Students Selected for NEISTA Orchestra Festival

Congratulations to the Linn-Mar Orchestra students listed below for being selected to the 2025 North-East Iowa String Teachers Association (NEISTA) Orchestra Festival, held on Saturday, January 11th in Mount Vernon, Iowa. These 39 Linn-Mar Orchestra students had the honor of performing alongside other talented and dedicated musicians from across Eastern Iowa. Students involved with this festival had the opportunity to work with a guest director on literature that will challenge their technical and musical skills.  Congratulations to those who were selected!

 

Linn-Mar High School

Jackson Haro – Violin 1

Adithi Jenigiri – Violin 1

Grace Luo – Violin 1

Sahana Nagarajan – Violin 1

Sophia Phan – Violin 1

Vasudha Sakolkar – Violin 1

Addie Winn – Violin 1

Caden Delecki – Violin 2

Ethan Hofer – Violin 2

Ellie Kim – Violin 2

Kylie Rickels – Violin 2

Anastasia Sackfield – Violin 2

Sophia Chavez – Viola

Kathryn Delsing – Viola

Erich Nguyen – Viola

Maddie Barnidge – Cello

Landon Niemi – Cello

Simon Vieira – Cello

Maxx Weber – Cello

Jordyn Puffer – Bass

 

Excelsior Middle School

Megan Kueper – Violin 1

Danielle Slater – Violin 1

Selah Calcara – Violin 2

Anna Safavi – Violin 2

Kayla Hamilton – Viola

Catalina Cole – Bass

Maximus Dobrowolski – Bass

 

Oak Ridge Middle School

Ori Fireman – Violin 1

Anagha Kulkarni – Violin 1

Courtlyn Morrissey – Violin 1

Suhani Nagarajan – Violin 1

Ariana Rodriguez – Violin 1

Saisha Virwani – Violin 1

Ethan Weng – Violin 1

Jillian Landherr – Viola

Rachelle Munyakazi – Viola

Arushi Gadde – Cello

Catherine Sklarsky – Cello

Calvin Taylor – Bass