Students chosen for District 1 Honors Band

Fox Chapel Area High School student-musicians (from left to right) Joshua Shah, Nadre Digbohou, Marina Dunham, Elliott Broyles and Jack Murray-Krezan were selected by audition to perform with the 2024 PMEA District 1 Honors Band.

Five Fox Chapel Area High School students were selected by audition to perform with the 2024 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 1 Honors Band. The students are senior Marina Dunham (bassoon); juniors Elliott Broyles (trombone), Jack Murray-Krezan (percussion) and Joshua Shah (flute); and sophomore Nadre Digbohou (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 24 at North Hills Middle School and was conducted by Dr. Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, director of wind band studies and assistant professor of music at Penn State University.