I don’t know how many of you who know Julia Son (9^th grade) realize what an amazing young musician she is.  In addition to All State and The Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, Julia participates in the Preparatory Program of the Webster Community Music School.  There she is a violinist in the Camerton String Quartet.  Last weekend, this group competed in the Midwest Young Artists “Discover Chamber Music” competition.  They won the Open Division for Strings and were the Overall Open Division winners.  In addition to a cash prize, they will be featured in concert in Chicago in March.   Here is a nice article in the Post-Dispatch about Julia and her quartet.

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/culture-club/community-music-school-s-camerton-string-quartet-takes-two-firsts/article_fd379d64-5ce3-11e1-b665-0019bb30f31a.html

Thank you for sharing that with us, Mr. Nacy

Also, I would like to congratulate the winners and participants in this year's Battle of the Bands competitiion.  I am proud to announce that the champions of this year's event were all freshmen who are members of the band Abraham and the Lincolns.  Congrats to:  Jacob Munson, Kevin Ganahl, Nick Vaaler and River Turner.  They received a cash prize of $250.00 and bragging rights. 

Other competitors who displayed incredible amounts of talents were band members Jim Jung from The Oz Jazz Quartet; Josh Rinaberger, Austin Thorn and Michael Kern from the band BKA; and Jacob Glasgow, Barry King and Ryan Berryman from the band Schwinning. 

Also, thank you to all the wonderful supportive parents who donated items to sell at our concessions and who helped plan the event from start to finish.  It was an incredibly successful fundraiser for our freshmen class!  I'm proud to be a Mustang!!