La Salle Band Earns Accolades
By Monrovia Weekly
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2008
The La Salle High School Advanced Band recently participated in the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association’s spring festival at Santa Monica High School. They received ratings of “Excellent” and “Superior” for their performance from the judges. “The band sounded very good and performed well — they got to perform in a beautiful hall with wonderful acoustics. It was a great tune-up for Chicago,” said Ms. Megan Foley, Band Director at La Salle. The La Salle Band leaves to perform in Chicago on May 30.
Eight students from Advanced Band performed at Solo and Ensemble at La Canada High School on Saturday, April 19th. Flutist Tessa Pearman ’10, and clarinetist Grant McCracken, ’10 received a “Superior” rating for their duo performance of Air from Water Music by Handel. Matthew Adame, ’10 Colin Stanford, ’10 and Albert Law, ’10 also received a “Superior” rating for their snare drum trio performance of G-Force by percussionist and composer John Beck. A brass trio that included Gray Garrison, ’08 Luke Hilland, ’09 and Jackson Delany-McCudden, ’11 also received a “Superior” rating for their performance of Trepak. Students who receive a grade of “Superior” (the highest rating one can attain) are invited to perform at the regional festival in late May. This is the first time that all of the La Salle students who entered this contest received a “Superior” classification.
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