Student Success at 2025 Tri-Metro All Conference Music Festival
Student Success at 2025 Tri-Metro All Conference Music Festival
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Recently, a select group of RHS Band and Choir students performed as members of the 2025 Tri-Metro All Conference Music Festival hosted at Columbia Heights High School. The event included a full day of rehearsals led by Dr. Michael Buck (St. Olaf College Norseman Band) and Dr. Shekela Wanyama (Augsburg University & Hamline University Choirs). A culminating concert featuring a collaboration of top musicians from Tri-Metro schools was enjoyed by a full gymnasium of spectators.
Congratulations to these RHS musicians for their outstanding effort and achievement:
- Leila Connolly
- Isa-Belle Davila-Simeone
- Craig Edwards
- Jackson Krautkramer
- Samantha Kreuger
- Hunter Madison
- Philesha Pfeifer
- Madeleine Pham
- Cameron Spencer
- Jonas Taylor
- Rose Thompson
- Jonathan Vazquez Coyote
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