David Mosko (grade 12, trombone) was recently selected for the National Education for Music Education All-Eastern Region Jazz Band Ensemble.
Cherokee High School music student David Mosko (grade 12, trombone) was recently selected for the National Education for Music Education(NAfME) All-Eastern Region Jazz Band Ensemble.
More than 800 of the most musically talented high school students in the Eastern region of the United States have been selected to perform in the 2017 NAfME All-Eastern Honors Ensembles.
With assistance from music teachers Earl P. Phillips and D. Michael Lynch, Mosko will prepare music to perform under the leadership of prominent conductors in this biennial event.
Students will spend three days rehearsing with one of five conductors during the Eastern Division Conference of The National Association for Music Education to be held in Atlantic City in preparation for performances in April.
Members of the NAfME organize the NAfME All-Eastern Honors Ensembles, consisting of a concert band, symphony orchestra, mixed chorus, treble voice chorus, and jazz ensemble.
The concert band and symphony orchestra will each have approximately 150 instrumentalists, the jazz ensemble will have 20 instrumentalists, the treble voice chorus will have 120 vocalists, and the mixed chorus will have approximately 350 vocalists.
Student participation from each state is determined by a percentage of the total NAfME Eastern Division membership, with no state given less than 2 percent representation.
Each of the state music educators associations in the Eastern Division oversee the selection process in their state during the spring and early fall of the year before the event and compile ranked lists of recommended juniors and seniors for consideration.
The method used to compile the lists varies from state to state, although all recommended students must have participated (or will be participating in) their home all-state festivals.
The committee builds the ensembles from the state presidents’ ranked lists, trying to mimic the state population percentages in each group. The Jazz Ensemble, due to its size and instrumentation, is formed to represent every state in the division.
The 2017 NAfME All-Eastern Honors Ensembles will perform for an audience of thousands on April 7 and April 8 in the Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Boardwalk Hall, and the Atlantic City Convention Center (Jazz) in Atlantic City. For program and ticket information visit www.nafme-eastern.org.
