The Kearney High School band and choir sent several musicians to state contests this spring. Many students came back with Gold ratings.

Choir

The Kearney High School Choir excelled during the MSHSAA State Solo and Small Ensemble Contest held on April 25. The vocal music students performed admirably on the day with seven competing events. Of those events, five of them received Gold Ratings while the other two received Silver Ratings.

Gold

Kate Martens, Lia Wilson, Archer Schmidt, Arianna Sypniewski, Ryan Bowles, Connor Green, Logan West, Delayne Boyd – Mixed Double Quartet

Ryan Bowles – Vocal Solo

Emi Eberhardt – Vocal Solo

Logan West – Vocal Solo

Connor Green – Vocal Solo

Silver

Aiden Vasquez (JH) – Vocal Solo

Arianna Sypniewski – Vocal Solo

Band

Kearney High School Band students gave some equally great performances at the MSHSAA State Solo/Ensemble Festival. The band took 13 qualifying students to this event. Seven earned Gold, five Silver, and one Bronze.

Gold Performances included:

Avery Morgan

Kieran Cooper

Hailey Robertson

Phoebe Taylor

Emma Daniel

Alex Kinstler

Andie George

Brian Watts contributed to this story.