Sioux City, Iowa - Several Sioux City Community School District students have been selected for state music festivals.
District students in high school and middle school will be attending the Iowa High School Music Association’s 2023 All-State Music Festival, the Iowa Choral Directors Association’s OPUS Honor Choir, and the Iowa String Teachers Association’s Junior Honors Orchestra. The festivals will be held November 16-18 on the campus of Iowa State University.
Among the students selected is Mackenzie Crawford, a senior at East High School. Crawford has been selected to the All-State Music Festival for the fourth year, putting her in the top one percent of Iowa high school musicians.
Additional students selected include:
All-State Music Festival
East High School
Isabelle Barrett: Euphonium, Band
Gracie Bruening: Soprano, Choir
Lily Bruening: Alto, Choir
Mackenzie Crawford: Soprano, Choir
Uziel Garcia: Bass, Choir
Anna Murphy: Alto, Choir
Bella Nilles: Alto, Choir
Julia Person: Soprano, Choir
Annie Ruhrer-Johnson: Alto, Choir
Adalina Sachs: Alto, Choir
Mekayla Sachs: Soprano, Choir
Nicolas Sawyer: Trombone, Orchestra
David Senstad: Bass, Choir
North High School
Paul Bouwers: Cornet, Band
Antonia Buryanek: Tenor, Choir
Claire Henneman: Alto, Choir
Annaliese Hoekstra: Alto, Choir
Angelica Jones: Viola, Orchestra
Isaac Lara: Bass, Choir
Allen Qasim: Bass, Choir
Fatima Paez Quevedo: Clarinet, Band
Grace Wagner: Soprano, Choir
West High School
Cadynse Franklin: Soprano, Choir
Alexander Lucero: Tenor, Choir
Taylor Regier: Flute, Orchestra
Nakita Trujillo: Soprano, Choir
Isabel Weber: Soprano, Choir
Junior Honors Orchestra
Audric Cavanee: String Bass, West High School
Kiana Jones: Cello, North Middle School
Nolan Schmeckpeper: Violin, East Middle School
OPUS Honor Choir
Kaden Bergman: East Middle School
Addilyn Burger: Siouxland Youth Chorus, North Middle School
Carter Chandler: North Middle School
Ryden Cook: East Middle School
Jacob Kitrell: Siouxland Youth Chorus, East Middle School
Iris Liao: North Middle School
Natalie Ortmann: East Middle School
Lena Person: Siouxland Youth Chorus, Morningside STEM Elementary School
Maddalynne Sawyer: East Middle School
Emily Weber: West Middle School
Sam Wheeler: East Middle School
Hadley Wilson: North Middle School
Annika Zink: East High School