The high school musicians from Cascade performed at the District Music Festival April 11-12 in Great Falls. There were 6 solos or ensembles that performed on Friday and all did very well. Those that earned a "I" (Superior) qualify to go on to the State Music Festival on May 3-4 in Helena. The State Festival was scheduled to be in Missoula this year, but due to facilities conflicts at U of M it will be held in Helena.

All of our student musicians earned praise from their adjudicators and got good tips on how to become better musicians. After they performed their music the adjudicators worked with the students, and our young musicians learned a lot from this experience. Our Cascade musicians are doing great work.

The Concert Band earned Superior (I) ratings in the prepared music in the sight reading evaluation. The Concert Choir earned an Excellent (II) rating on the prepared music and on sight reading. We were 1 point away from a Superior in sight reading even though we chose to do the more difficult music.  Mr. Skogley is very proud of the performances of the Band and Choir (large groups do not advance to the State Music Festival regardless of their ratings) as well as our soloists and ensemble members. What a great bunch of kids to teach!

The ratings used at Music Festivals are:

Here are the results of our Festival events, listed in chronological order of performance.

Thursday

Events at University of Providence
 

Friday