MILTON — Music is in the air at Milton Area Senior High School, which is hosting the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 8 Band Festival through Saturday.
The band is made up of 153 students from more than 35 school districts in nine counties, including Northumberland, Union, Snyder and Montour, according to Brett Hosterman, Milton’s middle and high school band director and the host director for the festival.
“These students are the best of the best at their schools,” Hosterman said. “(The festival) acts as an enrichment to the existing music curriculum they’re getting in school.”
During the two-and-a-half-day event, students will audition for the regional band festival and practice for a Saturday afternoon public concert, which will be held at 2 in the high school, Hosterman said.
About half of the students in the district festival will move on to the regional festival, he said.
For many of the young musicians in attendance, the festival acts as a way for them to hone the skills that they have developed and allows them to be creative, Hosterman said.
“For many of these kids, music is their passion,” he said.
The concert is also a way to showcase those skills, said Devin Householder, director of the band at Athens High School in Bradford County.
“It gives these kids a way to perform in a full band setting and gives them a chance to show off a little bit,” he said.
Householder, who has three students participating in the festival, said he has been to music festivals at Milton High before and enjoys the atmosphere at the school.
“It’s nice,” he said. “You also get to see other band directors and talk with them instead of just seeing them in passing at football games.”
School Districts - Mifflinburg
Related Photos
-
Shamokin High School student Shannon Levi plays her Bassoon during the District Band rehearsal on Thursday at the Milton High School. Photos by Robert Inglis/The Daily Item
-
Lewisburg High School student Kate Landis plays her Clarinet during a District Band concert rehearsal on Thursday at the Milton High School
-
Shamokin High School student Joey Deptula plays the bass during Thursday's District Band rehearsal on Thursday at the Milton High School.
-
Benjamin Nesselrodt of Hughesville plays his flute during Thursday's District Band rehearsal at the Milton High School.
Discussion
153 high school musicians gather in Milton for District Band Festival
- School Districts - Mifflinburg
-
-
State Board of Ed vote puts Common Core Standards in place for schools
HARRISBURG – The State Board of Education today voted to adopt final-form regulations to amend the Pennsylvania Education Code, putting into place the Pennsylvania Common Core Standards that requires students to demonstrate proficiency on a Keystone Exam or comparable exam in order to graduate high school.
-
PA's Lincoln contest will give $5K to best high school speech
HARRSIBURG -- The state Department of Education has extended the deadline to get into “In Lincoln’s Footsteps,” a speech contest that will award the high-school winner a $5,000 scholarship, among other prizes.
-
Here are your Union Co. primary election candidates
LEWISBURG -- Nearly 100 people submitted completed ballot petitions as of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to run for assorted offices.
-
Mifflinburg Young American: William Ferguson
Young Americans from Valley high schools for February, as announced by the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce:
-
MAMS students participate in Susquehanna Valley Band
MIFFLINBURG -- Twenty Mifflinburg Area Middle School students participated in the 2013 Susquehanna Valley Band Honors Festival on Jan. 18 and 19.
-
Warm clothing drive at SUN Tech
NEW BERLIN -- The Council of Presidents at SUN Area Technical Institute held a “Warm Clothing Drive” recently.
-
Mifflinburg Intermediate School ASPIRE award winners for January
MIFFLINBURG -- Four Mifflinburg Intermediate School students have recently been tapped to receive the Kiwanis-sponsored ASPIRE award for the month of January.
-
MAIS Students of the Month for January
MIFFLINBURG -- The Mifflinburg Intermediate School announces its selections for the Lions Club Award for Student of the Month for January.
-
MAMS P.R.I.D.E. Award Winners for January
MIFFLINBURG -- The Mifflinburg Area Middle School announces its selections for the P.R.I.D.E. Award for the Student of the Month for January.
-
153 high school musicians gather in Milton for District Band Festival
MILTON — Music is in the air at Milton Area Senior High School, which is hosting the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 8 Band Festival through Saturday.
- More School Districts - Mifflinburg Headlines
-
State Board of Ed vote puts Common Core Standards in place for schools
