SUU High School Honor Band attracts over 100 regional students
By Ashley H Pollock
Southern Utah University’s music department will host over 100 high school students from the region to perform in the SUU High School Honor Band concert Jan. 11 at 4 p.m. in the Heritage Center Theater. The concert will also feature the SUU Wind Symphony. This event is free and open to the public.
“Students are accepted by audition,” said Dr. Adam Lambert, director of bands at SUU. “There is a short piece of music written by Dr. Keith Bradshaw that high school students prepare on their own. They perform this piece by recording then sending it to the university for adjudication. If accepted, they are invited to participate in a two day experience rehearsing and performing exciting music culminating with a full performance after the two days. We average about 200 applicants and whittle that down to about 120, from schools in northern Arizona, all throughout Nevada, and throughout Utah.”
“The SUU High School Honor Band has always been an amazing experience for our students,” said retired Cedar High School band teacher Steve Shirts. “It is an opportunity for the students to meet, play, and perform with students from other schools. Working with Dr. Lambert is an amazing experience. He is a master teacher and educator. Students come away better people and better musicians after spending two days under his direction. He reinforces the concepts that they have learned from their respective high school directors. The students return to their school bands and are able to share what they have learned with their classmates, which in turn makes their school bands better.”
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