Walla Walla High School music students named to All-Northwest Choirs

Walla Walla High School music students named to All-Northwest Choirs
Outstanding music students from the six Northwest states (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming) have received top honors by being selected to participate in the 41st biennial National Association for Music Education All-Northwest Band, Orchestra, Treble Choir, Mixed Choir, Jazz Band and/ or Jazz Choir.

The Walla Walla High School students listed below will join nearly 1,000 other outstanding high school student musicians in this gala event.

The All-Northwest band, orchestra, choirs and jazz groups will convene in Spokane, Washington, February 12-15. The finest high school musicians in each of these musical genres will rehearse under the direction of world-renowned conductors and present their final concerts in Spokane's beautiful INB Performing Arts Center. Musicians were selected through auditions to participate in this outstanding event, which is sponsored by the Northwest Division of The National Association for Music Education.

Many professional musicians credit their honor group experience as crucial in their decision to choose music as a career. Thousands of others whose career paths took them in other directions have great memories of participating
in this inspiring and motivating musical experience and claim that it was a life-changing experience for them.

Well-known Northwesterners who have participated in past years honor groups include world-renowned trumpeters Doc Severinson and Allen Vizzutti, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist David Horsey, 2008 National Teacher of the Year Andrea Peterson, and jazz saxophonist Kenny G.

Walla Walla High School students selected:
Michael Bell- Mixed Choir, Bass 2
Natalie Ingersoll-Allen - Treble Choir, Alto 2
AnneMarie Jones - Mixed Choir, Soprano 2
Malila Kiliona - Treble Choir, Alto 2
Eva Reich - Treble Choir, Alto 1
Thomas Rowley - Mixed Choir, Tenor 2
Martin Sanks - Mixed Choir, Bass 2
Sierra Tinhof - Mixed Choir, Soprano 1