Area students participated in the District 6 Kansas Music Teachers Association Music Progressions at Bethel College on April 9.

The event evaluates the progressive growth students studying music as a hobby and those wishing to be professional musicians. In addition to performing on piano, each student was tested in areas of listening, keyboard theory, and written theory.

Students participating from this area were Dillon Boldt, Jacob Engelland, Ellie Just, Amy Kersten, Anna Lubbers, Victoria Stockton, James Tierney, Owen Tierney, Ashley Unruh and Natalia Varpness.

The adjudicator was Deborah Toews, Wichita. Newton Music Teachers Association and area piano teachers involved in this event were Karla Conner, Newton, Carol Klingenberg, Peabody, Sheila Litke, Hillsboro, Beverly Richards, Hillsboro, Karen Schlabaugh, Newton and Charisse Tierney, Newton.