MMS Band Lunch Concert

Around fifty citizens of Phillips County showed up to be serenaded by music from the Malta Middle School seventh and eighth-grade band at the Malta High School Auditorium last Tuesday, October 16.

The concert was the first of it's kind, and the concert allowed the seventh and eighth-grade band to play musical numbers that they have been learning during the first quarter of the school year.

"They are just learning so fast and are playing these really cool pieces so well already, so I wanted to play and so did they," Malta Band Director Erik Engebretson said of the band during the event.

The band started things with a musical selection from The Incredibles, followed by Kronos by Robert W. Smith, and then Pinnacle by Robert Grice. The group ended with a pep band song named Slow Ride by Foghat.

"I think it went great," Mr. Engebretson told the PCN. "I was happy that we had people here and maybe we will get into the habit of this. It was great to play and it gives us a chance to perform."

The following are students in the seventh and eighth-grade band and the instrument that they play. Flute: Aubri Werk-8. Alto Sax: Wyatt Judd-8, Addison Ulrich-7. Oboe: Kirsta Meisdalen-8. F Horn: KC Unckles-8. Tuba: Ryan Meneely-8. String Bass: Kennedy Koss-8. Clarinet: Madyson Bain-8, Izzy Hallenburg-8, Rylee Hines-8, Gabby Jaynes-8, Allison Kunze-8, and Madyson Warburton-7. Trombone: Clayton Hallenburg-7, Brenner Moore-8, Madyson Williamson-7. Tenor Sax: Reese Brown-8. Bari Sax: Dre Oshio-8. Trumpet: Addy Anderson-8, Elly Anderson-7, Jack Boonstra-7, Jared Eggebrecht-8, Samme Gibbs-7, Giona Lamb-7, Camryn Mears-8, Dally Niebur-8, and Lauren Tuss-8. Percussion: Kaden Bishop-8, Brylee French-8, Ryder Raymond-7, Jonathan Siewing-8, Seth Siewing-8, Hunter Stolem-7, and Sierra White-8.