Parker Dazzles at IHSA Solo and Ensemble Competition

Parker’s Advanced Choral Ensemble, directed by Christian Jackson, performed at the Illinois High School Association’s Solo and Ensemble Competition. This is an annual, state-wide music competition where students perform for judges and are placed into divisions based on the score their performance receives (either superior, excellent, good, average or poor). 

The average score of the day for all choral ensembles was 29.7/40 (Division III—Good).

Our Advanced Choral Ensemble was ranked Division 1—Superior with a final score of 38/40. This is an incredible accomplishment for Parker, and our students represented us exceptionally well! 

Three Parker student representatives performed solos at the event. Sophomore Uriel Castaneda and junior Sienna Nikitas entered solos in the Musical Theatre category and received Division 1 (superior) rankings. Junior Evan O’Connor entered the Jazz category with his solo, receiving a Division 2 (excellent) ranking.

This was a fantastic day for our performing arts community at Parker. If you see these students around (listed below) please congratulate them on their strong showing on behalf of our school!

Advanced Choral Ensemble Members:

Nina Ariav 
Eva Brody 
Uriel Castaneda 
Anna Chandler 
Ayan Chawla 
Fiona Chazen 
Jordan Drisdell 
Lucas Werneck Fraga
Sam Goldblatt 
Avi Grossman
Louise Hall 
Raiva Lessing 
Nikita Malik 
Willian McCloskey 
Anais Morris 
Alisha Mukherjee 
Evan O'Connor 
Naomi Pendo
Graysen Pendry
Angela Vlaovic 
Dylan Wright
Payton Yagoda 
Owen Zeller