MW Jazz received awards at South Side Jazz Assessment

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Music Students

On Thursday, May 2nd, The Maggie Walker Jazz Ensemble traveled to Virginia Beach to participate in the South Side Jazz Assessment. They were awarded an overall rating of Excellent and an average judge’s score of 85/100. Keriann Slayton and Varun Mandgi received the All-Star Big Band Certificate for their superior performances on Alto Saxophone and Baritone Saxophone. Congratulations to all our talented Maggie Walker Musicians!

Thank you, Mr. Nicholas Merillat, for your oversight and instruction. 

Participating Students:

Delaney Cotton (’21, Hanover)
Samual Hodges (’21, Richmond City)
Ghamani Hogue (’21, Prince George)
Helen Hopkins (’21, Chesterfield)
William Kelly VI (’21, Powhatan)
Varun Mandgi (’21, Richmond City)
Kyra Murphy (’21, Henrico)
Keriann Slayton (’21, Hanover)
Noah Welenteychik (’21, Henrico)
Daniel Xue (’20, Chesterfield)
Ankit Agrawal (’22, Henrico)
Alexis Bartee (’22, Chesterfield)
Brianna Bartlett (’22, New Kent)
Matteo DeLuca (’22, Henrico)
Ryan Eklund (’22, Richmond City)
Lorenzo Galang (’22, Chesterfield)
Catherine Garrison (’22, Hanover)
Timothy Graff (’22, Hanover)
Emma Hunter (’22, Richmond City)
Ronit Jain (’22, Henrico)
Devon Jebo (’22, Henrico)
Nathan Neuwirth (’22, Henrico)
William Polaski (’22, Richmond City)
Anna Pulaski (’22, New Kent)
Albert Tang (’22, Chesterfield)
Zachary Wooden (’22, Henrico)

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