By: Matt Goettle & Sarah Olson, Band Director & Choir Director at DHS
This year has been full of many achievements by the students in the Dickinson High School Music Department. In the fall of 2022, students had the opportunity to audition to be a part of the following festivals; Northwest International Festival of Music-Minot, Northern Plains Music Festival-Dickinson, University of North Dakota Honor Band, Choir & Strings Festival, and All-State Music Festival. The results of those auditions are listed below.
When attending the festival in Minot, the choir students had the opportunity to be conducted and taught by Norwegian composer and conductor, Thomas Caplin. Northern Plains music festival was held a couple of weeks after the Minot festival at Dickinson State University. The weather did not want to cooperate, but we were still able to attend. They had a concert band, women's choir and mixed choir. In late January, we traveled to Grand Forks for the UND Honor Band and Choir. The unique part of this festival is that the conductors travel all around the state of ND in the fall to listen to students audition live in person.
We still have many events we are looking forward to in the coming months. On March 7, the Concert Band (9-10 Graders) will compete in the Big Muddy, a large group festival held in Mandan. On March 10th, the Minot State University Choir will be performing at the Assumption Abbey in Richardton at 7:00 PM and have asked our choir members to join them in singing a couple of songs at their concert. A list of our upcoming performances is listed below.
Upcoming Events:
- March 7th- Big Muddy in Mandan, ND
- March 10th- Richardton Abbey with Minot State & Watford City Choir
- March 13th Choir Concert
- March 15th- WDA Brass Festival
- March 21st- Band Concert
- March 23-25 All State Music Conference
- March 30th-WDA Vocal Contest
- April 28th- State Vocal Contest
- May 4-6-Choir Tour
- May 15th-Choir Concert
- May 22nd- Band Concert
