The Dysart Unified School District is honoring students who were selected for the All-State Show Choir by the Arizona Choral Educators.

More than 400 students from high schools across Arizona auditioned Nov. 4 to be a part of the All-State Show Choir at Horizon High School in Scottsdale.

The following students were selected from DUSD:

• Shadow Ridge High School — Ajaya Miles (11th chair alto) and Nehemiah Williams (15th chair tenor)
• Valley Vista High School — Alayna Alger (sixth chair soprano), Amaya Rachiell (13th chair soprano), Samira Doxie (ninth chair alto), Nadia Joiner (23rd chair alto), Kelly Romero (27th chair alto), Stephen Neal III (sixth chair tenor), Maximus Brumbaugh (14th chair tenor), Josiah Chang (second chair bass), Adam Pernatozzi (sixth chair bass), Jonathan Chang (seventh chair bass), Brad Lee Aoki (11th chair bass), Levi Lundberg (second alternate tenor) and Susanna Alger (fifth alternate alto).
• Willow Canyon High School — Josiah Johnson (first alternate bass)

“We are extremely proud of the hard work and dedication these students have put into their craft to continue to excel at the state level,” DUSD Director of Arts Danae Marinelli said.

The All-State Show Choir is a choir of approximately 44 high school students selected from the state.

Selection is made through an audition process which requires a live singing and dancing audition. Selected students learn and memorize the performance songs before attending the three-day long festival where they learn the choreography and refine the music.

The Arizona Choral Educators is a constituent group of the Arizona Music Educators Association, which serves the needs of elementary, junior high, high school, and collegiate directors throughout Arizona.

AMEA was established in 1939 as a cooperative effort of music educators. Since that time, the association has become affiliated with The National Association for Music Education.