MVNU to host OMEA District 10 Honor Bands

The event will feature over 200 young musicians from Ashland, Coshocton, Delaware, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Morrow and Richland counties and over 60 participating schools. To be eligible for the OMEA Honors Band, students must be nominated by their director. High school students must also submit an audition featuring scales and an etude excerpt. Those chosen also take part in a rehearsal a week prior to the performance.

The day will feature a morning of instruction for both bands, and will culminate with a final concert at 3:30 p.m., in the R.R. Hodges Chapel/Auditorium on the MVNU campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

This year’s District 10 Honor Bands event will feature guest clinician, Mr. Michael King directing the high school band. Mr. King is the Assistant Director of Bands at Bowling Green State University. Mrs. Angela Davoll will serve as clinician for the middle school band. She is currently in her 27th year of teaching and is the Director of Bands at Hilliard Weaver Middle School.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students, and working adults. With a 327-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and several convenient Graduate and Professional Studies locations throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth, and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education to more than 2,200 students from 29 states and 14 countries/U.S. territories.

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