Thursday, April 11, 2013

Taylor members to participate in Downriver Music Guild event this weekend



(The following story was published today by The News-Herald Newspapers. It was written by Dave Herndon.)
The top band students from across Downriver -- including Taylor -- will gather this weekend.


The best members of bands from middle and high schools across the region will play a concert at the Allen Park Center for Performing Arts, which is attached to the high school. 
This is the third year the Downriver Music Guild has sponsored such an event. 

The concert begins at 7 p.m. Saturday and admission is free.

Several local schools will provide their directors to conduct the band and its nearly 300 members.
Jody Defevre (Lincoln Park), Carol Scott (Taylor West) and Brad Faryniarz (Brownstown and Patrick Henry) will direct the middle school portion while Nate Bearinger (Grosse Ile), Andrea Bonner (Taylor Kennedy) and David Brockington (Carlson) will each work with a portion of the high school ensemble.



Each conductor will work with a portion of the band in a morning practice session, and then return to conduct that section of the evening’s performance.



Guest conductor Kenneth Thompson, an associate professor at Bowling Green (Ohio) State University will also be on hand to work with both the middle- and high school band and return to conduct each in a selection during the concert. 

Both bands will perform four selections for the crowd.

Too see this on the News-Herald's online editions, click on http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2013/04/11/news/doc5165bf725cf25366519819.txt.

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