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Thorp Students Compete at District Solo & Ensemble Festival

Sunday, March 8th, 2026 -- 11:00 AM

Thorp Band and Choir students performed at the District WSMA Solo & Ensemble Festival Saturday, February 21, 2026 at Greenwood High School.

There are three different class levels of music to be performed: A, B, and C with Class A being the most difficult.  If a student performs in Class A and receives a rating of *1, they automatically qualify for State Solo & Ensemble.

This year’s State Festival will be on Saturday, May 2 at UW-Eau Claire. This year Thorp music students in 6th-12th grades performed in over 100 events. All students earned either a gold or silver medal.

Thorp also had several Class A events that earned a *1st, earning a trip to the State Solo & Ensemble Festival. Thorp has 26 students going to State performing in 17 events.

The students going to State include:

  • Cassandra Anderson  - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Vivian Brown -E-flat Alto Saxophone Solo
  • Samantha Burish -Musical Theater Solo & Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble        
  • Hailey Ciolkosz -Musical Theater Solo,  Euphonium  Solo, & Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Keira Corcoran - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Elliot Cox - Alto Solo, Musical Theater Solo, Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Tripp Ehlert - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Donna Eichelt  - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Mackenzie Foster- Alto Solo,  Musical Theater Solo, Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Peyton Hoehn - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Kaelyn Horgen - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Triton Kaszubowski - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Ariana Kempf - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Daniel Lechleitner- Tenor-Bass Musical Theater Duet, Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Preslee Lew - Alto Solo,  Musical Theater Solo, Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Asher Owens  -Tenor-Bass Musical Theater Duet, Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Makenzie Rosemeyer- Alto Solo
  • Allison Schultze -Jazz Strings Improvisation Solo
  • Kaylie Stratton - Musical Theater Solo, Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Azaria Sutton -Soprano-Alto Musical Theater Duet, Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Chaselee Swope - B-flat Bass Clarinet Solo
  • Autumn Vetterkind - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Taylor Vetterkind - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Brayden Wicks - Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Payten Wicks - Musical Theater Solo, Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble
  • Abigail Zaszczurynski  - Soprano-Alto Musical Theater Duet, Mixed Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble

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