Category Archives: Music

Congratulations to the following students for being selected into Oregon Trail Honor Band held on January, 13th, 2020 at Alliance High School:

Flute – Ashley Tobiasson
Alto Sax – Sam Hindman
Tenor Sax – Angelica Volquardson
Baritone Euphonium – Jocelyn Varvel
Tuba – Gabriel Varvel

Upcoming dates:
Pep Band — Girls Varsity Game Thursday, January 9th
Oregon Trail Honor Band Monday, January 13th @ Alliance High School
Pep Band — Boys Varsity Game Tuesday, January 28th
Pep Band — Girls Varsity Game Friday, January 31st
Pep Band — Boys Varsity Game Tuesday, February 4th
Little Caesars Sales Wednesday, February 5th-20th
Pep Band — Girls Varsity Game Tuesday, February 11th
Pep Band — Boys Varsity Game Thursday, February 13th
Little Caesars Delivery Wednesday, March 4th
4th-6th Grade Spring Concert Tuesday, March 24th
Class D All State-UNK Saturday, March 28th
PANCO Music Contest Monday, March 30th @ Edgemont
Pre-Contest Concert & Recital Tuesday, April 21st @ 7pm
District Music Contest Wednesday, April 22nd @ Alliance High School

Please note a date change for the Santa Soup Cook-off and the Night, the Lights and Music concert! Both of these events will be held on Sunday, December 8th with the concert beginning at 3pm and the cook-off following the concert! Sorry for the change of date-please make this change on your calendars!

CALLING ALL SINGERS! We are having a community choir for the Nights, the Lights and Music concert. Rehearsals are on Sunday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm in the music room. Mrs. Jungck is again be our fearless leader! Spread the word and bring a friend!

Upcoming dates:
SUNDAY, December 8th — 3pm Auditorium — ML/HS band & choir

Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade will be having their fall concert in the auditorium on Tuesday, October 8th at 6:30pm. K/1 will be doing a musical called Old MacDonald’s Farm and 2nd & 3rd grade will be doing one called Where the Wild Things Are.

4th grade students have been working on the recorder the last few weeks! These students are doing an amazing job! They may be the best recorder players I’ve ever had! If you know a 4th grader, ask them to play for you!

5th grade band is up and running! Students are working on their first 5 notes! I’m trying to send home a video to all the parents each Thursday so they can see the progress these students make. What a fun time!

Please note a date change for the Santa Soup Cook-off and the Night, the Lights and Music concert! Both of these events will be held on Sunday, December 8th with the concert beginning at 3pm and the cook-off following the concert! Sorry for the change of date-please make this change on your calendars!

CALLING ALL SINGERS! We will once again be having a community choir for the Nights, the Lights and Music concert. Rehearsals will begin on Sunday, October 20th from 6:30-8:00pm in the music room. Mrs. Jungck will again be our fearless leader! Spread the word and bring a friend!

Upcoming dates:
Friday, September 27th, 12:30pm HAWK Stadium – PEP BAND
Saturday, September 28th, 8am depart; 5pm return – CSC Homecoming
Tuesday, October 8 6:30pm, Auditorium – K-3 Fall Concert
Friday, October 18th 12:30pm, HAWK Stadium – PEP BAND
SUNDAY, December 8th 3pm, Auditorium – ML/HS band & choir

Five HSHS band students were selected to perform in Kearney.  These students had to record an audition of 2 major scales, a chromatic scale, and 2 etudes. They were chosen from other auditions from other class D schools. Rehearsals were held all day Saturday, March 23rd at UNK in Kearney with a final concert that evening.

On Monday, March 26th, Hay Springs music students brought home the title of PANCO Music Champions!

The following solos & small groups were awarded with excellent (II) ratings​:​
Payton Schoenhals and Kaelob Marx — Mixed Duet
Jessi Badje — Vocal Solo
Bailey Scherbarth, Jaiden Anderson, and Erin Kadlecek — Woodwind Trio
Hannah Wohl — Trumpet Solo
Ciara McCance — Alto Saxophone Solo

The following solos & small groups were awarded with a superior (I) rating:​
Payton Schoenhals and Jessi Badje — Girls Duet
Payton Schoenhals, Jessi Badje, and Kaelob Marx — Mixed Trio
Payton Schoenhals — Vocal Solo
Sam Kearns, Ciara McCance, and Thomas Scherbarth — Senior Trio
Ciara McCance, RyLee Wolken, and Spencer Kadlecek — Saxophone Trio
Joce Varvel, Hannah Wohl, Jace Langford, and Tallon Regier — Brass Quartet
Trace Bilby — Clarinet Solo and Flute Solo
Thomas Scherbarth — Tuba Solo
Ashley Burrows — Bass Guitar Solo
Joce Varvel — Baritone Solo
Sam Kearns — Trumpet Solo
Jessi Badje — Flute Solo
​J​oce Varvel — Piano Solo
Gabe Varvel — Piano Solo
Ashley Tobiasson — Flute Solo
Sam Hindman — Alto Saxophone Solo
Logan DeCoste — Baritone Saxophone Solo
Gabe Varvel — Baritone Solo

Large ensembles:
Concert Band — II(excellent)
Jazz Band — I(superior)
Concert Choir — I(superior)
Jazz Choir — I(superior)

The following is a list of “Outstanding performance” winners:
-Payton Schoenhals — Outstanding Vocal Solo
-Trace Bilby — Outstanding Woodwind Solo
-Thomas Scherbarth — Outstanding Brass Solo
-Joce Varvel — Outstanding Piano Solo
-Chaz Twarling-Schiaffo and Clark Orr — Outstanding Percussion Duet
-Outstanding Jazz Choir — Payton Schoenhals, Jessi Badje, Joce Varvel, Bailey Scherbarth, Rylee Wolken, Hannah Wohl, Jaiden Anderson, Ashley Tobiasson, Kaelob Marx, Gabe Varvel, Logan DeCoste, and Sam Hindman
-Outstanding Jazz Band — Sam Kearns, Trace Bilby, Joce Varvel, Thomas Scherbarth, Jessi Badje, Erin Kadlecek, Bailey Scherbarth, Jaiden Anderson, Spencer Kadlecek, Ciara McCance, RyLee Wolken, Hannah Wohl, Tallon Regier, Jace Langford, Chaz Twarling-Schiaffo, and Clark Orr

We are so proud of all these students! If you see them, please congratulate them! Plan to attend our final concert on Tuesday, April 17th to see all the hard work these students have put into their music. WAY TO GO HAWK MUSICIANS!

Four Hay Springs high school music students participated in The Oregon Trail Honor Band held in Gering, NE on Monday, January 8th. Students spent the day rehearsing and then put on a concert that evening.

In honor of the events 10th year the founder and director, Dr. jay Gilbert from Doane University, composed two selections which the band premiered at the concert.