C-Falls students excel at district music festival

Columbia Falls had a great showing at the district music festival at Flathead and Glacier high schools April 12-14.

The event drew students from the host schools as well as Libby, Troy, Eureka, Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Polson and Bigfork.

Qualified music specialists listened to and judged each performance, providing verbal and written comments for each entrant rating them as superior, excellent, good, fair or poor.

Solos and ensembles receiving superior ratings qualified to attend the State Solo and Ensemble Festival in Helena which was May 4-5.

• Superior performance: Symphonic Band

• Excellent performance: Concert Band, Columbia Chorale, Tres Belle, Treble Choir with Troubadours

• Superior sight reading: Tres Belle, Columbia Chorale, Troubadours, Symphonic Band

• Excellent sight reading: Treble Choir, Concert Band,

• Superior jazz band: Columbians

• Excellent jazz band: Jazz Factory

• Superior vocal solo: Matt Erhart, Brooke Wilson, Amanda Morrison, LE McDaniel, Hunter Role, Meredith Stolte, Ada Brooks, Shelby Nash

• Excellent vocal solo: Natalie Law, Shelby Greene, Megan Spencer, Danielle Henderson, Daisyjane Johnson, McKenna Emmerich

• Superior vocal ensembles: Weep No More Quartet (Gabrielle Stenger, LE McDaniel, Shelby Nash and Korren Fehrenbach); The Violet Trio (McKenna Emmerich, Jasmine Goodwin and Micinzie Christopherson)

• Excellent vocal ensemble: Amazing Grace Quartet (Kaitlyn Presnell, Morgan Christianson, Meredith Stolte and Daisyjane Johnson)

• Superior vocal duet: Korren Fehrenbach and Gabrielle Stenger; Micah Sperry and Caylub Moon; Brooke Wilson and Amanda Morrison; Cortney White and Elyse Gordon

• Excellent vocal duet: Breanna Friar and Danielle Henderson; Alex Presnell and Cortney White; Brooke Wilson and Bryan Shaffer; Ada Brooks and Kendra Stevens; Natalie Law and Mariah Flickinger

• Superior vocal jazz ensembles: Sonifers (Korren Fehrenbach, Gabrielle Stenger, Brittney Herman, Elyse Gordon, Cortney White, Shelby Nash, LE McDaniel, Mark Hader, Bryan Shaffer, Micah Sperry, Caylub Moon, Luke Kazlauskas, Hunter Role and Dillion French); Vox (McKenna Emmerich, Jasmine Goodwin, Micinzie Christopherson, Kayla Stephens, Kinzie Howell, Kaycee Burke and Meagan Taylor)

• Superior band ensembles: Josh Potter, Wyatt Vanham, Cody Wiebelhaus, Zayne Brunz, Tom Connolly (percussion quintet); percussion ensemble, Josh Potter and Wyatt Vanham (timpani/snare duet); Zach Ronish and Arlyn Jorgenson (snare duet); Zach Ronish and Carlee Brown (snare duet); Tom Connolly and Mike Sandefer (snare drum duet)

• Excellent band ensembles: Heaven Putnam and Kodi Pletcher (snare duet); percussion ensemble II, Tom Connolly and Dillon Hoerner (snare drum duet); Natalie Law, Olivia Ramstad, Micah Sobczak, Henry Chisolm(saxophone quartet); Woodwind Quintet; Natalie Law, Chanel Intaratanod, Colter Norick, Meghan Gray, Olivia Ramstad, Ashton Berta (double reed ensemble); Natalie Law, Colter Norick, Meghan Gray (bassoon trio); Ashley O’Tremba and Kendra Sago (flute duet); Ashley Ramstad and Shannon Hay (flute duet)

• Superior instrumental solos: Brittany Swartz (flute); Mike Sandefer (snare); Nikki Breivik (french horn); Natalie Law (bassoon); Skyler Smith (clarinet); Chanel Intaratanod (oboe); Chanel Intaratanod (baritone saxophone); Ada Brooks (baritone)

• Excellent instrumental solos: Matt Karberg (flute); Dillon Hoerner (snare drum); Trystan Butcher (trumpet)