Madeline Andriesen sang with Haines School choir and has performed at state and regional music festivals in Anchorage and the Lower 48.

But singing at New York’s Carnegie Hall during the High School Honors Performance Series last month was a different experience entirely, said the 17-year-old Haines High School junior. She performed as an alto 1 in a concert choir with about 300 students from the U.S. and abroad.

“Just to get to sing with…