Six Northwest Students selected for the 2024 WMEA All-State and Junior All-State Honor ensembles.

Six Northwest Students selected for the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) All-State and Junior All-State Honor ensembles.

Each year, the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) selects outstanding musicians from Washington State to participate in All-State and Junior All-State performing groups. Accomplished musicians are selected from thousands of students who audition to participate in these prestigious ensembles.

This prestigious event took place in Yakima, WA on February 16 - 19, 2024. Over the course of these 4 days, students participated in a packed itinerary of rehearsals, sectionals and activities and performed in concert under the direction of world-renowned conductors.

Congratulations to the following Northwest students for their achievement.

Elle E., Class of ’28 WMEA Junior All-State Treble Choir

Payton M. Class of ’29 WMEA Junior All-State St Helens Orchestra for Violin

Elora N. ’28 WMEA Junior All-State Adams Orchestra for Violin

Henry W., WMEA High School All-State Jazz Choir, Piano

Jude M-R., WMEA High School All-State Band, Philharmonic Winds, Clarinet

Felix G., WMEA High School All-State Honor Band, Wind Symphony, Euphonium

Many professional musicians credit their All-State experience as crucial in their decision to choose music as a career. Thousands of others whose career paths took them in other directions have great memories of participating in this inspiring and motivating musical experience and claim that it was a life-changing experience for them.

Well-known Washingtonians who have participated in past years’ WMEA All-State groups include The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist David Horsey, 2008 National Teacher of the Year Andrea Peterson and jazz saxophonist Kenny G.