SCCSD Students Selected for State Music Festivals

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