Arts & Entertainment
Hamilton Students Advance to State Music Festival
Nearly 30 Hamilton High School students earned the right to advance to the state music festival on April 28 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
music students participated March 17 in the North Shore District Solo and Ensemble Music Festival held at Homestead High School, and 28 students are advancing to the state festival.
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Students entered as individual soloists, part of an ensemble or both. A Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) judge rated them on a I-V system with I as the highest. Students who performed music from Class A were eligible to receive a *I rating denoting that they will advance to the state music festival April 28 at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Receiving the *I excellent rating and the right to compete at the state festival:
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Shannan Brown, Leah Stapelman, Nicole Zeman and Elizabeth Casper, flute solo
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Miranda Brown and Emma Chung, clarinet solo
Aaron Hintz, tenor sax solo
Brian Kerber and Phanpanas Mora, trumpet solo
Michael Scott, euphonium solo
Samuel Leinon, marching quints solo
Leah Stapelman, Michael Scott and Miranda Brown, piano solo
Shannan Brown and Miranda Brown, flute-clarinet duet
Emma Chung and Lauren Spankowski, clarinet duet
Shannan Brown, Leah Stapelman and Megan Hessler, flute trio
Bailee Bobert, Brandon Joel and Kashish Talwar, saxophone trio
Miranda Brown, Emma Chung, Kelly Verhaalen and Carissa Dowden, clarinet quartet
Receiving excellent I ratings:
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Phanpanas Mora, Alex Magoon, Jared Bazile, Jackson Petermann, Michael Scott, Mitchell Hudson, Matthew McGuire, Aaron Davis, Nicholas Ritter, Brandon Joel, Kashish Talwar, Michelle Bader, Ariel Pershman, Harrison Yu, Devin Sartler, Eric Sabol, Samuel Welter, Kelly Verhaalen, Angela LeDonne, Emily Thoummavong, Akshayaa Lakshmanan, Leah Stapelman, Sarah Germer, Robert Little, Kevin Jansen, Alexander Ludin and Jeremy Nelson, jazz ensemble
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Nicholas Ritter, Harrison Yu, Aaron Hintz and Samuel Welter, saxophone quartet
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Allison Kline, Beatrice Kuenn and Elizabeth Eichsteadt, woodwind trio
Amolia Nelson, Erin Pagenkopf, Morgan Swartzendruber, Shyanne Savage, Mariah Bazile and Emily Kobs, flute trio
Jared Bazile, Alyssa Kobs, Arturo Sparrow, Anna Sendelbach, Jacqueline Walkowiak and Melanie Sumiec, trumpet trio
Elizabeth Casper and Hannah Bjorklund, flute duet
Sarah Germer and Kevin Jansen, clarinet duet
Bailee Bobert, Megan Hessler, Michelle Bader and Ariel Pershman, alto sax duet
Bryan Ritter and Cody Neverman, trumpet duet
Lydia Salus and Robert Little, horn duet
Melanie Kuntz, Devin Sartler and Dominick Weiman, flute solo
Kelly Verhaalen and Eric Sabol, clarinet solo
Carissa Dowden, bass clarinet solo
Nicholas Ritter and Chong Zhang, alto sax solo
Frances Weiss and Victoria Schulze, trumpet solo
Jacyln Weiss, horn solo
Jeremy Nelson, drum set solo
Receiving II very good ratings:
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Phanpanas Mora, Devin Sartler, Michael Scott, Jackson Petermann, Samuel Welter, Mathew Olkowski, Robert Little and Alexander Ludin, jazz improvisational combo
Constance Dowden, Sharon Liang, Nicole Zeman and Devin Sartler, flute quartet
Allison Bitz, Nicole Spence and Eric Sabol, woodwind trio
Sarah Cross, Conner Ladwig and Olivia Wick, clarinet trio
Samuel Wishart, Chad Kobs and Ethan Beaudry, trumpet trio
Nicholas Schulze, Matthew McGuire and Alex Zibell, trombone trio
Madeline Oskey, Sharon Liang, Mackenzie Ludin, Colleen O’Neill, Samantha Kollmann, and Rylee Pulvermacher, flute duet
Emily Thoummavong and Angela LeDonne, flute-clarinet duet
Samuel Welter, baritone sax solo
Alex Magoon, trumpet solo
Aaron Davis, horn solo
Jackson Petermann, trumpet solo
Matthew Ciolkosz, baritone solo
Michael Scott and Samuel Welter, piano duet
Madeline Oskey, Robert Little, Samuel Welter, Eric Sabol and Mariah Bazile, piano solo
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