The regular season of study and concerts for the Havre High School music programs wrapped up with a final concert Tuesday, with one more trip set for some of Havre’s singers: a trip to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York.

“I am frankly stunned and excited and incredibly proud of our students for achieving this honor,” said Patrick Ryan, director of the HHS choir.

Six members of the high school’s A Capella Choir — Karla Hellegaard, Kelsey Bakke, Kaylee Schubert, Lauren Scofield, Aaron Alderson and Colton Wedding — will spend five days and four nights in New York in preparation to participate in the New York premiere of Eric Whitacre’s “Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings” June 15.  Ryan said that, due to financial considerations, the entire A Cappella Choir is unable to make the trip.

The show will be performed in the Isaac Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall, with Whitaker conducting.

Ryan said the Havre High students will be performing with students from 10 other choirs from around the United States and abroad.

The last few weeks have been busy for the musicians.

The choir groups performed a pop concert Tuesday at the high school, which included the annual tradition of presenting roses to the parents of the seniors in honor of the graduating class.

Dave Johnke, director of the Havre High band, presented the last band concert at the high school last week.  He said he now is in the midst of planning the marching band camp held each fall at the start of the school year.

The concerts and current planning followed another successful year for Havre High in the District and State Music festivals.

At the festivals, professional musicians and educators adjudicate performances of high school musicians, rating them on a five-point scale with the best score “superior” and the second-best “excellent.” Receiving a superior rating at the District Music Festival qualifies the students to compete at the State Music Festival.

The festivals are not a competition, with each perfomance adjudicated on its own merit.

The adjudicator provides suggestions and comments to the musicians after their performance.

“I'm extremely pleased with the kids' participation and level of excellence,” Ryan said about the Havre High musicians’ peformance at the festivals.

“They represented Havre High School and our community in an exceptional manner at District and State Music festivals.” All in all, the Havre students earned 57 superior ratings in individual, duet, trio, group or ensemble performances.  Several students earned high ranks in performances of multiple songs.

Havre students earning a superior ranking at both the district and state festivals with their vocal solos included: Haley Lippy; Lauren Scofield; Bobby Horne; Jessica Wiken; Mary Kaercher; Larissa Price; Kody Hickman; Kaylee Schubert; Chance Pitkanen; and Kolby Sukut.

Also earning superiors with their vocal solos were: Madison Barger, Madeline Rick; Maggie Broesder; Joe Blatter; Amber Frazier; and Karla Hellegaard.

Havre singers earning a superior at district and an excellent at state with their vocal solos were: Tamra Blatter; Madison Hanson; Brianna Fox; Will Milligan; Joshua Viall; Fai th Croasde l l ; Rache l Karnauskas; Ramsey Drew; Michael Woronik; and Paige Sedahl.

Three singers earned superiors with their solos but were unable to perform them at state: Alyssa Bosch, Davis Teigeler and Samuel Curtis.

The students earning a superior at both district and state with their duets were: Fox/ Barger; Hellegaard/Kaercher; Cary/Frazier; Broesder/ Schubert; and Kaercher/Lippy.

The duets peformed by Korb/ Milligan and Christiansen/ Wiken earned superiors at district and excellent rankings at state.

The duets performed by Anderson/Cichosz and Curtis/ Quintero earned superiors at district, but the duos were unable to perform at state.

Two of Havre High’s vocal ensembles received superior rankings at district and state on each of two songs performed: Belles Voix and Lynnies Ladies.

Earning a superior at each festival for one song were The Hingham 5, HHS Women’s Ensemble and Lynnies Ladies.

The Blatter/Frazier/Fox Trio earned a superior at district and an excellent ranking at state.

Several students just missed a chance to perform their selections at state, earning an excellent at district.  In vocal solos, those were Kristina Chaney, Megan Obre cht , Je s s i c a Anderson, Megan Quintero, Nate Ramsbacher, Shawna Cary, Abbie Bohn and Kelly Albright.

Duets earning an excellent at district were: Kaercher Squared, Quintero/Bosch, Horne/Perrodin and Barger/ Curtis.

Ensembles earning an excellent were: Expressions Octet, HHS Triple Trio and the HHS Senior Octet.

On the band side, numerous performances earned superiors at both district and state, including, in solo performances: Savanna Belcourt on each of a piano and flute selection, Jessica Howland with a guitar performance, Mersades Lodge on flute and Nate Ramsbacher with a marimba solo.

Duets and groups earning superiors at both were Jessica Howland and Mersades Lodge with their guitar and flute duet; Brittannee Korb and Kaylee Schubert with their piano duet; Micheal Richards and Davis Teigeler with their trumpet duet; and Cichosz, Horne, Robertson and Wiken with their percussion quartet.

The Int e rmediat e and Advanced percussion ensembles also both earned superiors at both district and state.

Students who earned a superior at district and excellent at state with their solo performances were Josh Johnson on xylophone, Mersades Lodge on al to saxophone, Wi l l iam Milligan on trombone, and Colton Robbins on orchestral bells.

Groups earning a superior then excellent ranking were Anna Cook and Mersades Lodge with a flute duet; the saxaphone quartet of Hanson, Jupp, Lodge and Schubert; the tenor saxaphone trio of Klimas, Shubert and Wedding; the freshman alto saxophone trio of May, Rhines and Van Dessell; and the Jazz Band I, which received an excellent+ ranking; Jazz Band II and the HHS Woodwind Quintet.