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2013 MSBOA State Solo & Ensemble Festival Results

Pioneer Band students received 53 first division and 14 second division ratings in SOLO performance, as well as 67 first division and 20 second division ratings in ENSEMBLE performance at the STATE Solo and Ensemble Festivals held on March 23.

The following Pioneer High School Band students participated in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) STATE Solo and Ensemble Festival on March 23. Students prepared a solo and/or an ensemble and performed for an MSBOA Certified Adjudicator. Their performance was evaluated and a rating between "I" (Excellent) and "V" was assigned.

Sophomores through seniors who performed solos were also eligible to participate in Proficiency Examinations, requiring scales and sightreading, as well as performance on their solo. The symbol (2) after a students name indicates that they had two events receiving that rating in the same category.

Pioneer High School Band students receiving a "I" (Excellent) rating for their performance of a SOLO were: Halley Bass, Megan Battersby, Joseph Buiteweg, Michael Buiteweg, Celia Chagnovich, Claire Christensen, Rennie Cotner, Seetha Davis, John Fan, Darby Hakken, Anna Hayman, Clare Higgins, Kai Hoffman, Stein Housner, Jean Hu, Anna Inohara, Kevin Jiang, Taylor Johnson, Trevor King, Anna Latterner, Wei Luo, Jonathan Lynn, Alexander Maynard, John Nicklas, Philip Ognenovski, Henry Pakela, Oksana Palczynski, Melissa Palfey, Paul Paternoster, Elliot Polot, Katy Ross, Lillie Ross, Griffin Roy, Ellen Sauer, Ben Schreiber, Michael Shapiro, Eric Shen, Rebecca Shipan, Ken Simon (2), Nick Simon, Tiernan Slawecki, Chae Stellrecht, Austin Stout, Alysha Szewczul, Jonathan Thomas, Kevin Tian (2), Charles Wang, William Wang, Leah Weingarten, Aubrey Wright, Martin Yang

Pioneer High School Band students receiving a "II" (Good) rating for their performance of a SOLO were: John Bradford, Marianne Cowherd, Eric Dutton, Alexander Ginsberg, Andrew Hocott, Aleck Jiang, Aina Kelsaw-Fletcher, Dylan Lee, Nicholas Lemerand, Jonathan Lynn, Ian McKenny, Abraham Paternoster, Jessica Szewczul, Brinda Yarlagadda

Pioneer High School Band students receiving a "I" (Excellent) rating for their performance of an ENSEMBLE were: Shreya Bahl (2), Halley Bass, Megan Battersby, Aaron Baum, Ben Bielajew, Lonnique Brewer, Galen Burrell (2), Rennie Cotner (2), Alayna Coverly, John Fan (2), Anna Hayman (2), Clare Higgins, Andrew Hocott, Kevin Jiang, Will Jibson, Megan Jung, Catherine Kim, Jinyoung Kim, Sara King, Trevor King, Sanika Kulkarni, Anurima Kumar (2), Anna Latterner (2), Dylan Lee, Jesse Lemons, Siyan Daniel Li (3), Nicholas Liu, Jonathan Lynn, Alexander Maynard, Jordan McKay, Henry Pakela, Elliot Polot, Griffin Roy (2), Ellen Sauer (2), Eric Shen, Dana Shin, Amaris Sim, Ken Simon, Antonia Smith (2), Jakob Smith, Gina Son (2), Maria Ten Brink, Stephanie Terrell (2), Charles Wang, William Wang, Nathan Willette, Martin Yang, Brinda Yarlagadda, Tina Yu, Alan Zhou (2), Kayla Zynda

Pioneer High School Band students receiving a "II" (Good) rating for their performance of an ENSEMBLE were: John Bradford, Hangil Choi, Paul Cook, Marianne Cowherd, Allegra Corwin-Renner, Darby Hakken, Kai Hoffman, Ben Janevic, Luke Kreutzer, Hannah Lim, Nathan Ng, Niket Parikh, Evan Pluth, Gabe Puno, Austin Reichard, Katy Ross, Zach Sedgwick, Austin Stout, Kathy Sun (2)