2023 All-State Orchestra Repertoire
Billy the Kid Suite (video here)
Roman Carnival Overture (video here)
2023 All-State Conductor
Kevin Noe
is currently Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the UMKC
Conservatory of Music and Artistic Director of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. A passionate promoter of the arts of our time, Noe has commissioned and premiered over one hundred new works to date. With a background in the theatre, he serves regularly as writer, stage director, singer, actor, and filmmaker for a variety of mixed-media productions. As an audio and mixing engineer, Noe is bringing new thinking to the field of classical music performance and recording. Using binaural sound technology and an audience in headphones, he has developed an immersive and expressive recording and performance paradigm that brings the listener into the heart of the musical story.
Noe has worked at Michigan State University, the University of Texas at Austin, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, Duquesne University, the Pittsburgh Opera, the Melbourne Conservatory, the Oberlin Conservatory, and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and has conducted All-State and honors orchestras all across the US.
A passionate conducting teacher, Noe’s students hold positions internationally with professional orchestras and universities including the Cleveland Orchestra, The Colorado Symphony, MIT, The Lawrence Conservatory of Music, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, George Mason University, the University of New Mexico, The University of Colorado, and the National Orchestra of Bolivia.
A regular clinician on the art of score study and interpretation, Noe is currently working on his first book entitled A Heretic’s Guide to Conducting — focusing on the art of interpretation, leadership, conducting, and a life in the arts.
2023 All-State Orchestra Members
Bass
Gillian Calder, Liberty High School
Noah Dehler , kirkwood High School
Anushka Dharmasanam, Parkway West High School
Harris Falk, Kirkwood High School
Quinn Judge, Kirkwood High School
Katherine Klein, Kirkwood High School
Jacob O’Toole, Park Hill High school
Erik Oswald, Parkway West High School
1st Alternate-Ari Staggs, Park Hill High School
2nd Alternate-Austin Trower, Park Hill South High School
All-State Band-Evelyn Di Genova, Lafayette HS
Cello
Akhil Banerjee, Parkway West High School
Madeline Buchowski, John Burroughs School
Ellie Chen, Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School
Eliza Cockrell, North Kansas City High School
Abigail Deeter, Lindbergh
Michael Fang, Liberty High School
Silas Garrett, Webster Groves High School
Christian Larsen, Rockwood Summit High School
Rachel Li, Parkway Central High School
Carter Medina, Blue Springs South High School
Alexander Roesler, Fort Zumwalt South
Benjamin Smith, Rockbridge Highschool
Brody Van Wave, Fort Zumwalt North High School
Luisa Parker, Kirkwood High School
1st Alternate-Holly Davis, Lindbergh
2nd Alternate-Joshua Li, Marquette High School
Viola
Natalie Coleman, Liberty North High School
Estelle Cooksey, Lindbergh
Alex Farn, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Macey Heimburger, Parkway Central High School
Tarini Karnati, Parkway Central High School
Inyoung Kim, Rock Bridge High School
Michelle Lu, Fort Zumwalt West High School
Phoebe Martin, The Barstow School
Hannah Moon, Clayton High School
Quin O’Laughlin, David H. Hickman High School
Isabella Pantano, Webster Groves High School
Eddy Park, Rockbridge Senior High School
Brian Sequeira, Liberty High School
Kristen Yu, Rock Bridge High School
1st Alternate-Reese Rich, Parkway South High School
2nd Alternate-Elizabeth Smith, Rock Bridge High school
Violin II
Angel Ahn, Parkway Central High School
Hayden Baker, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Roman Bunn, Kickapoo
Neel Chandra, Lafayette High School
Sofia Heredia, David H. Hickman High School
Matthew Huang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
William Li, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Naomi Meng, Central High School
Journey Mohn , Lindbergh
Sarah Mu, Lafayette High School
JungBin Park, Central High School
Ethan Sanders, Webster Groves High School
Gregory Shao, Lafayette High School
Sydney Studer, Lindbergh
Samuel Wenger-Stickel, Wesminster Christian Academu
Max Zeng, Clayton High School
1st Alternate-Matthew Parsley, Lindbergh
2nd Alternate-Felicity Jackson, Parkway West High
3rd Alternate-Ema Iwasaki, Rock Bridge High School
4th Alternate-Will Feng, Ladue Hortkin Watkins High School
Violin I
Anya Akhmadullina, David H. Hickman High School
Celia Alexander , Webster Groves High School
Ayman Ishmael Amerin, Fort Zumwalt West High School
Julia Crowe, Lindbergh
Hazel Keithahn, Rock Bridge High School
Asher Koh, Parkway Central High
Grace Li, Parkway Central High School
Sarah Lichtenberg, Kirkwood High School
Jonathan Liu, Marquette High School
Kaya McNurlen, Timberland High School
Aiden Moon, Parkway Central High School
Katherine Nguyen, Clayton High School
Emily Shaw, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Alan Song, Parkway West High School
Alexander Tung, Brentwood High School
Yiding Ye, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Winds
Piccolo Katie Butler
Flute Yasmine Green
Flute Sarah Liao
Oboe Michelle Zhang
Oboe Paige Taylor
English Horn Sadie Middleton
Bassoon Zoe Click
Bassoon Elizabeth Myers
Clarinet Luan Nguyen
Clarinet Taehee Oh
Brass
Trumpet Jackson Kenney
Trumpet Bracyn Crain
Trumpet Shelbi Tittel
French Horn Nathan Lovelace
French Horn Sean Roche
French Horn Andy LeClerc
French Horn Rainier Sode
Trombone Leo Barks
Trombone Charlie Ludwig
Trombone Dylan Johnson
Tuba Nathan Fletcher
Percussion
General Percussion Owen Cornell
General Percussion Brayden Boone
General Percussion Alexis Hornbeck
General Percussion Grace Flener
General Percussion Ellen Dempsey
Timpani Kimmi Lin
Harp
Allison Weng, David H. Hickman High School
Piano
Enoch Wong, Westminster Christian Academy