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.
