West Middle School Wildcat Jazz Band Participants - 2017-18

Congratulations to the following students for participating in Jazz Band at West Middle during the 2017-18 year.

FLUTE

*Sara Hill
Jasmine Mendoza
Valeria Alcala

CLARINET

*Sydney Helt
Anh Nguyen
Kalvin Ly
Vada Garner
Elvira Lopez
Shianne Marsh

ALTO SAX

*Gisselle Ayala Garcia
Libby Patten
Kirk Houts

TENOR SAX

*Ayline Aguilar
Jennifer Morales

BARI SAX

*Thomas Tran

TRUMPET

*Abby Hammer
Patrick Baughman
Toby Meyer
Mackenzie Hamilton

TROMBONE

*Elias Vargas

TUBA

*Chloe Barron

STRING BASS

*Iris Engelhardt

PIANO

*Jaxn Force
Adrianna Rodriguez

RHYTHM SECTION

*Hailey Levasseur
Jaiden Larson
Ryanna Whitney
Jeriah Thomas
Jaylan Simmons

ELECTRIC GUITAR

*Zach Pies

 

Sioux City High School Students Selected by Audition for NWIBA Honor Band

The following students auditioned on November 4, 2017 in Storm Lake for placement in the NWIBA Honor Band to be held in January on the campus of Morningside. The festival will take place on January 6, 2018.

East High

Debora Allard - flute
Anna Geerlings - flute
Lauren Geerlings - oboe
Jestin Cam - clarinet
Bridget Carpenter - clarinet
Jessica Melville - clarinet
Lincoln Rahn - clarinet
Jessica Rebstock - clarinet
Nathan Kitrell - alto saxophone
Tracie Melville - baritone saxophone
Nathan Whitaker - baritone saxophone
Amanda DeBates - trumpet
Juan Fuentes - trumpet
Mason Hardin - french horn
Alex Melville - french horn
McKennzie Carey - trombone
Andrew Flory - trombone
Ryan Crawford - euphonium 

Educators: Ms. Anna Scott, Mr. Brad Anderson, and Ms. Angela Kroska

North High

 Eleanor Chalstrom - oboe

Luella Gaskell - clarinet

Sarah Glade - clarinet

Quinn Adajar - alto saxophone

Reed Adajar - baritone saxophone

Samantha Rosenthal - french horn

Alexis Kolls - trumpet

Megan Sites - trumpet

Kari Swanson - trumpet

Nat Adams - trombone

Stephanie Warnstadt - trombone

Aidan Shorey - euphonium
Alex Julius - string bass 

Ciara Hess - percussion

Ethan Newbrough - percussion

Educators: Ms. Faith Hall, Mr. Austin Simon and Mrs. Amy Ortmann

West High

Megan Junke - flute

Dani Youngbert -  clarinet

Destini Schmit - clarinet

Brandon Schroder - bass clarinet

Jose Ayala-Garcia - tenor saxophone

Noah Youngberg - percussion

Educators: Ms. Jessica Todd, Mr. Patrick Patterson, and Mrs. Katie Birch

2017-18 West Middle School Jazz Choir

Congratulations to the following students that were selected for the West Middle School Jazz Choir.. this select group meets one day after school every week for rehearsal. Ms. Jill Wigton directs this ensemble.

Soprano

Patrick Baughman

Natalie Bousquet

Samantha Burke

Ellie Bush

Kenzi Christoffersen

Haley Groves

Mackenzie Hamilton

Sofia Hegstrom

Audrey Enszer

Kenique Jackson

**Asia Keane

Gabriela Leon

*Tylee Nosavahn

Jayden Perez

Adrianna Rodriguez

Karina Salas

Joanna Sanchez

Alto

Kylee Achuff

Crystal Birdsell

Lucy Blessing

Isabella Bocian

Victoria Chicoine

Nancy Flores

Veontae Heard

Frenesi Hiriarte

Zakaiha Johnson

Ella Jolin

*Lily Juhnke

Jamee LaFleur

Shianne Marsh

Daisy Munoz

Isabella Semple

Nikita Trujillo

**Gabby Wagner

Kylie Williams

Baritone

Dayton Arnburg

Ethan Dunkelberger

Antonio Ferrera

Ivan Fuhrer

*Jeffrey Harshfield

Carter Jelken

Kalvin Ly

Brandon Moeller

Adolfo Rios

**Braedon SanNicolas

 

**Section Leader

*Assistant

2017-18 West High School Vocal Spectrum - WHS Vocal Jazz students selected

Congratulations to the following students for being selected to the 2017-18 WHS Vocal Jazz group Vocal Spectrum. This group meets after school and is led by Directors Boe Hodnefield and Noah Towns

Isabella Rodriguez

Dalany Dolan

Natalie Neal

Faith Taylor

Hannah Wheelock

Dani Youngberg

Jennifer Santos

Maggie Irish

Jaiden Plooster

Phoebe Schwerin

Sebastian Torres

Adam Eberhardt

Noah Youngberg

Nathan Wigton

Matthew Pauling

2017-18 East High Jazz I and Jazz II

Congratulations to the following students for being selected to the 2017-18 Sioux City East Jazz Ensembles. Directors of these ensembles are Ms. Anna Scott and Mr. Brad Anderson.

Jazz I:
Alto I - Nathan Kitrell
Alto II - Aaron Mulvihill
Tenor I - Channing Walden
Tenor II - Lincoln Rahn
Bari - Tracie Melville

Trumpet I - Indy Whitaker
Trumpet II - Amanda DeBates
Trumpet III - Alex Melville
Trumpet IV - Juan Fuentes

Trombone I - Andrew Flory
Trombone II - McKennzie Carey
Trombone III - Jessica Melville
Bass Trombone - Ryan Crawford

Guitar - Eddie Voloshen

Bass - Nathan Whitaker

Piano - Cameron Jensen

Drums/Auxiliary - Jakob Dirks & Jace Ross 

 Jazz II:
Alto Sax
Lauren Fierro
Sabrina Taylor

Tenor Sax
Danielle Whaley
Erin Collins
Emma Draube

Bari Sax
Ally Evans
Isaac Klaus

Trumpet
John Carpenter
Jacob Atchison
Jacob Kavanaugh

Trombone
Paige LaFave
Katie Oldenkamp

Bass
Hank Dibble

Christian Hernandez

Drums
Tony Thach

Vibes
Leai Britton

 

North Middle School Patriot Choir 2017-18

Congratulations to the following students for auditioning and being selected to the North Middle Patriot Choir. This group of auditioned students meets one day a week after school to rehearse music and perform. This year over 100 students auditioned to be a part of this group. Directors of this ensemble are Mr. Chris Miller and Mr. Chris Hanson

Soprano

 Keera Adajar 

Alexis Bell 

Nora Chmielewski

Brea Cox 

Tennaiah Delzell

 Jami Denne 

 Alexa Dewolf

Zoey Fulton-Lovesmith

Mallory Jackson

Shelly Jackson 

 Madison Janik

Alex Kleinschmit  

Lily Larsen

Joslyn Lilly

Grace Nelson

Isabella San Nicolas

Idalia Olson

Jadyn Pacheco

Olivia Stewart

Elise White

Alto

Mara Aesoph 

Mykenna Beers

Leyla Bolles

Saylor Bauermeister  

Sierrah DeWall

Gabrielle Eberly

Samara Fields-Torno 

Maddax Frye

Jordyn Goulette

Cassie Graser

Olivia Graves 

Taylor Ivener

Thalia LaDeaux

Chloe McClure

Lydia Meth

Piper Sandage

Mackenzie Van Roekel

Baritone

Nick Beyne 

Harry Bui 

Deontay Collins 

John DePriest

Vinh Doan

Jace Eberly

Casey Hammerstrom 

Isaac Lara 

Gabe Nash

Grant Nieuwendorp

Isaiah Olson 

Shaun Perry

Thorin Rodne

Nathan Stokes

Michael Toben

Carter Vogt

Jr. Honors Orchestra 2017

The following students were selected from a written recommendation from their educators to participate in the 2017 Jr. Honors Orchestra Festival in Ames, Iowa on November 17th, 2017. 

Iowa Junior Honors Orchestra Festival is a state-wide honors string orchestra experience. It is a one-day affair, held at the same time as the Iowa All-State Music Festival and the Iowa Music Educators Association state convention. It is held on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, in the same complex as the convention and All-State. There are two orchestras(Philharmonic and Symphony) of equal ability in the festival, each with about 90 participants. The groups are composed mainly of 8th and 9th graders, with a few advanced 7th graders. 

East Middle School and East High School

Caleb Baker - Symphony viola
Joe Hansen - Philharmonic violin I

Annabelle Helms - Philharmonic violin I

Katie Lammers - Philharmonic violin II

Anna Marburger - Philharmonic violin I

Eleanor May-Patterson and Kendra Peterson, Educators

North High School

Caleb Weber - Symphony cello

Nick Millen - Symphony cello

Kayla Priest and Kendra Peterson, Educators

West Middle School

Iris Engelhardt - Philharmonic string bass

Kristin Ortmann, Educator