Hastings College (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
HASTINGS — Hastings College will hold its 61st Annual Honor Band and 53rd Annual Honor Choir concert on Monday, Jan. 20, at 5:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Hastings (621 N Lincoln Avenue).
The concert is free and open to the public, and will be livestreamed on the Hastings College YouTube channel at youtube.com/hastingscollege.
The Hastings College Honor Band and Choir (HHBC) festival is the longest-running high school music honor ensembles sponsored by a college in Nebraska and features some of the best high school musical talent throughout the region.
Student check-in for both ensembles is Sunday, January 19, with rehearsals happening on campus until later on Monday when the groups move to the church to prepare for the concert.
The honor band is directed by Dr. Christopher Dobbins, associate professor of music and director of instrumental activities at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Dobbins is a 2007 Hastings College graduate. The choir is directed by Dr. Brett Epperson, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at Hastings College.
Students selected for this year’s Hastings College Honor Band and Choir are listed below, by state, high school and area.
Adams Central Band
- Greeley Fitzke
Alliance High School Band
- Riley Best
- Maci Cornish
- Kaden Gasseling
- Maira Richey
- Timothy Richey
- Ayvrie Waldron
Arthur County Choir
- Amos Sizer
- Sida Bures
Aurora High School Choir
- James Dieckmann
- Wyatt Kenney
- Blue Hill High School Band
- Josie Kirschner
Bridgeport High School Band
- Hayden Marks
Central City High School Band
- Cheyenne Veach
Decatur Community High School Band
- Keely Huff
- Diller-Odell Band
- Joely Weers
Elkhorn North High School Choir
- Bailey Powell
- Fairbury High School Band
- Isabella Ausk
Fillmore Central Choir
- Ashtin Clark
Fort Calhoun High School Band
- Addie Benoit
- Connor Holmstedt
- Aaron Melville
- Cody Rogers
- Ava Jane Bittner
- Haley Conner
- Alex Fienhold
- Natalie Lammers
- Riley Lingle
- DeLloyd Robertson
- Samantha Thomas
- Stella Wilmes
Franklin Public Schools Choir
- Madison Pettit
Freeman High School Band
- Solomon Delhay
- Hannah Stanley
Fremont High School Choir
- Cody Stueve
- Alexis Todd
Gering High School Band
- Lily Kadolph
- Natalie Peterson
Giltner Public School Band
- James Scott
- Sophie Faltys
Gothenburg Jr/Sr High Band
- Mavrix Butterfield
- Brant Miller
- Claire Vincent
- Colbie Brown
- Kaylee Olsen
Grand Island Senior High Band
- Brennan Clark
- Nicolas Krichau
- Tillie McDowall
- Lucas Skalberg
- Noah Veik
- Ulises Acosta
- Cadence Gidcumb
- Lydia Hostler
- Alijhandra Kirschbaum
- Kennedy Miller
Harvard High School
- Hannah Harms
- Allee Jarzynk
Hastings High School Band
- Hailey Gordon
- Athena Barney
- Finn Groves
Hershey Public School Band
- Katie Abbott
- Maddie Haddow
- Alizabeth McDermott
Holdrege High School Band
- Calvin Smith
- Jaiden Brand
- Emily Flores
Kearney Catholic High School Band
- Isabella Cabalceta
- Antonio Guerrero
- Joseph Kusek
- Sylvia LeFeber
- Savannah Mast
- Dane McClary
- Rebecca Nebbe
- Derrick Nonhof
- Andrew Petzet
- Annika Posvar
- Aiyanna Frizane
Lincoln East High School Choir
- Helina Cooper
Lincoln Northwest High School Band
- Sierra Albers
Lincoln Southwest High School Choir
- Hawk Emdad
- Jasmine (Vee) Lundquist
- Lyndee Walker
Norfolk High School Choir
- Caleb Escoto
- Jay Koozer
- Caroline Love
- Levi Phelps
- Nolan Probasco
- Samuel Robinson
- Addyson Rusk
North Platte High School Band
- Adriana Black
Northwest High School Band
- Kade Duering
- Jessica Kroeger
Plainview High School Band
- Landon Hergert
- Weston Hoffman
- Bernardo Camacho
- Aiden Hamilton
- Jaren Hergert
- Lucea Miller
- Dominic White
Scottsbluff High School Choir
- Ella Anderson
- Brandon Baker
- Denali Dart
- Eddie Griess
- Chloe Joe
- Ava Osborn
- Marlowe Osborn
- Hannah Shaddick
- Maryanne Winterbottom
- Fabian Zamarripa
Shickley Public School Band
- Malinda Kamler
St. Cecilia High School Choir
- Hannah Javins
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Choir
- Bryn Eggleston
Waverly High School Band
- Alyssa Rine
Weeping Water Public School Choir
- Tristan Baxter
- Jacob Cover
- Talon Gifert
York High School Band
- Katelyn Ecklund
