RHS Band Students Excel at Conference & University Honor Bands
RHS Band Students Excel at Conference & University Honor Bands
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Over the past few weeks, Richfield High School band students have been active performers at several honor band events. The Tri-Metro Conference accepted a total of 11 RHS band students into the 2023 All-Conference Honor Band (up from five students in 2022). The full day of rehearsals and evening concert took place on Monday, Jan. 30, at Holy Angels. Congratulations to Harrison Cha, Isaiah Frazier, Ellie Gacek, George Illes, Kyle Lucero, Hunter Madison, Gwen Royster, Cameron Spencer, Kaylee Stracka, Jonas Taylor and Mathias Werner Marulanda (photo below) for their acceptance into this unique experience that led to an outstanding combined performance with other top student musicians from the Tri-Metro Conference.
On Sunday, Jan. 29, George Illes represented RHS at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Honor Band with select students from across the state and upper midwest region. George will also be representing RHS at the upcoming Minnesota Music Educators All State Band Concert on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis. Congratulations to George on these outstanding individual achievements and leadership in our program.
Finally, on Saturday, Feb. 4, three RHS ninth graders were selected to perform as members of the 2023 Augsburg University 9-10 Honor Band. Congratulations to Madeleine Pham, Angie Sikich and Frances Tronnes (photo below) on their wonderful performance.
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This week we honored the 2023 Athena Nominees: Grace Anderson, Sarah Carlson, Emilly Dzierzak, McKay Hall, Maren Jensen, Julia Lindow, Eva Patenaude and Josie Popp.
Over the past few weeks, Richfield High School band students have been active performers at several honor band concerts. Congratulations to all of the students for their acceptance into these events that led to outstanding performances and a proud representation of Richfield High School.
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Richfield High School students in the yearlong Climate Crisis class are making a difference across the world — for the fourth year in a row! This semester, students finished putting together their “solar suitcase,” which was sent to Kenya last week to provide light to students at schools with no access to electricity.
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Congratulations to our League of Legends eSports team, who qualified for the Minnesota Varsity League State Tournament and will play at the Mall of America on Sunday, Jan. 15!
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Join us in congratulating senior Elsy Cruz Parra for receiving the TWIST EPIC Award from Target through her Genesys Works Internship. TWIST stands for Target Women in Science and Technology, while the EPIC stands for Engagement, Passion, Innovation, and Curiosity in All Things STEM.
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Richfield High School freshman Niya Briggs is taking a History Through Music class this year and took the time to share her culture with her high school classmates.
