Ipswich musicans play in Middle School Festival

Two Ipswich Middle School students participated in the annual Northwestern Middle School Music Festival, held at Northwestern High School on Tuesday, October 10, 2023.

Ipswich students in the band were Emmy Ptacek and Olivia Kadlec.

The Festival included a concert band of 90 middle school musicians and a 180 member mixed chorus. The band and choir members represented sixteen area schools.

The festival choir rehearsed and performed under the direction of Katie Opp, K-12 Vocal Director at Gregory. The band rehearsed and performed under the direction of Jared Opp, director of bands at Gregory and formerly from Roscoe. The day long rehearsal concluded with an evening performance of each group's repertoire and a combined piece of "God Bless America".