Notre Dame musicians participating in the MSBOA honors band festival last weekend included, left to right, Kyle Weaver (grade 12), Calvin Burns (10), Joe Greene (12), Joe Isaac (11), Roger Valade (11) and Erica Nowosielski (10).
Six members of Notre Dame Prep’s band participated in the event, which is a recognition of outstanding musicians in high schools from all over district IV.
The festival saw more than 200 students from 21 schools participate as part of symphonic, concert, or jazz bands. The participating students received outstanding instruction from directors, Dr. Cormac Cannon (MSU), Dr. Gregory Cunningham (OU) and Dr. Scott Cowan (WMU).
“This is a great way of building bridges between our schools and band programs,” Joe Martin, NDP’s band director said. “Students get to meet and make music with fine students from other schools and perform quality repertoire under the direction of outstanding conductors. The concert was another outstanding performance by our own talented high school musicians. Congratulations to them all!”
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.