District and State Honor Band
District Band is an audition honor band hosted by Kansas Music Educators Association. Our district includes all of the 6A schools in the Northeast corner of the State from Topeka to Kansas City. We host the auditions at Olathe East and there are over 1,000 students that audition just for band. The etudes are released by KMEA at the end of the school year and then the auditions are held in November of the following school year. Students prepare an etude and scales on their own oustide of class, usually with the help of a private teacher. The audition is a blind audition, where the judges cannot see the students auditioning. The students perform the etude and scales in addition to sight reading. Students who are selected and perform at District Band are then eligible to audition for the Kansas All-State Band. The music and process for State is the same as District. The auditions are in early January (sometimes before we are back from winter break) and are held at Salina Central High School. We bus the students down the Friday night before the auditions and stay in a hotel. The auditions usually last until late afternoon and then we bus back home.
2019 Results:
GOLD
Flute
Maggie Clegg
Mallets
Ethan Wootton
RED
Flute
Courtney Crews
Bassoon
Sofia Valdez
Clarinet
Laurel Carder
BLUE
Clarinet
Jeremiah Valenzuela
Caleb Hernandez
Ximena Leon
Alto Saxophone
Josh Laughlin
Trumpet
Aaron Bethel
Horn
Liam Courson
Trombone
Luke Horsch
Euphonium
Jackson Hunter
Timpani
Braden Black
Mallets
Sam Hoyer
Snare
Jessie Fish
High School Band Alternates
Clarinet
Alt. 2 - Sydney Watson
Tenor Saxophone
Alt. 2 - Dylan Slocomb
Trumpet
Alt. 5 - Jacob Barbara
Jazz Band
Bari Sax
Alt. - Devan Griffin
2018 Results:
A big Congratulations to members of the Olathe East Band program that made the East Central District Honor Band! We had a record number of students selected this year with 25 students selected as either a member of the group or as an alternate. This is the culmination of months of hard work and we couldn't be happier for all of them! They will perform on December 1st at the District Band Festival hosted at Blue Valley High School.
Congratulations goes out to:
Courtney Crews—Piccolo alternate
Anna McGregor—Oboe
Jordan Flemming—Clarinet
Anna Carr—Clarinet
Ximena Leon—Clarinet
Jeremiah Valenzuela—Clarinet
Caleb Hernandez—Clarinet
Laurel Carder—Clarinet alternate
Bryan Kwon—Bassoon
Sophia Valdez— Bassoon
Emma Plank—Bass Clarinet
Josh Laughlin—Alto Sax
Aaron Bethel—Trumpet
Jacob Barbara—Trumpet alternate
Kristin Gjovig—French Horn
Luke Horsch—Trombone
Adam Kahnk— Tuba
Chayse Stegman—Mallets
Ethan Wootton—Snare
Braden Black—Snare
Sam Jerguson—Snare
Audrey Henkel—Mallets
Evan Kappelman—Tenor Sax, Jazz Band
Nolan Ralph—Trombone, Jazz Band
Nathan Byard—Piano alternate, Jazz Band