Poplar Bluff High School Choir students earned exemplary ratings in solo and ensemble performances, qualifying to advance to the state level, during the Missouri District Music Festival hosted at Three Rivers College.

Receiving the highest rating in both the performance and sight-reading segments of the recent festival were: Emma Harris, Christian Redding, Isaac Reid, Lexy Rowland, Ella Skillman, Emma Tinsley, Dawson Vaughan and Brent Hanley in mixed double quartet; Brent Hanley, Isaac Reid and Dawson Vaughan in men’s trio; and Kerrigan Conley-Halliburton, Bralin Duckett, Emma Harris, Christian Redding and Isaac Reid in the solo category.

The qualifiers will perform at the Missouri State High School Activities Association State Music Festival beginning on Thursday, April 28, at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

(Back row, from left) PBHS Director of Vocal Music Joshua Allen, Brent Hanley, Christian Redding, Bralin Duckett and Lexy Rowland; (front row, left to right) Dawson Vaughan, Isaac Reid, Ella Skillman and Emma Tinsley. Not pictured are Kerrigan Conley-Halliburton and Emma Harris.

Photo and article by Tim Krakowiak, Communications/Marketing Director, Poplar Bluff R-I School District