Friday, March 29, 2019
Fifty members of the Canfield High School band program participated in 53 events at the annual Ohio Music Education Association District 5 Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event on Jan. 26.
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 entered 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 High School earned 39-I’s, 13-II’s and 1-III. Of the 39 overall I’s, or superior ratings, Canfield students brought home 60 superior medals.
Students earning superior musical achievement in the solo category were Rachel Beil, Alexis Bernat (flute and piccolo), Christian Pruitt, Justin Spatar, Madison Duke, Nicholas Hartman, Andrea Klempay, Mario Mavar, Nicholas Sansoterra, Ethan Scalzo, Justin Tura (marimba and snare drum), Brennan Beil, William Epp (euphonium and trombone), Meera Sethi, Madison Zets, Alexander Haden, Samantha Hudock (oboe and English horn), Hayden Nottingham, Ty Scaab (marimba and snare drum), Ray Bernat, Nathan Bins-Castronova, Joshua Farley, John Heino, Anthony Meranto, Julia Sansoterra (oboe and piano), Samantha Scheckelhoff and Chris Smallwood.
Ensembles earning superior ratings were the Canfield Symphonic Mallet Ensemble of Benjamin Janik, Brianna Remias, Meera Sethi, Ethan Scalzo, Tanner Tsvetkoff and Justin Tura; the Canfield Symphonic Percussion Ensemble of Benjamin Janik, Nicholas Sansoterra, Meera Sethi, Ty Schaab, Tanner Tsvetkoff and Justin Tura and the Canfield Concert Percussion Ensemble of Madison Duke, Joy Jenkins, Julia Sansoterra, Christopher Smallwood, Zachary Smith, Cadin Tsvetkoff, Justin Tura, Madison Zets and Taylor Zets. All three ensembles were directed by David Drevna.
Additional ensembles earning superior ratings were the Canfield Brass Quintet of Joshua Comport, Jonas Epp, Jacob Fay, Connor Fuchs and Christian Pruitt; the Canfield Saxophone Quartet of Ray Bernat, Duncan Harlan, Mario Mavar and Jonathan Schmidt and the Canfield Flute Trio of Gia Martin, Nicholas Krcelic and David Schmidt.