Congratulations to Mr. Turley, Mr. Vignery, Jonathan Duncan, and our LHS Band!
Congratulations to Mr. Turley, Mr. Vignery, and our Lansing High School Band for their accomplishments so far this school year!
LHS sophomore Jonathan Duncan recently auditioned for and was selected to the 2022 National Association for Music Education All-National Symphony Orchestra as a percussionist. Jonathan first had to audition and be selected for the 2021 Northeast Kansas Music Educators Association Honor Band to be eligible. The next step was to audition and be selected for the 2021 Kansas Music Educators Association All-State Honor Band.
Jonathan traveled to the Washington, D.C. area earlier this month to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra. While in D.C., he had lengthy rehearsals where the students put together the music. He was accompanied by Blake Vignery, Lansing USD469 Director of Percussion.
Our Lansing band students also recently auditioned for the 2022 Northeast Kansas Music Educators Association honor group in Eudora, Kansas. The following students were selected for the honor bands:
- Anya Anderson, trombone
- Wyatt Brown, clarinet
- Lorelei Crow, bass clarinet
- Paisley Crow, tuba
- Ryan Dennis, French horn
- Jonathan Duncan, snare drum
- Parker Edwards, trumpet
- Matthias Erickson, tenor saxophone
- Abigail Grimm, flute alternate
- Sarah Hedberg, alto saxophone
- Joseph Hiraoka, French Horn
- Christopher Klingman, alto saxophone alternate
- Nicholas Kurz, snare drum
- Sophie Kurz, trombone
- Jacob Mitchell, French horn
- Autumn Mynatt, bass clarinet
- Hannah Platt, trombone
- Darien Richards, bass clarinet
- Melina Rodriguez, tenor saxophone
- Nikki Svedarsky, mallets
- Thaddeus Thorne, tuba
- Isabel Williams, trumpet
- Logan Yandura, snare drum
- Trinity Young, trombone
Lansing also had the following students selected for the NEKMEA Honor Jazz Band:
- Jonathan Duncan, drumset
- Hannah Platt, trombone
- Darien Richards, tenor saxophone
- Adrian Torres, guitar
The 2022 NEKMEA Honor Band and Honor Jazz Band will perform Saturday, December 3rd, at Topeka Seaman High School. Our district students are eligible to audition on January 7th in Salina for the KSMEA All-State Band and Jazz Band.