Perrysburg Student Musicians perform at Stranahan

Perrysburg student musicians joined more than 600 middle school and high school students from more than 40 school districts across Northwest Ohio to participate in the annual Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) District 1 Honors Festival Sunday, February 12 at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo.

The students were selected through an audition process to participate in the high-caliber orchestra, band and choral ensembles conducted by special guest clinicians.

OMEA District 1 is comprised of all schools from Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Williams and Wood counties. Perrysburg had a total of 114 students accepted into the various ensembles, the largest number any school district involved!

High School Band participants:
Carolyn Glasser, Kelsey Barshel - Flute
Madison Brickner, Lena Koskinen - Clarinet
Aby Connell - Bass Clarinet
Jerrick Ban - Alto Saxophone
Brock Laurer, Chase Mackiewicz, Alex Gauamis - Trumpet
Marah Pollock - Trombone
Anabel Rossi - Percussion

High School Orchestra participants:
George Willis, Paige Stine, Jake Magoun, Allison Falls, Mia Schmittenberg, Nathan Bourgeois, Maris Mattoni, Lincy Chen - Violin 1
Michelle Huyhn, Annabel Shim, Rachel Huffman, Hunter Conard, Quinn Baumgartner, Jillian Criag - Violin 2
Ben Martz, Jacob Neidt, Nathan Englehart, Joaquin Lin, Olivia Harris, Kelsey Bartalsky, Grace Jenkins, Nathan Wiley, Wayne Zhang - Viola
Hannah Jaqua, Elliott Schmittenberg, Sydney Onest, Haeli Long, Sebastian Hilleary, Elizabeth Huff, Daisy Schwind - Cello
Hunter Logan, Alex Gauthier, Owynn Githens, Ben Garst, Karter Seitz - Bass

High School Choir participants:
James Bellavia, Bennett Bernhoft, Hannah Davis, Luke Knight, Carson McNulty, Alaina Reimer, Jack Robinson, Elese Santus, Nate Stedman, Hailey Woods

Junior High Band participants:
Caroline Hannah, Kristin Eli, Nora Cheng, Aralyn Wise, Farah El Nemr, Kara Lintner - Flute
Jacob Zilles - Oboe
Kayleigh Brickner, Ryan Ulrich - Bassoon
Hana El Nemr, Chelsea Ward, Will Swartzbeck, Owen Laib, Andrew Chung, Aubry Clinard, Jazmine McKinney, Nikhil Methi - Clarinet
Abbey Hudak, Andrew Mack - Alto Saxophone
Ysabella Aromas, Nick Barry, Ryan Matthews - Trumpet
Ryan Oesterle, French Horn
Beau Craig, Trombone
Ethan Gruden, Caleb Neidt - Percussion

Junior High Orchestra participants:
Niranjan Bhagwat, Emma Bohney, Michael Brown, Lily Dalton, Andrew Hollenbeck, Kate Magoun, Sara McElfresh, Adam Roberts - Violin 1
Katie Amend, Jessica Bateman, Devika Bhavsar, Mairead Dalton, Giana Frayer, Noah Gauamis, James Huynh, Brendan Stein, Mariah Stierman, Johni Weidner - Violin 2
Evan Boyers, Raushni Bumrah, Tony Chen, Grace Fite, Evan Harris, Meagan Hilleary, Josh Sawaya, Madeline Searfoss - Viola
MInseok Cho, Sharon Deng, Allison Hoffman, Shea Vaquera - Cello
Ethan Rieman, Simon Williams, Sam Zachel - Bass