BVHS represented at 2019 All-State Chorus, Orchestra
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Staff report
Over 1,000 of South Dakota’s best high school vocal and instrumental musicians will gather in Sioux Falls for the 67th Annual South Dakota All-State Chorus and Orchestra on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2. The All-State activities will culminate with a Grand Concert at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The annual All-State Chorus & Orchestra, sponsored by South Dakota High School Activities Association, is the largest interscholastic high school music activity held in South Dakota. The 2019 All-State Chorus includes 940 singers representing 144 South Dakota high schools. The All-State Orchestra is comprised of 156 musicians from 25 schools.
Four BVHS musicians are part of the All-State Orchestra: Calista Kocmick, flute; Landon Smith, bassoon; Henry Heiberger, string bass; and Harry Heiberger, viola.
Five quartets of singers will represent BVHS in the All-State Chorus: sopranos, Tashlynne Badger (grade 12), Kendra Christopherson (12), Paulina Soroka (12), Izzy Stone (10), Abby Waldner (12); altos, Karsyn Driscoll (11), Emily Hensley (12), Olivia Kern (11), Kenzie Polasky (11), Grace Wilford (12); tenors, Zach Hentschel (12), Jimmy Hoffmann (12), Connor Klimek (12), Nick Meyer (11), Braiden Reiser (11); and basses, Keaton Beyer (12), Grant Gunderson (12), Jacob Jorgensen (11), Lawson Lambertz (11), and Kristofer Smith (11).
This is the third year at All-State for Wilford, Hentschel, Hoffmann, and Smith, and the second year for Waldner, Polasky, Klimek, and Beyer . The 20 singers are members of the BVHS Concert Choir, directed by Terry Gullickson.
Guest conductors for the 2019 All-State Chorus & Orchestra Concert are Dr. Timothy Dixon (orchestra) from Messiah College, and Dr. Andrew Last (chorus) from Luther College.
The All-State Chorus & Orchestra Concert will be broadcast live on SDPTV and will air again on Thanksgiving Day.
