During the 2021–22 school year, talented music students across the United States and overseas in military base schools practiced diligently to gain a chair or part in their local, district, and state music honor ensembles. And of those high school musicians who were accepted to their district or All-State music ensembles, 540 of them—the "best of the best"—were selected for the National Association for Music Education's (NAfME) 2022 All-National Honor Ensembles.
RESTON, Va., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- During the 2021–22 school year, talented music students across the United States and overseas in military base schools practiced diligently to gain a chair or part in their local, district, and state music honor ensembles. And of those high school musicians who were accepted to their district or All-State music ensembles, 540 of them—the "best of the best"—were selected for the National Association for Music Education's (NAfME) 2022 All-National Honor Ensembles.
These "best of the best" high school music students will take part in the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) 2022 All-National Honor Ensembles (ANHE) November 3–6, 2022, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, near Washington, DC. This will include several rehearsals with the 2022 ANHE Conductors and workshops with renowned clinicians. Each ensemble will perform in concerts on November 5–6.
Ensembles include the Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Mixed Choir, Guitar Ensemble, and Modern Band. All are welcome to tune in to these incredible performances—tickets are available on-site for $10 each.
The ANHE performers represent collaboration and creativity in its highest musical form. The ensembles consist of a jazz ensemble, mixed choir, guitar ensemble (in its fifth year), modern band (in its fourth year), symphony orchestra, and concert band. Students were chosen through an audition process. The jazz ensemble will have 19 instrumentalists, the mixed choir 239 vocalists, the guitar ensemble 26 guitarists, the symphony orchestra 119 instrumentalists, the concert band 123 instrumentalists, and the modern band will have 14 musicians. Many ANHE members are also Tri-M® Music Honor Society members. Eligible students have qualified for their state-level honor ensemble program (not applicable to guitar or modern band students) and competed against top students for a spot in these national honor ensembles.
Selected students will be rehearsing a challenging repertoire in preparation for performing under the direction of six of the most prominent conductors: Frances Fonza (Mixed Choir); Nobuyoshi Yasuda (Symphony Orchestra); Rodney Dorsey (Concert Band); Todd Stoll with guest soloist Helen Sung (Jazz Ensemble); Chuck Hulihan (Guitar Ensemble); and Bryan Powell and Raina Murnak (Modern Band). All conductors have received top honors in their field and will spend several days rehearsing with students before the concerts.
Names, schools and states, as well as music directors, of the 540 2022 All-National Honor Ensemble students are available on the ANHE website: nafme.org/ANHE. Learn about past ensembles.
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Catherina Hurlburt, National Association for Music Education, 703-860-4000, catherinah@nafme.org
Kristen Rencher, National Association for Music Education, 703-860-4000, kristenr@nafme.org
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