Every year, thousands of students spend months learning, memorizing and practicing music — all for the chance to perform at the Iowa All-State Music Festival.
Those in band, choir, and orchestra had the chance to showcase their talents during auditions on Oct. 25.
This year 1,098 students — a mere 17% of those who auditioned — will perform at the festival, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 22 at Hilton Coliseum. Tickets are $30 per person. The performances will be televised by Iowa PBS.
Ames High will send 36 students to the performance, with another three selected as alternate performers. Five of the students are making their fourth straight appearance at the festival..
Take a look at how students did:
Band:
- Evan Buller – Trumpet 1 – 4 years
- Sophia Kyveryga – Bassoon (Orchestra Woodwind) – 4 years
- Matthias Roettger – Clarinet 1 – 4 years
- Anika Shrotriya – Oboe (Orchestra Woodwind) – 3 years
- Sunney Que – Clarinet (Orchestra Woodwind) – 3 years
- Zane Wickencamp – Trombone 1 – 3 years
- Noah Shin – Clarinet 1 – 2 years
- Claire Lu – Alto Saxophone 1 – 2 years
- Danylo Palasyuk – Alto Saxophone 2 – 2 years
- Chloe Lu – Clarinet 3 – 1 year
- Hezekiah Johnson – Trombone 2 – 1 year
- Rebekah Buchwald – Flute 1 – 1 Year
Natalie Patterson was accepted as an alternate flute.
Choir:
- Azalea Allen – Soprano 1
- Hailey Meissner – Soprano 2
- Andres Trejo – Bass 1
Orchestra:
- Laura Chen – Violin I – 4 years
- Liyuan Wang – Violin I – 4 years
- Vienna Rossmanith – cello – 4 years
- Sean Lee – Violin I – 3 years
- Michael Li – Violin I – 3 years
- Hwanghasom Park – Violin I – 3 years
- Simay Zhu -Violin I – 3 years
- Laura Wang – Violin II – 3 years
- Erin Cho – Violin I – 2 years
- Swaran Prasanna – Violin I – 2 years
- Deirbhile Hennessy – Violin II – 2 years
- Claire Wang – Violin II – 2 years
- Joel Cho – cello – 2 years
- Joana Pizarro – cello – 2 years
- Sailesh Srinath – cello – 2 years
- Sofiia Ivanitska – Violin II – 1 year
- Fiona Calland – Viola – 1 year
- Seonu Song – cello – 1 year
- Gabriel Thompson – bass – 1 year
- Alec O’Bryan – bass – 1 year
- MacKenzie Roeschlein – harp – 1 year
Isaac Wang was accepted as an alternate violin, and Jonas Abner was accepted as an alternate cello.
