Ely Band

Name: Tatum Gubrud

Instrument: Flute

Years in band: 8

Extracurriculars: Student council

Favorite thing about band/what you’ll miss most: The energy of the class and the other flute players

Favorite piece you have ever played: Pirates of the Caribbean

Advice for younger/incoming band students: Listen to the arrangement you’re practicing, it gives you an idea of how your part blends with the rest of the band (and helps with your rhythms)

Plans for the future: Pursue a degree in nursing and travel

Congratulations, Tatum! We will miss you 🎵

Name: Summit Smith

Instrument: Percussion and guitar

Years in band: 1

Extracurriculars: Track, wrestling, theater, jazz band

Favorite thing about band/what you’ll miss most: I’ll miss jazz band and playing guitar the most

Favorite piece you have ever played: Inside Out

Advice for younger/incoming band students: Learn how to have fun with your instruments, learn solo pieces, and find types of music played with your instrument you actually like

Plans for the future: Study civil engineering and theater at Carrol College in Helena, Montana

Congratulations, Summit! We will miss you 🎵

Name: Manoline Dumesnil

Instrument: Percussion

Years in band: 1

Extracurriculars: Skiing, track, and jazz band

Favorite thing about band/what you’ll miss most: Playing music every day :(

Favorite piece you have ever played: Guardians of the Galaxy

Advice for younger/incoming band students: Listen to the music you’re playing, it really helps

Plans for the future: Attend college in marketing and communication

Congratulations, Mano! We will miss you 🎵

Name: Jack Rintala

Instrument: Percussion

Years in band: 1/2

Extracurriculars: Track, wrestling

Favorite thing about band/what you’ll miss most: Playing good music

Favorite piece you have ever played: Guardians of the Galaxy

Advice for younger/incoming band students: Consistency

Plans for the future: Go to Dunwoody to become an electrician

Congratulations, Jack! We will miss you 🎵

Name: Alison Poppler

Instrument: Clarinet

Years in band: 7 (including this year)

Extra-curriculars: Speech, theater, nordic skiing, student council, track

Favorite thing about band / what you’ll miss most: Playing the alto clarinet on occasion.

Favorite piece you have ever played: Bonsai Tree

Advice for younger / incoming band students: Learn your scales

Plans for the future: Attend Winona State University to major in theater

Congratulations, Alison! Come listen to her perform with the HS band this evening at 7pm in the Washington Auditorium! 🎼

Name: John Schiltz

Instrument: Electric bass guitar

Years in band: 7

Extra-curriculars: track, football, basketball, jazz band

Favorite thing about band / what you’ll miss most: Watching myself progress

Favorite piece you have ever played: Mamma Mia

Advice for younger / incoming band students: if you want to be good, practice

Plans for the future: attend Dunwoody College of Technology’s HVAC and Refrigeration Tech program

Congratulations John! We will miss you 🎶

Name: Noah Axelsson

Instrument: Trombone

Years in band: 2

Extra-curriculars: Jazz band and track

Favorite thing about band / what you’ll miss most: Florida

Favorite piece you have ever played: Guardians of the Galaxy

Advice for younger / incoming band students: Have fun

Plans for the future: Engineering at UMD

Come hear Noah at his final concert on Thursday, May 14th at 7pm in the Washington Auditorium!

It’s the Final Countdown for our seniors 🎶 we will be featuring them as their final days as Ely high school students draws to a finish. These musicians’ final concert for the year will be on Thursday, May 14th at 7pm. Please come join all of the bands for this final performance!

The end of honor band season is upon us! We had 7 students represent Ely at the UMD junior high honor band today. These students first saw their music at 9am and have been rehearsing all day to put on a concert this afternoon. We’re proud of these outstanding musicians in their performance today; go Ely musicians!!

Though our 5th grade band students are looking majorly silly, they are sounding fantastic! We are looking forward to having them in their first band concert this Tuesday, 12/16, at 7pm in the Washington Auditorium. We hope to see you there listening to all the bands and choir!