Fox Chapel students chosen for PMEA District 1 Honors Band

Seven Fox Chapel Area High School students were selected by audition to perform with the 2023 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 1 Honors Band.  The students are seniors Elijah Herzer (bass clarinet) and Chloe Kim (clarinet), juniors Marina Dunham (bassoon) and Patton Johnson (percussion), sophomores Elliott Broyles (trombone) and Joshua Shah (flute), and freshman Rachel Kim (clarinet).  The band was comprised of 120 of the best student-musicians from Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties.

The PMEA District 1 Honors Band concert was held November 19 at North Hills Middle School and was conducted by Dr. Jack Stamp, a composer and the retired director of bands at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.