Niles North's Take One Wins Downbeat Award

Skokie IL

13 May, 2020

12:32 PM

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Congratulations to Take One, Niles North's premier vocal jazz group, on winning a Downbeat Award in the category of Large Group Vocal Jazz Ensemble for High School Outstanding Performances. Only five groups received this honor this year out of the entire United States and Canada. It is a prestigious honor and confirms that the Niles North Vocal Jazz Program is one of the top vocal jazz programs in the country. The students work so hard during the year and this is a great accomplishment recognizing their work. During the application process, the submission includes recordings from the previous year. The current Take One and the previous year's group are both listed below. Congratulations! TAKE ONE 2019-2020 SOPRANO ALTO Catherine Antlept Laken Buehler Abby Mehr Gabby Potempa Carolina Williams Eliana Stern TENOR BASS Kylle Basillo Ovinabo Banerjee Angelo Battung Louie Siegel Roy Gantz Isaac Wan COMBO Piano – Josh Trimberger Bass – Jonah Sendlin Guitar – Noah Rosenberg Drums/Percussion – Emily Feingold-Fisher SOUND Amelia Potempa & Sarah Rupani TAKE ONE 2018-2019 SOPRANO ALTO Taylor Gray Mika Alexander Kayla Stein Julia Mkrtychian Melody Yelenosky Gabby Potempa TENOR BASS Stephen Decker Franz Jeanpois Roy Gantz COMBO Piano – Ruben Stasevsky Bass – Jonah Sendlin Guitar – Liani Silva Drums/Percussion – Emily Feingold-Fisher SOUND Amelia Potempa & Sarah Rupani