Performing Arts Awards presented May 5, 2022

Congratulations to all the students and the class of 2022! If you are named below and didn't attend the event, your award is being held by your ensemble director.

Ensemble Officers and Special Awards

Orchestras
String Orchestra Co-Presidents
  • Sarah Meuse
  • Nishita Roy
  • Hanna Weldai
Outstanding Service and Contribution to the String Orchestra
  • Arjun Kataria
  • Aidan Zaheer
Superior Musicianship in the String Orchestra
  • Sean O'Connor
  • Varsha Swaminathan
Chamber Orchestra Co-Presidents
  • Kenneth Lee
  • Vidyut Veedgav
Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Chamber Orchestra
  • Zaineb Irfan
  • Mahathi Gopinathan
Superior Musicianship in the Chamber Orchestra
  • Kaitlyn Shi
  • Sohani Curtis
Choirs
Co-Presidents
  • Seamus Callahan
  • Kelly Duncan
  • Deeptha Ganesh
  • Reeya Kansra
Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Freshman Choir
  • Anika Karre
  • Sanjana Pillai
Superior Musicianship in the Freshman Choir
  • Austin Hopping
  • Taisha Milord
Outstanding Service and Contribution to the A Cappella Choir
  • Elaine Stameris
  • Jackson Bachini
Superior Musicianship in the A Cappella Choir
  • Grace Kasten
  • Chase Kinksy
Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Mixed Choir
  • Anthony Aicardi
  • Carlos Reyes
Superior Musicianship in the Mixed Choir
  • Rebekah Powers
  • Arjun Warrier
Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Treble Choir
  • Leena Elbayoumi
  • Alia Haytham
Superior Musicianship in the Treble Choir
  • Hann-Emily Riviere
  • Mary Jane Pratt
Drama
For Outstanding Artistic Achievement in Acting
  • Daisy Ginsberg
  • Saket Damle
For Outstanding Dramatic Spirit and Discipline
  • Benjamin Choi
Outstanding Service and Contribution in Theater
  • Anna Cardani
  • Benjamin Vukmirovits
Bands
Concert Band Co-Presidents
  • Meghan Spirito
  • Kevin Hewlett
Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Concert Band
  • Danielle Smyrnios
  • Emily Boucher
Superior Musicianship in the Concert Band
  • Adam Nativ
  • Martin Reeve
Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Wind Ensemble
  • Meghan Spirito
  • Yoichi Peace Watanabe
Superior Musicianship in the Wind Ensemble
  • Alicia Kim
  • Marla Zacks
Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Jazz Band
  • Matthew Rinaldo Pellizzari
  • Aashna Mahurkar
Superior Musicianship in the Jazz Band
  • Didi Pathak
  • Will Spellman

Music Festivals

Orchestra
Junior Central District Orchestra
  • Eric Hoover
  • Hari Koornala
Senior Central District Orchestra
  • Alexander Anderson
  • Kamden Carll
  • Zaineb Irfan
  • Kenneth Lee
  • Taotao Li
  • Arnav Nanavati
  • Syed Noorwez
  • Varsha Swaminathan
  • Taran Udayabanu
  • Naga Vikram
  • Isabelle Zhao
All-State Orchestra
  • Sohani Curtis
  • John Qiu
  • Kaitlyn Shi
  • Anne Tie
Chorus
Senior Central District Chorus
  • Saket Damle
  • Diya Gopal
  • Anika Karre
  • Preston Langlois
  • Olivia Manxhari
  • Rebekah Powers
All-State Chorus
  • Deeptha Ganesh
  • Grace Kasten
  • Saniha Kumar
  • Amit Shenoy
  • Elaine Stameris
  • Arjun Warrier
Band
Junior Central District Band
  • Martin Reeve
Senior Central District Band
  • Dixi Han
  • Malek Jallouli
  • Junyang Lu
  • David Meyer
  • Andrew Miao
All-State Band
  • Alicia Kim
  • Marla Zacks
  • Alexander Zhang

Tri-M Officers

President
  • Sarah Meuse
Vice President
  • Deeptha Ganesh
Secretary
  • Mahathi Gopinathan
Treasurer
  • Zaineb Irfan

National Music Awards

National School Orchestra Award
  • Kenneth Lee
  • Sofia Menyalkin
John Philip Sousa Band Award
  • Junyang Lu
  • Dixi Han
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
  • Chinmay Rana
National Choral Award
  • Deeptha Ganesh
  • Pranav Vadlamudi

Annual Theater Awards

Excellence in Musical Theatre Award
  • Kelly Duncan
Excellence in the Dramatic Theatre Award
  • David Meyer

Department Awards

Louis J. Vella Music Award
  • Richard Milord
Director’s Award
  • Alexander Zhang

Scholarships

Ralph Metcalf Scholarship
  • Sofia Menyalkin
Phil Koziara Scholarship
  • Junyang Lu
Myrtle Young Scholarship
  • Dixi Han
Bonnie Narcisi Scholarship
  • Anna Cardani
Dorothy Bell Scholarship
  • Deeptha Ganesh
Kathleen Viscardi Scholarship
  • Adriana Toruno

Seniors

Orchestra Seniors
  • Ryan Collins
  • Mahathi Gopinathan (Tri-M)
  • Zaineb Irfan (Tri-M)
  • Kenneth Lee (Tri-M)
  • Sofia Menyalkin (Tri-M)
  • Sarah Meuse (Tri-M)
  • Sky Pemberton
  • Flora Pu (Tri-M)
  • Nikitha Ram (Tri-M)
  • Ksheeraja Ramanujam (Tri-M)
  • Nishita Roy (Tri-M)
  • Ella Stepanauskas (Tri-M)
  • Ann Titus (Tri-M)
  • Vidyut Veedgav (Tri-M)
  • Hanna Weldai (Tri-M)
  • Neil Wong
United Sound Seniors
  • Hasan Hadi
  • Ryan Love
Chorus and Theatre Seniors
  • Shakthi Annamalai
  • Jackson Bachini (Tri-M)
  • Muhammad Bilal
  • Anna Cardani (Tri-M)
  • Sophie Chin
  • Liv De Martin
  • Kelly Duncan (Tri-M)
  • Leena Elbayoumi
  • Carolyn Esteves Ruiz
  • Neemias Ferreira
  • Noelle Frongillo
  • Deeptha Ganesh (Tri-M)
  • Evan Ginsberg
  • Sofia Guzman
  • Suheera Haq (Tri-M)
  • Reeya Kansra (Tri-M)
  • Anika Kruger
  • Saniha Kumar (Tri-M)
  • Olivia Manxhari (Tri-M)
  • Richard Milord
  • Matthew Moberg
  • Aidan Murphy
  • Kristen Muzzy
  • James Riley
  • Lily Roxo
  • Allison Sawyer (Tri-M)
  • Sofia Schultz (Tri-M)
  • Amit Shenoy (Tri-M)
  • Adriana Toruno
  • Pranav Vadlamudi (Tri-M)
  • Amaya Valdez
  • Benjamin Vukmirovits
  • Shirley Wu (Tri-M)
Band Seniors
  • Penelope Crosby
  • Sarah Doyle (Tri-M)
  • Dixi Han (Tri-M)
  • Carrie Hess
  • Kevin Hewlett
  • Roma Khanna (Tri-M)
  • Visnhu Lakshmanan (Tri-M)
  • Jun Lu (Tri-M)
  • Aashna Mahurkar (Tri-M)
  • David Meyer (Tri-M)
  • Rahul Nair (Tri-M)
  • Rathika Nair (Tri-M)
  • Matthew Pellizzari (Tri-M)
  • Chinmay Rana (Tri-M)
  • Dani Smyrnios
  • Meghan Spirito (Tri-M)
  • Yoichi Watanabe
  • Alexander Zhang (Tri-M)