Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Monday, December 6, 2010

This fall, more than 1,200 students statewide competed for spots in the Kentucky Music Educators Association’s High School All-State Choirs. Vocalists in grades 10-12 auditioned in quartets – all performing the same piece, sung a cappella; they also had to sight-sing.

Only 15 percent of a school’s choral enrollment is allowed to audition, so many schools held preliminary tryouts. The Lexington-area district of KMEA had the most students auditioning, making all-state all the more competitive. Lafayette High had the highest number selected from a single school.  

Once the top 560 students were chosen, they were assigned to one of three choruses – a mixed group of men and women, a women’s choir and a men’s choir. Internationally recognized conductors will lead them in two and a half days of rehearsal and culminating performances Feb. 11 at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville during the KMEA state conference.

Congratulations to these honorees from Fayette County Public Schools.

SATB:*

• From Bryan Station High School: Joseph Hamilton, T1.
• From Henry Clay High School: Kayla Shao, S1.
• From Lafayette High School: Despina Wilson, S2; Brodie Craig, A2; Kelli Crawford, A2; Haley Goode, A2; Jennifer Rhodenhiser, A2; Will Whalen, T1; Tomer Eres, T2; Andrew Miller, T2; Caelan Daniel, B1; Michael Roach, B1; Andrew Wiemann, B1.
• From Paul Laurence Dunbar High School: Sarah Hadi, S1;  Bill Davis, T1; JP Deering, T1; Quinn Williams, T2; Sam Jones, B1.

SSAA: *

• From Lafayette High School: Caroline Balling, S1; Kailey Marshall, S1; Katherine Bennett, S2; Elizabeth Critchfield, S2; Amie Huesman, S2; Emma Jackson, S2; Jasmine Johnson, S2; Sydney Jahnigen, A1; Tayler McNickle, A1; Fiona Mowbray, A1; Alaina Broderson, A2.
• From Paul Laurence Dunbar High School: Emily McGillivray, S2; Whitney McWhorter, S2; Sarah Cleaver, A1; Abbie Hymas, A1; Sara Erickson, A2; Oriana Midence, A2.
• From Tates Creek High School: Casey Mullett, A2.

TTBB:*

• From Henry Clay High School: Trey Crillo, T2.
• From Lafayette High School: Colton Ryan, T1; Tanner Hoertz, T2; Cameron Sallee T2; Connor Sands, T2; Wilford Wulfenstein, B1; Carl Trammel, B2.
• From Paul Laurence Dunbar High School: David Agtarap, B1; Ethan Cross, B1; Oliver Nilsson, B1; Luke Marshall, B2; Humzah Qazi, B2.

* Key: S, soprano; A, alto; T, tenor; B, bass