Lovell High School music students attend Music Performance Assessment

Students of the music programs at Lovell High School attended the 2026 Music Performance Assessment last week on Tuesday, April 21, and Wednesday, April 22, at Northwest College in Powell.

Five adjudicators from Montana and one from Wyoming awarded students with superior (I) and excellent (II) ratings for their vocal and instrumental performances. 

Results in the instrumental division are:

Lovell concert band – I, I, II; The Beat Factory (percussion) Haley Sanders, Jay Mayes, Damian Wagner, Caitlyn Allen, Kelce Winterholler, Laura Leece, Jaelen Mayes and Lynn Marchant – I; Freshmen Ensemble Linnea Olsen, Isaac Sanders, Randi Ayotte, Michael Cornia and Ariana Nuttall – I.

Instrumental solos included Isaac Sanders, piano – I and oboe – I; Sadie Ennis, clarinet – I; Randi Ayotte, alto saxophone – I; Nathan Cornia, euphonium – I; Claire Shumway, flute – I; Ariana Nuttall, trombone – I; Dean Anderson, trombone – II; Sara Wood, clarinet – II; Lydia Craw, alto saxophone – II; Caitlyn Allen, snare – II.

Vocal results are:

Lovell Sugar Beats Mixed Choirs – I, I, I; small ensemble Haley Sanders, Kenley Wilson, Lynn Marchant, Atlee Sanders, Jay Mayes, Wilson Hendershot, Kyson Crosby and Weston Hendershot – I; duet Damian Wagner and Addie Weber – I; quartet Haley Sanders, Atlee Sanders, Ella Spanier and Jaylee Scheeler – I; quartet Lydia Craw, Addie Weber, Juliette Caldwell, Kendra Allen – I; duet Grady Henley and Kandace Asay – I; duet Emily Jensen and Wilson Hendershot – I; duet Damian Wagner and Wilson Hendershot – I; 

Duet Jay Mayes and Lynn Marchant – I; trio Kandace Asay, Candace Walker and Kenley Wilson – I; trio Petra Jerome, Bella Martinez and Rebecca Allred – I; duet Jay Mayes and Atlee Sanders, – I; duet Eliza Wagner and Damian Wagner – I; trio Tazz McArthur, Owen Edwards and Jacob Thomas – II; trio Alynna Monterde, Kaycie Marberry and Denna Slater – II; duet Emily Jensen and Rick Jensen – II; duet Rebecca Allred and Kara Heindl – II; trio Bella Martinez, Kylie Carabay and Eliza Wagner – II; duet Cutler Wilson and Rick Jensen – II.

Vocal solo results are:

Damian Wagner – I+; Wilson Hendershot – I+; Jay Mayes – I; Brandon Jasso – I; Kenley Wilson – I; Denna Slater – I; Jaelen Mayes – I; Grady Henley – I; Kyson Crosby – I; Connor Grant – I; Kendra Allen – I; Alynna Monterde – I; Gabe Buchholz – I; Mylee Morgan – I; Lydia Craw – I; Sofia Kahn – I; Eliza Wagner – II; Eleanor Gard – II.

Carisa French, LHS music director, in sending the students’ results said, “Students worked very hard to keep their commitments, and a few showed a lot of last-minute grit to keep their commitment instead of scratching. Please congratulate them if you see them.”