MLWGS Orchestra Earns Multiple Superior Ratings Playing Level 6 Music

The MLWGS orchestra received straight superior ratings at their recent Assessment at Hanover High School on Thursday, March 7th from the VBODA (Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association). Not only did they receive superior ratings, but they also scored A’s in almost every single subcategory. Additionally, they were the only orchestra in the entire district to play Grade 6 music, which is considered the most challenging level of music.

Our congratulations for this achievement go to Walker’s orchestra students under the direction of Ms. Allison Barnes:

Claire Adcock 

Danielle Chen 

Charvi Deorah 

Helena Damer

Akilah Johnson

Arinan Johri

Patrick Lin 

Nikhil Palavalas

Tanvi Palavalas

Ashwika Peddireddy

Chris Qian

Joshua Sam

Emma Taylor

Olivia Zhang 

 

Prithvi Chakraborty

Geunyoung Chung 

David Dong

Isaiah Jones

Aleena Joseph 

Neha Yashawini Karthikeyan

Shravan Madurantakam

Priyanka Nyamtabad

Violet Salen &

Candice Santos 

Emily Sommer

Amy Sun 

Elvis Tang

Gabby Banks

Sanaya Bothra

Anona Hooks

Jeev Mondkar

Frankie Monroe

Yurika Motai

Emma Murphy

Chinyere Onwuchekwa

Cellos

Aiden Hess

William Lin

Austin Mika

Jake Nelson

Yan Angela Yu 

Peter Yanovitch

John Thomas Trevey

 

Aarav Kalluri

Keira Kim

Yamato Motai

Aditi Nair

Evan Tang

Fielding Teague

Gabriel Harding

Sania Jain

Anna Kim

Katherine Streeter

Reese Wu

Grace Yoo

Shreesh Kalagi

Ally Lichtman

Hoda Vohra

Katie Watson

Lucia Gambacini

Maddie Gerlach

Simone Spalding

 

 

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