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Nearly 40 West Des Moines Community Schools students were selected to the Iowa High School Music Association's All-State Music Festival, Nov. 22-23, 2024. The students will perform at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23, in Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State University in Ames following two days of rehearsal.
Tickets to the festival are $30, plus fees, with all seats reserved. Iowa PBS will also record the concert for re-broadcast.
Please join WDMCS in congratulating all students select to the All-State Music Festival!
All-State Band
- Simon Brown, horn
- Nate Buelow, trumpet
- Will Dohmen, bassoon
- Nick Friesleben, trumpet
- Elizabeth Hanson, trumpet
- Summer Kinnan, flute
- Hannah Snuffin, flute
- Isaac Artikov, first alternate, euphonium
All-State Choir
- Sean Bendinger
- Andrew Bonkafo-Efofa
- Nicholas Buzzell
- Kate Carlson
- Mckenzie Crowdis
- Miles Fredregill
- Maarz Friesleben
- Anna Hachman
- Joey Hamlen
- Amos Hanser
- Kaleb Hennessy
- Lauren Igou
- Archer Laird
- Nicole Nugent
- Drake Parker
- Carly Penick
- Juan Ramirez
- Evelyn Skeffington
- Cooper Stein
- Lizzie Weeklund
All-State Orchestra
- Elsie Clutts, viola
- Alvin Dong, viola
- Ben Goeders, string bass
- MJ Howell, cello
- Madison Lee, violin
- Benji Qi, violin
- Zadok Perry, string bass
- Isabelle Turner, cello
- Amelia White, viola
- Luke Wittrock, viola
- Anjali Tripathy, first alternate, violin