Music Department Freshmen to Watch

During fifth grade, ICCSD schools offer students the opportunity to join band or orchestra and learn a new instrument. According to Linus McRoberts ‘26, joining band was the cool thing to do back then. “I started playing in band during 5th grade because it sounded fun, and a lot of my friends were doing it,” McRoberts said. A lot has changed since those elementary school years for McRoberts. He now is seco...

When it comes to a family legacy, there can be a lot of pressure to carry on the tradition whatever it may be. With a sister with her master's degree in music education and a musical theater grad brother, Jillian Leman ‘26 knows what it's like to have a musical family, but she has learned how to appreciate music in her own right. “My whole family has been really music oriented and it was kind of just a given t...

Not many high school students play with the same things they used as preschoolers. For Abigail Sigafoose ‘26, however, music has continued to be an essential part of her life almost since birth. Her love for music started at a very young age when she started taking violin lessons as a five-year-old. “I went to Preucil Preschool and my music teacher was also a violin and viola teacher,” Sigafoose...