Northwest Montana’s students didn’t miss a beat at the District Music Festival hosted by Flathead and Glacier high schools.  

Bands, orchestras and choirs from high schools in Flathead, Lincoln and Lake counties participated in the festival held earlier this month. 

Entries were judged as either superior, excellent, good, fair, or poor on a 1 to 5 scale. 

Following is Whitefish High School results. 

Band 

Superior performance and sight-reading: Wind Ensemble and concert band. 

Superior solos: Ginger Bergland, euphonium; Lydia Buc, clarinet; Bjorn Bungener, trombone; Leo Bungener, French horn; Sophie Douglas, flute; Paxton Elm, baritone saxophone; Cohen Gates, clarinet; Kaylynn Gates, marimba; Ella Idleman, clarinet; Samantha Keim, flute; Simona Knutson, clarinet; Jesse Livingston, bass clarinet;  Kaya Naumovich, clarinet; Kayla Richardson, flute; Grace Sliman, alto Saxophone; Grace Sliman, flute and Orla Sullivan, tuba. 

Excellent solos: Peter Abramchuk, euphonium; Audrey Idleman, flute; Kimberly Owen, piano and Lili Poole, flute. 

Superior Ensembles: Low brass octet (Ginger Bergland, Bjorn Bungener, Tavian Ratchye, Peter Schram, Kate Sullivan, Orla Sullivan, John Tollerson and Guinevere Tomblin); wind quartet (Ginger Bergland, Sophie Douglas, Cohen Gates and Ella Idleman); trumpet duet (Henry Boysen, Noah Drace; brass quintet (Bjorn Bungener, Leo Bungener, Noah Drace, Paige Sebby, Orla Sullivan); jazz combo (Bjorn Bungener, Will Cubbage, Luca Gignoux, Ella Idleman, Koru Larimore, Holly Walker and Emaline Whithed); marimba duet (Logan Covey and Andrew Gibbs); percussion trio (Maren Cromie, Kaylynn Gates and Clare Helmstetler); percussion trio (Will Cubbage, Ben Nelson and Kiley Ohs); saxophone trio (Duncan DeGroot, Isaac Rudolph and Grace Sliman); percussion trio (Sage Delaloye, Weston Hunter and Blake Perisho); woodwind trio (Paxton Elm, Jesse Livingston and James Weyh); clarinet quintet (Cohen Gates, Ryan Glick, Ella Idleman, Simona Knutsonand Allison Ponti); clarinet duet (Ryan Glick and Allison Ponti); woodwind duet (Audrey Idleman, Ella Idleman); woodwind duet (Lilah Kulzer and Kimberly Owen); woodwind duet (Kaya Naumovich and Avery Retz); jazz ensemble and a percussion ensemble. 

Excellent Ensembles: Low brass trio (Ginger Bergland, Kate Sullivan and Orla Sullivan); flute trio (Sophie Douglas, Lili Poole and Kayla Richardson); woodwind duet (Audrey Idleman and Norah Morrell) and flute duet (Audrey Idleman and Avery Retz. 

Orchestra 

Superior performance and sightreading: Camerata. 

Excellent performance and superior sightreading: Sinfonia. 

Superior solos: Susie Bergland, viola; Kalina Bruckerhoff, violin; Solvei Gunderson, violin; Freya Hoge, violin; Cassidy Krack, viola and Vivian Trieweiler-Schmidt. 

Excellent solos: Olga Abramchuk, cello; Rose Callaway, violin; Pearl Corson, violin; Aymeric Gustin, cello; Logan Hyland, violin; Eleanor Parsons, cello; Ada-Rose Petersen, cello; Ella Siddall-Kim, cello; Madeline Spear, cello; Isabella Riotto, cello; Lincoln Voss, cello and Harley Williams, cello. 

Superior ensembles: Sophomore ensemble; Battle ensemble; Swamp Thang; violin duet (Bianca and Heidi Walker). 

Excellent ensembles: Junior ensemble, senior ensemble; The String Fling string quartet; Jackson’s Junkyard Jugband and a string quartet. 

Choir 

Excellent performance and superior sight-reading: Concert choir. 

Superior solos: Sylvia Blair, Gavin Sibson, Nora Ide, Madeline Spear, Maya Demarais and Eliot Jennings. 

Excellent solos: Sophie McDermott, London Jones, Iris McFadden and Brody Morrison. 

Superior ensembles: Treble Choir (Scarlet Burke, Maya Demarais, Kendall Dye, Ann Galbraith, Elizabeth Holien, Sol Holmquist, Nora Ide, Lavena James, Eliot Jennings, Sophie McDermott, Kayla Richardson, Lyla Rudolph, Jackie Solem, Madeline Spear, Grayson Wood and Dessi Young); Lithuanian Quartet (Jackie Solem, Lizzy Holien, Lyla Rudolph and Kiley Ohs); duet (Nora Ide and Grayson Wood); Cantadores (Connor Cornutt, Lizzy Holien, Sam Nissen and Kiley Ohs) and duet (Madeline Spear and Kendall Dye). 

Excellent ensembles: Senior Trebles (Scarlet Burke, Elizabeth Holien, Sol Holmquist, Nora Ide, Lavena James, Lyla Rudolph, Jackie Solem, Grayson Wood and Dessi Young); and the Irish Triplets (Lili Poole, Kayla Richardson and Jaylie Wymer).