Several hundred students from western Nebraska high schools participated in the District 6 Music Contest hosted by Chadron State College last Wednesday.
Soloists and groups from area schools which earned superior ratings follow (*received outstanding award, +received honorable mention award from the judges):
Alliance instrumentalists–+Bethany Baker, piano and trombone; David Beckett, euphonium; Alexis Garrett, marimba; Elizabeth Goodell, horn; Sarah Grant, horn; William Grant, trumpet; Emily Green, trumpet; Christine Horn, clarinet; *Aydin Mack, trumpet; Jake McCaffrey, euphonium; +Grace Tolstedt, piano; band; jazz band.
Alliance vocalists—+Bethany Baker, *Collin Cox, Aalyah Dunn, McKenna Sullivan, show choir I, show choir II, mixed choir.
Chadron instrumentalists—Aaron Gaswick, saxophone; Hunter Hawk, saxophone; Spencer Margetts, trombone; +Juan Ramos, trumpet; Sam Rischling, trombone; *mixed brass quartet (the cousins, Jackson and Julianne Dickerson and Sam and Simon Rischling); band.
Chadron vocalists—Jazz choir.
Cody-Kilgore instrumentalists—*Nanami Kumagi, piano; flute duet (Hannah Jones and Rebekah Wade); flute-clarinet duet (Courtney Galloway and Lesli Schneider); percussion duet (Connor Goodwin and Bert Hooper).
Cody-Kilgore vocalists—Gillain Cheney, Seraina Iseli, Namami Kumagi,*girls’ trio (Gillain Cheney, Grace Ford, Rebekah Wade), girls’ triple trio; girls’ choir.
Crawford instrumentalists—Brittney Allen, trumpet; Kourtney Frazee, flute; Amber Milner, saxophone; Megan Nelson saxophone; saxophone duet (Amber Milner and Megan Nelson).
Crawford vocalists—Haley Hanks, Bryttnee Lemmon, Darin Neidert, girls’ quartet (Bryttney Allen, Haley Hanks, Lacie Lietka, Bryttnee Lemmon); mixed duet (Bryttnee and Darin Lemmon); mixed vocal ensemble; mixed choir, girls’ choir.
Gordon-Rushville instrumentalists—Saxophone quartet, jazz band.
Gordon-Rushville vocalists—Jessica Bragg, Emily Ruiz, boys’ octet, jazz choir, boys’ choir, girls’ choir.
Hay Springs instrumentalists—Saxophone duet (Brittany Ferguson and Daniel Hunzeker); saxophone duet (Ciria McCance and Tony Morrison); Brittany Ferguson, saxophone; *Daniel Hunzeker, saxophone; Jennifer Scherbarth, clarinet; +Quinn Tiensvold, clarinet; +clarinet duet (Jennifer Scherbarth and Quinn Tiensvold); flute quartet (Cydney Jancik, Kristen Rathe, Emma Roberts and Kate Roberts); flute duet (Cydney Jancik and Kate Roberts); jazz band; band.
Hemingford instrumentalists—Abigail Bright, horn and piano; Emily Hansen, trumpet; Joseph Rozmiarek, trumpet; Jon Mazanec, euphonium; trumpet duet (Emily Hansen and Joseph Rozmiarek).
Hemingford vocalist—+Abigail Bright.
Hyannis instrumentalists—Aaron Ferguson, piano and saxophone; Brett Menuey, tuba; Isabel Safarik, horn; Margaret Safarik, piano and trumpet; brass duet (Isabel and Margaret Safarik); woodwind duet (Aaron Ferguson and Jayden Vinton); +brass quintet (Austin Anthony, Jeremy Davis, Gabe Haney, Brett Menuey and Isabel Safarik); band.
Hyannis vocalists—+Isabel Safarik, Margaret Safarik, +girls’ duet (Ashlee Nollette and Isabel Safarik), girls’ duet (Brittany Ash and Margaret Safarik).
Mullen instrumentalist–+Belinda Forseen, flute.
Mullen vocalists—Belinda Forseen and Haley Gracey.
Thedford vocalists—Shaylee Scanton, girls’ duet (Sidney Lange and Shaylee Scanton), girls’ trio (Avery Taylor, Sidney Lange, Shaylee Scanton), girls’choir.