Cape music students shine in Washington, D.C.
Chorus, band take top honors
By Melissa Steele | Feb 06, 2013
Source: Submitted
Cape music students recently participated in a
competition. Pictured are from top (l-r) Kearney Mallon, Neal Brinton,
Caleb Pavese, Michael Harrigan, Morgan Hurlock, Ashley Maslovich, Renny
Cirswell, Bobby Braun, Devon Heron, Joel Tylecki, Paynter Buckingham,
Ted D’Anna, Danny Myers, Shelby Murphy, Graham Smith, Angela Carroll,
Dorothy Carroll. In bottom row are Kathleen Wright, Haile Barnes, Cailyn
Edwards, Leah Manfra, Devon Warner, Alex Scotton, Shari Soboczenski,
Ryan Gallagher, Ben Wiswell, Kelsey Buckingham, Andy Brozka, Jon Vidal,
Hannah Faircloth, Rebecca Gerhard, Beth Polite and Kimmie Manfra.
Cape Henlopen High School music
students drew high scores in recent competitions and earned a chance to
see the nation's capital celebrate inauguration.
The Cape Henlopen Chorale performed Jan. 17 at the Heritage Inaugural
Festival and won second place in its category. The group sang three
songs "Bells of Christmas," "You make me feel so young," and "The Lord
bless you and keep you."
Daniel Iammatteo, who sang a solo in "You Make Me Feel So Young," was the only soloist in the competition to win an award.
Judging was based on tone, balance, blend, diction, interpretation,
rhythm, intonation, appearance, general effect and choice of music.
The Cape band also performed during the festival. Musicians in the
jazz ensemble, concert band and parade band received “excellent” silver
ratings and placed second of three ensembles in each category, said band
director Robert Barbarita. Cape senior Avery Mallon received an
adjudicator’s recommendation award for his drum set solos in the jazz
ensemble performance.
Both band and choral students stayed in Washington, D.C., until Jan. 21 to participate in inauguration festivities.
Cape band students recently earned honors for all state and all
county band. All State Band honors went to Ben Wiswell on bass clarinet;
Kathleen Wright on clarinet; Tom Wiswell on mallet percussion; and Neal
Brinton on tuba. Tom and Avery Mallon also made All-State Jazz
Ensemble; Tom on baritone saxophone and Avery on trombone.
In conjunction with All-State, Cape Students also prepared an
audition for the Senior and Junior Honors County Band. This year, 22
students earned county band honors. Many of these students also scored
the highest on their auditions and earned a first chair responsibility
within the ensemble, Barbarita said.
"This year, Cape students make up for 24 percent of this years senior honors county band," he said.
County band winners are Madison Long, first chair flute, senior band;
Rebecca Gerhard, flute, senior band; Katelyn Gebbia, flute, senior
band; Kathleen Wright, first chair clarinet, senior band; Ben Wiswell,
first chair bass clarinet, senior band; Tom Wiswell, first chair alto
sax, senior band; Brooks Emery, alto sax,senior band; Dorothy Carroll,
tenor sax, senior band; Haley Will, trumpet II, senior band; Anthony
Pittari, trumpet III, senior band; Danny Myers, alto sax, senior band;
Avery Mallon, first chair trombone, senior band; Paynter Buckingham,
trombone II, senior band; Joel Tylecki, trombone III, senior band; Neal
Brinton, first chair tuba, senior band; Kearney Mallon, tuba, senior
band; Kelsey Buckingham, first chair string bass, senior band; Leah
Manfra, clarinet, junior band; Morgan Hurlock, first chair tenor sax,
junior band; Evan Mallon, trumpet I, junior band; Ryan Gallagher, first
chair baritone, junior band; Andrea Brozka, percussion, junior band.