Wright County choir, band students compete in districts
Wright County students recently competed in the District 3 Solo and Small Ensemble Music Festival held in West Plains.
Several students qualified for state with exemplary “1” ratings. Results are also shown as listed on the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) website.
State qualifiers will compete in the State Solo and Small Ensemble event slated for May 1-3 at the University of Missouri.
Mountain Grove
Exemplary ratings, state qualifiers-Ana Tukia (keyboard mallet solo), Cara Nelson (soprano clarinet solo), Clayton Maloney (bassoon solo), Emilee Pridemore (flute solo, vocal solo), Erecka Penner (vocal solo), Isabella Brown (vocal solo), James Dickey (trumpet solo), Khloe Angel (vocal solo), Leah Broome (vocal solo), Makenzi Schober (contra clarinet solo), Megan Adams (alto saxophone solo), Micah Barbe (trombone solo), Petra Wixom (multiple percussion solo), SAB Sextet (Khloe Angel, Sophia Cameron, Robert Davis Ellie Jordan, Charles Lauderdale, Santana Schwertfeger), SATB Double Quartet (Leah Broome, Emma Crewse, James Dickey, Phillip Fry, Brayden Haughey, Cooper Mitchell, Erecka Penner and Dylan Stewart), SATB Quartet (Micah Barbe, James Dickey, Erecka Penner and Emilee Pridemore), SSAA Double Quartet (Khloe Angel, Claire Barbe, Leah Broome, Emma Crewse, Audrey Garner, Alexis Robertson and Dylan Stewart), TTBB Quartet (Phillip Fry, Brayden Haughey, Cooper Mitchell and Josiah Schott), and Woodwind Quartet (mixed woodwind, Raegon Barbe, Rachel Byrd, Cara Nelson and Emilee Pridemore).
Mansfield
Exemplary ratings, state qualifiers-Annalise Johnson (vocal solo, flute solo), Brienne Severance (flute solo), Kiersten Garrison (vocal solo), Mansfield Canto Leoni (miscellaneous vocal ensemble-Isabelle Chamberlain, Annalise Johnson, Thomas Matney, Ashlyn Simpson, Wyatt Snow and Autumn Strohm), Mansfield Gold Ensemble (SSAA Double Quartet-Isabelle Chamberlain, Rylee Dixon, Julianna Engel, Kiersten Garrison, Annalise Johnson, Caitlyn Johnson, Madalyn Severs and Autumn Strohm), Thomas Matney (vocal solo, euphonium solo) and Wyatt Snow (vocal solo).
Hartville
Exemplary ratings, state qualifiers-Abrielle Brumfield (vocal solo), Hartville Miscellaneous SSA White (Miscellaneous Vocal Ensemble, Reagan Arnall, Abrielle Brumfield, Emilee Coffman, Brianna Graham-Sanchez, Katie McDaris, Alexis Minnich, Sydney Payne and Kennedy Raney), Hartville Percussion Ensemble (Micah Clevenger, Hallie Miller, Alexander Parsons, Kennedy Raney and Peyton Tooley), Hartville SATB Double Quartet (Madeline Brown, Micah Clevinger, Truett Coryell, Sahara Fugitt, Boone Garrison, Shaelynn Ghormley, Alexander Parsons and Jarica Shaver), Hartville Sax Quartet (Emilee Coffman, MaKynna Ghormley, Natalia Oster and Sydney Payne), Jodi Bettendorf (flue solo), Juleanah Smith (soprano clarinet solo) and Shaelynn Ghormley (trombone solo)
Norwood
Norwood had just two students receive honors, but they were not state qualifiers. Satisfactory ratings earned by Krista Havice and Lillyan Coffman (vocal solos).