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Students Selected for All-District Bands and Orchestras

Several high school and middle school students around the district were selected for All-District Band, All-District Honorable Mention Band, All-District Middle School Band, All-District Honorable Mention Middle School Band, All-District Middle School Jazz Band, All-District String Orchestra, and All-District Honorable Mention Middle School Orchestra.

All students selected for the All-District Band and All-District Middle School Band will perform on Saturday, December 11 at Liberty North High School. High School students selected for the All-District Band and All-District Jazz Band will be eligible to audition for the All-State Band in December. Students selected for the All-District Jazz Band and All-District Middle School Jazz Band performed on Sunday, November 21 at the Gem Theatre in Kansas City, MO. 

All-District Band selections from Raytown High School include Oscar Peraza, second chair clarinet. 

All-District Honorable Mention Band selections from Raytown High School include Joshua Ramon, first chair trumpet (AD alt 1) and Donald Bunch, second chair clarinet (AD alt 2). 

The Raytown High School band program is under the direction of Joseph Hill. 

All-District Band selections from Raytown South High School include Charles Wolfe, first chair French horn and Sophia Luce, seventh chair French horn. 

The Raytown South High School band program is under the direction of Erin Johnson.

All-District Middle School Band selections from Raytown Central Middle School include Mariah Collins, ninth chair flute. Collins also earned second chair tenor sax in the Middle School All-District Jazz Band.

The Raytown Central Middle School and band is under the direction of Kelsey Smith and Joseph Hill.

All students selected for the All-District Orchestra and All-District Middle School Orchestra will perform on Saturday, January 8 at Liberty North High School. High School students selected to the All-District Orchestra will be eligible to audition for the All-State Orchestra in December.

All-District Orchestra selections from Raytown High School include Alena Harper, alternate cello. 

All-District Middle School Orchestra selections from Raytown Middle School include Jonathan Duarte, viola. 

All-District Honorable Mention Middle School Orchestra selections from Raytown Middle School include Alex Hughe, violin; Arias Givens, viola; and Angel Humphrey, cello. 

Raytown High School and Raytown Middle School orchestras are under the direction of Amy Sadler.

All-District Middle School Orchestra selections from Raytown Central Middle School include Violin: Emma Holmes, violin; Elizabeth Sprague, violin; Kyara Torres, violin; Nalini Portillo Cruz; and Madeline Collins, viola.

Raytown Central Middle School orchestra is under the direction of Ashley Ingram.

All-District Middle School Orchestra selections from Raytown  South Middle School include Vincent Osciak, viola.

All-District Honorable Mention Middle School orchestra selections from Raytown South Middle School include Alexandra Kramer, violin; Carter Reed, violin; and Jonathan Broxterman, cello.

The Raytown South Middle School orchestra is under the direction of Brandon Ford.