Cardinal High School hits a high note, hosting the Chagrin Valley Conference Honors Band event for the first time in school history.
This year’s event was held on Friday, April 17, 2015 in the CHS gymnasium and featured the top band members from Beachwood, Berkshire, Cardinal, Cuyahoga Heights, Chagrin Falls, Fairport Harbor, Independence, Harvey, Hawken, Kirkland, Perry and Wickliffe High Schools.
“Each school in the CVC takes a turn hosting the event, but for various reasons, that’s not always possible,” says Cardinal music teacher Tim Florjancic. “It’s an event that I once participated in as a student when I was at Cuyahoga Heights and I always wanted to host it. Cardinal has not hosted it before from what I was told so I figured I would bring the magic here this year.”
CVC Honors Band is a one-day event including rehearsals and a concert that same evening. The host director is always responsible for picking a guest director that will come in and work with the students for the day. This year, Florjancic chose Professor Matthew Salvaggio, a Cardinal alumni, who is the Adjunct Professor of Instrumental Music and Director of the Wind Ensemble at Hiram College. Florjancic says, “I thought would be pretty cool to have a director with roots in the community. Together, we picked the repertoire for the students, sent music out a few weeks prior to the event, and then put on a great show performing music that is considered to be college level repertoire. I’m extremely proud of all of the students!”
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