Havre High students earn top ratings at state festival

Daily News Staff

Havre students performed at the Western State Music Solo and Ensemble Festival in Missoula, with many Havre High School musicians earning top ratings at the festival.

Students who earned the top rating of superior competed at the District 7 Music Festival in Shelby.

At the state festival, the students performed for adjudicators who then ranked the students performance and gave a critique and suggestions on the performance.

The following students were rated at the state festival:

Havre High School Choir

Superior ratings

Hi-Liters; Sara Kutz-Yeager, soprano solo; Emily Simonson, soprano solo; Simonson, Linquist, Viall and Cammon, vocal quartet

Excellent ratings

Hannah Bean, soprano solo; Lita Cammon, soprano solo; “Hush, Little Baby,” vocal ensemble; Thomas Keith, tenor solo; Mariia Makarova, soprano solo; Men’s Ensemble; Parrotte and Ruhkamp, vocal duet; Steinmetz, Keith, Phillips and Parrotte, vocal quartet; Niedert and Vance, vocal duet; Vance and Niedert, vocal duet

Good ratings

“Danny Boy” vocal ensemble

Havre High School Band

Superior ratings

Hannah Bean, flute solo; Brittney Bergren, piano solo; Brass Quintet; Lita Cammon, flute solo; Clarions Clarinet ensemble; John Dolph, marimba solo; Ammon Lines, marimba solo; Lari Linquist, French horn solo; Baylee Miller, flute solo; Parrotte and Reighard marimba duet; Percussion Ensemble; Savanna Pierson, clarinet solo; Aria Pratt, marimba solo; Emily Simonson, flute solo; Vander Swensen, flute solo; Laura Vance, flute solo; Amanda Viall, flute solo; Acor, Oberquell and Steinmetz, saxophone trio.

Excellent ratings

Acor, Oberquell and Steinmetz, saxophone trio; Flute Choir; Kaleb Gardner, euphonium solo; Logan Gardner, euphonium solo; Gardner and Oberquell, duet; Trinnity Gobin, double bass violin solo; Jazz Ensemble I; Jazz Ensemble II; Jessica Otto, trombone solo; Trenton Parrotte, marimba solo; Pierson and Seiler duet; Michelle Rainey, oboe solo; Rainey and Swick duet; Saxophone Quartet; Cayden Seiler, trombone solo; Megan Smith, alto sax solo; Holly Strobel, alto sax solo; Eric Stump, clarinet solo.