News and Events from the Loveland, Ohio Area
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On Saturday, October 15, the Loveland High School Marching Band and Color Guard performed at Mason High School at their 21st Annual Marching Band Invitational.
Director: Geoffrey Miller
Drum Majors: Kirsten Arill, Ella Clemons, and Lizzy Lipp
Show Title: NO EVIL
Repertoire:
• Hear no Evil - Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
• Speak No Evil - Say Something by Christina Aguilera
• See No Evil - Blinding Lights by the Weeknd
by David Miller
Princeton High School hosted the annual Ohio Music Education Association District XIV Honor Bands Festival on January 9. After auditioning, students from area schools were selected to perform in the prestigious OMEA concert. There was a High School Honor Band performance, a High School Honor Symphony Band concert, as well as performances by 7th and 8th-grade Honor Bands.
Students from Cincinnati’s most prestigious schools were represented:
Anderson, Goshen, Indian Hill, Loveland, Mariemont, Milford, Moeller, Mount Notre Dame, Oak Hills, Princeton, Reading Community School, Reading, SCPA, St. Xavier, Sycamore, Turpin, Walnut Hills, West Clermont, Wyoming, Colerain, and Summit Country Day.
The audio above is the concert given by the High School Symphony Honor Band. Several Loveland High School students were selected to be in this band:
Alton French – Bassoon
Kirsten Arill – Clarinet
Lizzy Lip – Trumpet
Aaron Spjut – Trumpet
Olivia Smith – Trombone
Jake Simon – Tuba
Allison Oh – Percussion
Jonathan Kaseff – Percussion
Dr. Brandon Jones was the guest conductor. Jones is a Professor of Music, Coordinator of Instrumental Music, and Music Department Chairperson at Wittenberg University, where he conducts their Symphonic Band.
Several other Loveland School District students performed during the full afternoon of concerts.
Shay Thomson, Zack Peebles, Amelia Macura, Sydney Whitlock, and Ellie Brinkman.
Katie Oaks, Eleanor Dennedy, James Young, John Paul Galles, and Victoria Elliot.
Caitlyn Ferrer, Payton Brown, and Luke Slater.
Princeton High School – On Sunday, January 20 twenty Loveland music students performed in the Matthews Auditorium at Princeton High School. The occasion was OMEA District XIV Honor Band Festival. The 75-year-old Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) is the principal organization in Ohio promoting music education in elementary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities. OMEA began in 1924 in Fostoria, Ohio as the Ohio School Band Association to promote band contests in Ohio.
Students from the region audition for the opportunity to perform at the Festival. They have one rehearsal the week of their performance. The Loveland students are listed below.
Claire Zeigler – Clarinet
Aron Spjut – Trumpet
Amelia Macura – Horn
Avery Dennedy – Baritone
Jake Simon – Tuba
Jonathan Kaseff – Percussion
Daniel Watts – Percussion
Declan Fuchs – Clarinet
Kirsten Arill – Clarinet
Evan Fischer – Alto Sax
Skyler Goodwin – Trumpet
Blake Hensley – Trombone
Olivia Smith – Trombone
Anna Hou – Flute
Alton French – Bassoon
Beau Aldrich – Clarinet
Daniel Hinrichsen – Alto Sax
Calvin Spencer – Trumpet
Jack Armstrong – Trombone
Christian Maurer – Trombone
Watch as the OMEA District XIV High School Honor Band performs Reverberations (Brian Balmages) under the direction of Guest Conductor Brooke Johnson.
