jazz Award

Drew Banzhaf

Peter Manheim

Will McKenna

Malcolm Black

Outstanding Senior Jazz Award

Ken Fuller

Hannah Shefsky

Chris Miller

Robert Rashid

Louis Hellman

Ryon Gilbert

Walter Blaurock


OTHER AWARDS & HONORS:


Senior Soloist

Travis White-Schwoch

IMEA Composition Award

Chris Miller


All-District Performers: Sara Doyle and Travis White-Schwoch for Band, and Will McKenna, Luke Rehage, Robert Rashid, Peter Manhiem, Ken Fuller, Julian Allen, and Drew Banzhaf for jazz.


All-State Performer: Will McKenna.


Northshore Honor Band Performers: Grades 9/10: Ellie Levine, Andrew Winslow, Andrew Pope, Keith England, Josh Phillips, Hannah Legator, Greg Hanford, Alex Walker, Jacob Youngblood, Charlie Fisher, and Greg Urban; Grades 11/12: Claire Harper, Ben Adams, Isabel Fulcher, Louis Hellman, Ryon Gilbert, James Strzalka, Rachel Hudgens, and Rachel Kaplan.


Northshore Concert Band “Lifetime of Music” Performers: Chris Bouxsein, Travis White-Schwoch, Greg Hanford, Louis Hellman, Chris Miller, Ben Adams, Claire Harper, Jacob Youngblood, Greg Urban, and Jonathan Strunk.


Honors Recital Performers: Sara Doyle, Greg Hanford, Yael Kurganoff, Marie McGary, and Travis White Schwoch.

Student Conductors: Andrew Day, Louis Hellman, Travis White-Schwoch, and Aaron Comforty.


2007 Honors Combo for the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic: Chris Miller and Drew Banzhaf


2007 Downbeat Student Music Award Winner: Jessie Arlen (Class of 2006) for Best HS Jazz Vocalist (as recorded with the ETHS Jazz Ensemble)

Previous Years >Band_Awards_2.html

2008-2009 SCHOOL YEAR:


BAND AWARDS:

Wildkit Band Award

Greg Hanford

Director's Band Award

Greg Urban

Jacob Youngblood


Most Improved Freshman Award

William Bermudez

Samantha McDonald

Jeremy Williamson

Alexander Wilson


Outstanding Freshman Award

Jonah Angulo-Hurtig

Laura Bouxsein

Craig Brentz

Zoe Brumfield Meyers

Matt Duenitz

David Flowers

Eleanor Goerss

Molly Kipnis

Nathan Livingston

Patrick Loftus

Ben Nidenberg

Margaret Omori

Nathan Rogers

Itay Solomon

Philip Strunk

Matthew Swartwout

Kathe Wright Kaufman

Troy Zwolinski


Outstanding Sophomore Award

Thomani Adams

Sophie Arndt

Luke Austen-Smith

Grant Bailey

Linnea Garcia

Rachel Geschidle

Christian Hunter

Daniel Rashid


Outstanding Junior Award

Keith England

Nicolas Jones

Avi Kurganoff

Hanna Legator

Tom Parkinson

Carol Pint

Matt Pranica

Ben Sheu

Vidur Sood

Jonathan Spalding

Mark Specht

Andrew Winslow

Nate Woodring


Outstanding Senior Award

John Albright

Sam Carruthers

Aaron Comforty

Joseph Eskin

Charlie Fisher

Dan Fronczak

Greg Hanford

Ellie Levine

Josh Phillips

Andrew Pope

Andrew Sowle

Greg Urban

Jacob Youngblood


Leadership & Volunteer Award

Allie Denton

Luann Dollente

Charlie Fisher

Cole Murphy

Sylvia Niemira

Sarah Seguine-hall

Greg Urban

Jacob Youngblood


Honors Recital

Greg Hanford

Sophie Arndt

Kaethe Wright-Kaufman

Jessica Shatkin

Greg Urban

Senior Soloist

Greg Hanford


JAZZ AWARDS:


Louis Armstrong Award

Julian Allen

Aaron Comforty

Jacob Youngblood


Most Improved

Freshman Jazz Award

Nathan Rogers


Outstanding Freshman Jazz Award

Robert Federer

Joshua Isenstein

Jeremy Layton


Outstanding Sophomore Jazz Award

Sam Hudgens

Zach Levine


Outstanding Junior Jazz Award

Lucas Cox

Sally Decker

Avi Kurganoff

John Miller

Matt Pranica

Maddy Smith-Huemer

Jonathan Spalding


Outstanding Senior Jazz Award

Julian Allen

Aaron Comforty

Greg Hanford

Asher Miller

Duncan Reilly

Jacob Youngblood


2008-09 Tri-M Charter Members

SENIORS:

Hana Coxhead

Charlie Fisher

Caitlin Flowers

Greg Hanford

Margaret O’Connell

Andrew Pope

Camielle Taylor

Greg Urban

Jacob Youngblood

JUNIORS:

Audrey Armstrong

Aaron Damashek

Keith England

Dave Jeffers

Avi Kurganoff

Sylvia Niemira

Thomas Parkinson

Conor Petersen

Carol Pint

Vidur Sood

William Wallis

Andrew Winslow


MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Trautwein Scholarship Award: Julian Allen

Richard Rosewall Scholarship Award: Jordan Harris and Jacob Youngblood