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The high school musicians from Cascade performed at the District Music Festival April 16-17 in Great Falls. There were 13 solos or ensembles that performed and all did very well. Those that earned a "I" (Superior) qualified to go on to the State Music Festival on May 1-2 in Missoula.

A big THANK YOU goes to Jessica Nelson for being our wonderful accompanist! Thank you also to the parents who were there supporting us.

All of our student musicians earned either a "I" or "II" rating (on a scale of "V" - see below). After they performed their music the adjudicators worked with the students and our young musicians learned a lot from this experience. The Concert Band earned Excellent (II) ratings in the prepared music and Superior (I) in the sight reading evaluation. The Concert Choir also earned Excellent (II) ratings on the prepared music. Choirs all across Montana tried out a new sight reading method and since it was experimental no ratings were given.  Mr. Skogley is very proud of the performances of the Band and Choir (large groups do not advance to the State Music Festival regardless of their ratings) as well as our soloists and ensemble members. What a great bunch of kids to teach!

The ratings used at Music Festivals are:


I
A superior performance - Outstanding in nearly every detail

II
An excellent performance -
Minor defects

III
A good performance - lacking finesse and/or interpretation

IV
A fair performance -
basic weaknesses

V
A poor performance - unsatisfactory



Here are the results of our Festival events, listed in chronological order of performance.

Thursday

Rating Performer Title Room
II Concert Band Overture To A New Millennium
The Big Sky		 UGF Fine Arts Auditorium
I Concert Band Sight Reading  
       
II Concert Choir World Peace Canon
Wayfarin' Stranger		 UGF Chapel
 

 

Friday

Time Name Type Room / Adjudicator Title / Composer Accompanist
II Kicking Brass Brass Quartet - Trent, Zach R, Josh, Zach D Rm 227 - Kelly Berdahl Rhondo Humoreske none
I Taylor and Lydia Flute / Contralto clarinet Rm 229 - Sallee Nelson Finale from Water Music, G. F. Handel none
II NG HF CW KK Vocal quartet - Natalie, Heather, Chloe, Allison Choir Rm 604 - Charlotte Colliver Four White Horses, C. Miller Jessica Nelson
I Quincy Balius Vocal solo Choir Rm 604 - Charlotte Colliver Le Violette, Scarlatti SmartMusic
II Sopraltos Vocal quartet - Taylor, Quincy, Allison, Chloe Choir Rm 604 - Charlotte Colliver Cross The Wide Missouri Jessica Nelson
I Cascade Woodwinds Clarinet duet - Darby, Mariah Rm 210 - Michael Miller Pleyel Duet #20 none
II Taylor Azure Vocal solo Rm 205 - Kirk Aamot Aloha Oe, Queen Liliaukalani Jessica Nelson
I Lydia O'Brien Contralto clarinet Rm 210 - Michael Miller None But The Lonely Heart SmartMusic
II Natalie Gerard Vocal solo Rm 205 - Kirk Aamot When Love Is Kind, Thomas Moore Jessica Nelson
II Chloe & Taylor Vocal duet Rm 205 - Kirk Aamot Homeward Bound Jessica Nelson
I Badger Jazz Jazz band Stage - Tony Hammond Bossa Madeira
The Blues at Frog Bottom		 none
I Elsie Carpenter Snare drum solo Band Rm 601 - Scott Jones The Connecticut Halftime, Traditional none
I Kaden & Elsie Snare drum duet Band Rm 601 - Scott Jones G-Force, John Beck none

 

Congratulations to all our musicians on a job well done!!

 
 

 



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