The Woodstock High School band, orchestra, and choral groups each had a student named to the 2021 Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Student Programs. Three students are moving on to All-State participation – Ethan Lane, Ian Matthies and Haley Chellberg – after many students participated via virtual auditions through the process of district and regional […]
Music students in Woodstock School District 200 are enjoying a virtual summer camp coordinated by the district’s orchestra teachers to replace the district’s annual in-person summer camp. Elementary teachers Jillian Forbes and Cara Fulcher, along with middle and high school teachers Lyndra Bastian and Stacie Savittieri, began the optional camp on July 6. Interested students […]
‘The Woodstock School District 200 orchestra programs at each high school and middle school have started a “Big Buddy” lesson program. The coordinators are Lyndra Bastian and Stacie Savittieri. Bastian is orchestra director at Creekside Middle School and Woodstock High School, and Savittieri is orchestra director at Northwood Middle School and Woodstock North High School. […]
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