Lake Washington School District high school music students have been accepted to the 2015 National Association for Music Education’s (NAfME) High School All-Northwest Honor Groups and the 2015 Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) High School All-State Honor Groups. Of those students 20 are from Kirkland.

After three days of rehearsals, under the direction of outstanding national level music educators and internationally renowned conductors, the students will perform at the conclusion of the 2015 NAfME’s Northwest Division Conference in Spokane, Wash., on February 15, 2015. Besides Washington state, the Northwest Division of NAfME includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Wyoming. Each of these musicians had to submit required audition recordings to be considered.

The following are the students from Kirkland:

2015 WMEA All-Northwest Band

Abby Bergman, senior, flute, JHS

Clark Ellis, senior, trombone, JHS

Leslie Fisher, senior flute, JHS

Thomas Mikkelson, junior, alto saxophone, JHS

2015 WMEA All-Northwest Jazz Choir

Tyra Overby, senior, soprano 1-vocal jazz, JHS

2015 WMEA All-Northwest Orchestra

Logan Esterling, senior, oboe, LWHS

Madeline Kramer, junior, viola, JHS

Chris Potter, senior, string bass, JHS

2015 WMEA All-State Concert Band

Jonathan Azpeitia, senior, bass clarinet, JHS

Thomas Donahue, freshman, euphonium (baritone horn), JHS

Alexander Gilbert, senior, Bb soprano clarinet, LWHS

Adrian Goodwin, sophomore, trombone, JHS

Izabel Jo, junior, trumpet (cornet), JHS

2015 WMEA All-State Symphonic Choir

Erik Abramson, junior, tenor 2, LWHS

Justin Buell, junior, bass 1, JHS

Olivia Heindel, senior, soprano 1, LWHS

Brianna Murillo, senior, soprano 1, LWHS

James Rowan, junior, tenor 2, LWHS

Jonas Rutledge, senior, tenor 1, LWHS

2015 WMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra

Kyle Oppermann, junior, viola, LWHS