Rockwood High School Students Earn Spots in All-District Honor Choirs
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Rockwood High School Students Earn Spots in All-District Honor Choirs
A total of 48 Rockwood School District students representing all four high schools have been selected to the St. Louis Suburban MMEA (Missouri Music Educators Association) District mixed and treble honor choirs!
A total of 29 Rockwood students earned spots in the Mixed Choir in the soprano, alto, tenor and bass vocal ranges, with 14 students also qualifying to audition for the All-State choir. A total of 19 Rockwood students earned spots in the Treble Choir in soprano and alto.
The students will participate in rehearsals and a clinic and perform in a concert on Nov. 8 at Pattonville High. All-State auditions will also be held at Pattonville on that day.
Congratulations to these talented Rockwood musicians!
St. Louis Suburban MMEA District Mixed Honor Choir
- Payton Bonczek, soprano, Marquette High (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Emma Colombo, tenor, Marquette (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Evie Dean, soprano, Marquette (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Elwyn Dignam, tenor, Lafayette High (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Elise Ferguson, soprano, Eureka High (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Natalie Hoffmann, alto, Eureka (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Chloe Kim, alto, Lafayette (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Mackenzie Moreno, soprano, Rockwood Summit High (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Ritika Pratihar, alto, Lafayette (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Kajsa Recks, alto, Rockwood Summit (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Charles Rickman, bass, Eureka (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Rylee Stoffel, alto, Lafayette (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Andrew Taylor, tenor, Eureka (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Kylie Wilkerson, alto, Lafayette (qualified to audition for All-State)
- Sarita Cazares Ortega, soprano, Lafayette
- Felipe Chalom Melo, bass, Eureka
- Amelia Craig, alto, Eureka
- Georgia Dean, soprano, Eureka
- Olivia Ellington, soprano, Marquette
- Natalie Gronborg, alto, Eureka
- Lucas Hiebsch, bass, Eureka
- Landon Jenne, tenor, Lafayette
- Riley Karr, alto, Marquette
- Abigail Mazzola, alto, Eureka
- Abby Morris, alto, Marquette
- Jackson Schertzer, tenor, Rockwood Summit
- Michaela Silasi, alto, Marquette
- Eva Tomich, soprano, Lafayette
- Julia Worley, alto, Rockwood Summit
St. Louis Suburban MMEA District Treble Honor Choir
- Tyina Brewer-Mitchell, soprano, Eureka
- Alexandra Bruns, alto, Eureka
- Finley Carn, alto, Lafayette
- Lilly Colombo, soprano, Lafayette
- Grace Cox, soprano, Eureka
- Paige Deakin, soprano, Eureka
- Jessie Manson, soprano, Lafayette
- Jenna Martin, soprano, Rockwood Summit
- Lucienne Ortinau, alto, Eureka
- Taisia Savel, soprano, Lafayette
- Adel Short, soprano, Eureka
- Bailey Slayton, soprano, Eureka
- Annie Smith, soprano, Eureka
- Elizabeth Stanton, soprano, Eureka
- Sydney Vache, soprano, Lafayette
- Amara Vanderhoof, soprano, Eureka
- Annabelle VanDonk, alto, Eureka
- Meddo Walton, soprano, Rockwood Summit
- Maddy Wilken, soprano, Eureka
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