Colorado Academy’s Upper School string students Caroline Koclanes (violin, freshman), Matthew MacPhail (viola, junior) and Sophia Rodawig (cello, junior) won their auditions for the 32nd Annual Western States Honor Orchestra Festival hosted by the University of Northern Colorado and held in Greeley from November 5-7, 2015. The festival is open to advanced high school string players from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. Caroline Koclanes and Sophia Rodawig participated in the festival, and, during seating auditions at the festival, Sophia was selected to be the principal of the cello section.