Decorah HS musicians do well at State Solo and Ensem ble Music Festival

Saturday was a successful day for Decorah High School musicians at the annual State Solo andEnsemble Music Festival at Crestwood High School inCresco.

113 entries received Division I "Superior" ratings and six entries were given an "OutstandingPerformance" award for the most superior performance of the day in their category.

Receivinga Perfect Score were Everett Wegge - Bass Vocal Solo; Junior/Senior Treble ClefEnsemble - Vita Domnenko, Indigo Fish, Madelyn Jermier, Helen Johnson, MorganMinear, Sonja Sacquitne, Maggie Schwarz, Abby Trewin, Carina Yee; Ninth GradeTreble Clef Ensemble - Katherine Bruening, Amie Holzer, Lily Humpal, AnnetteLeschensky, Ella Runestad, Jordan Sabanish, Lily Smith, Katie Storlie, KatieValkosky; Sarah Mumford - Flute Solo; Jenna Galligan - Mallet Solo; and Percussion Ensemble "Cymbalectomy" - Michael Jones,Jackson Varney, Maddie Fahey, Jenna Galligan, Spencer Weis, and HenrikMarquardt; Carina Yee - Violin Solo; Janaye Lundtvedt and Carina Yee -Violin Duet; Avery Dugger and Augusta Casterton - String Bass Duet; Abby Trewinand Luke Stock - Violin Duet; Elise Robison and Gus Hayes - Violin Duet.

Division I of Superior Ratings:

Solos (total: 65)

Flute:Jordyn Hussain, Sarah Mumford; Oboe: Indigo Fish, Abigail Toussaint; Clarinet:Cassidy Carolan, Isabel de la Cruz Hexom, Mya Herrmann, Danielle Lundtvedt;Saxophone: Everett Wegge (Alto and Tenor Saxophone); French Horn: RobertBerger, Sara Gehling, Meg Sessions; Trombone: Chance Elton, Ian Smith, SolomonThompson, Sam Wilson; Tuba: Victoria Miller; Snare Solo: Mara Frieden, MichaelJones, Spencer Weis; Mallet: Jenna Galligan; Piano: Helen Johnson, Sam Wilson;Violin: Gus Hayes, Amie Holzer, Janaye Lundtvedt, Elise Robison, Mya Sullivan,Abby Trewin, Carina Yee; Viola: Nathan Larson; Cello: James Paulson; Soprano:Katherine Bruening, Camille Dahlquist, Isabel de la Cruz, Vita Domnenko, IndigoFish, Jordyn Hussain, Helen Johnson, Kaylee Knight, Annette Leschensky, MorganMinear, Sonja Sacquitne, Emellia Sims, Anna Spencer, Abigail Toussaint; Alto:Ayla Carbonell, Lillian Grouws, Emma Rooney, Abby Trewin, Emily Womeldorf;Tenor: Jackson Berlage, Finn Deen-Lester, Zach DeVore; and Bass: Avery Dugger, ErikJohnson, Michael Jones, Carston Krieg, Ben Leschensky, Garrett Sorenson, KajSpencer, Everett Wegge, Richard Weis, Spencer Weis.

Ensembles (total: 48)

FluteQuintet (Minear, Hussain, Mumford, R.Sullivan, K. Peterson); Clarinet Duet (de la Cruz Hexom and M. Schwarz);Clarinet Duet (E. Franzen and K. Rooney); Wind Ensemble WoodwindChoir; Trombone Trio (I. Smith, Wilson, S. Thompson); Saxophone Choir;Wind Ensemble Brass Choir; Low Brass Choir; Mixed Woodwind Trio (Toussaint,Mumford, C. Carolan); Mixed Woodwind Duet (de la Cruz Hexom andHussain); Mixed Woodwind Duet (Toussaint and Hussain); Oboe Duet (Toussaintand Knight); Percussion Ensemble "Cymbalectomy" (Jones, Varney, M. Fahey, Galligan,Spencer Weis, H. Marquardt); Percussion Ensemble "This Old Man"(Frieden, Spencer Weis, Fadness, Varney); Percussion Ensemble "GungaGalunga" (L. Marquardt, Gunhill-Dansdill, M. Fahey, Fadness, Galligan); WindEnsemble Percussion Choir; String Duet: J. Lundtvedt and Yee,Hayes and Robison, Sacquitne and Mikkelson, Larson and Paulson, Dugger andAugusta Casterton; Trewin and Stock; Frey and Ahrens; Violin Trio (KaylaWalter, Krieger, Johanningmeier); String Quintet (Yee, J. Lundtvedt,Larson, Paulson, Dugger); 11/12 Grade Chamber Orchestra; 9-12 Select ChamberOrchestra; Vocal Duets: Yee and T. Miller, Knight and J.Lundtvedt, Trewin and R. Weis, M. DeVore and Krieg, Helen Johnson and A.Spencer, Wegge and R. Weis; Madrigal Singers; CC Chamber Singers;CC Chamber Choir; Ninth Grade Chamber Choir; Vocal Trio (Indigo Fish, Minear, M. Schwarz);VC/CC Bass Clef 9 (Carlson, Hayes, Berlage, N. Bockman, Sorenson, Kephart,I. Smith, Isaac Fish, Hendrickson); BJERMZEKS CC Bass Clef 9 (M.DeVore, Z. DeVore, McCain, Muhlbauer, Smedsrud, Spencer Weis, B. Leschensky,Wegge, R. Weis); Ninth Grade Bass Clef 11 (Mincks, Benzing, Deen-Lester,G. Iverson, M. Leschensky, Halverson, Magner, P. Bockman, Shindelar, Courtney);Bass Clef Quartet (Deen-Lester, Wilson, Dugger, Krieg); Junior/SeniorTreble Clef Ensemble (Domnenko, Indigo Fish, M. Jermier, Helen Johnson,Minear, Sacquitne, M. Schwarz, Trewin, Yee); CC Treble Clef 8 (Womeldorf,Maher, Toussaint, de la Cruz, B. Valkosky, Galligan, M. Fahey, Carbonell); CCTreble Clef 8 (Knight, J. Lundtvedt, Dowden, R. Sullivan, Ranum, Davis, M.Monroe, T. Miller); CC Treble Clef 9 (C. Cowie, Dahlquist, Ihde, I.Iverson, M. Peterson, K. Peterson, Kellogg, Augusta Casterton, A. Hudson); VCTreble Clef 9 (Robison, Sophie Weis, Guzman, A. Hanson, Maguina,Lesmeister, Pedlar, Fretheim, Frieden); and Ninth Grade Treble Clef 9 (K.Bruening, Holzer, Humpal, A. Leschensky, Runestad, Sabanish, L. Smith, Storlie,K. Valkosky).

Division II of Excellent Ratings:

Solos(total: 50)

Piccolo:Sarah Mumford; Flute: Rachelle Sullivan; Oboe: Lily McGohan, Amey Shedinger;Clarinet: Shaina Bakken; Trumpet: Landon Miller; French Horn: Daniel Ott;Trombone: Kaya Hougen; Euphonium: Joe Elsner, Carston Krieg; Snare: KatherineBruening, Audrey Casterton, Conner Cook, Beirgen Gunhus-Dansdill, LarsMarquardt, Sawyer Vanden Brink, Jackson Varney; Mallet: Maddie Fahey, EllaRunestad, Sawyer Vanden Brink; Timpani: Erick Fadness; Piano: Ella Runestad,Solomon Thompson; Violin: Brenna Betts, Emma Fretheim, Ann Meirick, WilliamSchwarz, Hayley Steine, Britta Swanson, Daniel Willie; Viola: Kayanne Cooper,Sonja Sacquitne; Cello: Lillian Grouws; Soprano: McKenzie Hageman, HallieJohnson, Sydney Landstrom, Janaye Lundtvedt, Sarah Mumford, Abby Pedlar, RyleaRanum, Amey Shedinger, Lily Smith; Alto: Lily Humpal, Nina Stahr; Tenor: HaydenCarlson, Sam Wilson; and Bass: Cameron DeLong, Erick Fadness, Eric Smedsrud,Ian Smith.

Ensembles (total: 25)

FluteChoir; Clarinet Duet: (Holyoake,H. Weis); Symphonic Band Brass Choir; French Horn Quartet (Ott,Berger, Gehling, Sessions); Mixed Brass Trio (Helen Johnson, R. Weis,Krieg); Brass Quintet (Muhlbauer, L. Miller, Berger, S. Thompson, V.Miller); Symphonic Band Woodwind Choir; Mallet Percussion Ensemble "EasyWinners" (Galligan, Bouska, M. Fahey, Frieden); Percussion Ensemble "BossaNovacaine" (L. Marquardt, Runestad, M. Leschensky, Gunhus-Dansdill,Vanden Brink); String Duets: Deen-Lester and L. Smith, S. Betts andSvestka; String Trios (I. Iverson, C. Cowie, Augusta Casterton), (M.Folkedahl, A. Folkedahl, Nimrod), (Stock, Hovden and Paulson); ViolinQuartet (Stock, Phillips, Willie, Larson); String Quartet (A. Peña,Swanson, J. Peña, Pipho), String Quintets (Meirick, Flatland, Cooper,Sophie Weis, Kleckner), (Dintaman, Fretheim, Roberts, Rolfs, Carlson); 9-10Chamber Orchestra; Vocal Duets: Domnenko and Sims, DeLong andIsaac Fish; Viking Chorus Chamber Choir; Ninth Grade Treble Clef 9 (AudreyCasterton, Tangen, Swanson, Bjergum, Putnam, Tran, Grouws, O. Fahey, D.Lundtvedt); Ninth Grade Bass Clef 9 (A. Peña, C. Cook, J. Peña, Henning,K. Spencer, J. Holland, Donlon, Vilardo, N. Holkesvik); VC Treble Clef 7(Meirick, Hallie Johnson, Landstrom, Hussain, Gehling, E. Rooney, Mumford); andVC/CC Bass Clef 9 (Dostal, Larson, Wilson, E. Johnson, Stock, Jones,Fadness, Phillips, Brevig).