{"id":23953,"date":"2012-05-03T05:19:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T10:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=23953"},"modified":"2012-05-03T05:19:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T10:19:10","slug":"vwhs-bands-choir-headed-to-state-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/05\/03\/vwhs-bands-choir-headed-to-state-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"VWHS bands, choir headed to state finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

VWHS music department information<\/em><\/p>\n

Following an outstanding district contest showing in early March, the Van Wert High School Concert Choir, Concert Band and Symphony Band will travel to state contest this Friday, May 4. The three groups will perform as part of the Ohio Music Education Association\u2019s State Band and Choir Finals. This is fourth consecutive year, and the fifth time in six years, that both bands of qualified for state finals.<\/p>\n

The Concert Band will perform in the Findlay High School Gymnasium at 4:30 p.m. The band will be performing a challenging Class C program that includes \u201cBonds of Unity\u201d by Karl King, \u201cApparitions\u201d by Brian Balmages, and \u201cFanfare, Ode & Festival\u201d by Bob Margolis. The Concert Band has received four consecutive \u201csuperior\u201d ratings at state finals under the direction of Karen Kelly. After her recent retirement the band is now under the direction of Tina Decker.<\/p>\n

Next, the Symphony Band will perform at 6 p.m. in the Findlay High School Auditorium. The group will be performing a challenging Class A program that includes \u201cThe Lambs\u2019 March\u201d by John Philip Sousa, \u201cGrant Them Eternal Rest\u201d by Andrew Boysen Jr. and \u201cInvocation and Psalm\u201d by Vincent Gassi. The Symphony Band is under the direction of Robert H. Sloan.<\/p>\n

The final Van Wert group of the evening will be the Concert Choir. It will perform in the Van Buren High School Auditorium at 9:10 p.m. The choir will be performing a challenging Class B program that includes \u201cCantate Domino\u201d by Mark Hayes, \u201cEarth Song\u201d by Frank Ticheli and \u201cWitness\u201d by Jack Halloran. The Concert Choir most recently received a \u201csuperior\u201d rating at state finals in 2011 under the direction of Tonia Gamble. This year the choir is under the direction of Julia Reichert and accompanied on piano by Marilyn Alessandrini and Annette Hoverman.<\/p>\n

Following their performances, the groups will not have to wait long to find out their final rating as they will be posted in the cafeteria soon after each performance. Regardless of outcome it should be noted that making it to state finals is an outstanding accomplishment.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that OMEA regulations prohibit the use of any audio or video recording devices, including (but not limited to) cell phones, cameras (still or motion), tape recorders, or any other recording device. Failure to comply may result in the disqualification of the school.<\/p>\n

Following state finals, the groups will continue to prepare for spring performances, including spring concerts and graduation.<\/p>\n

For more information on any of these events please visit the VWHS band website at www.vanwertbands.org<\/a>, \u201clike\u201d them on Facebook at Van Wert Bands Information, or call the Music Department at 419.238.3722.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VWHS music department information Following an outstanding district contest showing in early March, the Van Wert High School Concert Choir, Concert Band and Symphony Band will travel to state contest this Friday, May 4. The three groups will perform as part of the Ohio Music Education Association\u2019s State Band and Choir Finals. This is fourth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 17:33:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}