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MTLSD FINE ARTS NEWS |
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2010 Roy A. Hunt Foundation Award for Commitment to Education in the Arts and Humanities |
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2011-2012 Fine Arts Programs
Upcomin Events
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7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre |
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Fine Arts Honors and Awards
PMEA Honors Jazz West
Congratulations to two Mt. Lebanon High School students who qualified by live audition to participate in The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 1 Honors Jazz West. Sophomore, Jason Hois, trumpet and Junior, Sam Faust, Tenor will represent Mt. Lebanon High School in concert on Saturday, January 7, 2012.
PMEA Honors Band
Congratulations to the five Mt. Lebanon students who recently qualified by live audition to participate in The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 1 Honors Band. They will represent Mt. Lebanon High School in concert on Sunday, November 27, at Carnegie Hall in Oakland.
Lukas Basse, Bassoon Grade 9
Timothy Fitzgerald, Euphonium Grade 12
Patrick Forgione, Trumpet Grade 12
Hannah Rice, Clarinet Grade 12
Alex Kurland, Clarinet Grade 10
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PMEA Honors String Orchestra
A group of nine Mt. Lebanon High School Orchestra students recently auditioned and were all accepted into the 2011 PMEA District 1 Honors String Orchestra. The students will represent Mt. Lebanon High School in concert on November 13, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at Carson Middle School in the North Allegheny School District.
Congratulations to the following Mt. Lebanon students:
Philip Clippinger and Zhaoliang Ma, Violin
Ryan Fan and Alexis Trbovich, Viola
Zach Kosbie, Alex Rice, Alex Tybl and Andrew Vogel, Cello
Evan Reichenfeld, Bass
Mr. Robert Vogel is the High School Orchestra Director.
 Pennsylvania Music Educators Select Mt. Lebanon Students for Choir Honors
The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) announced that four Mt. Lebanon students qualified for PMEA District 1 Honors Choir. They are: Emily Andrews (Junior), Sarah Hill (Junior), Aline Klieber (Senior exchange student), and Brigitta Hutchins (Senior). The students auditioned at Franklin Regional High School in September and will represent Mt. Lebanon High School at the festival in November at Seton Hill University. Mr. Jason Greenawalt is the High School Choral Director.
Mt. Lebanon Students in Junior Mendelssohn Choir Awarded The American Prize
The Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh has been awarded The American Prize in Choral Performance High School Division, 2011. Baritones Taylor P. Sweeney (2011 graduate) and Neal Ulrich, and altos Susan Hepburn, Sarah Mickey, and Taia Pandolfi, all students at Mt. Lebanon High School, are members of the award-winning Junior Mendelssohn Choir.
The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit national competitions providing professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition for the best recorded performances of music by ensembles and individuals each year in the United States at the professional, college/university, church, community and secondary school levels. The prestigious competition is administered by Hat City Music Theater, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Danbury, Connecticut. The American Prize was founded in 2009 and is awarded annually. Internationally renowned composer David Katz and a panel of distinguished professionals from around the country provide evaluation, recognition and reward to America's finest performing artists, ensembles and composers.
The American Prize is awarded based on recorded performances. The Junior Mendelssohn’s winning recordings included selections from its 2010 annual concert, A Procession Winding Around Me, and its 2009 concert, Fauré’s Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine. The full competition submission can be heard online at www.themendelssohn.org.
High School Percussion Ensemble Selected to Perform at National Music Festival
The Mt. Lebanon High School Percussion Ensemble has been selected to perform for the 2012 Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Festival to be held in Indianapolis, IN, March 15 - 18, 2012. This festival is part of the 2012 Music for all Nations Festival presented by Yamaha. The Music for All National Festival celebrates outstanding music-making by the nation’s finest concert bands, orchestras and percussion ensembles. Ensembles were invited following a recorded audition process, evaluated by a panel of music educators. This marks the High School Percussion Ensemble’s third appearance at the festival with previous appearances in 2007 and 2009.
BEST COMMUNITY FOR MUSIC EDUCATION
Mt. Lebanon School District has been designated as one of the Best Communities for Music Education in 2011. The schools named on this list are recognized for outstanding support of music education enriching the lives of children and advancing student achievement. This is the fourth time Mt. Lebanon has been named on this list; previous years being 2010, 2009, and 2007.
Past Honors and Awards
2010-2011 Honors
2009-2010 Honors
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