Peninsula High School

BIG CONGRATS to our fabulous PHS Band students for not only being great hosts for the Commencement Bay Music Educators Solo/Ensemble Festival but for their HUGE success in a WIAA qualifier event to send students onto the State contest in late April at Central Washington University. 

 

We had 40 entries of solos and ensembles for Peninsula High School on Saturday which was over double any other high school in our area. These entries are largely student led and rehearsed. They pick their music and ensembles and work both outside of school and during our Chamber Music unit in class to put together their solo and small ensemble performance. 

 

The following students and groups will represent the Commencement Bay region and PHS at the State Solo/Ensemble Competition at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA in late April:

 

Lee Gjertson, oboe solo

Kael Albertson, bassoon solo

Dylan Shipman, bass clarinet solo

Gavin Bertholf, alto saxophone solo

Dylan Shipman, tenor saxophone solo

Saxophone Quartet (Gavin Bertholf, Jacob Avalos, Kael Albertson, Lee Gjertson), Small Woodwind Ensemble

Woodwind Quintet (Riley Oltmann, Annan Ball, Lee Gjertson, Audrey Derr, Kael Albertson), Large Woodwind Ensemble

Kyoka Morimoto, trumpet solo

Ben Caseley, trombone solo

Jhoanna Lopez, tuba solo

Trombone Trio (Ben Caseley, Jhoanna Lopez, Noah Wahala), Small Brass Ensemble

Brass Quintet (Kristopher Davis, Jacob Horton, James Kane, Ben Caseley, Jhoanna Lopez), Large Brass Ensemble

Christian Alpers, Mallet Percussion solo

Percussion Ensemble Class, Large Percussion Ensemble

• Christian Alpers, Carson Shipman, Devan Pomeroy, Olivia Noorlander, Morgan Stith, Zero Yates, Kristopher Davis, Isaiah Seales, Andrew Ericson, Tristan Bertholf, Christian Castillo, Caleb Rohwein, Dakota Pugmire, Sophia Stone, Kaiden Cole

Kyoka Morimoto, Piano Solo

 

Also, congrats to the following students for their 2nd or 3rd place finish in their categories who are alternates to state: Dylan Shipman (clarinet), Saxophone Duet (Gavin Bertholf, Jacob Avalos) Small Woodwind Ensemble, Kristopher Davis (trumpet), James Kane (french horn), Sirus Hand-Peters (euphonium), Noah Wahala (tuba), Devan Pomeroy (mallet percussion), Christian Alpers (snare drum).

 

I absolutely could not be more proud of all of the band students for representing our school with such pride, playing with a high level of musicality and professionalism, hosting an impressively well run and organized festival, and setting the gold standard in instrumental music for our region.