Congratulations to Kansas Members of the NAfME National Honors Ensembles!

The NAfME All-National Honor Ensembles represent the top performing musicians in the United States. We had 19 students from Kansas selected, including nine choir, six concert band, and four orchestra students. We have three alternates for concert band as well. In October of 2015, the ensembles will perform at the National NAfME conference held in Nashville, Tennessee. We are pleased to announce the following students from Kansas have been selected to perform. They include:

Symphony Orchestra
Mitchell Reilly, Overland Park Blue Valley Southwest
Patrick Orr, Kingman
Alexander Jackson, Olathe North
Leah Rosales, Wichita Bel Aire Northeast Magnet

Mixed Choir
Cole Bellamy, Olathe North
Jordan Biggs, Junction City
Jacob Doerksen, Inman
Max Kuenzi, Perry-Lecompton
Jenna Lillian, Olathe East
Keaton Petite, Junction City
Madison Roths, Southeast of Saline
Gracie Stutterheim, Southeast of Saline
Jennifer Tozier, Newton

Concert Band
Thorne Banks, Overland Park Blue Valley Southwest
John Eldridge, Lawrence Free State
Allison Gray, Hillsboro
William Liu, Overland Park Blue Valley
Brandon Rathburn, Overland Park Blue Valley Southwest
Caleb Renner, Inman
* Tanner Larson, Smoky Valley
* Michael Meier, Olathe East
* Justin Skaggs, Overland Park Blue Valley Southwest

* indicates alternate

Congratulations to the students and their teachers!