The Whitman Wildcat Music Ensemble
At 6 a.m., the morning of April 24, more than 120 students, 19 chaperones, three teachers, and one administrator, arrived at Walt Whitman Middle School to take three buses and head to Atlanta to participate in the 2014 Music Showcase Festival.
When it was over, the Whitman Music Ensembles were awarded more than 25 awards. Band Director Barbara Dobberstein said this was the first time in her years of teaching that her students had received a perfect score.
Awards Won:
Overall Outstanding Instrumental Performance
Sinfonia Orchestra
Beginning Percussion Ensemble
Mixed Chorus
Superior Ratings with a Gold Medal:
Symphonic Band
Wind Ensemble (won an additional trophy for receiving a perfect score from one of the judges)
Beginning Percussion Ensemble
Sinfonia Orchestra
Mixed Chorus
8th Grade Women’s Chorus
Men’s Chorus
Outstanding Sections:
Clarinets from Wind Ensemble
Sopranos from Mixed Choir
Soprano 1s from Women’s Choir
Baritones from Men’s Choir
Double Basses from Sinfonia Orchestra
Soloist Awards:
Soprano Soloist: Rosemarie Spollen
Alto Soloist: Ra’ina Naputi
Baritone Soloist: Ricky Harris
Baritone Trio: Naclareo Peirce-Baldon, Denilson Zapata, and Walker Zaman
Cole Kochanowski from the Wind Ensemble
Caden Bacz from the Wind Ensemble.