LWSD and Bear Creek students place at Northlake Regional Solo and Ensemble Festival
Published 1:09 pm Friday, February 17, 2012
On Feb. 11, high school students from each Lake Washington School District (LWSD) performed at the Northlake Regional Solo and Ensemble Festival held at Eastlake High School in Sammamish.
The state contest (for winners in each category) is at Central Washington University in Ellensburg April 27-28.
Below are the results for students from Redmond:
• Sierra Allen, Clarinet, Winner
• Albert Daschle, String Bass, Winner
• Rachel Kahn, Oboe-English Horn, First Alternate
• Kyu Kim, Cello, First Alternate
• Saho Narumoto, Piano, Second Alternate
• Lauren Park, Soprano, Winner
• Alexander Ronneburg, Bassoon, First Alternate
• Karl Ronneburg, Mallets, Winner
• Karl Ronneburg, Timpani, Winner
• Christa Von der Burg, Mezzo Soprano, Winner
• Kyle Wasson, Viola, First Alternate
• Dvorak Quintet, Strings-Small, Winner
• Firewood, Woodwinds-Small, First Alternate
• Inbo Begins, Strings-Small, Second Alternate
• Tchaikovsky Ensmble, Strings-Large, Winner
• Whimsicality, Brass-Small, Second Alternate
International Community School
• Edward Cordell, Piano, First Alternate
• JayCee Gear, Soprano, Winner
• Aelish Wright, Viola, Second Alternate
Students from The Bear Creek School (TBCS) in Redmond also performed at the festival.Nine of the 15 students who participated received a Superior rating including junior Miya Higashiyama, who won in the mezzo-soprano category and will represent TBCS and the Northlake Region at the state competition in April.
Below are the results for TBCS students:
• Miya Higashiyama, Mezzo-soprano, Winner
• K. Gomulkiewicz, K. Diamond, S. Abbott, H. Ray, E. McBride, B. Meyer, Ke. Engelstone, Kr. Engelstone, M. Jenson, M. Higashiyama, M. Dippenaar and K. French, Women’s Large Ensemble, First Alternate
• Marie Dippenaar, Soprano, First Alternate
• Jaco Dippenaar, Nick Van Baak, Marie Dippenaar and Shannon Abbott, Small Mixed Ensemble, Second Alternate
• Sterling Miller, Nick Van Baak, Jaco Dippenaar, Alex Boettcher, Karin Diamond, Shannon Abbott, Maria Dippenaar and Katrina Laundrop, Large Mixed Ensemble, Second Alternate
Hundreds of students competed in the Northlake Regional Solo and Ensemble Contest from high schools in the Lake Washington and Northshore school districts as well as private schools in the area. Students performed as small ensembles (two to four members) and large ensembles (5 to 16 members) and as soloists with accompaniment. They competed in front of professional jurors. Thirty-six competition categories encompass woodwind, brass, string, piano and percussion instruments as well as male, female, and mixed vocal ensembles in addition to solo vocals.
