It has been announced by the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association that Mary Raine Acri, Joseph Harkins and Lauren Herneisey have been selected through audition to represent Middletown Area High School in the PMEA Upper District 7 Band Festival to be held at ELCO High School on January 12-14, 2012.
A public concert will be presented on January 14, 2012 at 3:00pm in the ELCO High School Auditorium. General admission tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door. The guest conductor is Dr. Casey C. Teske, associate professor of music at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. The festival is hosted by the Lebanon County High School Band Direcctors. Questions regarding the festival may be directed to Mr. Kenneth Krause, Director of Bands at ELCO High School. Mr. Krause may be contacted at kkrause@elcosd.org. Information regarding the festival may also be found at http://www.pmeadistrict7.org/upper-band.html