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Nov. 16, 2023 | Congratulations to the 24 West Des Moines Community Schools student-musicians selected to the Iowa High School Music Association's All-State Band, Chorus, and Orchestra for 2023. The All-State Music Festival will take place Nov. 16-18, with the concert Saturday evening. The concert will be recorded and broadcast at 7 p.m. on Nov. 23 on Iowa PBS and will be available to stream on-demand at iowapbs.org or through the PBS App.
WDMCS 2023 All-State Musicians
Band
- Owen Kouba — Oboe
- Nate Buelow — Cornet
Chorus
- Kate Carlson — Alto 2
- Ariana De Avila — Alto 1
- Jacob Forney — Bass 1
- Zoë Fredregill — Soprano 1
- Maarz Friesleben — Soprano 1
- Amos Hanser — Tenor 2
- Parker Hanser — Bass 2
- Jaedon Hennessy — Bass 2
- Lillian Herteen — Alto 1
- Minna Horak-Hult — Soprano 2
- Lasya Kappaganthu — Soprano 2
- Emilia Martin — Alto 1
- Carly Penick — Soprano 1
- Sahaana Raman — Alto 1
- Samson Shafer — Tenor 2
- Will Walcott — Tenor 1
Orchestra
- Vyas Amalkar — Violin
- Benjamin Qi — Violin
- Luke Wittrock — Viola
- Jacob Gasior — Cello
- Leif Horak-Hult — Cello
- Mitchell Welge — String Bass
For more information about the IHSMA, please visit the IHSMA website.
