TAHS students selected for All-State Chorus, Orchestra

Twelve Tea Area High School students have been selected to participate in the 2026 South Dakota All-State Chorus following auditions. Those selected for the All-State Choir are Ty Olson, Eliam Bullis, Riley Clark, Sam Bullis, Ensel McGraw, Jacob Birger, Ava Waldner, Avianna Steen, Hannah Broughton, Vera Anderson, Grace VandenHoek, and Daphne Decker. 

Students selected as alternates are Kenley Johnson, Haley Knodel, Ben Will, and Beau Wranek. 

In addition to the chorus selections, two TAHS students were selected for the 2026 South Dakota All-State Orchestra. Senior Claire Hyronimus (French Horn) and Junior Beau Wranek (trombone) earned spots in the orchestra after an audition process. 

The All-State Chorus and Orchestra Concert will be held Saturday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. Mountain Time at Summit Arena at The Monument in Rapid City. The concert will also be broadcast on South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

Morgan Luttig of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will serve as the All-State Chorus guest conductor. Jennifer Drake of Boise, Idaho, will conduct the All-State Orchestra. The program will include “Ascribe to the Lord” by Rosephanye Powell, “Jubilate Deo” by Peter Angelea, “Holding the Light” by B.E. Boykin, “I Shall Not Live in Vain” by Patrick Vu and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” The orchestra will perform “Danse Macabre” by Camille Saint-Saëns, “Pas de Deux” from “The Nutcracker” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and “Petite Suite de Concert” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The combined chorus and orchestra will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “I Dream a World” by Rosephanye Powell and “Confutatis & Lacrymosa” from Mozart’s “Requiem.”