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:
Concert Variations- Claude T. Smith
Albanian Dance- Shelley Hanson
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Ohio University School of Music
Sam Koogle, Chair
Audition Submissions are due February 9, 2024
Link to District 17 Middle School Honor Band Information