Canfield musicians selected for honors band

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Neighbors | Submitted.Senior Jacob Powell (left), senior Aaron Graneto, junior Michael Barkett, senior Alicia Smith and senior Gabrielle Brant (right) are pictured with Canfield High School band director Michael Kelly and Shelly Jagow, honor band guest conductor. Not pictured and selected to perform but unable to due to illness was senior Krista Ladner.

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Peter Crescimanno (left), Alexis Jones and Olivia Slater (right) pose with Canfield Middle School band director James Volenik. The trio performed as part of the OMEA middle school honor band.

The Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) District 5 sponsored its annual fall conference Nov. 19 at Henry H. Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown.

Highlighting the conference were the performances of the OMEA District 5 Middle School and High School Honors Bands. Band directors from across Ashtabula, Mahoning, and Trumbull counties submitted hundreds of nominations to be selected from.

Four middle school and six high school band members from Canfield were selected to perform with these prestigious ensembles.

Canfield Middle School band members who participated were Peter Crescimanno on clarinet, Olivia Slater on trumpet, and Alexis Jones on tuba.

Canfield’s Alicia Smith on oboe, Michael Barkett on trumpet, Gabrielle Brant on French horn, Jacob Powell on euphonium, and Aaron Graneto on percussion were part of the high school band.

For Smith, this was the fourth straight year performing with this prestigious group.