Congrats to Our 2020 All-State Selected Participants

Every year, the Nebraska Music Education Association (NMEA) provides an opportunity for high school students (grades 9-12) to participate in an all-state honor ensemble:

• All-State Orchestra
• All-State Chorus
• All-State Band
• All-State Jazz Band

Students audition for the opportunity. This year’s All-State auditions were held virtually. In a standard year, selected students perform together in a group setting to mark the achievement, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – students in most cases will perform virtually. The recognition that comes with being selected for All-State is an important achievement and milestone for music students and opens the eligibility for students to audition for the National Association for Music and All-National Honor Ensembles. Congratulations to these Omaha Conservatory of Music students for being selected for All-State 2020:

All-State Orchestra

Virginia Jansen – violin
Dorothy Marks – violin
Larissa Myers – violin
Pranay Neelakanta – violin
Callie Stalnaker – violin
Emeline Burton – viola
Libby Meade – viola
Max Rieke – viola
Rachel Wu – viola
Victoria Chin – cello
Nathan Evans – cello
Eshaan Giri – cello
Josephine Hartley – cello
Matthew Salfity – cello
Jacob Thompson – cello

All-State Chorus

Ella Beckler – Soprano II
Killian Green – Bass II

All-State Band

Hadassah Davies – Oboe
David Bogacz – Trumpet
Xavier Hackenberg – Trumpet
Alexandra Brown – French Horn
Christina Manna – French Horn
Aidan Boone – Baritone TC
Henry Davis – Percussion
Liam Doyle – Percussion

All-State Jazz Band

Nathan Swanson – vibraphone