Morristown Student Honored For Outstanding Musical Talent

A student from Morristown was one of several honored by the Mayo Performing Arts Center as an November Music Student Of The Month for being an outstanding brass player

Alex Yip, a 10th grader from Morristown High School, was honored on stage before the Nov. 26 concert at Mayo PAC. All the students were nominated by their teachers and chosen by Mayo PAC's education department. At the end of the year, all honored students will be invited to perform in a recital.

Here is what Michael Russo had to say about Yip:

Alex has been involved in many aspects of the Music Department and he has become a respected upperclassman to the younger students. He performs on Trumpet in the Morristown HS Wind Ensemble. He has also performed in the Solo and Small Ensemble Concert. Last year as a freshman Alex successfully auditioned for the Region 1 Junior High School Jazz Ensemble and Region 1 Junior High School Concert Band and the Region I High School Wind Ensemble. He possesses a great desire and works very hard to achieve his goals.

FIRST ROW Madison Malone Grade 8, Richard Butler School; Butler; Josh Freiheiter Grade 8, Randolph Middle School; Randolph; Jacob Jennings Grade 8, John Hill School; Boonton; Nathan Lee Grade 7, Brooklawn Middle School; Parsippany; Sydney Pappas Grade 8, Black River Middle School; Chester; Emma McDonald Grade 12, Roxbury High School; Roxbury; SECOND ROW Daniel MillsGrade 12, Mendham High School; Mendham; Andrew Lie Grade 12, Parsippany High School; Parsippany; Ryan Parichuk Grade 8, Mount Olive Middle School; Chester; Alex Yip Grade 10, Morristown High School; Morristown; THIRD ROW Aaron Caso Grade 8, Rockaway Valley School; Boonton Township; Patrick Rooney Grade 8, Mountain View School; Mendham; Mitchell Polevoy Grade 12, Kinnelon High School; Kinnelon