The Racine Unified School District has more than two dozen students participating in this year’s Virtual Solo & Ensemble Festival. Students must earn a “starred first” rating in Class A (which consists of the most difficult music) at the district level to qualify for state level of the WSMA Virtual Solo & Ensemble Festival. The 29 students from Gilmore Fine Arts, Gifford, Walden III, Case, Starbuck and Horlick are competing in categories ranging from cello solo to musical theater solo. They are among thousands of music students from not only Wisconsin, but also Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan who entered the contest. In all, there were more than 16,000 entries, making it the largest known virtual festival of its kind in the United States.
Final performance evaluations for these students competing at the state level will happen May 14th. We wish them all good luck!
|
School |
Student's Name |
Grade |
Category |
|
Walden |
Lydia Weaver |
10 |
Violin solo |
|
Walden |
Carol Sze |
11 |
Violin Solo |
|
Walden |
Isabel Young |
11 |
Musical Theater Solo |
|
Walden |
Isabel Young |
11 |
Soprano Solo |
| Walden | Felix Li | 8 | Cello Solo |
| Walden | Braden/Abigail Roush | 10/11 | Cello Duet |
|
Case |
Alaina Jaeck |
11 |
Violin Solo |
|
Case |
Benjamin Kinchen |
11 |
Piano Solo |
|
Case |
Flegel, Skantz, & Sutherland |
12 |
Trio |
|
Case |
Marinkovic & Martinez |
10 |
Cello Duet |
|
Case |
Rachel Christensen |
12 |
Piano Solo |
|
Case |
Joe Skantz |
12 |
Alto Sax Solo |
|
Case |
Dean Flegel |
12 |
Trombone Solo |
|
Case |
Laurel Sutherland |
12 |
Flute Solo |
|
Case |
Yashovardhan Patil |
10 |
Violin Solo |
|
Case |
Strahinja Marinkovic |
10 |
Cello Solo |
|
Case |
Rachel Christensen |
12 |
Violin Solo |
|
Case |
Gabriella Martinez |
10 |
Cello Solo |
|
Case |
Eric Andersen |
12 |
Cello Solo |
|
Case |
Janavi Munagavalasa |
10 |
Violin Solo |
|
Case |
Cole Lutterman |
9 |
Violin Solo |
|
Starbuck |
Alex Munoz |
8 |
Violin Solo |
|
Starbuck |
Kyle Westfall |
8 |
Violin Solo |
|
Horlick |
Josephine Weisensel |
11 |
Piano Solo |
|
Horlick |
Josephine Weisensel |
11 |
Soprano Solo |
|
Horlick |
Serena Vasquez |
10 |
Musical Theatre Solo |
|
Horlick |
Dakota Longsine |
10 |
Eb Alto Saxophone Solo |
|
Horlick |
Anna Lail |
10 |
Flute Solo |
|
Horlick |
Adrianna Avila |
12 |
Viola Solo |
| Gifford | Norah Boerner | 8 | Violin Solo |
| Gilmore | Charlie Cimbalnik | 8 | Classical Violin Solo |
| Gilmore | Loghan Simonsen | 8 | Musical Theatre Vocal Solo |
| Gilmore | Lillian Tremelling | 8 | Classical Vocal Solo |
| Gilmore | Emily Maxey | 7 | Classical Vocal Solo |
| Gilmore | Anika Packniak | 7 | Classical Vocal Solo |
| Gilmore | Anika Packniak | 7 | Musical Theatre Vocal Solo |