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2. Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District Junior High Band (East)
PMEA Junior High District Band East represents the best of students in
grades 7-9 in Westmoreland, Fayette and half of Allegheny County. The
festival is sponsored by PMEA, the Pennsylvania Music Educators
Association. Students submit applications through their band director and the
host director, and a committee selects the group.
The students practiced on January 20 and were scheduled to present a concert
the following day, but the concert was postponed because of inclement
weather. The concert has not yet been rescheduled.
Assisting teachers at Norwin include Ms. Denise Bilott, Mr. Brian Jinks, and
Mr. Greg Ondayko.
3. Seton Hill Youth Honors Band
Seton Hill University Youth Honors Band auditions are held each fall.
Instrumental students in grades 6, 7 and 8 were encouraged to prepare the
required solo and audition for the ensemble. The auditioned band met for
three rehearsals and presented a concert February 4, 2012, in the Reichgut
Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Seton Hill
University.
These Norwin Middle School students performed at the Seton Hill Youth Honors
Band. Front row, L-R: Olivia Bazanos, 7; Zane Varner-7; Sean Parfitt-7; Mitchell
Dolney-7. Back row, L-R: Irene Pehanich-8; Megan Farr-8; Jeremy Bass-7; Kevin
Crust-8; Natalie Clementi-7. Not pictured: Calvin Lasswell-8; Andy Halza-7; Lauren
Pogue-7. Additionally, Kellie Daniels, a sixth-grade student from Hillcrest
Intermediate School, also performed and is not pictured.
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Norwin Middle School students Megan
Farr, Grade 8, and Nate Mehring, Grade 7,
were selected for PMEA Junior High
District Band East. Not pictured: Matt
Seiler, Travis Hill, Dominic Gaudio, Megan
Seiler, and Davis Herchko, all Grade 9,
Norwin High School.
Participation in this group is an honor, because any student in grades 6-8
throughout Western PA may audition, according to Norwin Middle School
band director Ms. Denise Bilott. Other assisting teachers at Norwin included
Mr. Brian Jinks from Norwin Middle, Mr. Greg Ondayko from Norwin High, and Mr. Devon Lippmann from Hillcrest
Intermediate School.
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