Congratulations to this year’s Pierre TF Riggs High School All State Choir members on being chosen as First National Bank’s Performers/Fine Arts Students of the Week.
Nomination from Mr. Bauck:
This year’s All State Choir members have been through a lot in the past few months. Some of them have been through much more in the last year and a half.
Last year, All State Choir unfortunately did not take place due to the pandemic. Last year’s conductor, along with the pieces from last year, were to be back this year. The music proved to be very challenging, especially a jazz piece called “I Am Alive.” The style and “text” of the piece was very foreign to our students and that made for a tough challenge when learning the piece. We plowed through, doing our best to learn difficult music in a limited amount of time.
Then, on Monday, Oct. 28, 2021, we all found out that the guest conductor backed out for personal reasons. With four days until the event, the students were given a new guest conductor in Dr. Russell Svenningsen from Augustana University. This was a big change for everyone involved. We also learned that we were going to be down one of our members due to the pandemic. Given the circumstances, all students came together for two days of music making, and put on a fantastic grand concert Saturday night Oct. 30, 2021. Congratulations!
All State Choir members are: Dani DeVaney (11), Emalee Larson (10), Grace Schumacher (10), Claire Steffensen (10), Hannah Kari (11), Claire Koenecke (12), Ashlyn Pitlick (10), Amber Sargent-Granberg (10), Bryce Bowman (9), Kate Mullett (11, not pictured), John Lees (10), Xavier Louis (11), Xzaylin Henderson (11), Jackson Overweg (12), Davon Rombough (12), Patrick Valentine (11).
Pierre TF Riggs High School All State Choir members Oct. 30, 2021.
Girls Left To Right: Emalee Larson, Claire Steffensen, Claire Koenecke, Grace Schumacher, Dani DeVaney, Ashlyn Pitlick, Hannah Kari and Amber Sargent-Granberg. Not pictured Kate Mullett.
Guys Left to Right: Patrick Valentine, Xavier Louis, Xzaylin Henderson, Davon Rombough (kneeling), Bryce Bowman, Jackson Overweg and John Lees.
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