Amazing Results at the 2015 All-District Band Auditions

Band students auditioned for the West Central Missouri Music Educator's Association All-District Band Saturday, November 7, 2015. The audition process involves students preparing challenging musical etudes and scales prior to audition day. Students compete for a chair in one of two bands, the Honor Band and the Honorable Mention Band. Over 500 students in the West Central district auditioned throughout the day. Ray-Pec had 52 students named as members of the two groups or as alternates (see list below). Both bands will perform January 9, 2016 on the campus of University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. Students who made the top group, the Honor Band, will also be eligible to audition for the Missouri All-State Band on December 5, 2015.

Congratulations to the following All-District Band members:

1. Natalie Van Horn (Flute, Honor Band, 10th chair)
2. Emily Tribolet (Flute, Honorable Mention Band, 7th chair)
3. Adeline Wright (Flute, Honorable Mention Band, 8th chair)
4. Kathryn McCauley (Flute, Honorable Mention Band, 11th chair)
5. Audrey Warters (Oboe, Honor Band, 2nd chair)
6. Cameron Leonard (Clarinet, Honor Band, 2nd chair; Oboe, Honorable Mention Band, alternate)
7. Zoe Goodwin (Clarinet, Honor Band, 3rd chair)
8. Dominique Williams (Clarinet, Honor Band, 7th chair)
9. Jack Keys (Clarinet, Honor Band, 8th chair)
10. Guin Wright (Clarinet, Honor Band, 11th chair)
11. Kevin Conner (Clarinet, Honor Band, 18th chair)
12. Cecilia Brown (Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, 4th chair)
13. MacKinley Clark (Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, 6th chair)
14. Megan Bua (Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, 8th chair)
15. Elizabeth Smallwood (Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, 11th chair)
16. Alie Pasternak (Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, 17th chair)
17. Hannah Abbott (Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, 18th chair)
18. Raygn Yates (Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, 24th chair)
19. Mikaria Craig (Bass Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, 2nd chair)
20. Erica Cornell (Bass Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, 5th chair)
21. You Xing Yang (Alto Saxophone, Honor Band, 5th chair)
22. Jordan Mayberry (Alto Saxophone, Honorable Mention Band, 4th chair)
23. Miles Goodwin (Alto Saxophone, Honorable Mention Band, 5th chair)
24. Matthew Crotty (Bari Saxophone, Honor Band, 2nd chair)
25. Nicholas Caskey (Trumpet, Honor Band, 10th chair)
26. Reed Heinrich (Trumpet, Honorable Mention Band, 2nd chair)
27. Zane Brown (Trumpet, Honorable Mention Band, 4th chair)
28. Ben Osborne (Trumpet, Honorable Mention Band, 6th chair)
29. Darren Fields (Trumpet, Honorable Mention Band, 7th chair)
30. Derek Fields (French Horn, Honor Band, 3rd chair)
31. Ryan Herren (French Horn, Honor Band, 6th chair)
32. Luke VanDyne (French Horn, Honor Band, 8th chair)
33. Kylee Nelson (French Horn, Honorable Mention Band, 5th chair)
34. Adam Sesher (French Horn, Honorable Mention Band, 8th chair)
35. Katie Hatfield (Trombone, Honor Band, 2nd chair)
36. Doug Adolphson (Trombone, Honor Band, 8th chair)
37. Nicholas Lanza (Trombone, Honorable Mention Band, 6th chair)
38. Jack Brown (Trombone, Honorable Mention Band, 7th chair)
39. Jacob Paszkiewicz (Euphonium, Honorable Mention Band, 4th chair)
40. William Dickerson (Tuba, Honor Band, 1st chair)
41. Shane Harrison (Tuba, Honor Band, 3rd chair)
42. Blake Jungman (Tuba, Honorable Mention Band, 3rd chair)
43. Matthew Argotsinger (Tuba, Honorable Mention Band, 5th chair)
44. Preston Misemer (Percussion Option 1, Honorable Mention Band, 1st chair)
45. Brooke Hord (Percussion Option 1, Honorable Mention Band, 4th chair)
46. Tammy Yang (Percussion Option 2, Honor Band, 2nd chair)
47. Catherine Wilhite (Oboe, Honorable Mention Band, alternate)
48. Kaitlyn Boman (Clarinet, Honorable Mention Band, alternate)
49. Jordan Crane (Alto Saxophone, Honorable Mention Band, alternate)
50. Montana Prickett (French Horn, Honorable Mention Band, alternate)
51. Cole Graf (Euphonium, Honorable Mention Band, alternate)
52. Carter Wilhite (Percussion Option 2, Honorable Mention Band, alternate)