Forty-seven Lake Washington School District high school music students have been accepted to 2016 Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) High School All-State Honor Groups.
These students will perform at the WMEA State Conference in Yakima on Feb. 14, 2016. The list includes students from Eastlake High School (EHS), International Community School (ICS), Juanita High School (JHS), Lake Washington High School (LWHS), Redmond High School (RHS) and Tesla STEM High School (Tesla STEM).
Another 52 students were accepted into Junior All-State Honor Groups. That list includes students from Evergreen Middle School (EMS), Finn Hill Middle School (FHMS), Inglewood Middle School (IMS), Kamiakin Middle School (KaMS), Kirkland Middle School (KiMS), Redmond Middle School (RMS) and Rose Hill Middle School (RHMS). Six sixth-grade students were also accepted to the Youth Choir.
The following are Redmond students who have made the list.
2016 WMEA All-State Wind Ensemble
Caeli MacLennan, senior, French horn, Tesla STEM and Tyler Roberts, senior, bass clarinet, RHS.
2016 WMEA All-State Concert Band
Harriet Clarke, junior, trombone, RHS; Ben Formantes, junior, Bb soprano clarinet, RHS; Abraham Jonsson, sophomore, euphonium (baritone horn), RHS; Ashwin Naresh, freshman, Bb soprano clarinet, Tesla STEM and Kaitlyn Yoon, senior, Bb soprano clarinet, RHS.
2016 WMEA All-State Wind Symphony
Justin Qiu, sophomore, trumpet (cornet), Tesla STEM.
2016 WMEA All-State Symphonic Choir
Jake Berreth, sophomore, bass 1, RHS; Mia Falcone, sophomore, soprano 1, RHS; Rebekah Lovitt, senior, alto 2, RHS and Jack Prebo, junior, bass 2, RHS.
2016 WMEA All-State Treble Choir
Nora Hansen, sophomore, alto 2, RHS; Sanika Joshi, freshman, alto 1, RHS; Paige Krumperman, junior, soprano 2, RHS and Jenna Oratz, senior, soprano 1, Tesla STEM.
2016 WMEA All-State Chamber Orchestra
Jaime Cantwell, junior, violin, RHS; Prajwala Mantha, senior, viola, RHS; Martin Shi, freshman, trumpet (cornet), RHS and Kyungyoon Yoo, senior, violin, RHS.
2016 WMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra
Christina Chou, junior, violin, RHS; Sophia Hwang, sophomore, violin, RHS; Dorothy Lu, junior, trombone, RHS; Adrian Pang, senior, cello, Tesla STEM; William Ronneburg, junior, trombone, RHS and Meghna Shankar, freshman, viola, RHS.
2016 WMEA Junior All-State: Baker Band
Laila Moeller, eighth grade, Bb clarinet, EMS.
2016 WMEA Junior All-State: Rainier Band
Ethan Fang, seventh grade, French horn, EMS; Emma Johnson, eighth grade, Bb clarinet, EMS and Ryan York, seventh grade, baritone saxophone, RMS.
2016 WMEA Junior All-State Mixed Choir
Michele Beckham, seventh grade, alto voice, RHMS and Gloria Garcia de Vicente, seventh grade, soprano voice, RMS.
2016 WMEA Junior All-State Treble Choir
Harini Shankar, seventh grade, Soprano Voice, EMS
2016 WMEA Junior All-State Orchestra
Spencer Boyer, eighth grade, string bass, EMS; Ryan Butler, eighth grade, String Bass, RMS; Taerim Choi, seventh grade, violin, RHMS; Akie Honda, eighth grade, violin, RHMS; Aaron Hong, eighth grade, cello, EMS; Ananya Jain, eighth grade, violin, RMS; Kaushik Komandur, seventh grade, violin, RMS; Ashley Luty, eighth grade, violin, RMS; Alexander Matveyenko, eighth grade, viola, RMS; Olivia Mauer, eighth grade, viola, RHMS; Mira Roth, eighth grade, cello, RMS; Kai Slesarev-Nogami, eighth grade, cello, RMS; Yueyan Zhao, eighth grade, violin, EMS and Catherine Zheng, seventh grade, violin, EMS.
2016 WMEA Junior All-State Youth Choir
Rayna Bhattacharyya, sixth grade, alto voice, RMS; Rylie Bird, sixth grade, soprano voice, RMS; Nora Pence, sixth grade, soprano voice, RHMS and Vrinda Satyavolu, sixth grade, alto voice, RMS.
