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WDMCS student-musicians from band, choir, and orchestra performing on the Staplin Center stage.
41 WDMCS student-musicians selected to All-State Festival

Forty-one West Des Moines Community Schools students were selected to participate in the 79th Annual Iowa All-State Music Festival Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Iowa State University’s Hilton Coliseum in Ames. 

The students were selected through a rigorous audition process that included students from throughout the state. Approximately 17% of the students who audition are selected for membership in the All-State ensembles. 

Tickets to the Iowa All-State Music Festival Concert can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com. Iowa PBS will record the concert for later broadcast. Broadcast dates and times will be available on the Iowa PBS website at www.iowapbs.org. For more information on the Iowa All-State Music Festival, visit the IHSMA All-State website, ihsma.org/all-state-music-festival.

Congratulations to these student-musicians! 

Not pictured: Cameron Maffucci, Megan Reding

All-State Band

  • Owen Borgstadt — percussion 
  • Nick Friesleben — trumpet (orchestra)
  • Summer Kinnan — flute
  • Collin Lampe — alto saxophone (alternate)

 

All-State Choir

  • Elena Albanese
  • Andrew Bonkafo-Efofa (2 years)
  • Celeste Brown
  • Landen Chen
  • Kirra Edwards
  • Sofia Gilbert
  • Anna Hachmann (2 years)
  • Amos Hanser (3 years)
  • Kaleb Hennessy (2 years)
  • Jack Hilts
  • Elly Johnson 
  • Elijah Kwadiba
  • Archer Laird (2 years)
  • Nicole Nugent (2 years)
  • Savannah McBride
  • Drake Parker (2 years)
  • Marian Parrott
  • Sahaana Raman (2 years)
  • Juan Ramirez (2 years)
  • Megan Reding
  • Marcel Romo
  • Evelyn Skeffington (2 years)
  • Crystal Ye
  • Cameron Maffucci — first alternate 

All-State Orchestra

  • Aleah Breit — viola
  • Elsie Clutts — viola
  • Gwenyth Franczyk — violin
  • May Green — violin
  • Woojin Lee — violin
  • Hailey Nail — bass
  • Zadok Perry — bass
  • Benjamin Qi — violin
  • Azarel Romero — viola
  • Thea Welge — cello
  • Amelia White — viola
  • William Mathews — violin (first alternate)
  • Isabelle Turner — cello (first alternate)

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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