Hastings College will hold its 60th Annual Honor Band and 52nd Annual Honor Choir concert on Monday, January 22, 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 YouTube channel.
The 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, 159 students were selected from Nebraska, Colorado and South Dakota — with 99 selected to be part of the choir and 60 selected for band.
Student check-in for both ensembles is Sunday, January 21, 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. The choir is directed by Dr. Lauren Ramey, associate director of choral activities and director of music education at East Tennessee State University.
Students selected for this year’s Hastings College Honor Band and Choir are listed below, by state, high school and area.
Colorado
Denver Christian School
Choir
- Sarah Bissell
Homeschool (Holyoke, Colorado)
Choir
- Charlotte Kramer
Limon
Choir
- Abbygayle Peeters
Woodland Park
Choir
- Michaela White
Nebraska
Adams Central
Band
- Morgan Stoeger
Choir
- Carter Lipovsky
Alliance
Choir
- Ayvrie Waldron
Alliance (unaffiliated)
Band
- Landyn Branstiter
Arthur County
Choir
- Addison Bures
Ashland-Greenwood
Choir
- Jackson Nielson
Axtell
Choir
- Maxine Fickenscher
Bellevue West
Band
- Jade Meekins
Central City
Band
- Cheyenne Veach
Centura
Choir
- Lilyana Campbell
- Brionna Lowe
- Zoie Simons
Columbus
Choir
- Aidan Ballentine
- Jared Coughtry
- Kenneth Fuentes-Quelex
- Sheyla Monteza Gonzalez
- Fatima Munoz
- Nathaniel Navarrete
- Emily Niles
- Angel Osorio
- Jacqueline Sanchez-Sanchez
Diller-Odell
Band
- Joely Weers
Elkhorn North
Band
- Lacy Mehaffey
Fillmore Central
Choir
- Annika Frook
- Markey Hinrichs
- Annalyse Janing
- Ellie Janing
- Adela West
Fort Calhoun
Band
- Addie Benoit
- Trey King III
- Edward Lautrup
- Michael Maxon
- Cody Rogers
- Alex Schuler
- Johnathon Schwarte
Choir
- Alex Fienhold
Freeman
Band
- Solomon Delhay
Choir
- Hannah Stanley
Gering
Band
- Lily Kadolph
- Natalie Peterson
Giltner
Choir
- Hannah Harms
Gothenburg
Band
- Lathan Buesing
- Marvix Butterfield
- Claire Vincent
- Alec Winney
Choir
- Olivia Bonine
- Kaylee Olsen
- Sarah Sander
Grand Island Northwest
Band
- Kade Duering
Grand Island Senior High
Band
- Erin Harrington
- Daniela Reyes Machuca
- Ashley Rodriguez
Hastings Senior High School
Band
- Justine Bierman
- Hailey Gordon
Choir
- Finn Groves
- Mackenzie Tate
- Ezekiel Verhage
Hastings St. Cecilia
Band
- Killian Heckman
Hershey
Band
- Katie Abbott
- Rylan Hudson
- Aubrie Martino-Zogg
Choir
- Evelyn Lewis
Holdrege
Band
- Clemens Nitchie
- Darbie de Freese
- Daylen Scheele
- Calvin Smith
Kearney High School
Band
- Corey Bunger
- Benjamin Fries
- Antonio Guerrero
- Alex Hasenauer
- Sylvia LeFeber
- Savannah Mast
- Dane McClary
- Derrick Nonhof
- Arabella Young
Leyton
Choir
- Micheal Kepler
Lincoln East
Band
- KaeLynn Adrian
Choir
- Kadrin Greenwood
- Caleb Ruch
- Linnea Welsh
- Emerson Wilcox
Lincoln Northwest
Band
- Sierra Albers
Lincoln Southwest
Choir
- Jasmine Lundquist
- Lyndee Walker
McCook
Choir
- Mykuh Hanson
Mead
Choir
- Allex Harmon
- Addison O’Brien
- Samuel Springbett
Millard North
Choir
- Colin Bell
- Jennifer Bonge
- Lilly Jones
- Mekala Sajsra
Norfolk Senior High School
Band
- Aubrie Burke
- Andy Cook
- Ava Fisher
- Jonah Hastings
- Emily Peck
- Zoii Swantek
Choir
- Nate Buettner
- Allison Disch
- Seren Engelbart
- Tessa Ferguson
- Conner Fick
- Jay Kozoer
- Caroline Love
- Quiana Marmolejo
- Charis Phelps
- Sam Robinson
- Addy Rusk
- Brynn Rusk
- Rebecca Asbury
Norris
Band
- Morrisa Kisling
North Platte
Band
- Adriana Black
Choir
- Brena Melton
Papillion La Vista South
Choir
- Amal Abdel’Hamid
- Jada Bankson
- Lauryn Boyle
- Aaniyah Collins
- Laine Cunningham
- Brady Del Campo
- Breena Deutsch
- Leo Duhs
- Annalyse Forester-Walton
- Katy Gillis
- Andrew Hettinger
- Tyson Johnson
- Morgan Locklear
- Mar Nalty
- Katie Nguyen
- Merideth Rickli
- John Tejral
- Megan Vinter
Plainview High School
Band
- Weston Hoffman
Ralston High School
Band
- Jack Budzinski
Sargent High School
Band
- Hayden Nelson
Scottsbluff
Choir
- Brandon Baker
- Grace Baker
- Katie Hoevet
- Lauren Johnson
- Max Meyer
- Ava Osborn
- Marlowe Osborn
- Hannah Rugroden
SEM Public School
Choir
- Merry Day
- Bryn Eggleston
- Ebony Owens
Skutt Catholic
Band
- Felicity Ferrante
- Ella Goetz
Southern Valley
Choir
- Alyson Adams
- Gracie Chavez
Verdigre Public School
Choir
- Heidi Hollmann
Weeping Water
Choir
- Jacob Cover
- Talon Gifert
- Samantha Hall
Wilber-Clatonia
Band
- Caleb Panning
York
Band
- Katelyn Ecklund
South Dakota
Mitchell High School
Choir
- Abe Gunnare
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