Canfield band excels at OMEA competition

On Feb. 11, 57 members of the Canfield High School Band Program participated in 51 events at the annual Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) District 5 Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event. This year’s event was once again at South Range.

The OMEA Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event is an opportunity for high school instrumental and vocal students to perform before an adjudicator and be evaluated on that performance. The students entered in a variety of events from solo performances to large ensembles. Entering in three class categories from “A” or most difficult to “C” or least difficult, each event was evaluated and awarded a rating.

The rating system used is “I” for a superior performance, “II” for an outstanding performance, “III” for an acceptable performance, “IV” for a poor performance and “V” for a very poor performance.

Canfield band students received 32 I ratings (superior), 15 II marks (outstanding) and 4 III ratings (acceptable). Of the 32 overall superior ratings, Canfield brought home 61 superior medals.