Rock Port High School band and choir members who performed at the District Music Contest March 14 include, from left to right: (top) front row – Claire Miller and Audrey Dougherty; and back row – Hadleigh Jones, Brandon Athen, Cooper Daugherty, Lilly Pankau, Jaymes Herron, and Lily Wilroy; and (above) Mya Welch and Sophia Storm. (Abby Palmer photos)
Tarkio’s Quin Staten earned an exemplary rating at District Music Contest and qualified for State with his vocal solo performance. (Submitted photos)
Also earning an exemplary rating at District Music Contest and qualifying for State was Tarkio’s Zoe Madron, who performed a vocal solo.
The Tarkio High School men’s vocal ensemble (Jeremy Bomar, Brody Wennihan, Quin Staten, Finn Hurst, and River Dow) earned an exemplary rating at District Music Contest and advance to State.
Tarkio’s Abbie Harms earned an exemplary rating on her clarinet solo and thus advances to State Music Contest in May.
The Tarkio High School double quartet of Bailey Wennihan, Lizzie Schlueter, Zoe Madron, Sydnee Bruns, Brody Wennihan, Finn Hurst, Quin Staten, and River Dow earned an exemplary rating at District Music Contest and qualified for State.
The Fairfax High School musicians who competed at District Music Contest were: front row – Lexi Brown, Amelia Larson, Chloe Vernon, and Anna Ohlensehlen; and back row – Kendall Kingery, Mason Kingery, Cowen O’Riley, and Joaquin Hill.
Rock Port, Fairfax, and Tarkio High School music students participated in the District Music Contest for solo and small ensemble performances at Central High School in St. Joseph, Missouri, Friday, March 14, 2025. The students who earned exemplary ratings will advance to the State Music Festival, where they will perform at Mizzou in Columbia, Missouri, Saturday, May 3.
The Rock Port High School musicians who performed and their results follow: Audrey Dougherty, vocal solo, outstanding; Brandon Athen, trumpet solo, outstanding; Cooper Daugherty, alto saxophone solo, outstanding; Hadleigh Jones, vocal solo, outstanding; Jaymes Herron, tenor saxophone solo, outstanding; Lily Wilroy, flute solo, outstanding; mallet trio (Audrey Dougherty, Claire Miller, and Sophia Storm), outstanding; and woodwind trio (Audrey Dougherty, Lilly Pankau, and Mya Welch), outstanding.
The Tarkio High School musicians who performed and their results follow: Abbie Harms, clarinet solo, exemplary; Zoe Madron, vocal solo, exemplary; Quin Staton, vocal solo, exemplary; men’s vocal ensemble (Jeremy Bomar, River Dow, Finn Hurst, Quin Staten, and Brody Wennihan), exemplary; double quartet (Sydnee Bruns, River Dow, Finn Hurst, Zoe Madron, Lizzie Schlueter, Quin Staten, Bailey Wennihan, and Brody Wennihan), exemplary; Kamryn Brown, tenor saxophone solo, outstanding; Sydnee Bruns, vocal solo, outstanding; River Dow, vocal solo, outstanding; Gabe Harms, trombone solo, outstanding; Finn Hurst, vocal solo, outstanding; Connor Morton, marimba solo, outstanding; Lizzie Schlueter, trumpet and vocal solos, outstanding; Jayden Scott, snare drum solo, outstanding; Bailey Wennihan, flute and vocal solos, outstanding; Brody Wennihan, vocal solo, outstanding; and girls’ vocal sextet (Kamryn Brown, Bella Bywater, Rhoni Caudill, Danni Irvine, Macy Stepp, and Taya Windham), outstanding.
The Fairfax High School musicians who performed and their results follow: Amelia Larson, flute solo, exemplary; miscellaneous woodwind ensemble (Joaquin Hill, Amelia Larson, Anna Ohlensehlen, Cowen O’Riley, and Chloe Vernon), exemplary; Lexi Brown, soprano clarinet solo, outstanding; Lexi Brown, vocal solo, outstanding; Chloe Vernon, alto saxophone solo, satisfactory; Kendall Kingery, euphonium solo, satisfactory; and Mason Kingery, trombone solo, satisfactory.
