Please join us in congratulating Kearney High School students Emi Eberhardt, Delayne Boyd, Sofia Kouzinoglou and Kate Smith for being selected for the Missouri All-State Vocal Jazz Ensemble!

This is an extraordinary achievement. Only 15 students from across Missouri are chosen for this ensemble, and KHS students earned four of those spots.

To audition, students submitted recordings of themselves singing the jazz standard “Centerpiece” while also demonstrating vocal improvisation. They also had to learn and perform harmonies on the jazz chart “Emily.”

Now that they have been selected, Emi, Delayne, Sofia and Kate will prepare a series of varied and complex jazz charts before traveling to Springfield this summer for the Missouri Choral Directors Conference. While there, they will work with a world-class clinician, spend several days in rehearsal and musical immersion, and perform in a concert.

We are incredibly proud of these talented KHS vocalists and grateful to KHS Choir Director Dustin McKinney for his work supporting our students.

Congratulations, Emi, Delayne, Sofia and Kate!