More than 150 students participating in Hastings College honor band, choir festival
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College will hold its 60th Annual Honor Band and 52nd Annual Honor Choir concert on Monday, January 22, at 5:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Hastings (621 N Lincoln Avenue). The concert is free and open to the public, and will be livestreamed on the Hastings College YouTube channel.
The Hastings College Honor Band and Choir (HHBC) festival is the longest-running high school music honor ensembles sponsored by a college in Nebraska and features some of the best high school musical talent throughout the region. This year, 159 students were selected from Nebraska, Colorado and South Dakota — with 99 selected to be part of the choir and 60 selected for band.
Student check-in for both ensembles is Sunday, January 21, with rehearsals happening on campus until later on Monday when the groups move to the church to prepare for the concert.
The honor band is directed by Dr. Louie Eckhardt, director of bands at Hastings College. The choir is directed by Dr. Lauren Ramey, associate director of choral activities and director of music education at East Tennessee State University.
Students selected for this year’s Hastings College Honor Band and Choir are listed below, by state, high school and area.
Colorado
Denver Christian School Choir Sarah Bissell
Homeschool (Holyoke, Colorado) Choir Charlotte Kramer
Limon Choir Abbygayle Peeters
Woodland Park Choir Michaela White
Nebraska
Adams Central Band Morgan Stoeger Choir Carter Lipovsky
Alliance Choir Ayvrie Waldron
Alliance (unaffiliated) Band Landyn Branstiter
Arthur County Choir Addison Bures
Ashland-Greenwood Choir Jackson Nielson
Axtell Choir Maxine Fickenscher
Bellevue West Band Jade Meekins
Central City Band Cheyenne Veach
Centura Choir Lilyana Campbell Brionna Lowe Zoie Simons
Columbus Choir Aidan Ballentine Jared Coughtry Kenneth Fuentes-Quelex Sheyla Monteza Gonzalez Fatima Munoz Nathaniel Navarrete Emily Niles Angel Osorio Jacqueline Sanchez-Sanchez
Diller-Odell Band Joely Weers
Elkhorn North Band Lacy Mehaffey
Fillmore Central Choir Annika Frook Markey Hinrichs Annalyse Janing Ellie Janing Adela West
Fort Calhoun Band Addie Benoit Trey King III Edward Lautrup Michael Maxon Cody Rogers Alex Schuler Johnathon Schwarte Choir Alex Fienhold
Freeman Band Solomon Delhay Choir Hannah Stanley
Gering Band Lily Kadolph Natalie Peterson
Giltner Choir Hannah Harms
Gothenburg Band Lathan Buesing Marvix Butterfield Claire Vincent Alec Winney Choir Olivia Bonine Kaylee Olsen Sarah Sander
Grand Island Northwest Band Kade Duering
Grand Island Senior High Band Erin Harrington Daniela Reyes Machuca Ashley Rodriguez
Hastings Senior High School Band Justine Bierman Hailey Gordon Choir Finn Groves Mackenzie Tate Ezekiel Verhage
Hastings St. Cecilia Band Killian Heckman
Hershey Band Katie Abbott Rylan Hudson Aubrie Martino-Zogg Choir Evelyn Lewis
Holdrege Band Clemens Nitchie Darbie de Freese Daylen Scheele Calvin Smith |
Kearney High School Band Corey Bunger Benjamin Fries Antonio Guerrero Alex Hasenauer Sylvia LeFeber Savannah Mast Dane McClary Derrick Nonhof Arabella Young
Leyton Choir Micheal Kepler
Lincoln East Band KaeLynn Adrian Choir Kadrin Greenwood Caleb Ruch Linnea Welsh Emerson Wilcox
Lincoln Northwest Band Sierra Albers
Lincoln Southwest Choir Jasmine Lundquist Lyndee Walker
McCook Choir Mykuh Hanson
Mead Choir Allex Harmon Addison O'Brien Samuel Springbett
Millard North Choir Colin Bell Jennifer Bonge Lilly Jones Mekala Sajsra
Norfolk Senior High School Band Aubrie Burke Andy Cook Ava Fisher Jonah Hastings Emily Peck Zoii Swantek Choir Nate Buettner Allison Disch Seren Engelbart Tessa Ferguson Conner Fick Jay Kozoer Caroline Love Quiana Marmolejo Charis Phelps Sam Robinson Addy Rusk Brynn Rusk Rebecca Asbury
Norris Band Morrisa Kisling
North Platte Band Adriana Black Choir Brena Melton
Papillion La Vista South Choir Amal Abdel'Hamid Jada Bankson Lauryn Boyle Aaniyah Collins Laine Cunningham Brady Del Campo Breena Deutsch Leo Duhs Annalyse Forester-Walton Katy Gillis Andrew Hettinger Tyson Johnson Morgan Locklear Mar Nalty Katie Nguyen Merideth Rickli John Tejral Megan Vinter
Plainview High School Band Weston Hoffman
Ralston High School Band Jack Budzinski
Sargent High School Band Hayden Nelson
Scottsbluff Choir Brandon Baker Grace Baker Katie Hoevet Lauren Johnson Max Meyer Ava Osborn Marlowe Osborn Hannah Rugroden
SEM Public School Choir Merry Day Bryn Eggleston Ebony Owens
Skutt Catholic Band Felicity Ferrante Ella Goetz
Southern Valley Choir Alyson Adams Gracie Chavez
Verdigre Public School Choir Heidi Hollmann
Weeping Water Choir Jacob Cover Talon Gifert Samantha Hall
Wilber-Clatonia Band Caleb Panning
York Band Katelyn Ecklund
South Dakota
Mitchell High School Choir Abe Gunnare
