Hastings College will hold its 56th Annual Honor Band, 49th Annual Honor Choir and 40th Annual Honor Orchestra on campus January 31- February 2. The final concert, which is open to the public, will be Saturday, February 2 at 3:00 p.m. in Kiewit Gymnasium (715 E 7th Street). Tickets for the concert are available at the door at a cost of $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for students.
The Hastings College Honor Band, Orchestra and Choir (HBOC) are the longest-running high school music honor ensembles sponsored by a college in Nebraska and feature some of the best high school musical talent throughout the region. This year, student participants represented 37 high schools in Nebraska and Colorado.
The honor band is directed by Dr. Jason Rinehart, associate director of bands at the University of South Alabama; the orchestra is directed by Dr. Stephan Beham of Duquesne University; and the choir is directed by Dr. Fritz Mountford from Hastings College’s Department of Music and Theatre.
Students participating in this year’s Hastings College Honor Band, Orchestra and Choir are listed below, by high school.
PARTICIPATING STUDENTS
Adams Central High School
Band
- Sydney Kerr
- Shelby Lagueux
- Jaden Nienhueser
- Tristan Weston
Choir
- Emma Ellerbee
- Makena Lindblad
- Sabrina Miller
- Thomas Moller
- Karley Oberheide
- Grace Reiman
- Andrew Richey
Alliance High School
Band
- Sydnie Waldron
Choir
- Tristan Bleisch
- Mareesa Buskirk
- Aubrey Garrett
Aurora High School
Band
- Camden Williams
Choir
- Ryan Karl
Bellevue East High School
Choir
- Jasmine Henry
- Noah Reestman
- Molly Sorensen
Conestoga High School
Band
- Jasmine Rainey
Choir
- Rebecca Poirier
Crete High School
Choir
- Tessa Burkey
Cross County High School
Choir
- Sammie Osentowski
Falls City High School
Band
- Hailey Buchner
Franklin Fields
Choir
- Courtney Rumbaugh
Fort Calhoun High School
Band
- Nate Bonacci
- Kenzie Hansen
- Jayden Hunter
- Aaron Johnson
- Savannah Lukasiewicz
- Avery McKennan
- John McKennan
- Ryan Swierczek
Choir
- Davan Goos
- Sophia Irvine
Franklin High School
Band
- Moriah Aberle
Choir
- Karsen Bower
- Brooke Watts
- Jasmin Wengler
Fremont High School
Choir
- Drew Pennington
Gibbon High School
Choir
- Chris Mercer
Grand Island Northwest High School
Band
- Hudson Pfenning
- Tresten Schwarz
Choir
- Emma Pearson
- Faeryn Tuttle
Grand Island Senior High School
Band
- Grant Cole
- Keeran Woode
Hastings Senior High School
Band
- Courtney Beave
Hailey Haase
Alexander Marousek
Alice Vu
Audrey Weeks
Choir
- Calan Brant
- Grace Canady
- Shayna Carson
- Chyna Delker
- Lyndie Eddleman
- Alice Franssen
- Hannah Gammill
- Linnea Howie
- Olivia Peshek
- Gavin Valle
Orchestra
- Caiden Henry-Perlich
- Saylor Pershing
Hitchcock County High School
Choir
- Bryanna Warren
Holdrege High School
Choir
- Alec Lovitt
Julesburg (Colorado) High School
Choir
- Shawn Bailey
Kearney High School
Band
- Trevor Beckenhauer
- Emma Chandler
- Mychaela Fegter
- Hannah Hardy
- Dylan Johnson
- Brendan Littrell
- Baylee Smith
- Eli Smith
- Jacob Soloman
Orchestra
- Madison Getz
- Jacob Hardy
- Nicolas Landanger
- Francesca Padgett
- Ashley Stanton
- Tori Williamson
Lakeview High School
Choir
- Isaac Aguilera
- Emily Cunningham
- Olivia Engel
- Maggie French
- Kassidy Soulliere
- Maddingly Splittgerber
- Halla Paschold
Lamb of God Lutheran Academy
Orchestra
- Joanna Leckband
Lincoln Northeast High School
Orchestra
- Annaliese Kohrell
Lincoln Southeast High School
Band
- Matea Jerkovic
- Cameron Grabenstein
- Gabi Lawrey
Millard South High School
Band
- Elizabeth Chinowth
Norfolk High School
Band
- Riley Bender
- Grace Day
- Mason Dover
- Janea Hirschman
- Cole Hobza
- MaKaila Holland
- Kenny Mitchell
- Brendon Scott
- Haley Storovich
- Allison Wisnieski
Choir
- Daphne Buss
- Ian Cullin
- Anna Escoto
- Melody Fischer
- Giorgia Korth
- Ethan Lee
- Lloyd Manansala Jr.
- Maya Marfileno
- Bryan Martinez
- Drew McKellips
- Jacob Rusk
- Ryan Schroeder
- Sierra Schroeder
- Ben Wicker
Orchestra
- Nicholas Adams
- Paloma Castillo
- Gavin Farrell
- Adam Kester
- Caleb Rittscher
- Grace Schavee
- Jeffrey Sours
- Daniel Weitzmann
- Aimee Wiebelhaus
- Melanie Yover
North Platte Catholic High School
Choir
- Cassandra Brown
Osceola High School
Choir
- Ben Lohrman
- Clay Sapp
Osmond High School
Band
- Diandra Polt
Papillion-La Vista High School
Band
- Vincent Lin
Pawnee City High School
Choir
- Kevin Rapp
Scottsbluff High School
Band
- Josephine Brezesnki
- Brayden Gonzales
Shelton High School
Choir
- Logan Hellerich
Southern Valley High School
Choir
- Billy Cayou
- Winona Mitchell
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller High School
Choir
- Madison Bosak
Tri County High School
Choir
- Benton Gustafson
Waverly High School
Band
- Marshall Caddy
- Jacob Dill
- Raychel Dixon-LaBoy
- Charlie Fankhauser
- Benjamin Gerdes
- Flopateer Habib
- Lauren Hartman
- Francis Havlovic
- Madysen Patire
- Evan Riley
Wilber-Clatonia High School
Choir
- Konner Kiesel
Hastings College is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. Hastings College has been named among “Great Schools, Great Prices” by U.S. News & World Report and a “Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.
