Solo and Ensemble contestants advance
March 11, 2020
McKenna Coyle
THE MIRROR
Every year the choir and band students are given an opportunity to show off their musical talent at the Solo and Ensemble competition in Marshfield. The competition took place on March 7 and many students received great results from the judges.
People will be given a chance to hear a shortened version of the piece that the band performers that scored a 1* during the upcoming SPASH band concert which will take place on March 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the SPASH auditorium.
Some students start practicing many months prior to the event in hopes to qualify for state. Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH) had a good variety of talented people get a 1* (one-star) score that advanced them to state.
“We got a 1* on both of our jazz combos, ‘Killing Me Softly’ and “Doxy,’ and we will get to take those to state. We put a lot of work into those pieces and it got us to state, so it must have paid off,” SPASH junior Phenix Patton said.
“Our jazz combo group practiced for about two months and we all did very well,” SPASH senior Aron Pierce said.
It could be the first time for some students but it is not for a good number of students.
“I have been to state for solo and ensemble three times,” Pierce added.
Larson Lewis • Mar 26, 2020 at 3:43 PM
It’s fascinating how they practice for months for only a few minutes or performance. Why doesn’t orchestra go to solo and ensemble?
Kenny Schultz • Mar 25, 2020 at 11:18 AM
It’s hard to believe how successful SPASH has been in solo and ensemble, it’s great. I liked this article and thought u did a very nice job reaching out to find information about the topic.
Erich Vanblargan • Mar 24, 2020 at 8:50 AM
In this sentence “It could be the first time for some students but it is not for a good number of students.” It may help the flow to have replaced the but with although otherwise the article is well written and I saw few flaws.
Noah Viegut • Mar 23, 2020 at 10:41 AM
I can’t believe some students practice for months for a couple minute performance. They must really enjoy playing their instrument.
Kaitlyn Flanagan • Mar 23, 2020 at 10:24 AM
When reading about how early people have practiced it brought me back to when Jackie and I did solo and ensemble. Her and I started practicing months before the actual event too. I liked how you set up your story too. It was short and sweet