All-State Iowa Musicians Gather for 78th Festival in Ames
The Gazette reports Iowa's top high school musicians convene in Ames for the 78th All-State Music Festival featuring 276 band members 214 orchestra players and 601 choir members. District auditions were held Oct 26 across multiple cities with about 17 percent selected. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum with tickets $30. Iowa PBS will record and rebroadcast.
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Prairie High School All-State Music Festival Musicians
Prairie High School lists its All-State Music Festival performers by row, naming students and their instruments across band choir and orchestra. Notable participants include Chloe Columbus flute, Adaline Taylor soprano, Lily Gearheart alto, Sawyer Speltz bass, Keira Nice alto, Addison Funke clarinet, Cadie Pfeiffer alto, Dyllon Demorest tenor, Jonathan Reu trombone, Sarah Till soprano, Paige Hazen alto, Benjamin Hollinger percussion, Allie Durland soprano, Libbie Trewin soprano, John Hynek percussion, Matthew Murray bass, Hayden Brown bass, Matthew Urich bass, Michael Griffioen bass, and Caden Maurer tenor.
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Prairie High School
Chloe Columbus
Adaline Taylor
Lily Gearheart
Sawyer Speltz
Keira Nice
Addison Funke
Cadie Pfeiffer
Dyllon Demorest
Jonathan Reu
Sarah Till
Paige Hazen
Benjamin Hollinger
Allie Durland
Libbie Trewin
John Hynek
Matthew Murray
Hayden Brown
Matthew Urich
Michael Griffioen
Caden Maurer
Iowa City West High School All-State Orchestra Members
Iowa City West High School presents its All-State Music Festival Orchestra lineup. Front row lists Sabrina Du through Lydia Evans. second row shows Shanza Sami through Derek Hua. back row includes Solomon Shaffer through Ser aphim Surguladze. Not pictured: Cormac Wilson.
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Decorah High School
Naomi Katz
Nina Sessions
Madyson Lippe
Ezra Varvick
Lauren Severtson
Liam Huang
Iowa City West
Sabrina du
Sonya Zhu
Ellie Roetlin
Flora Zhu
Anna Song
Erin Chen
Shannon Chen
Jessie Li
Lydia Evans
Shanza Sami
Jensen Lin
Matthew Lu
Holden Rebich
Max Schebel
Kobi Nott
Andrew Chen
Iowa City West High School
Nathan Butler
Greta Gromacki
Allison Reed
Eli Asper
Gabriel Conrad
Chase Taylor
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