All State is a State Championship for the music departments. All of the hard work and effort finally pays off when the beautiful voices of choir and glorious sounds of the band and orchestra mend together to create that final win. Students go through the process of learning multiple pieces of difficult music to then memorize and perform during an audition. Junior, Roshni Nair, states, “The All State process was very time consuming and long, but I think it was really worth it.” This audition is out of the entire state of Iowa full of talented musicians. After the re-calling, the final list is out and the names for Pleasant Valley go on and on.

Choir   

3rd year:

Samina Abdullah

Lauren Carroll

Bailey Connors

Vincent Gnad

Ellie Kurth

Andrew Sandry

2nd year:

Cate Byrne

Joe Clifton

Halle Fish

Elizabeth Lindmark

Megan Maloney

Zachary Myatt

Brendan Wheeler

1st year:

Lauren Brewer

Michael Guhin

Alex Jungers

Nate Lyon

Roshni Nair

Sean Wallace

Madison Wells

Band

Ian Aplington

Ethan Good

Jonathan Hahm

Olivia Heckel

Carrie Peterson

Millenama Prasai

Claire Thomsen

Maureen Thomsen

Ellie Zupancic

Alternates:

Ben Fuller

Shreya Khurjekar

Matthew Nelson

Keshav Wagle

Orchestra

Annie Warner – Violin I

Sophia Xiao – Violin I

Ruth Davidson – Viola

Daniela Rybarczyk – Viola

Veronica Henderson-Harp

Saturday, November 19 was full of practicing the pieces all together with musicians from all over Iowa. Finally, the different colored robes and sounds created Iowa’s 2016 All State. “I was unaware how big the festival really is. There were over 1000 students representing the top 2 percent of musicians in the nation,” says Nair. Pleasant Valley couldn’t be more proud to have this many Spartans among the mix.