Wilmette-Kenilworth's Got Talent: Ian Pappas
Loyola Academy Percussionist is King of Competitions.
Percussionist Ian Pappas isn’t big on self-aggrandizement. Whereas many musicians would consider a performance at Carnegie Hall to be the apex of their life’s work, the Loyola Academy student discusses it as you or I would pontificate about a trip to the laundromat. Pappas was selected through faculty recommendation and an audition tape to play at the American High School Honors Performance Series at the venerable New York institution on Feb. 19. Pappas' band director, Corey Ames, said that each music faculty member can nominate up to five students for the performance. “Ian is one of the best musicians I’ve ever known at the High School level,” said Ames, who directs Pappas in Loyola Academy's Symphonic Band. “He’s constantly entering …
