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Music Students Qualify for Honor Band/Choir

November 10, 2016

On November 5, several junior high band and vocal students participated in the District Junior High Honor Band and Choir Presentation in Hays, Kansas. Participating band students were:  Mia Morrow, 3rd chair trumpet; Jordyn Faulkender, 2nd chair alto clarinet;  McKenna Poling, 15th chair flute.  Choir participants were:  Hadleigh Hilt (soprano), Hailey Robbins (soprano), Kattie Wurm (alto), Cutter Neitzel (tenor), Jasper Hunt (tenor), and DJ Easter (baritone). These members were all selected by audition. The 60-member band played three wonderful pieces and the 200-member choir sang five.

On November 5, high school vocalists had live auditions on three very difficult pieces of music. Three St. Francis students made were selected from the auditions: April Fernandez (soprano), Katie Schmid (alto), and Taryn Zweygardt (tenor). On the same day, three high school instrumentalists had auditions via CD recordings. All three of them made it into the Honor Band. The students in selected for Honor Band were Jenna Confer, 2nd chair clarinet; Jessica Confer, 4th chair trumpet; Nick Paulsen, 5th chair trumpet. Their clinic and concert will take place on December 10, at Fort Hays State University, at 3:30 in the afternoon.

All of these Honor Ensembles are sponsored by the Northwest Kansas KMEA (Kansas Music Educators Association) and are District Level. The High School students, upon meeting certain requirements at District, are then eligible for State Band and Choir (1234A), which occurs on February 27 in Wichita.

Congratulations, music students!