Kaimiakin music students: (From left) Chris Potter, Hannah Miller, Naomi Vlasin, Ben Ellis, Katie Crowe, Elena Plenefisch, Chloe O
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Kaimiakin music students: (From left) Chris Potter, Hannah Miller, Naomi Vlasin, Ben Ellis, Katie Crowe, Elena Plenefisch, Chloe O'Neill, Logan Heine, Gabbie Hsu, Jacob Reyes, Julian Pellerin, Stella Perlic, Gloria Liu and Mallika Iyer.

Kamiakin music students set record


November 10, 2009 · Updated 3:07 PM 

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Kamiakin's Music Program recently set a record that will be hard to break for future musicians. After preparing them over summer vacation, students from the Music Department's band and orchestra recorded and submitted pre-determined excerpts to the Washington Music Educators Association to be screened by professional musicians. Of those screened across the entire state, 15 Kamiakin students were accepted - the school's highest number ever.

The students will rehearse and perform in Yakima on Saturday, March 13 in conjunction with the WMEA's annual conference. Those accepted to the Jr. All-State Band and Orchestra are: Chloe O'Neill, clarinet; Naomi Vlasin, clarinet; Stella Perlic, percussion; Gloria Liu, clarinet; Elena Plenefisch, clarinet; Jacob Reyes, trombone; Hannah Miller, trombone; Logan Heine, tenor saxophone; Katie Crowe, flute; Gabbie Hsu, bassoon; Ben Ellis, trumpet; Julian Pellerin, trumpet; Mallika Iyer, viola; Chris Potter, string bass. Tim Roetcisoender, a freshman clarinetist, made it into the high school All-State Band as well and will perform later that weekend. A complete list of past members can be found on the band's Web site: www.kamiakinband.org.

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