Thirty-four Wayland Middle and High School musicians participated in the 2026 MMEA Eastern District Junior Music Festival. They rehearsed and performed at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School on March 6 and 7. After engaging in a rigorous audition process, students were selected from among over 1,000 exceptional student musicians in the Eastern Massachusetts geographical area.
Wayland High School participants were:
Maya Duan (trumpet, concert band)
Austen Erion (violin, orchestra)
Lily Rose Hage (string bass, orchestra)
Michael Huang (viola, orchestra)
Sophie Lin (piccolo, orchestra)
Eli Oliver (bassoon, concert band)
Maxwell Santmire (cello, orchestra)
Ulysse Schaff (violin, orchestra)
Henrietta Schoeffler (soprano, treble
chorus)
Connor Troidl (trombone, concert band)
Tyler Wilkinson (trombone, concert band)
Edison Xu (flute, concert band)
Wayland Middle School participants:
Mia Bartlett (soprano, treble chorus)
Simeng Chen (violin, orchestra)
Paul Cohen (bass, mixed chorus)
Zaila Farster-Degenhardt (alto, mixed
chorus)
Adam Fountain (tenor, mixed chorus)
Aaliyah Kachroo (soprano, treble chorus)
Arthur Kirsch (trumpet, band)
Oliver Lux (string bass, orchestra)
Hema Mani (cello, orchestra)
Thomas Markey (trombone, band)
Austin Na (violin, orchestra)
Laura Narvaez (soprano, treble chorus)
Noah Powers (trombone, band)
Vivianna Richardson (viola, orchestra)
Lilliana Roman (alto, treble chorus)
Amaya Rowley (alto, treble chorus)
Amelia Stewart (alto, mixed chorus)
Elli Takahashi (alto, treble chorus)
Wade Walters (string bass, orchestra)
Jeffrey Wilner (bass, mixed chorus)
Andrew Yang (violin, orchestra)
Selin Yardibi (violin, orchestra)
