More than 120 Rockwood Students Earn Top 'Gold' Ratings at State Solo and Ensemble Music Festival

More than 120 student musicians representing all four Rockwood School District high schools earned top "Gold" ratings at the State Solo and Ensemble Festival, held May 2-3 at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

A total of 123 students earned top ratings across 66 solos and small-group ensembles, spanning band, choir and orchestra musical disciplines.

Congratulations to these outstanding Rockwood student musicians! 

Read below for more information about our state "Gold" rating recipients.

Brass

• Will Benson, Devin Jenkins and Nolan Rittgers, Rockwood Summit, Miscellaneous Brass Ensemble
• Brynn Best, Marquette, French Horn Solo
• Gus Bestgen, Adin Casey, Christopher Gillette Jr. and Evan Wilke, Eureka, Mixed Brass Quartet
• Adin Casey, Jackson Cottrell, Toby Herrmann, Kennedy Marshall, Noah Perryman and Kaitlyn Smith, Eureka, Mixed Brass Sextet
• Jackson Cottrell, Christopher Gillette Jr., Brendan Kiefer and Noah Perryman, Eureka, Trombone Quartet
• Toby Herrmann, Eureka, French Horn Solo
• Emil Isaksson Molander, Jordyn McDaniel and Evan Wilke, Eureka, Trumpet Trio
• Eugene Lee, Marquette, Trombone Solo
• August Nagel, Lafayette, Euphonium Solo
• Shruthi Senthil, Lafayette, French Horn Solo
• Grayson Smith, Lafayette, Trumpet Solo

Percussion

• Kai Bealmear, Andersen Jesperson, Dylan Sledge, Jake Wang and Evan Welvers, Marquette, Percussion Ensemble
• Natalie Chandler, Miles Damerall, Nishanth Devanathan Swathi, Logan Eckert, Ben Eggers and Alex Underhill, Marquette, Percussion Ensemble
• Belle Cheung, Allison Sanders, Dylan Sledge and Jake Wang, Marquette, Percussion Ensemble
• Livi Eshelman, Charlie Henson and Dean Klawiter, Lafayette, Percussion Ensemble
• Charlie Henson, Lafayette, Keyboard Mallet Solo
• Ryan Huang, Lafayette, Piano Solo
• Dean Klawiter, Lafayette, Keyboard Mallet Solo
• Dean Klawiter, Lafayette, Snare Drum Solo
• Aryan Singh, Marquette, Piano Solo
• Ryan Willis, Marquette, Piano Solo

Strings

• Ethan Biggs, Audrey Brzezinski, Jaylin Freeman and Ryder Sink, Eureka, String Quartet
• Jaylin Freeman, Eureka, Violin Solo
• Ethan Ge, Reid Huntley, Cole Nemkovich and Aiden Pennington, Eureka, String Quartet
• Dennison Harris, Kate Jesperson, Evan Voelker and Max Xu, Marquette, String Quartet
• Reid Huntley, Eureka, Viola Solo
• Sarah Mu, Lafayette, Violin Solo
• Aryan Singh, Jonah Starenchak, Edward Ter-Hovhannisyan and Yvette Yaroshenko, Marquette, String Quartet
• Ryder Sink, Eureka, Violin Solo
• Anna Talari, Lafayette, Violin Solo
• Julia Teves, Lafayette, Violin Solo

Vocals

• Shekinah Annin, Rockwood Summit, Vocal Solo
• Jenna Barakat, Lilly Colombo, Kadence Grey, Chloe Kim, Samika Kumbham, Rylee Stoffel, Sydney Vache and Kylie Wilkerson, Lafayette, Miscellaneous Vocal Ensemble
• Jenna Barakat, Lafayette, Vocal Solo
• Avery Bengtson, Maren Burns and Taylor Scaring, Eureka, SSA (Soprano I-Soprano II-Alto) Trio
• Alexandra Bruns, Grace Cox, Haley Deakin, Paige Deakin, Lucienne Ortinau, Adel Short and Maddy Wilken, Eureka, Miscellaneous Vocal Ensemble
• Cooper Buckallew, Karthikeya Chirunomula, Jack Esposito, Devin Hollins, Ben Morris, Joshua Provow-Wall, Kyle Stephan and Channing Watkins, Marquette, Miscellaneous Vocal Ensemble
• Emma Colombo, Olivia Ellington, Sanne Lewis and Caroline Staley, Marquette, SSAA Quartet
• Evie Dean, Marquette, Vocal Solo
• Georgia Dean, Eureka, Vocal Solo
• Remington Duvernell, Eureka, Vocal Solo
• Elise Ferguson, Grace Ferguson, Emerson Poulin, Claire Shanley, Bailey Slayton and Amelia-Grace Thal, Eureka, SSA Sextet
• Elise Ferguson, Eureka, Vocal Solo
• Grace Ferguson, Eureka, Vocal Solo
• Cora Frey, Eureka, Vocal Solo
• Allie Lappin, Marquette, Vocal Solo
• Jackson Schertzer, Rockwood Summit, Vocal Solo
• Kylie Wilkerson, Lafayette, Vocal Solo
• Julia Worley, Rockwood Summit, Vocal Solo

Woodwinds

• Jillian Conley, Anna Coppin, Lily Hollenbeck and Chloe Humes, Eureka, Flute Quartet
• Jillian Conley, Eureka, Flute Solo
• Claire Eltoft, Lafayette, Flute Solo
• Claire Eltoft, Alastair Hanna, Mary Kirtley, Jaclyn Morton and Amanda Vache, Lafayette, Mixed Woodwind Quintet
• Madison Enrique, Letty Leeper, Brooke Schneider and Ash Thebeau, Eureka, Clarinet Quartet
• Evan Ferguson, Eureka, Saxophone Solo
• Taryn Greeno, Marquette, Flute Solo
• Taryn Greeno, Marquette, Piccolo Solo
• Emma Hagen, Gracie Hagen and Gauri Kathula, Lafayette, Flute Solo
• Gracie Hagen, Lafayette, Flute Solo
• Gauri Kathula, Lafayette, Flute Solo
• Jaclyn Morton, Lafayette, Bassoon Solo
• Jacob Sander, Marquette, Clarinet Solo
• Porter Sayers, Eureka, Saxophone Solo
• Stephen Shaji, Eureka, Tenor Saxophone Solo
• Liam Stecher, Marquette, Tenor Saxophone Solo
• Amanda Vache, Lafayette, Oboe Solo