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Schools Notebook: Hopkinton musicians selected for All-State Festival

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Education

The Hopkinton Public Schools Music Department announced that Aritro Chatterjee (viola), Aman Kumar (tuba), and Aditya Machiraju (tuba) were accepted into the Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Festival to take place March 22 and 23 in Worcester and Symphony Hall in Boston.

The following students successfully auditioned Feb. 3 and were accepted to the 2024 Central District Massachusetts Music Educators Association Junior District Festival: Ries Amigud (violin), Hannah Borzumato (chorus), Morgan Cappetta (chorus), Tov Chung (clarinet), Ariel Fu (violin), Katy Jackson (trumpet), Benjamin Liang (viola), Lex Luter (violin), Lindsey Xie (violin) and Arwen Zhang (violin).

Local collegians shine

Hopkinton’s Esther Klinger and Matthew Klinger were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Muhlenberg College. …

Named to the dean’s list at the University of Tampa were Kelsey Breslin, a junior majoring in musical theatre, and Allison Rossillo, a junior majoring in advertising and public relations. …

Mia Carboni was named to the dean’s list at the College of William & Mary. …

Nate Kasper was named to the president’s list at Western New England University.

Editor’s note: Information for college honors is provided by the schools. Those interested in being included in this section should forward the official notification or request for the school to email it to editor@hopkintonindependent.com.

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