Honor Band



OMEA District 17 High School Honor Band


Directors and Students, 
 
Here you will find important information about OMEA District 17 Honor Band. The schedule for the honor band weekend as well as parts for the students accepted can be found below. The 2024 OMEA District 17 Honor Band OMEA District 17 Honor Band Concert will take place Saturday, March 16 at 5:00pm.

Any questions, please email Aaron Backes, Director of Bands at Athens High School, at abackes@athenscsd.org.

Friday, March 15

12:00 p.m.        Check-In at Glidden Hall First Floor Lobby

1:00 p.m.          Rehearsal in Glidden Hall Rehearsal Room 101

2:30 p.m.          Break
3:00 p.m.          Sectionals (run by directors, graduate assistants and clinician)

4:30 p.m.          Dinner Break

6:00 p.m.          Rehearsal in Glidden Hall Rehearsal Room 101

9:00 p.m.          Rehearsal Ends

Saturday, March 16

 9:00 a.m.             Rehearsal in Memorial Auditorium

12:00 p.m.           Lunch Break

1:30pm                Rehearsal in Memorial Auditorium

3:30 p.m.             Break

4:30 p.m.             House Opens

5:00 p.m.             OMEA District 17 Honor Band Concert


Link to HS Honor Band Performance Music Part Assignments and Parts

Performance Music Recordings:

Drive!- Patrick Roszell

Meditation- Dwayne Milburn

Concert Variations- Claude T. Smith

Albanian Dance- Shelley Hanson



OMEA District 17 Middle School Honor Band

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Ohio University School of Music

Sam Koogle, Chair 

sam.koogle@vc-k12.us

Audition Submissions are due February 9, 2024

Link to District 17 Middle School Honor Band Information