Area students received star ratings at the State Class A music festival April 29 in Jamestown. Stars went to:
Devils Lake: Concerto for Four Violins," a mixed string ensemble from Devils Lake; "Duet in the Style of Mozart," a violin duet from Devils Lake High School; "Duet in G Major," a violin duet from Devils Lake; "Concertante," a violin ensemble from Devils Lake; Carson Ouellette, Devils Lake, boys vocal solo; Austin Luehring, Devils Lake, boys vocal solo; Tanya Borho, Devils Lake, girls vocal solo.
Minot: "Symphony No. 5," a mixed string ensemble from Minot High School; "String Sonata No. 1," a mixed string ensemble from Minot High School; "Suite Concertante Movement 1, a cello ensemble from Minot High School; "Sonata in G Major," a cello ensemble from Minot High School; "Concerto in G Major," a cello ensemble from Minot; Elizabeth Klingbeil, Minot High School violincello solo; Emily Bengson, Minot High School, violincello solo; Jack Fagerland, Minot High School, violin solo; Joshua Bussard, Minot High School, violin solo; "Concertone in C," a violin ensemble from Minot High School; "Duet No. 2 Allegro," a violin ensemble from Minot High School; Quartet Op. 18, No. 2, Movement No. 4, a mixed string ensemble from Minot; Alan Jermiason, Minot High School, boys vocal solo; Dylan Kraft, Minot High School, boys vocal solo; Margaret Wollenzien, Minot High School, girls vocal solo; "Sing a Song of Sixpence," a girls vocal ensemble from Minot; "He Watching Over Israel," a girls vocal ensemble from Minot; "The May-bell and the Flowers," a girls vocal duet from Minot; Rachel Olson, Minot, girls vocal solo; Hannah-Ruth Patterson, Minot, girls vocal solo; Kaitlin Crowdus, Minot, girls vocal solo; Savannah Ripplinger, Minot, girls vocal solo; Maren Livingston, Minot, girls vocal solo; Hannah Wollenzien, Minot, girls vocal solo; "Ave Verum," a mixed vocal ensemble from Minot; "The Word Was God," boys vocal ensemble from Minot.