Upper St. Clair School District

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District Highlights

Nov. 10, 2017

33 vocalists selected for music festivals

Thirty-three Upper St. Clair students in grades 6 through 9 were selected to participate in choral festivals sponsored by the American Choral Directors Association of Pennsylvania. The festivals include Sweet Harmony for girls and Mucho Macho for boys.

Participating in the Sweet Harmony Festival on Nov. 2, 2017, at West Allegheny High School were the following:

Grade 9: Clare Joyce, Maddie Nolen and Elizabeth Young

Grade 8: Madison Bruno, Kaitlyn Clougherty, Jordana Kennedy, Katie Kobeski, Sofia Putorti and Mia Skeel

Grade 6: Melodi Caliskan, Gabrielle Deep, Sydney Garvey, Evelyn Hertzog, Janelle Knierim, Jaelyn Lakes, Reagan Safko and Emily Whiteford

Four Upper St. Clair music vocalists were featured at the women's festival. Ninth grader Maddie Nolen had a solo and sixth graders Evelyn Hertzog, Sydney Garvey and Jaelyn Lakes were part of a double trio in "Cover Me With the Night," representing four of the nine solo opportunities for the day.

Boyce Middle School hosted the Mucho Macho Music Festival on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. The following Upper St. Clair students participated:

Grade 9: Zain Aizooky and Rohan Mishra

Grade 7: Colin Eccher, George Garces, Ryan Higgs, Thomas McQuillan, Keshav Narasimhan, Dimitri Suher and Benjamin Wasson

Grade 6: Graydon Altherr, Marshall Howe, Jadon Kithcart, Arnav Kumar, Jude Pagliai, Eli Rankin and Maxim-Levi Shevchenko

Boyce sixth graders Marshall Howe and Jadon Kithcart performed solos at the Mucho Macho festival on an arrangement of Shawn Mendes' “Mercy," the only soloists of the day.

The Upper St. Clair students represent Boyce Middle School, Fort Couch Middle School and Upper St. Clair High School and receive music instruction from Jennifer Schetley, Thomas Hunsberger and Lorraine Milovac, respectively.

During each festival, students from throughout southwestern Pennsylvania will be rehearsing and working with a guest director for the day to put on a culminating concert that same afternoon.

The Upper St. Clair School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability or any other legally protected classification in the employment or in the administration of any of its educational programs and activities. Announcement of this policy is in accordance with state and federal laws including Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.