Students chosen for PMEA Region I Band

Fox Chapel Area High School students (from left to right) Elliott Broyles, Marina Dunham, Jack Murray-Krezan and Joshua Shah were selected to perform with the 2025 PMEA Region I Band.

Four Fox Chapel Area High School students were selected by audition to perform with the 2025 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) Region I Band. The students are senior Marina Dunham (bassoon), and juniors Elliott Broyles (trombone), Jack Murray-Krezan (percussion) and Joshua Shah (flute). The band included 150 of the best student-musicians from 60 high schools from throughout Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer, Washington and Westmoreland counties.

The PMEA Region I Band concert was held March 8 at Ambridge Area High School and was conducted by retired Colonel Michael J. Colburn, the 27th director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band.