The 33rd Annual South Dakota North Area Honor Band will present their concert on Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 4:00PM at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State University. Dr. Audrey Miller, Associate Professor of Clarinet, Director of Bands, and Department Chair at Northern State University, is the director for this year’s event.
Bella Unser, a sophomore flute student, will represent Ipswich Public High School.
The South Dakota North Area Honor Band was created when area band directors began expressing an interest in providing a regional opportunity for their experienced instrumental musicians. Upon nomination by their band director, students who auditioned for the 2024 South Dakota All-State Band are seated first in the ensemble, and additional students of high caliber complete the sections. It remains the goal of the directors to increase interest in instrumental performance and to provide a top-level learning experience for the more advanced high school band students of this area.
Representing 25 schools, approximately one hundred students have been selected to participate in the Honor Band. Participating schools and their directors are Aberdeen Central – Jeremy Schutter and John Patzlaff; Aberdeen Christian – Renee Foss and Marnee Hauck; Aberdeen Roncalli – Kimberly Carda and Molly Royals; Britton-Hecla – Jakob Walden; Castlewood – Candance Fiedler; Clark – Amy Nelson; Eureka – Dale Batie; Gettysburg – Katrina Smith; Great Plains Lutheran – Eric Martens; Groton Area – Desiree Yeigh; Herried – Julie Borr; Hoven – Elizabeth Bengs; Howard – Jean Morrison; Huron – James Stueckrath; Ipswich – Becky Nierman; Iroquois – Scott Glodt; Langford – Kelly Wieser; Leola – Nancy Kindelspire; Milbank – Susan Karels; Mobridge-Pollock – Noelle Nemmers; Northwestern – Wendy Thorson; Redfield – Justin Desens; Sully Buttes – Erica Paxton; Summit; and Webster – Russell Garry.
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