Lake Zurich High School Student Media

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Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Choir members pose outside The Dom in Salzburg, Austria. They visited several historical sights on their trip.

Singing all the way to Austria and Germany

Tessa Fabsik, Staff Writer
April 15, 2024
The ILMEA All-State Choir performs one of their songs. Tyson had the opportunity to see their performance, and was moved by their passion for it.

LZHS musicians perform at ILMEA All State

Sadie Good, Staff Writer
February 29, 2024
Joleen Kragt, the new choir director, has joined LZHS this year. She is now the director of Bel Canto and Blue Notes.

Singing students to success

Emma Harper, LZ Life Editor
August 30, 2022
Staring in a class near you

Staring in a class near you

Ayaan Hamid, Bear Facts Contributor
May 20, 2022
Tri-M celebrates Music in our Schools month

Tri-M celebrates Music in our Schools month

Pranav Ram, Bear Facts Contributor
March 17, 2022
Choir students have spent several weeks preparing for the New York trip, practicing songs and picking their roommates ahead of time.

Choir to fly to New York this week

Hannah Etienne, Spotlight Editor
February 14, 2022
Matthew Nerenberg, sophomore and band student, in the middle of recording his oboe audition for ILMEA. Students were told to create a single video, encompassing all parts of the audition.

ILMEA auditions online for second year in a row

Gurneer Sidhu, Secretary
October 19, 2021

Social studies

Kyra Keena, Live Media Manager
October 5, 2021
Sanya Ahuja, sophomore band member, practices playing her flute to prepare for the ILMEA audition. “I'm big on competing for things and I try to compete for as many opportunities as I can,” Ahuja said. ‘I feel like [ILMEA is] really gives me the broader idea of, "Wow, there's so many things we can do with band!’ I really wanted to take advantage of the fact that I could be chosen for something bigger than just Lake Zurich band.”

Musicians submit ILMEA auditions online

Sasha Kek, Secretary
October 15, 2020
Classes look different this year, especially for music teachers and students. Josh Thompson and his class work hard to continue practicing over Zoom.

Conducting music classes over Zoom

Kaitlin Geisler, Social Media Manager
September 28, 2020
Due to social distancing, music students at home have been doing private lessons remotely at home. Louisa Hagen, freshman, prepares to video chat with her teacher through Zoom right before her private lesson.

Music despite distance

Jane Yu, Bear Facts Contributor
May 18, 2020

Choir to say “arrivederci” to LZ

Sophia Babcock and Olivia Donnelly
March 18, 2019
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