Two selected for PMEA Jr. Orchestra
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Two Upper St. Clair student musicians have been selected to participate in the 2025 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 1 Junior High Orchestra Festival. Eighth grader, Matthew Pfeiffer, viola, and ninth grader Bella Robinson, violin, will attend the event on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Gateway High School.
The Fort Couch Middle School and Upper St. Clair High School students receive strings instruction from Karen Chisholm, USC orchestra director.
Patrick Forsyth, from the Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic and Seton Hill University, will serve as guest conductor for the Junior District Orchestra. The event will conclude with a concert on Saturday, April 26.
- Fort Couch
- USCHS