Twenty Lake Washington School District (LWSD) middle school students from Redmond have received top honors by being selected to participate in the annual Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) Junior All-State bands, choirs and orchestra.
The students are part of a group of 39 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from LWSD who will join 536 other young performers in Yakima for an event on Feb. 15, 2014.
These musicians will rehearse together under the direction of outstanding music educators and present a final concert that afternoon. Students were selected through auditions to participate in this event.
WMEA Junior All-State Band
Flute: eighth-graders Jake Berreth and Kerilyn Higashi; percussion: eighth-graders Jordan Gramer and Robert Hitch; trombone: eighth-grader Abraham Jonsson; clarinet: eighth-grader Alan Tao.
French horn: eighth-grader Julian Guthrie.
Stella Schola Middle School (SSMS)
Flute: eighth-grader Julia Maher.
Rose Hill Middle School (RHMS)
Percussion: seventh-grader Jack Tribolet.
WMEA Junior All-State Choir
RMS
Eighth-graders Emma Beukes, Mia Falcone, Sohini Khanna, Jared Loveless and Ryanne Rockafield; seventh-graders Sanika Joshi and Myan Pham.
WMEA Junior All-State Orchestra
RMS
Violin: seventh-grader David Dias; cello: seventh-grader Melissa Lin.
RHMS
Cello: seventh-grader Lina Albernaz.
WMEA Junior All-State Youth Choir
EMS
Sixth-grader Athena Ho.
