Lower Dauphin High School (LDHS) chorus, band and orchestra members have been selected to participate in a variety of music festivals this winter and spring.

Several vocalists will perform in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) Region V Choral Festival on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25, at Cumberland Valley's Mountain View Middle School. Seniors Aden Weigle, bass, and Livy Carter, alto, along with juniors Abigail Foran, soprano; Kaitlyn Hoffman, alto; and Nathan Wolfe, tenor, qualified for the event after auditioning at the PMEA District 7 Choral Festival, held Jan. 13 and 14. Weigle placed first in his section. At the district festival, they performed with LDHS senior Audrey Meyers, alto; junior Abrianna Nissley, alto; and senior TJ Fausnight, tenor.

The Region V Choral Festival will feature guest conductor Kyle Zeuch, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at Lebanon Valley College. Region V encompasses a 15-county area.

Lower Dauphin sent seven musicians to the PMEA District 7 honors band festival from Feb. 9 to 11. These students include LDHS seniors Alex Raser, percussion, and Brandon Davis, trumpet; junior Adrian Olweiler, clarinet; and freshmen Mia Pegher, first chair oboe, and Micha Fox, horn. In addition, two musicians from Lower Dauphin Middle School were selected; they are eighth-grader Savannah Ogle, clarinet, and seventh-grader Meredith Taylor, horn.

The festival concert was held on Feb. 11 at the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg at 3 p.m. The guest conductor was Dennis Glocke, professor emeritus and former director of concert bands at the Pennsylvania State University.

A pair of LDHS seniors performed in the PMEA District 7 Orchestra Festival on Jan. 27 and 28 at Cumberland Valley High School. They are Antonio Mardegain, string bass, and Joseph Goduto, viola, who placed first among 40 violists. The guest conductor was Peter J. Wilson from the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra. District 7 encompasses Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York counties.

A host of Lower Dauphin School District musicians will perform at the Dauphin County Music Educators Association's County Band Festival on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m. at Middletown Area High School.

Performing in the high school band will be Abbie Carter, oboe; Olivia Hulstine, bassoon; Adrian Olweiler and Ashley Jilek, clarinet; Amber Eshenhour, bass clarinet; Adam Little, alto saxophone; Brandon Davis, Thomas Sutor, and Anamilley Diaz, trumpet; Tori Steinly and Micah Fox, horn; and Alex Raser and Dylan Kreiss, percussion.

Playing in the middle school band will be Ezra Pearson, Christopher Brenneman, and Abigail Irwin, flute; Aubrey Lanza, oboe; Savannah Ogle, first chair clarinet, and Cora Ritchey, clarinet; Lorelei Hoffer, first chair alto saxophone; Julia Markowitz and Elijah Schell, trumpet; Meredith Taylor, first chair French horn and Nova Mayer and Alex Elicker, French horn; Miranda Raser, first chair trombone; Ella Neide, keyboard percussion; and Brayden Subbio, first chair snare drum.

Students will also perform in the intermediate band, for those in grade five. From Conewago Elementary School, these students are Carson Ogle and Lincoln McKelvie, trumpet, and Lily Monroig, flute. At East Hanover Elementary School, they are Emmalyn McCarthy and Jadehlyn DeBlasio, flute, and Cheyenne Radnor, oboe. Participants from Londonderry Elementary School are Lucy Youtz, oboe and Charlotte Merchlinski, flute. From Nye Elementary School, band members are Ava Coleman and Madison Wise, clarinet, and Matthew Lux, trumpet. South Hanover Elementary School will send Nate Brenneman, saxophone; Sarah White, clarinet; and Henry Richardson, trombone.

Additionally, LDHS vocalists were selected by audition to perform in the Lebanon Valley College Honors Choir on Feb. 3. The festival provides an opportunity for students to sing with their peers from school districts across central Pennsylvania. Representing LDHS were Marina Weidman, Amber Abela, and Abigail Foran, soprano; Sara Olweiler, Audrey Meyers, and Abrianna Nissley, alto; Nathan Wolfe, Joe Goduto, and Ethan Ingalsbe, tenor; and Mason Barrick, Hunter Meyers, and Nikolai Wagner, bass.