Students Advance To State From Music Fest

Gibraltar senior and flutist Cora Carriere (right) as accompanist Sarah Bong plays piano. Photo by Craig Sterrett.

Door County soloists and ensemble members advanced to the state meet from the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) District Solo and Ensemble Music Festivals at Gibraltar Area School and the additional festival at Sturgeon Bay.

Judges from throughout the region adjudicated the students’ performances and provided encouragement and instruction. At the Sturgeon Bay event, Southern Door had 73 students across 34 different events qualify for state.

Students who qualified to perform later this spring at UW-Green Bay included the following:

Gibraltar – Clara Carriere (as individual and in clarinet/flute duet), Cora Carriere (and in flute quintet, quartet, duet, and flute/clarinet duet); Italia De La Torre, Graham DeVoe, Wilson DeVoe, Aria Nordahl (and in flute quartet), Kai Nordahl, Emerson Lecy, Rebekka Porter, Elsa Roets, August Wisniewski, Mia Glocke, Blake Ouradnik, Gwen Sohns, Victor Soriano, Elyse Savard (and in flute quartet and duet), Olive Wisniewski (and in woodwind quartet), Bekka Porter; Gwen Sohns in woodwind quintet and flute quartet, Victor Soriano in woodwind quartet.

Sevastopol – Beatrix Dramm, Caleb Johnson, classical vocal solo and snare drum solo; Merrick Mann, classical vocal solo and musical theater solo; Kylee Duessler.

Southern Door – Jude Alrand, Maryann Alrand, Brock Beyer, Zach Beyer, RJ Bongle, Layna Bosman, Emma Bousley, Rylee Campbell, Kimberly Chavez Hernandez, Lucas Conard, Sammy Coyer, Ellie Engerson, Logan Euclide, Liam Finger, Maddie Finger, Marlen Garcia, Ben Grota, Kaiden Grovogel, McKenna Guilette, Savannah Guilette, Molly Hall, Elise Jackson, Isabel Jeanquart, Gavin Johnkejacquet, Kayla Johnson, Kelsey Johnson, Lukas Kallin, James Karsten, Addison Kluge, Iris Kramer, Katie Kroll, Nevaeh Krueger, Tara Maccaux, Eden Madden, Michael Martell, Anna Massart, Lexi Massart, Sam Massart, Lania Milewicz, Sara Montana, Emma Moyer, Danica Neville, Kailyn Neville,  Maiya Olson, Paige Olson, Evelyn Parks, Kennedy Paszczak,  Alanna Paye, Abby Petrina, Grant Pieschek, Mikayla Pieschek, Audrey Plzak, Vienna Price, Noah Rass, Isaac Rouer, Lilly Schmidt, Reya Schmidt, Karina Schmiling, Carina Schumacher, Jack Scoville, Marissa Shefchik, Abi Tooley, Ava Uecker, Joslyn Uecker, Manuela Uribarri, Abby Verhagen, Will Verhagen, Britney Wanless, McKenzie Warner, Teagan Williams, Emily Willming, Lilly Wrenn, Yana Zenefski.

Sturgeon Bay – Luke Selle and Jack LeCloux duet; Amelia Langfeldt and Jade Tomberlin duet; Sid Forest; Julia Kurek, Gavin Forest and Gabriella Luett trio; Alexis Lenius; Amelia Langfeldt; Gavin Forest; June VanLieshout; Gavin Forest; Roman Tremper; Gabriella Luett; Luett and Forest duet; Briana Barganz; Aurora Frazier; Angel Horner; Henry Lokken; Noelia Sanchez Rodriguez; Riely Teska; Hayden Ahlswede tenor and Musical Theater solo; Justin Gutiérrez tenor solo and Musical Theater solo; Elijah Klug soprano solo and Musical Theater solo; Ashlynn Keel soprano solo and Musical Theater solo; Eli Schuster bass solo and Musical Theater solo.

Gibraltar jazz musicians: Clara Carriere, Sam Ciesar, Will Bertes, Miles Richmond, Victor Soriano, Xander Helm, Wilson DeVoe, Mia Glocke, Katja Nelson, Olive Wisniewski, Ryan DeMuese, Sebastian Tizapa, Blake Ouradnik, Luke McCormack, Henry Pokorski, Finn Bremer, Amelie Reed, Cora Carriere, Graham DeVoe.