AMEA 2017 Performing Groups
The focus of the Montgomery Academy's music program is choral singing. Chorus has been the tradition at the school for many years and serves as the core of the department. However, the department also focuses on the development of music appreciation and theory that will allow any musician -- vocal or instrumental -- to develop skills and pursue excellence in the discipline of music. The choral tradition at Montgomery Academy begins in the Lower School. By the time that students reach 5th grade, they have been given a strong foundation in choral singing. In middle school, the students continue to build upon that foundation in order to prepare them for Upper School Chorus. The 5th and 6th Grade Chorus gives three concerts a year, and they have participated in the AMEA Elementary Honor Choirs and Young Voices Festivals. The 5th and 6th Grade Chorus performed at the 2014 AMEA Conference. The chorus rehearses for thirty minutes, three times a week. Each grade rehearses separately once a week, and they have two full-group rehearsals.
The Ogletree Singers are a 3rd-5th grade non-auditioned group of approximately 125 students from Ogletree Elementary School in Auburn, Alabama. The singers meet after-school once a week for an hour through-out the school year. Each year the singers are responsible for three main programs at Ogletree; Veterans Day, Black History Month and a Spring Musical. The Ogletree Singers have performed for Auburn University sporting events, PTO meetings and other city and school events.
The Oak Mountain Wind Ensemble is made up of fifty-nine ninth through twelfth grade students at Oak Mountain High School. Membership in the band is determined by individual audition. Since the school’s inception, the ensemble has continued to push the boundaries of high school musicianship by performing literature in the advanced realm of the wind band repertoire. Students in this ensemble regularly pursue roles in the Alabama All-State Bands and Orchestras. From 1999 to 2012, the ensemble was under the direction of Jim Duren. Now, under the direction of Kevin Ownby, the OMHS Wind Ensemble has continued a tradition of excellence by never receiving a score less than superior at any adjudicated competition or assessment. Recent accomplishments include, performing at the 2014 CBDNA Southern Division Conference in Jacksonville Florida, 2014 GNAI Honor Band Recipient, and a 2015 performance in New York’s Carnegie Hall.
The Oak Mountain Middle School Advanced Symphonic Band is the premiere ensemble for the Oak Mountain Middle School band program. This is an auditioned group of 7th and 8th graders. The Advanced Symphonic band performs at pep rallies, home football games, assemblies, the Fall Concert, the Holiday Concert, the Pre-MPA concert, MPA, and the Spring Concert. This group consistently receives Superior ratings at the state and national level. Advanced Symphonic Band students are strongly urged to participate in the Solo and Ensemble festival, various honor bands and to audition for the Alabama Middle School All-State Band.
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