The Observation Deck

Lakewood High will be well-represented at the Ohio Music Educators Association’s Northeast Ohio Region Orchestra as five student musicians were selected for the honors ensemble. Of the five chosen, sophomore cellist Grace Gill was also selected to be part of the All-State Orchestra.

Students must qualify for the Region Orchestra to be eligible for a spot with the All-State Orchestra. The All-State ensemble performs at the OMEA annual conference in February in Columbus. In addition to Grace Gill, the following students were selected for the Region Orchestra, which will perform November 19 at Cleveland State: seniors Grace Cooper (bass) and Maggie McHugh (violin) and juniors Violet Jouriles (violin) and Sean Miller (viola).

“The results of the North East Region Orchestra auditions is a testament to the strong commitment our Lakewood students show to excellence,” said LHS Orchestra Director Elizabeth Hankins. “I am very proud of all of the students for taking a risk and accomplishing a major goal.”

Maggie McHugh summed up how the students are feeling about the honor: “I think it’s a really cool opportunity to be able to play with the most talented kids in Northeast Ohio.”

http://www.lakewoodcityschools.org/News ... OlQ2A.dpbs

Lakewood students continue to do our community proud.

But then some of the Lakewood parents do the same.

http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf ... etwor.html

Congrats to the student musicians! We took in that concert at CSU years ago and it was wonderful. It's truly amazing how quickly these students come together from different schools to make beautiful music.

This is probably better posted in the Schools/Education category?

Ha, thanks, Kate!

And watch the Observer, and other news outlets too, for updates on that.

Pete, it's all about the people.

michael gill wrote:
Pete, it's all about the people.

Mike - Just trying to keep this wonderful news away from the usual diversions.

I wouldn't have read about this in the school area, so thanks for putting it here. I'm impressed that a sophomore is included in that group. Good going, Grace!