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Hastings College to host honor band, choir with students from 42 schools

Hastings College will hold its 59th Annual Honor Band and 51st Annual Honor Choir concert on Monday, January 23, at 5:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Hastings (621 N Lincoln Avenue). The concert is free and open to the public, and will be livestreamed on the Hastings College Facebook page.

Honor Band and ChoirThe Hastings College Honor Band and Choir (HHBC) festival is the longest-running high school music honor ensembles sponsored by a college in Nebraska and features some of the best high school musical talent throughout the region. This year, students selected come from 40 high schools in Nebraska, plus one in Colorado and another in South Dakota.

Student check-in for both ensembles is Sunday, January 22, with rehearsals happening on campus until later on Monday when the groups move to the church to prepare for the concert.

The honor band is directed by Dr. Louie Eckhardt, director of bands at Hastings College, while the choir is directed by Brett Epperson, director of choral activities at Hastings College.

Students selected for this year’s Hastings College Honor Band and Choir are listed below, by state and high school.

Colorado

James Irwin (Charter)

Choir

  • Lillianna McClung

Nebraska

Adams Central

Choir

  • Libbi Hood

Alliance

Choir

  • Annaka Digmann
  • Ariale Hindman
  • Ayvrie Waldron

Band

  • Landyn Branstiter

Axtell

Choir

  • Kassidy Wehrer

Beatrice 

Band

  • Chris Watts-Moore

Bennett

Band

  • Andrew Moyer

Blair

Choir

  • Olivia Nelson

Centennial

Band

  • Kate Luebbe

Columbus

Choir

  • Aidan Ballentine
  • Kenneth Fuentes-Quelex
  • Elizabeth Hoskovec
  • Sheyla Monteza Gonzalez
  • Fatima Munoz
  • Nathaniel Navarrette
  • Emily Niles
  • EllaMay Shevlin
  • Jenna Taylor

Band

  • Mia Quini

Creek Valley

Choir

  • Ella Ningen

Creighton Prep

Choir

  • Nolan Murray

Doniphan-Trumbull

Band

  • Chase Groff

Elkhorn South

Choir

  • Ava Held
  • Archita Raj

Exeter-Milligan

Band

  • Liberty Johnson

Fairfield

Band

  • Rachel Brhel

Falls City

Choir

  • Meka Curtis
  • Bailey Thimmes

Firth

Band

  • Mikayla Faith Brenner

Fort Calhoun

Choir

  • Haley Conner
  • Brooke Johnsen
  • Samantha Thomas
  • Sophie Thomas

Band

  • Trey King
  • Michael Maxon
  • Cody Rogers
  • Alex Schuler
  • Johnathon Schwarte

Fremont

Choir

  • Rachel Grenier

Gothenburg

Choir

  • Sarah Sander
  • Raegan Smith

Band

  • Claire Vincent
  • Alec Winney

Grand Island Senior High

Choir

  • Kyra Rundle

Gretna

Choir

  • Olivia Behnke
  • Lydia Edmonds
  • Noah Holke
  • Julia Lewis

Harvard

Choir

  • Alyssa Ferguson
  • Austin Harms

Hastings Senior High School

Choir

  • Jake Braun
  • Karson Howard
  • Douglas Machado

Band

  • Justine Bierman
  • Rebekah Evans

Hitchcock County

Band

  • Bailey Hidy

Holdrege

Band

  • Maggie DeFreese

Kearney High School

Band

  • Sylvia LeFeber
  • Ayden Mitchell
  • Calla Ripp
  • Ike Smith
  • Josie Steele
  • Arabella Young

Lincoln East

Band

  • Kaelynn Adrian

Lincoln Northeast

Choir

  • Hope Davis
  • Samara Follette
  • Jordyn Gardner
  • Abby Hardesty
  • Ryne Hermen
  • Alicia Schluckebler
  • Keaghan Schmitz
  • Jaden Suhr
  • Jenna Wilson

Minden

Choir

  • Evan Porter
  • Sara Shirley

Norris

Choir

  • Morgan Dispoto
  • Makayla Garland
  • Lyla Harris
  • Mia Schultz
  • Haven Unger
  • Knox Weyer
  • Addison Whitney

Band

  • Morrisa Kisling

Omaha Westside

Band

  • Nathan Swanson

Pius X (Lincoln)

Choir

  • Maria Cornelius

Sandy Creek

Choir

  • Leiah Mueller

Skutt Catholic (Omaha)

Choir

  • Alyssa Barsoom
  • Sophia Bathel
  • Aleena Carlisle
  • Isaac Jonaitis
  • Grace Latch
  • Sara Maciejewski
  • Anika Richards
  • Kaden Weis

Southern Valley

Choir

  • Alyson Adams
  • Gracie Chavez
  • Brianna Jorgenson

Band

  • Brianna Jorgenson

Sumner-Eddyville-Miller

Choir

  • Bryn Eggleston
  • Rachel Lambert
  • Mikayla Schroeder

Sutton

Band

  • Whitney Hahn
  • Kylie Schroetlin

Weeping Water

Choir

  • Talon Gilfert
  • Samantha Hall

Wilber-Clatonia

Band

  • Caleb Panning

York

Choir

  • Jordyn Harms

South Dakota

Mitchell 

Choir

  • Abe Gunnare

 

Hastings College is a four-year residential college that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. Hastings’ student-centered initiatives include providing all required textbooks and an iPad, while a block-style semester schedule allows professors and students to focus on fewer classes at a time. Discover more at hastings.edu.

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