Congrats to RHS All Staters!
The 2008-2009 school year has been a big on for the RHS Music Dept. One of the many areas of note is our large number of students selected for All State this year. In the band performance area; Dana Jones was selected to play in the All State Band on bassoon and Kyle Martin was selected to play guitar in the All State Jazz Band (the first in RHS history as far as we’re aware). Rachael Kline wrote an essay for the Future Music Educators Semenar and was chosen to go to Peoria to get a crash course in what it’s like to be a music educator. Another first for our department, Mike Sederquist composed a piece for concert band and submitted it to the All State Student Composition contest. His piece placed 3rd in the large ensemble division. Mike’s piece was also performed on our Winter Concert. While this is a band site, I would certainly be remiss if I didn’t mention our choral All Staters. Mason Elliott was chosen to sing in the All State Choir and Kelsey Swan was selected to sing in the All State Honors Choir.
