On Saturday, February 24, 21 Bremen Public School Students traveled to the State Solo/Ensemble Festival and performed with other elite student musicians all over the state. Students qualified for this festival by receiving a gold rating at the District Solo/Ensemble Festival last month, while performing at the highest difficulty level, "Group I."
The results? Spectacular!
Highlights:
Brian Hernandez earned three gold ratings for three different performances: a solo and two different ensembles. He received a perfect core on his solo performance of "Bride of the Waves" by Clarke
Another perfect score was earned by Julianne Lawmaster on her piccolo solo. She also received a nearly perfect score on her flute solo.
100% of our ensembles and 88% of our solos received a gold rating. 18 out of 20 entries received gold ratings overall. 27 Gold and 2 Silver medals were awarded.
21 students attended the state competition. This is a new record for the band program in the past 12 years since Mr. Sutton became director.
Here's a full listing of their ratings, in order by performance time:
Solos:
Haylee King, Senior Flugel: Gold
Joshua Staiger, Junior Clarinet: Gold
Jon Blystone, Senior Euphonium: Silver
Parker Pace, Senior Alto Saxophone: Gold
Brian Hernandez, Senior Euphonium: Gold
Jonathan Blystone, Senior Bassoon: Gold
Brandon Schmucker, Sophomore Snare Drum: Gold
Jeremy Prawat, Freshman Snare Drum: Gold
Jeremy Prawat, Freshman Marimba: Gold
Brooke Kertai, Senior Euphonium: Silver
Andrew Prawat, Senior Clarinet: Gold
Abigail Harman, Senior Alto Saxophone: Gold
Julianne Lawmaster, Sophomore Flute: Gold
Joshua Szpakowski, Sophomore Tuba: Gold
Julianne Lawmaster, Sophomore Piccolo: Gold
Anna Leeper, Junior Trumpet: Gold
Ensembles:
Woodwind Ensemble: Gold
Elizabeth Clinger, Senior Flute
Haley Pace, Sophomore Clarinet
Katy Whittaker, Sophomore Flute
Trombone Trio: Gold
Jonathan Blystone, Senior Trombone
Brian Hernandez, Senior Trombone
Brooke Kertai, Senior Trombone
Saxophone Trio: Gold
Parker Pace, Senior Alto Saxophone
Chandler Miller: Sophomore Alto Saxophone
Taylor Perez: Sophomore Alto Saxophone
Brass Quartet: Gold
Brian Hernandez, Senior Trombone
Skyler Pace, Senior Trumpet
Job Long, Junior Trombone
Ashton Kucera, Sophomore Trumpet