Arts Awards and Accolades

Congratulations, Musicians!
Jugad Singh ’27 recently earned First Place at the Crescendo International Music Competition with the Penn Youth Orchestra at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York City! Eva Jaumann ’25 performed on oboe at District Band performing on oboe and Katherine Graham ’25 performed at District Orchestra on viola.

Chester County Band Fest
Congratulations to the Westtown sixth graders who were selected to participate in the Chester County Band Fest at West Chester East High School! The annual festival included 20 local elementary and middle schools in the Chester County area, and Jillian Burke-Huyette, Norah Davidson, Diego Fernandez, Lucas Roberts, and Solomon Yiadom represented Westtown Middle School. These talented musicians are pictured here with teacher Jason Wu, Lower and Middle School Instrumental Music teacher.

PAEA Exhibition
March is Youth Art Month, a national effort to raise visibility for visual arts education. Congratulations to several of our Middle School students who were featured in the Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA) Youth Art Month Exhibition this year: Rose Cook ’28, Quinn Galey ’30, Trinity Ingram ’28, Piper Lowe ’28, Harrison Rupp ’28, and Scout Shipley ’28. You can see the exhibition and their amazing work here!  A very special congratulations to McKenna Lausch, the recipient of the statewide Middle Division Award. In addition to being showcased on the exhibition as an awardee, the image of McKenna’s work is displayed on a banner in the Capitol. Her original work, entitled Bookworm (pictured below), is displayed in our Westtown Library with award information and a QR code to the exhibition.

Summer Guo’s ’24 submission entitled “Bloom” for grade 12  has been accepted for display at this year’s national exhibition, held in conjunction with the annual international conference of NCECA, The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.

There were an enormous number of entries, and we commend Summer on this achievement! Ceramics teacher Stephanie Wilhelm notes, “The work submitted at all levels was outstanding. Seen as part of the larger frame of current work from our schools, these submissions demonstrate the inspirational impact ceramic education is having upon a wide range of students.” Join us in congratulating Summer!

Students in the University of the Arts photography program curated and hosted a juried photography exhibit for high school students entitled Sense of Place. Eric Li ’24 won second place for his photo “In My World.” Junior Coco Chen’s photo “Till the End” was selected for the exhibition as were two of senior James Madonia’s photos, “Return” and “Lost.” Congratulations to all three student photographers on this prestigious recognition!

Congratulations to our many talented artists and musicians!