High Plains Festival at CSC to draw more than 300 high school musicians

The musicians were selected through taped auditions and on recommendations by their high school music instructors. They will form five groups—the High Plains Honor Band, the High Plains Honor Choir, the High Plains Festival Band, the High Plains Festival Men’s Choir and the High Plains Festival Women’s Choir.

After rehearsing during the two days, the musicians will present a concert at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Hall. The concert will be open to the public without charge.

Three Chadron State music professors will be joined by two guest conductors to direct the groups.

From Chadron State, Dr. Joel Schreuder will direct the honor choir, Dr. Una Taylor will direct the festival women’s choir and Adam Lambert will direct the honor band.

The festival men’s choir band will be directed by Dr. Jared Anderson, who is on the faculty at Northland College at Ashland, Wis., and formerly was a member of the Dale Warland singers and conducted the University of Minnesota men’s chorus.

The festival band will be directed by Darrell Brown, who is director of bands at Provo High School in Utah. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and formerly taught music in Zimbabwe.

Members of the various groups, by school, are:

High Plains Honor Choir

Ainsworth—Karl Bayer, Lane Carr, Miles Dorsey, Kyle Klammer, Jamie Schaefer, Jennifer Weiss.

Banner County—Hannah Hostetter, Jenna Whelchel.

Bayard—Anna Dailey, Miles Essay, Jessica Fiscus, Jacob Hoffman, JaCee Pilkington, Candace Ross, Samuel Zitterkopf.

Bridgeport—Ben Lickenbill, Emily Wickard.

Chadron—Ryann Bird, Matt Black, Brad Kizer, Cooper Norman.

Crawford—Derrick Hanks, Phillip Martin.

Creek Valley—Bonn Franks, Seth Oliverias.

Custer, S.D.—Lewis Hachmeister, Hannah McDermet, Heidi Nelson, Melody Parker, Noah Walz.

Gering—David Rupp, Ashley Scott.

Gordon-Rushville—Lacey Simmons, Arielle Tiensvold.

Hill City, S.D.—Melissa May.

Julesburg, Colo.—Kyle Bell.

Kimball—Stephanie Fossand, Randi Hansen,Ashley Quicke, Brock Tjosvold.

Morrill—Marina McCreary.

Rapid City Central—Chace Allen, Tricia Dugan, Jolynn Fletcher, Erin Gaither, Michael Henderson, Sean Lamke, Kami Maki, Jessica Van Cleave,

Sidney—Jordan Davis, Jordan Estrada, Chris Gabis, Eric Gutierrez, Michael Mead, Allysa Shipman, Shannon Smay, Harley Thurow.

Stuart—Jamie Myers.

Thedford—Megan Keller.

Todd County High, S.D.—Josh Larson.

Valentine—Stephanie Krueger, Elizabeth McQuistan, Baley Sargent.

High Plains Festival Women’s Choir

Alliance—Sheena Curtiss.

Ainsworth—Liz Bayer, Kwynn Gracey, Kelsei Gross, Emmy Runyan, Katie Zacharias.

Banner County—Shianna Frye, Kim KaOn, Lena Luchsinger.

Bayard—Kendra Cadwallader, Kayla Houck, Brittany Korell, Amy Long, Jennifer McMurtry, Michelle Miller, Shelbie Rose, Candy Smith.

Bridgeport—Marissa Steer, Molly Steer, Angela Wickard,

Chadron—Megan Kizer, Whitney Miller, Susannah Walgren.

Creek Valley—Sarah Counts, Miranda Franken, Levi Kalb, Aaron Woodman.

Crawford—Carrie Goff, Molly Lux, Erin Neal, Chelsey Storbeck, Tracy Witt.

Custer, S.D.—Vickie Bierwirth, Christina Bland, Melissa Cordes, Hilary Fischer, Caitlin Kurtz, Cora Nelson, Alexandria Schultz.

Gering—Megan Dunovan, Shannon Dunovan, Elizabeth Moore, Emily O’Boyle, Paige Thompson.

Gordon-Rushville—Aerin Neeley.

Hemingford—Robyn Wright.

Hill City, S.D.—Suzi Gerntson, Lenae Harrington, Kari Marx, Josie Morrison.

Hulett, Wyo.—Marie Endo, Kaitee Pilcher.

Kimball—Nicole Fossart, Emily Heidemann.

Moorcroft, Wyo.—Eliza Burger. Ashley Clonch, Aubry Gray.

Mullen—Chantel Sullivan.

Rapid City Central—Brianna Freese, Katy Gopperton, Kathleen Haibeck, Megan Kasulas, Abby Salkowski, Koleen Schoon, Jennifer Taylor, Jennifer Zebrowski.

Sidney—Jill Brown, Robin Easterly, Megan Gipfert, Jessie Golden, Sadie Golden, Jayma Loghry, Michelle Mahr, Katie Mead, Kristin Nichols, Abbi Raasch, Emily Taylor, Kallie Wager.

Sundance, Wyo.—Jessyca Cluff, Chantelle D’Spain.

Thedford—Megan Hanna.

Todd County, S.D.—Emmy Her Many Horses.

Valentine—Natalie Dunn, Amy Graham, Callie Johnson, Ellie Petersen, Kassi Risseeuw, Kelsey Ryschon, Lindsay Weander.

High Plains Festival Men’s Choir

Ainsworth—Brandon Painter, Michael Sholes.

Banner County—Josh Low

Bayard—Brian Clay, Michael Coolidge, Julian Ochoa, Sean Ridgeway, Michael Sholes, Robert White.

Chadron—Jacob Bradley.

Crawford—Quinn Johnson.

Creek Valley—Levi Kalb, Aaron Woodman.

Custer—George Bland, Ryan Foster, Sam Hosman, Austin Sabers, Darin Smith, Luke Stender.

Hulett, Wyo.—Clay Wood.

Kimball—Lyle Janicek, Matthew Merryfield, Mark Mietus,

Sidney—Michael Beyer, Alex Bond, Josh Brauer, William Dellinger.

Sundance, Wyo.—Michael Cundy,

Upton, Wyo.—Ryan Diehl, A.J. Remington.

Valentine—Ethan Larson, Tony Reed.

High Plains Honor Band

Ainsworth—Jonathan Bassard, euphonium;

Alliance—Kayla Batt, trumpet; Kala Essay, clarinet; Liz Jensen, horn; Taylor Liptack, flute; Colin Lybarger, tuba; Jon Marquez, trumpet; Nathan Snyder, trombone; Kelli Van Meter, horn.

Bayard—Robin Stadwick, clarinet.

Bridgeport—Titus Kautz, saxophone;

Chadron—Dan Cisneros, saxophone; Lauren Daniels, clarinet; Opal Fields, clarinet,

Custer, S.D.—Jesse Black, trumpet; Kelsey Pickford, clarinet;

Gering—Todd Anderson, trumpet; Kenny Buhr, percussion; Kristin Cacciavallani, saxophone; Kyle Estes, trombone; Jon Hutchison, trumpet; Megan Kautz, saxophone; David Kelley, percussion; Kate Macken, saxophone; Sarah Moeser, saxophone; Brian Peister, trombone; Aaron Raines, percussion; Elizabeth Robinson, horn; Alisa Stuckert, percussion; Kaiya West, clarinet; Andrew Wilhelm, trumpet; Jennifer Wolf, clarinet.

Gordon-Rushville—Justin Child, percussion; Richard Fairhead, baritone; Nick Goranson, trombone; Jacob Kruse, trumpet; Dan Sasse, baritone; Brianna Young, clarinet.

Hemingford—Britt Anderson, clarinet.

Hulett, Wyo.—Dayna Clark, flute; Nicole Gilliland, saxophone; Megan Dirks, tuba; Mariel Pfeifer, flute;

Kimball—Sarah Novotny, trumpet; Brenden Rageth, trumpet.

Moorcroft, Wyo.—Andrew Kinstetter, flute; Katie Mills, flute.

Sidney—Steven Garcia, trumpet; Jarod Kohler, trombone; Jonah Moore, tuba; Tyler Wynkoop, tuba.

Sturgis, S.D.—Amber Barnes, tuba; Rachelle Bedard, clarinet; Kelsey Bedford, horn; Sean Bestgen, percussion; Vince Dupree, trumpet; Heidi Hendrickson, clarinet; Megan McDougall, saxophone; Moriah McFarland, Sturgis; Adam McKnight, trumpet; Paul Raymond, trombone; Jacob Roman, trumpet; Kaitlin Ward, flute; Krystal Wiederrich, flute.

Sundance, Wyo.—Cassi Burns, bassoon; Russell Hadden, trombone; Courtney Lee, trumpet.

Todd County, S.D.—Albert Her Many Horses, bassoon.

High Plains Festival Band

Ainsworth—Gina Imm, clarinet; Caleb Hamernik, trombone; Tessa Jacobsen, flute.

Alliance—Dan Marques, baritone; Tommy Miller, tuba; Aaron Moier, tuba; Taylor Moore, turba.

Bayard—Brittany Billingsley, trumpet; Amy Peters, clarinet; Andrew Wilson, baritone,

Chadron—Alex Keller, saxophone; Olen King, trombone; Kayla Miller, trumpet; Thomas Thornton, trumpet;

Crawford—Melody Goff, trombone; Ashley Hughes, clarinet; Aubrey Soester, saxophone.

Custer—Katrina Bak, trumpet; Steven Hafner, trombone; Luressa Schultz, saxophone;

Gering—Nicole Bishop, flute; Nick Ereth, trombone; Ryan Ereth, trombone; Brady Foreman, trumpet; Elizabeth Gross, clarinet; Ty Hebbert, tuba; Royce Massie, trombone; Miranda Molina, clarinet; Teresa Moreno, clarinet; Kayla Nochi, horn; Lance Satur, trombone; Taylor Sestak, baritone; Calin Skudlarek; Danelle Smith, horn.

Gordon-Rushville—Melena Hanson, flute; John Johansen, tuba; Mike Kruger, trumpet; Austin Wacker, trumpet; Patric Young, trumpet,

Hemingford—Melissa Cervantes, flute; Taylor Jesperson, trumpet; Kate Kraenow, saxophone.

Kimball—Colton Daum, trumpet; Katie Hunzeker, flute; James Merryfield, trombone; Renetta Rawlings, clarinet; Kaitlin Wilson, flute.

Millard South—Kyle Schulze, saxophone.

Morrill—Laura Reisig.

Mullen—Kenny Cash, percussion.

Sidney—Michahla Beyer, flute; Kyle Christofferson, trombone; Dylan Douglas, percussion; Courtney Fletcher, flute; Mark Johnson, percussion; Kiefer Mundt, trumpet; Allie Primm, clarinet; Kathryn Sherfey, clarinet.

Sturgis—Nathan Harris, tuba; Emily Lisko, percussion; Carrie McRoden, baritone; Lauren Takahashi, saxophone.

Todd County, S.D.—Jaden Allen, saxophone.

Upton, Wyo.—Jason Allen, trombone; Ashley Carter, flute; Monica Materi, percussion.

Valentine—Allison Whitney, clarinet