CHS Students Selected to Perform in Southwest Iowa Bandmasters Association High School Honor Band
Launch the media gallery 1 playerOn Saturday, December 10, thirty Clarinda High School Band students travelled to Atlantic High School to audition for the 49th Annual Southwest Iowa Bandmasters Association high school honor band. Of those thirty students, twenty-two were accepted into one of two bands, a 9th and 10th grade band or the 11th and 12th grade band. In order to be selected, students had to prepare and perform scales and two contrasting etudes for a panel of judges.
The selected students will participate in the honor band on Monday, January 16. Each group rehearses for the full day and then performs a concert in the evening. The concert takes place in the Atlantic High School Auditorium and begins at 7:00 PM. The cost of admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults.
The following students were accepted:
9-10 Band
Jayden Eickemeyer – flute
Aya Hamanaka – oboe
Samanthan Eberly – clarinet
Jenna Nelson – clarinet
Nathan Lindsay – tenor sax
Ethan Herzberg – bari sax
Michaela McAndrews – trumpet
Morgan Pruitt – trumpet
Eben Wulbecker – trumpet
Madeline Sics – French horn
Cloe Holmstrom – French horn
McKenzie Slough – mallet percussion
11-12 Band
Jennifer Sics – flute
Grace Davidson – clarinet
Benton Bielfeldt – clarinet
Shelby Van Fosson – clarinet
Jared Kirsch – trumpet
Ash Baumli – trumpet
Samuel Baldwin – French horn
Levi Frazier – trombone
Cassidy Marcum – trombone
Hunter Crawford – euphonium
Clarinda High School also had four students who have been selected all six years of eligibility, 7th through 12th grade. Those students are Grace Davidson, Benton Bielfeldt, Levi Frazier and Cassidy Marcum. This is a tremendous accomplishment.