Students from Red Lion Area Senior High School have qualified to participate in Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 7 music festivals.
Ten students have been selected for the District 7 South Band Festival, to be held from Thursday to Saturday, Feb. 13 to 15. They are James Abramson, trumpet; Travis Brown, tuba; Galen Brubaker, contralto clarinet; Garrett Carl, alto saxophone; Christopher Danner, trumpet; Sawyer Golden, tenor saxophone; Nick Hinton, trombone; Hunter Logan, tuba; Zowie Murray, euphonium; and Jesse Schwartz, tuba. The festival will include 131 musicians from throughout Adams, Lancaster, and York counties under the direction of Andrew Yozviak of West Chester University. A public concert will take place on Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. at Central York High School, 601 Mundis Mill Road, York. The program will include selections by Jan Van der Roost, Percy Grainger, Julie Giroux, and Malcolm Arnold. General admission tickets will be available at the door.
The PMEA held District 7 Chorus auditions at Central York High School on Oct. 26. Students from schools in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties were eligible for the festival. Eight students from Red Lion Area High School successfully auditioned. They are Sarah Foess, soprano I; Bryce Logan, tenor I; Benjamin Thornsberry, Mitchell Wise, and Jesse Schwartz, tenor II; and Scott Stover, Gavin Scallorn, and Micah Sumwalt, bass II. The festival was held at Central Dauphin High School from Jan. 16 to 18. The guest conductor was Jerry Blackstone, director of choral activities at the University of Michigan. At the festival, the students auditioned for Regional Chorus, which will be held later in the year.
Three Red Lion Area High School students have been selected to perform in the District 7 Orchestra Festival, to be held from Thursday to Saturday, Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. These students are Leah Krieger, violin; Andre Nadeau, violin; and Jesse Schwartz, tuba. The festival will include 130 student musicians selected by audition from Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York counties under the direction of Michael Hall, conductor of the Kennett Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania and newly appointed music director of the Prince George Symphony Orchestra in British Columbia, Canada. The festival will be hosted by Robert A. Shaubach, director of orchestras at Lampeter-Strasburg High School. A public concert will be presented on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 3 p.m. at Lampeter-Strasburg High School, 1600 Book Road, Lancaster. General admission tickets will be available at the door. Separate prices have been set for adults and for students.
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