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Academy Students at IMEA All-State Festival & Conference
February 4th, 2015
January 28–31, 2015
Music Institute Academy students who were invited to be part of the Honors Orchestra after performing in the district festivals:
Serena Harnack*, concertmaster, 16, Glen Ellyn | student of Hye-Sun Lee and Almita Vamos
Gallia Kastner*, violin, 17, Arlington Heights | student of Almita Vamos
Nathan Mo*, cello, 16 | Rolling Meadows | student of Hans Jorgen Jensen
Nathan Walhout*, cello, 17 | Wheaton | student of Gilda Barston
Alexandra Kim*, cello, 16 | Wilmette | student of Hans Jorgen Jensen
The Honors Orchestra, under the baton of Larry Livingston, Chair and Department of Conducting at USC Thornton School of Music, performed the first movement of Mahler’s Symphony No.2, "Resurrection."