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Left
to Right Mrs. Lewis HS Band Director , Senior Emma
Teeter, Senior Breanna Bailey,
Senior Jordan Miller, Conductor/Composer
Carl Holmquist, Freshman Felicity Lance, Senior Max Onkst,
Sophomore
Dawson Shirley, and GMS Director Brian McKibben.
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GHS Students
Participate in the OMEA District XI Honor Band
Members of the Greenville High School Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony
performed with the 90 member OMEA District XI High School Honor Band on
Sunday, January 28, 2018. GHS students joined students from 25
other High Schools from District XI to prepare four musical selections.
The OMEA District XI covers Darke, Miami, Logan and Shelby County. The
ensemble is an audition only ensemble and 154 students auditioned and
the district took 90, 6 of those students were Greenville
students. Our very own senior Max Onkst placed first chair on
trumpet, which means he is the top Trumpet player in District 11!
Students met for the first time on the morning of Saturday, January 27,
2018 at 8:00am. The band rehearsed from 8:00am-4:00pm that day
with a lunch break and forty-five minutes of sectional time.
Sunday, the students met at 1:00pm for a brief rehearsal followed by a
concert presented for a large and receptive audience at Troy High
School.
This year's guest conductor/composer was Mr. Carl
Holmquist. Carl is a successful Instrumental Music Teacher in
Arlington Virginia; he has also given presentations at the Midwest
clinic. Finally Carl has written many compositions for varies
wind bands including our very own GMS Concert Band. On this concert,
the District XI students premiered his piece “Shining Through”.
This was a positive weekend for these students and if you see them in
the hallways please congratulate them on a job well done.
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