Fifty-one District 202 middle school students have been selected to participate in the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) District 9 Junior Music Festival for band, choir and orchestra in November.
The festival will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, at West Aurora High School.
Students will rehearse with accomplished music educators before performing alongside student musicians from across the region.
The following District 202 students will participate:
Aux Sable Middle School
Festival Chorus
• Haley Sitaca, 8th, Soprano
Treble Chorus
• Avery Buckles , 7th, Alto
Heritage Grove Middle School
Festival Chorus
• Dani Bradley, 8th, Alto
• Nada Kettou, 8th, Alto
• Tanvi Rajanala, 7th, Soprano
• Sophia Woods, 8th, Soprano
Treble Chorus
• Ayla Bembenek, 7th, Soprano
• Peliah Kadima, 7th, Alto
• Ely Nasrallah, 7th, Alto
Indian Trail Middle School
Festival Chorus
• Tiffani Barrow, 8th, Alto
Treble Chorus
• Adison Thompson, 8th, Soprano
Ira Jones Middle School
Festival Chorus
• Aryanna Bell, 8th, Alto
• Natalya Bell, 8th, Alto
• Emery Countryman, 7th, Alto
• Isabelle Drescher, 8th, Alto
• Kyle Eckstein, 8th, Baritone
• Kate Erwin, 8th, Soprano
• Zoey Gage, 8th, Alto
• Aniket Govind , 7th, Alto
• Alyssa Hargrett, 8th, Soprano
• Grant Jarrette, 8th, Baritone
• Siena Lang, 8th, Soprano
• Zoi Madison, 8th, Alto
• Elyse Oswald, 8th, Soprano
• Sofia Rickett, 8th, Alto
• Noah Small, 8th, Baritone
• Sarah Springer, 8th, Alto
• Gemma Stout, 7th, Alto
• Kataleya Tirsina, 8th, Soprano
• Jenna Wattenberg, 7th, Soprano
• Aiden Wright, 8th, Baritone
Treble Chorus
• Addie Anthony, 7th, Alto
• Roe Gunst, 8th, Alto
• Ari Mays, 8th, Soprano
• Elise Reidy, 8th, Soprano
• Kylie Speck, 7th, Alto
• Landon Teves, 7th, Alto
• Sahasra Vaidyanathan, 6th, Alto
John F. Kennedy Middle School
Festival Chorus
• Hephzibah Antwi Boakye, 8th, Alto
• Anthony Kantorski, 7th, Baritone
• Karlee Madden, 7th, Alto
• Valentyn Nwalozie-Geoffery, 8th, Baritone
Treble Chorus
• Emioluwa Ashiru, 8th, Soprano
• Rose Basimalla, 8th, Soprano
• Charlie Chau, 8th, Alto
• Adilayde Cotto, 7th, Alto
• Sarah Dunne, 7th, Soprano
• Victoria Flores-Zhu, 7th, Alto
• Claire Meadors, 8th, Soprano
Timber Ridge Middle School
Band
• Lily Crego, 7th, Tenor Saxophone
Festival Chorus
• Drake Tucker, 8th, Baritone