Twenty-one Fox Chapel Area School District students were selected by audition to perform with the 2023 Allegheny Valley senior and junior high honors bands.
Seventh to 12th grade student musicians from the Avonworth, Fox Chapel Area, Hampton, North Allegheny, Northgate, North Hills, Pine-Richland, Riverview, and Shaler Area school districts auditioned, and 200 were selected.
Students chosen from Fox Chapel Area were Fox Chapel Area High School seniors Elijah Conklin (French horn), Caleb Hahl (percussion), Sonny Hur (bassoon), Silas Owens (alto saxophone), and Ethan Tan (clarinet); juniors Elijah Herzer (bass clarinet) and Chloe Kim (clarinet); sophomores Malik Choset (trumpet), Marina Dunham (bassoon), Lindsay Gould (baritone saxophone), Jude Hasenpflug (trombone), Patton Johnson (percussion), and Varad Sant (French horn); and freshmen Elliott Broyles (trombone), Joanna Li (flute), and Joshua Shah (flute); and Dorseyville Middle School eighth-graders Abigail Jones (bassoon), James Saleone (French horn), and Param Thawani (baritone saxophone); and seventh-graders Steven Hu (tenor saxophone) and Claire Lesnik (trumpet).
The Allegheny Valley Honors Band Festival was held at Fox Chapel Area High School Jan. 5 and 6 with a public concert Jan. 6.
