Students Chosen for Allegheny Valley Honors Bands

Fifteen Fox Chapel Area School District students were selected by audition to perform with the 2024 Allegheny Valley honors bands. Seventh- to 12^th-grade student-musicians from the Avonworth, Fox Chapel Area, Hampton, North Allegheny, Northgate, North Hills, Pine-Richland, Riverview, and Shaler Area school districts auditioned for the groups, and a total of 208 were selected (100 for the senior high band and 108 for the junior high band). The students chosen from Fox Chapel Area were Fox Chapel Area High School senior Elijah Herzer (bass clarinet); juniors Malik Choset (trumpet), Marina Dunham (bassoon), and Patton Johnson (percussion); sophomores Elliott Broyles (trombone), Jack Murray-Krezan (percussion), and Joshua Shah (flute); freshmen Rachel Kim (clarinet) and Dashel Wilson (bass clarinet); eighth-graders Annabel Berkowitz (bassoon), Steven Hu (tenor saxophone), and Claire Lesnik (trumpet); and seventh-graders Rebecca Dorneich (flute), Zoey Liu (flute), and Zhiqing Hou (flute).

The Allegheny Valley Honors Band Festival was held at Hampton High School on January 4 and 5, and culminated with a public concert January 5. The conductors were Dr. Zach Cheever and Dr. Jason Worzbyt from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.