FA Students Join UM Buddy Defranco and MMEA Maine State Jazz Festivals 

This January, Fryeburg Academy’s after-school jazz groups were able to resume limited rehearsals (following specific CDC guidelines for spacing, ventilation, masking, instrument covers, and rehearsal length), which allowed us to begin preparation for the spring virtual jazz festivals.
 
The FA Big Band and one of our jazz combos created videos in March and April to submit to the MMEA Maine State Jazz Festival and the Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival at the University of Montana. And, due to the CDC guidelines, we had to be quite creative in our big band set-up. 

In the coming weeks, our jazz groups will receive critiques, ratings, and potential awards from Maine State Jazz Festival adjudicators. As in past years, our ensembles will receive a “Gold” “Silver” or “Bronze” rating if the adjudicators feel the ensembles are worthy of these distinctions. 
As part of the Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival both the combo and big band received clinics via Zoom from the jazz festival clinicians. Adjudicators may also choose to recognize individuals or sections in our ensembles for awards. 

While live festivals offer a much richer experience, the virtual platform allowed our students to connect with nationally-renowned educators throughout the country. The challenges of recording high quality videos of our ensembles also provided an excellent real-world music experience. We look forward to returning to live performance, and our virtual jazz festival project provided the bridge needed to keep jazz on the FA campus alive. 

FA COMBO MEMBERS 
Ethan St. Pierre ’24: Drums Riccardo DeMaria ’21: Piano 
Jaden Fierman ’21: Bass Brendan Simkins ’21: Trumpet 
Simon St. Pierre ’21: Alto Saxophone Rohan Hikel ’22: Baritone Saxophone 
FA BIG BAND MEMBERS 
Simon St. Pierre ’21: Alto Saxophone 
Nyla Charest ’22: Alto Saxophone 
Sharla-Mae Day ’21: Tenor Saxophone 
Emily Sakash ’22: Tenor Saxophone 
Rohan Hikel ’22: Baritone Saxophone 
Lilah Felix ’21: Flute 
Andrew Irwin ’23: Clarinet 
Kevin Lucy ’24: Clarinet 
Brian Lucy ’24: Bass Clarinet 
Brendan Simkins ’21: Trumpet 
Will Marshall ’21: Trumpet 
Chris Kwon ’23: Trumpet 
Riccardo DeMaria ’21: Piano 
Jaden Fierman ’21: Bass 
Ethan St. Pierre ’24: Drums
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  • Fryeburg Academy Fall 2023-24 Honors/High Honors Roll Recipients Named

    We are pleased to announce the following students who have earned academic recognition at Fryeburg Academy for the Fall of 2023-24:

    HONORS
    Grade 12: (Honors)
    Charlotte Adamus
    Vittoria Bernardini
    Natalie Berry
    Dom Bond
    Jordin Booker
    Owen Burford
    Tori Butters
    Jilyan Byrne
    Lorenzo Catana Vallemani
    Jonah Densmore
    Vitoria Do Espirito Santo Teixeira
    Elle Dooley
    Austin Dorner
    Deniz Eroglu
    Manu Fandos Martinez
    Aidan Flanigan
    Amber Gagnon
    Mia Grandchamp
    Gal Hanan
    Emily Hoosier
    Noah Jacobs
    Emma Keaten
    David Kim
    Joey Kim
    Kardelen Lacinok
    Helena Landry
    Margherita Lassini
    Leo Lee
    Celine Lee
    Ana Maillett
    Moss Marques
    Caroline Masterman
    Asher McKenney
    Ryan Meade
    Natalia Millan Arenas
    Mina Milosevic
    Tommy Morini
    Tasia Nason
    Rachel Pizzo
    Grace Porcaro
    Abby Pratt
    Ashe Rabideau
    Winter Raymond
    Dustin Rhoda
    Gideon Richard
    Leah Rokes
    Margherita Rossi
    Gunnar Saunders
    Louie Shin
    Lamar Smith
    Hunter Tripp
    Tanner Tripp
    Gabby Udoto
    Logan Walton
    Kara Willette
    Connor Williams
    Mary Wing
    Kevin Zhou
  • Academy Students Earn Silver and Bronze at the National FFA Convention

    From October 31 through November 3, five members of the Academy's FFA Chapter (Future Farmers of America) and faculty member Jennifer Solter Jones attended the National FFA Convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana. 
  • FA's Falls Sports Assembly Honors Student-Athletes

    On Thursday, November 16th, Fryeburg Academy celebrated the fall sports season with its annual fall sports awards assembly held in the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. The following student-athletes were recognized for their outstanding performance during the fall 2023-24 season:
     
  • Joseph R. Manning Installed as the Academy's 55th Head of School

    Fryeburg Academy and the Board of Trustees announce the installation of Joseph R. Manning as the Academy’s 55th head of school. The Installation Ceremony was held on Friday, November 3, 2023, with members of the Fryeburg Academy community, the Board of Trustees, and former head of school Erin P. Mayo in attendance as a guest speaker. Manning steps into this new leadership role during the school’s 232nd year, following a long-tenured and successful career at the Academy spanning twenty years of service. 
  • FA Students Earn Letters of Commendation in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program

    Fryeburg Academy seniors Tyler Bartick and Jiwon Choi have earned Letters of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSC) for their performance on the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).

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