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Oliver Pervizpour ’25 & Faust Capobianco ’26 Participate in PMEA District Elementary Band Fest

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Sixth-grader Oliver Pervizpour ’25 & fifth-grader Faust Capobianco ’26 participated in the PMEA District Elementary Band Fest on March 29th.

The fest took place at Easton Middle School and consisted of an entire afternoon of rehearsals and an evening performance.

Both students played with great skill and musicianship.

Congratulations to Oliver and Faust!

Bravo Middle School Band Students!

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Thank you to the students, faculty members and parents who attended the Middle School Band Concert during our community time on Monday, February 11th.

The students performed:

  • The Water Is Wide – Traditional, Arranged by Julie Griffin
  • A Mozart Mix – W.A.Mozart, Arranged by John O’Reilly
  • In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg, Arranged by Paul Curnow
  • Pictures at an Exhibition – Modest Mussorgsky, Arranged by Michael Sweeney

Below is a video compilation of the performance:

 

Congratulations to all our band students:

Flutes:

Gia Gupta ’23, Megan Dadio ’24, Rayna Malhotra ’24, Brooke Lopez ’25

Clarinets:

Luke Pokojni ’24, Joseph Phillips ’24, Jackson Albert ’25

Alto Saxophone:

Anya Chadha ’24

Tenor Saxophone:

Sebastian Malaver ’24

French Horns:

Krish Gupta ’24, Oliver Pervizpour ’25, Jonathan Dai ’25

Trumpets:

Madeleine Golden ’23, Adrian Vanegas ’23, Nabeel Rifai ’23, Paul Taylor ’23, Grayson Bucher ’25

Trombones:

Nico Colitas ’23, Ben Edelman ’23, Wisdom Ufondu ’23, Jack Perrucci ’23, Caden Cohan ’24, Jolie Eyvazzadeh ’25, Jack Lu ’25

Euphonium:

Autumn Nembhard ’25

Keyboard:

Fisola Oyerokun ’24

Percussion:

Joey Oltman ’24

Mr. Nathan Diehl

Lions Selected for PMEA Band Festivals

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PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) District Intermediate Band Fest

Nico Colitas ’23 and Krish Gupta ’24 were both selected to participate in the PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) District Intermediate Band Fest! Nico plays the trombone and Krish plays the french horn.

   

The Fest will take place at Pocono Mountain East Junior High School on March 20th, 2019.

PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) Elementary Band Fest

Oliver Pervizpour ’25 and Faust Capobianco ’26 were both selected to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Elementary Band Fest. Oliver plays both the French horn (Concert Band) and the trumpet (Jazz Band) but was selected for his French horn talent. Faust will play the trumpet in the Fest Band.

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The Fest will take place at Easton Middle School on March 29th, 2019.

Congratulations, Lions!