Music students from Iola and Marmaton Valley schools took part in the Southeast Kansas Music Educators Association Honors Ensembles Concert on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts in Pittsburg.
Both Iola and Marmaton Valley musicians will travel to Salina on Jan. 13 to audition for the All-State Ensembles.
The Iola High School Band will have its winter concert at 7 p.m. on Dec. 11 at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The orchestra will have a concert at 7 on Wednesday, at the Creitz Recital Hall at the Bowlus.
The District Honor Band performed first and included the following students:
Clarinet, seventh chair, Jillian Ward, Iola
Bass Clarinet, first chair, Sheridan Byrd, Iola
Tenor Saxophone, second chair, Ben Fager, Iola
Baritone Saxophone, first chair, Kale Godfrey, Iola
Trumpet, second chair, Madeleine Wanker, Iola
Tuba, Brendon Newman, Marmaton Valley
Trombone, first chair, Mason Ferguson, Marmaton Valley; second chair Bethany Miller, Iola
The District Honor Orchestra performed second and had the following Iola students:
Violin I, Keira Fawson, Kalibre Smith, Rebekah Coltrane
Violin 2, Maddie McDermeit, Adriel Pina
Cello, Izzy Tyson
