On Jan. 28, 56 members of the Canfield High School band program participated in 61 events at the annual Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) District 5 Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event. This year’s event took place at Warren G. Harding High School.
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 enter 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 is 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 High School earned 47 “Superior” ratings, 13 “Outstanding” ratings and one “Good” rating and brought home 72 total Superior medals. Also of note, no Canfield solo or ensemble entry earned lower than a “II” or “Outstanding” rating.
The following students received a Superior rating: Jack Cross, Katie Jarvis, Gavin Kostelic, Jared Albright, Grace Barrett (2), Daniel Griffin, Abigail Hursh, Harmeet Kaur, Garret Kuchmaner, Olivia Morrion, Daria Sansoterra, Drew Scalzo (2), Tres Schuler, Sareena Sethi, Beverly Sipp, Ian Ward, Rachel Beil, Alexis Bernat, Alexander Betras, Hannah Crowe, Sarah Crowe, Kyle Gamble, Greg Halley, Jessica Megown, Jessica Megown, Svetha Nallapaneni, Christian Pruitt, Alex Sanders (2), Angelo Cestone, Katie Dysert, Jake Fay, Mario Mavar, Allison Morris, Ethan Scalzo, Justin Tura and Justin Tura.
The following ensembles recieved a Superior rating: Canfield Symphonic Percussion Ensemble (Class A), Canfield Concert Percussion Ensemble (Class B), Canfield Bassoon Trio (Class A), Canfield Flute Trio (Class A), Canfield Low Brass Quartet (Class A), Canfield Trombone Trio (Class B) and Canfield Woodwind Trio (Class B).