Nine Bridgwater-Raritan Middle School music students were accepted into the Central Jersey Music Educators Association (CJMEA) Intermediate Region Band, Orchestra, and Percussion Ensembles.
A total of 30 students from the Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School auditioned for this elite acceptance.
“The students worked very hard to prepare their audition material, and auditioned with 682 other middle school instrumentalists from central New Jersey, said Dr. Ashlen Udell, who is the Middle School Instrumental Music Education Teacher.
The CJMEA band concert will be held on Sunday, March 8, at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School. The CJMEA orchestra concert will be held on Sunday, March 15, at Monroe Township High School. Both concerts are at 3 pm.
Here are the students from Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School who were accepted.
Band:
Fanyi Guo - Trombone - Symphonic Band 2
Ishan Nandi - Mallets - Symphonic Band 4
Anirvinya Polisetty - Symphonic Band 11
Logan Tung - Trombone - Wind Ensemble 2
Lucas Wong - Bass Clarinet - Wind Ensemble 2
Orchestra:
Robin Kim - Violin - String Orchestra 5
Katy Li - Cello - String Orchestra 5
Eric Shaw - Violin - String Orchestra 40
Audrey Zhang - Cello - Chamber Orchestra 3
Also, Aidan Buckelew, who is a 6th Grade student at the Hillside Intermediate School, was accepted into the Symphonic Band 15.