For the Reporter

Auburn High School junior Ethan Hinze has been selected as a bass singer to the All-Northwest Mixed Choir for the second year in a row.

More than 5,200 students from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and Wyoming auditioned for the choir, which will perform in February at Spokane.

Hinze is one of only about 300 students who made the cut.

“This is an amazing accomplishment,” said Kandy Gilbert, Auburn High choir teacher.

Hinze attended Pioneer Elementary and Olympic Middle School. He is planning on a music major in college.

Hinze has performed in Disneyland twice as a member of the Auburn High jazz choir and will perform there again in May. He has been a featured soloist for the Auburn High chamber choir and was recognized for his solo at the 2013 Washington State University Choral Festival.

He also represented Auburn High and the region at the state solo-ensemble contest in the bass solo and mixed duet division during his freshman and sophomore years.