Mira Costa Band Students Win Local, National Honors
Feb 07, 2023 11:49AM ● By Mb News Staff
Honor Band of America
Mira Costa Band junior Gordon Whitlow was named to the 2023 Honor Band of America. Gordon, a junior who plays tuba
in the Wind Symphony Ensemble, was selected out of hundreds of
applicants to be part of this selective ensemble.
He will be traveling
to Indianapolis at the end of March to perform at the 2023
Music for All National Festival.
Since its inception in 1992, the Honor Band of America has earned a national reputation as one of the nation’s finest student concert honor bands.
National YoungArts Foundation
Mira Costa Band junior Cosmo Lieberman was selected as an Alto finalist in Jazz Saxophone for the National YoungArts Foundation awards. He joined 720 artists from across the country who were honored for their excellence in visual, literary, and performing arts. Selected through the organization’s prestigious competition, YoungArts award winners, all 15–18 years old or in grades 10–12, are chosen for the caliber of their artistic achievement by discipline-specific panels of artists through a blind adjudication process.
Lieberman participated in National YoungArts Week in January 2023 with in-person classes, workshops, and mentorship from leading artists. He is now eligible to be nominated to become a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, one of the highest honors given to high school seniors.
Rotary Solo Competition
Logan Elliott on bassoon at the Rotary Solo competitionPTA Reflections Contest
Mira Costa Band sophomore Christian Camacho was a winner of the local PTA Reflections contest in the Music Composition category for Dionaea Muscipula (Solo for Vibraphone). (Dionaea Muscipula is the scientific name for the Venus flytrap.) He now advances to the regional competition.
MBCC Student of the Month
And last but not least, Mira Costa Band sophomore Eva
Asiddao was recognized as a Student of the Month by the Manhattan Beach Coordinating Council last month.
MCHS Band Director Joel Carlson described her an "excellent, tenacious, and gifted" artist and musician who was "hard-working and inspirational" to her peers.
