Stockton music students attend MCEL Music Festival

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Stockton music students attend MCEL Music Festival

Cheyene Carlson receives I Rating for her clarinet solo

Thu, 03/05/2020 - 07:16

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EIGHTH-GRADE GIRLS Brook Kolar, Cheyene Carlson, Ashlyn Wallace, Katy Post, Claire Plumer, Ruthie Voss and Jayden Palmer performed at the MCEL Music Festival in Norton on Wednesday, February 26th.
THE SEVENTH-GRADE GIRLS ENSEMBLE performed at the MCEL Music Festival in Norton on Wednesday, February 26th. Pictured are (front row, from left): Jalia Creighton, Lucie Voss, Tianna Dunning, Shyanne Balthazor, Brin Muir, Ashlyn Hahn, Bodye Stithem, Michaela Brown, Ryleigh Gardner; (back row) Kourtney Bigge, Julianna Coleman, Ella Snyder, MacKenzie Kester, Kalea Graf, Rivver Long, Ava Dix, Emma Yakish, Aubrey Kesler and Lillie Ferguson.

The Mid-Continent Elementary League Music Festival took place at Norton on Wednesday, February 26th. Several Stockton music students took solos to the event. The choir received a II Rating for their performance selections: “Homeward Bound” arranged by Jay Althouse and “Lean On Me (We Shall Overcome)” arranged by Mark Hayes.

The seventh-grade girls ensemble and the eighth grade girls ensemble both received II Ratings.

Vocal solo ratings are as follows: Cheyene Carlson, Katy Post, Brin Muir, Lillie Ferguson and Ashlyn Wallace all received I-Ratings for their solos; Jadyn Palmer, Rivver Long and Kourtney Bigge all received a II+ Rating for their solos; and Noah Griffin received a II Rating for his solo.

The band performed the songs “March For A Celebration” and “Simple Gifts” arranged by Andrew Balent. They received a III Rating. The Clarinet Trio consisting of Jalia Creighton, Cheyene Carlson and MacKenzie Kester received a II Rating for their performance.

Instrumental solos ratings were as follows: Cheyene Carlson received a I Rating for her clarinet solo; Jalia Creighton received a II+ Rating for her clarinet solo; Ryleigh Gardner received a II rating for her trumpet solo; Ava Dix received a II-Rating for her saxophone solo; Lillie Ferguson received a III Rating for her saxophone solo; Boyde Stitehm received a III+ Rating for her trumpet solo; and Kourtney Bigge received a III+ Rating for her flute solo.