News Release
Homer CCSD 33C
Goodings Grove   Luther J. Schilling   William E. Young   William J. Butler
Hadley Middle   Homer Jr. High
 
Contact: Charla Brautigam, Communications/Public Relations Manager
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Fourteen Homer Junior High School students have been selected to perform at Carnegie Hall this summer with musicians from around the world.
 
For Immediate Release:
March 21, 2016
 
14 Homer Junior High students selected to perform at Carnegie Hall
 
Fourteen Homer Junior High School students are headed to New York this summer to perform at Carnegie Hall.
 
The students, who are all members of the school’s Show Choir, were selected for the honor after being nominated by their choral director, Diane Pullara, and completing an individual audition and selection process.
 
“I am so proud of these young musicians,” said Pullara. “This is quite an honor. Being able to perform and create music with other students at this elite level is so rewarding.  Performing in Carnegie Hall is incredible!  This will truly be an experience these young performers with never forget.”
 
The Middle School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall showcases the most talented middle school performers from around the world.
 
Through a choral director nomination, individual audition and selection process, accomplished middle school students are brought together in New York City with peers to comprise the Honors Junior Choir and Honors Junior Instrumental Ensemble.
 
“Several days of rehearsal under the direction of renowned music conductors culminate in a life-changing performance at Carnegie Hall,” said Pullara. “Carnegie Hall represents excellence in musical performance, making it the perfect venue for the Honors Performance Series to showcase its elite student performers.”
 
This is not the first time Homer Junior High Show Choir students have been selected to perform at Carnegie Hall.
 
Last year, six students were selected for the honor. In 2014, the first year of the Middle School Honors Performance Series, two students were selected.
 
This year’s Middle School Honors Performance Series will be held June 22-26.
 
 
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