Middle school students from across the Commonwealth submitted recorded auditions to try out for the 2023 all-state ensemble sponsored by the Kentucky Band Organization. Eighty-four musicians from three dozen schools were chosen to perform on Jan. 28 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. Congratulations to these selections from Fayette County Public Schools …

• Flute: Rachel Ni and Anne Beck, both of SCAPA at Bluegrass; and Hannah Hunt and Anjana Mohanakumaran, both of Jessie Clark
• Oboe: Jasmine Chen of Beaumont
• Bassoon: Julia Weitkamp of SCAPA and Charlotte Wilson of Jessie Clark
• Clarinet: Haasini Beeram and Acadia Meyers, both of SCAPA
• Trumpet: Pol Marti of SCAPA, Tyler McSpadden of Beaumont, Tyler Hummel of SCAPA, and Anna Bishop of Jessie Clark
• Trombone: Oliver Swank of SCAPA, Kaito Yuri of Jessie Clark, Tejas Basneth of Tates Creek, Nikita Foushee of Jessie Clark, and Aiko Kawamoto of Jessie Clark
• Tuba: Nathan McKinney of SCAPA
• Snare: Ransom Raines of SCAPA
• Mallet and timpani: Saisei Kameyama of Tates Creek

Source: Amanda Herceg, band director at Beaumont

Posted Jan. 25, 2023