Suburban East Conference Music Festival Set for Monday at East Ridge

From District 833

East Ridge High School will be the site of the eleventh annual Suburban East Conference Music Festival on Monday, Feb. 4. 

The daylong event will end with a Grand Finale Concert at 7:15 p.m. in the East Ridge High School Perch (Main Gym).

The Festival, sponsored by the Suburban East Athletic Conference, has two parts. During the day, individual schools’ bands, choirs, and orchestras will present concerts. Groups from Hastings, Roseville, White Bear Lake, Park, Forest Lake, Mounds View, Stillwater, East Ridge, Cretin-Derham Hall, and Woodbury High School will perform. 

When students are not performing they are encouraged to listen to the groups from other schools experiencing what is happening in one another’s music programs. Clinicians will be working with each performing ensemble as well.

The second and concluding portion of the Festival is the Grand Finale Concert presented by the three All-Conference performing ensembles. The composite Orchestra, Band, and Choir groups will begin their concert at 7:15 p.m. 

The traditional finale is a joint performance featuring the All-Conference Choir, All Conference Orchestra and the All Conference Band in a dramatic arrangement of “America the Beautiful.”

The community is invited to attend the daytime and evening performances. Daytime events are free, and the Finale Concert admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students. East Ridge High School will be out of session on that day, as 1,500 visiting musicians will fill the school.

East Ridge High School All Conference Musicians: SEC All Conference Band Members include Andrew Biddick, Alexandra Heifort, Kelsey Ihns, Devin McCauley, Victoria Nollan, Alexander Slette, and Anna Xue. SEC All Conference Choir Members include Alex Berger, Maddie Blake, Pari Cariaga, Mandy Durose, Claire Emery, Ann Treesa Joy, Max Misner, Isaac Sorensen, Luke Syrstad, and Matt Thorsen. SEC All Conference Orchestra Members include John Freiberg, Leah Guenter, Andrew Hancock, Francesca Ippoliti, Emily Rau, Colin Scheibner, Audriawna Sturm, Garrett Vanderhoven, and Lucy Yang. 

Park High School All Conference Musicians: SEC All Conference Band Members include Maddie Franz, Keegan Greene, Allison Kvam, Alicia Taylor and Madisson Weier. SEC All Conference Choir Members include Kahlen Boich, Marit Christianson, Jan Climaco, Anthony Durbin, Sam Forthun, Jessica Holter, Brian Kuhns, Krissy Palmer, Norelle Pearson and Molly Sehman. The school’s SEC All Conference Orchestra Member is Ryan Clatt.

Woodbury High School All Conference Musicians: SEC All Conference Band Members include Michael Aase, Erin Baumer, Emilie Bertram, Adam Fox, Alexander Jorenby, Jacob Longar, Madison Lorenzo, Megan Luick, Eric Moen, Matthew Regnier, Jack Thomas, and Allison Wilson. SEC All Conference Choir Members include Paul Ahmann, Emily Champoux, Jimmy Griebler, Alyssa Henderson, Nate Mann, Allie Martin, Michelle Miller, Jordan Sanchez, Chris Vang, Doug Vetter, Leah Williams and Angela Yang. SEC All Conference Orchestra Members include Nathan Christensen, Amrita Mohanty, Keshia Ngo, Sebastian Saleme, Caleb Van Ornum, and Jonathan Yeung.