Hastings College will hold its 61st Annual Honor Band and 53rd Annual Honor Choir concert on Monday, January 20, at 5:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Hastings (621 N Lincoln Avenue). The concert is free and open to the public, and will be livestreamed on the Hastings College YouTube channel at youtube.com/hastingscollege.
The Hastings College Honor Band and Choir (HHBC) festival is the longest-running high school music honor ensembles sponsored by a college in Nebraska and features some of the best high school musical talent throughout the region.
Student check-in for both ensembles is Sunday, January 19, with rehearsals happening on campus until later on Monday when the groups move to the church to prepare for the concert.
The honor band is directed by Dr. Christopher Dobbins, associate professor of music and director of instrumental activities at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Dobbins is a 2007 Hastings College graduate. The choir is directed by Dr. Brett Epperson, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at Hastings College.
Students selected for this year’s Hastings College Honor Band and Choir are listed below, by state, high school and area.
Adams Central
Band
- Greeley Fitzke
Alliance High School
Band
- Riley Best
- Maci Cornish
- Kaden Gasseling
- Maira Richey
- Timothy Richey
Choir
- Ayvrie Waldron
Arthur County
Choir
- Amos Sizer
- Sida Bures
Aurora High School
Choir
- James Dieckmann
- Wyatt Kenney
Blue Hill High School
Band
- Josie Kirschner
Bridgeport High School
Band
- Hayden Marks
Central City High School
Band
- Cheyenne Veach
Decatur Community High School
Band
- Keely Huff
- Diller-Odell
Band
- Joely Weers
Elkhorn North High School
Choir
- Bailey Powell
Fairbury High School
Band
- Isabella Ausk
Fillmore Central
Choir
- Ashtin Clark
Fort Calhoun High School
Band
- Addie Benoit
- Connor Holmstedt
- Aaron Melville
- Cody Rogers
Choir
- Ava Jane Bittner
- Haley Conner
- Alex Fienhold
- Natalie Lammers
- Riley Lingle
- DeLloyd Robertson
- Samantha Thomas
- Stella Wilmes
Franklin Public Schools
Choir
- Madison Pettit
Freeman High School
Band
- Solomon Delhay
Choir
- Hannah Stanley
Fremont High School
Choir
- Cody Stueve
- Alexis Todd
Gering High School
Band
- Lily Kadolph
- Natalie Peterson
Giltner Public School
Band
- James Scott
Choir
- Sophie Faltys
Gothenburg Jr/Sr High
Band
- Mavrix Butterfield
- Brant Miller
- Claire Vincent
Choir
- Colbie Brown
- Kaylee Olsen
Grand Island Senior High
Band
- Brennan Clark
- Nicolas Krichau
- Tillie McDowall
- Lucas Skalberg
- Noah Veik
Choir
- Ulises Acosta
- Cadence Gidcumb
- Lydia Hostler
- Alijhandra Kirschbaum
- Kennedy Miller
Harvard High School
Choir
- Hannah Harms
- Allee Jarzynk
Hastings High School
Band
- Hailey Gordon
Choir
- Athena Barney
- Finn Groves
Hershey Public School
Band
- Katie Abbott
- Maddie Haddow
- Alizabeth McDermott
Holdrege High School
Band
- Calvin Smith
Choir
- Jaiden Brand
- Emily Flores
Kearney Catholic High School
Band
- Isabella Cabalceta
- Antonio Guerrero
- Joseph Kusek
- Sylvia LeFeber
- Savannah Mast
- Dane McClary
- Rebecca Nebbe
- Derrick Nonhof
- Andrew Petzet
- Annika Posvar
Choir
- Aiyanna Frizane
Lincoln East High School
Choir
- Helina Cooper
Lincoln Northwest High School
Band
- Sierra Albers
Lincoln Southwest High School
Choir
- Hawk Emdad
- Jasmine (Vee) Lundquist
- Lyndee Walker
Norfolk High School
Choir
- Caleb Escoto
- Jay Koozer
- Caroline Love
- Levi Phelps
- Nolan Probasco
- Samuel Robinson
- Addyson Rusk
North Platte High School
Band
- Adriana Black
Northwest High School
Band
- Kade Duering
- Jessica Kroeger
Plainview High School
Band
- Landon Hergert
- Weson Hoffman
- Bernardo Camacho
Choir
- Aiden Hamilton
- Jaren Hergert
- Lucea Miller
- Dominic White
Scottsbluff High School
Choir
- Ella Anderson
- Brandon Baker
- Denali Dart
- Eddie Griess
- Chloe Joe
- Ava Osborn
- Marlowe Osborn
- Hannah Shaddick
- Maryanne Winterbottom
- Fabian Zamarripa
Shickley Public School
Band
- Malinda Kamler
St. Cecilia High School
Choir
- Hannah Javins
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
Choir
- Bryn Eggleston
Waverly High School
Band
- Alyssa Rine
Weeping Water Public School
Choir
- Tristan Baxter
- Jacob Cover
- Talon Gifert
York High School
Band
- Katelyn Ecklund
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