Each year, approximately 3,000 of the best high school musicians in the state audition for the Nebraska All-State Band, Chorus, Jazz Band and Orchestra which are sponsored by the Nebraska Music Education Association.
Selection as a member of one of these groups is one of the highest music honors attainable in Nebraska.
The following students from PLCS were among those chosen to be a part of the 2019 All-State Band:
Papillion La Vista High School
(Papillion La Vista High School students selected as All-State Band students)
Left to right: Laura Nelson, Olivia Lott, Vincent Lin, Riley Martin.
Note: Vincent Lin is a four-year All-State flautist, the first one in the state.
Papillion La Vista South High School
(Papillion La Vista South High School students selected as All-State Band students)
Left to right: Hannah Wood, Caden Arsenault, Josh Schwarz, Ethan Tomlinson, Josh Blazek, Pierce Tomlinson, Courtney Clark, Gavin (Josh) Swartz.
Not pictured: Kyla Velandres
Pictured below: Chiara Fazzini