VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Valley City High School will be represented in the 2020-2021 North Dakota All-State band and choir with the selection of 8 students to the ensembles. Due to Covid restrictions not all of the VCHS students will be able to perform with the ND Honor ensembles but they have been selected and have all of the accolades that accompany the performing artists.

Owen Plagens (trombone) is the VCHS student who has been selected to the ND All-State Band. Morgan Jenner, Britta Roehrich, Abby Redfearn, Jerrica Eldridge, Daniel Wintch, and Jonathan Redfearn (4 year member) are the VCHS students selected to the ND All-State Mixed Choir. Taylen Mendoza is the VCHS student selected to the ND All-State Treble Choir.

The music students from VCHS, as well as high school auditions from across the state of North Dakota, auditioned via recording before the ND All-State judges. Auditions included scale work, etudes and performing a solo for the judges. The auditions are rigorous and only the best of the best high school students from the state of North Dakota are invited and then accepted to the All-State ensembles.

VCHS students were prepared for these auditions by T. Mark Reeves and Tom Kjelland, VCHS choir and band directors. The All-State ensembles are conducted by nationally recognized conductors invited to do so by the North Dakota Music Educators Association.

The ND All-State rehearsals and Concert Hours (guest performing groups invited to play for the All-State students) will be held on March 20 and 21 at various venues in the Bismarck/Mandan area. Locations and ticket prices are available on the ndall-state.org website.

Valley City High School is proud of its students selected and know that VCHS will be well represented by our young people at the North Dakota All-State music festival.