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Oswego’s Traughber Jr. High School ensemble chosen for prestigious national music festival · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Oswego's Traubert Junior High School Ensemble chosen for prestigious National Music Festival.
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  Written by Eric Shelkov This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlett. The Trauber junior high school wind
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  ensemble has been invited to perform at the prestigious music for All
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  National Festival in April. This will be Trover's first time participating in
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  the seventh and will also mark the first time a Oswego Community
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  Unit school disc. 308 junior high
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  school has been invited to the festival. The event will take place
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  from April 1, 3, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Trauber Wind Ensemble is
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  the only Illinois middle school concert and participating in the festival. The
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  ensemble includes 57th and 8th grade students. The Panthers will be among
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  fourteen middle school concert bands at this event. A total of sixty
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  five high school and middle school ensembles from sixteen states will participate
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  in the festival. The ensembles is led by band teachers Rachel Maxwell
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  and Devin Cano. These students represent some of the most dedicated young
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  musicians in our program and have demonstrated an exceptional level of commitment
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  to their music education, Maxwell said in a news release. Maxwell said
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  she hopes this experience teaches the students the value of their hard
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  work. I hope they recognize that this achievement is about much more
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  than one performance, Maxwell said. It is about learning to work together,
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  taking responsibility for their role in an ensemble, persevering through challenges, and
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  developing confidence in themselves and one another.