Holley music teachers Jeffrey Galante, Amy Harris and Mary Elise Isler commended their students' excellent performances at two events in March that celebrated Music in Our School Month - the Orleans County Music Educators Solo and Ensemble Festival in Medina and the Orleans All County Music Festival in Kendall. For the Solo and Ensemble Festival, each student prepares a piece of music, then performs it for a trained adjudicator, who gives the student ratings and constructive comments about the performance. The event is not a competition, but an opportunity to prepare a piece of music that is evaluated based on a fixed statewide standard. The students are also evaluated on scales and sight-reading, according to district officials. Thefollowing students from the Holley Elementary Band participated: Aaron Ashbery, Aaron Bower, Anna Bower, Jessica Bower, Matt Cole, Taylor Crist, Jessica Dill, Barb Gallets, Melanie Gemerek, Mark Heath, Brent Kimbler, Kristen Paris, Michael Pernicano, Cortney Quaranto, Joshua Shenck, Corinne VanSchoick, Amber Ward and Amanda Wing. The following students from the Holley High School Band participated: Kathryn Desjardin, Lindsay Fishbaugh, Shawn Iachetta, Heidi Johnson, J.D. Johnson, Wesley Jones, Derek Kohmann, Tricia Kruger, Jenny Lash, David Phillips and Heather Pickett. The following students from the Holley High School Chorus participated: Kelley Bryant, Laura Bryant, Veronica Flugel, Nicole Gregoire, Paige Kerman, Ashlea Lotzow, Lori McMillion, Beth Miller, Steve Sulkowski and Stephanie Taplin. For the All County Festival, students have the opportunity to work with a guest conductor, who has the skills to provide insights and musical interpretation that reinforces and expands on the work students do at school. Students are selected to participate based on a positive attitude, good musicianship and responsibility. The students in the Holley Junior High Chorus who participated are: Justin Baxter, Jennifer Bell, Chris Brown, Kayleigh Corke, Sarah Edson, A.J. Gminski, Kelsie Hendry, Beth Miller, Dave Phillips, Kelly Pretsch, Brittany Quaranto, Melissa Reed, Leanne Shay, Jenny Rae Siplo, Jenny Smith, Nick Spencer, Stacey Tipton and Eric Wolfe. The students in the Holley High School who participated are: Ryan Anderson, Jayme Bopp, Aaron Jeter, J.D. Johnson, Wesley Jones, Cindy Mae Kelly, Steven Klatt, Tricia Kruger, Ronald Ryan, Krystal Sauer, Stephanie Varley and Jennifer Williams. |
