Music in schools names honor band
Forty-three students from nearly a dozen Catholic schools have been chosen for this year’s Honor Band, part of the archdiocese’s Music in Catholic Schools program.
Providing a complete band curriculum and concerts, Music in Catholic Schools is serving 350 students this year, from 22 Catholic and three Lutheran elementary schools in the Omaha area.
Tryouts were held Sept. 22, Sept. 26 and Sept. 27 for Honor Band, which will perform three concerts this year at Marian High School in Omaha: Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m., March 18 at 5:15 p.m. and April 9 at 7 p.m.
A complete list of Honor Band members is on the Catholic Voice website, catholicvoiceomaha.com.
2016-2017 Music in Catholic Schools Honor Band
Forty-three students named to the Music in Catholic Schools honor band, their grades and schools, all in Omaha unless noted:
FLUTES:
*Sara Wallace, 8 - St. Stephen the Martyr
Clare Euteneuer, 8 - St. James/Seton
Grace Yaghmour, 7 - St. Wenceslaus
Ella Hansen, 7 - St. Robert Bellarmine
Lauren Peyton, 8 - St. Margaret Mary
CLARINETS:
*John Dickas, 8 - St. Robert Bellarmine
Joe Buckley, 8 - Holy Cross
Grace Ellis, 8 - St. Robert Bellarmine
John Watson, 6 - St. Robert Bellarmine
Mary Margaret Bausch, 8 - St. Margaret Mary
Amelia Larson, 6 - Holy Cross
Delaney Kigerl, 7 - St. Robert Bellarmine
Molly Nebel, 7 - St. Gerald, Ralston
Eva Richter, 8 - Holy Cross
BASS CLARINET:
Ellie Geist, 6 - Mary Our Queen
ALTO SAXOPHONES
*Eva Watson, 8 - St. Robert Bellarmine
Henry Biesanz, 7 - St. James/Seton
Vincent Grenier, 7 - St. Pius X/St. Leo
Spencer Yaghmour, 6 - St. Wenceslaus
Tess Bowler, 8 - St. Margaret Mary
TENOR SAXOPHONE:
Cameron Detwiler, 8 - Holy Cross
Matthew Collins, 8 - St. Margaret Mary
BARITONE SAXOPHONE:
Alexander Endorf, 8 - Good Shepherd Lutheran
HORN in F
Kathryn Wagner, 6 - St. Wenceslaus
TRUMPETS/CORNETS:
*Stephanie Schrader, 7 - St. Wenceslaus
Will Ernatt, 8 - Christ the King
Zach tenBensel, 8 - St. Pius X/St Leo
Kevin Prososki, 8 - St. Gerald, Ralston
Xavier Hackenberg, 8 - St. James/Seton
Ethan Noon, 7 - St. Pius X/St Leo
Aidan Krakowski, 8 - St. Margaret Mary
Nolan Dunn, 7 - St. Wenceslaus
Caitlyn McMahon, 6 - Holy Cross
Elle Knobbe, 6 - St. Robert Bellarmine
TROMBONES:
*Aidan Rhodes, 7 - St. Robert Bellarmine
Jackson Yaghmour, 6 - St. Wenceslaus
Seth Milbourn, 6 - St. Wenceslaus
BARITONE HORN:
Madison Genoways, 8 - St. James/Seton
TUBA:
Nathan Kigerl, 7 - St. Robert Bellarmine
PERCUSSION:
*Liam Doyle, 8 - St. Robert Bellarmine
Sean Patterson, 8 - St. James/Seton
Nori Petersen, 8 - Holy Cross
Casey LaMotte, 7 - Mary Our Queen
* Section leader