Pennsbury Bands

The latest on the Pennsbury Instrumental Music Program

2012 Senior Soloist: Ian Sibner

We are very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Pennsbury Symphonic Winds Senior Soloist competition is Mr. Ian Sibner. Ian is ...

• the mellophone section leader in the Pennsbury Long Orange Line Marching Band in which he has been a member for four years
• a three-year member of the Pennsbury Symphonic Winds
• a member of the Pennsbury Community Band
• a member of the Pennsbury Pit Orchestra
• an All-State French Horn player
• performer with the Youth Orchestra of Bucks County

Ian will perform the Concerto No. 3 for French Horn by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the Pennsbury Symphonic Winds on May 14th, 2012, in the Patriots Theater at the Trenton War Memorial.

Congratulations to Ian!

Ian Sibner's Essay

When students apply for the Senior Soloist award, they submit an essay concerning what the Instrumental Music Program has meant to them. Please read the essay written by this year's winner: Ian Sibner.

Thank You For Being Our Guests

Almost 300 middle school instrumental music students stepped onto Falcon Field in October to play the National Anthem alongside the Pennsbury Marching Band.

Thank you to everyone involved for your hard work and participation.

Middle School Honors Orchestra: Best Overall

Congratulations to ‎the Middle School Honors Orchestra, which received a superior rating and best overall orchestra at the Great Adventure Music Festival.

Pennsbury Again Named One of Nation's Best

For the third consecutive year the Pennsbury Music Department has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Best Communities for Music Education.

It is the product of a tremendous music faculty and staff; administrative and school board support; energetic and supportive parent groups; and wonderful hard working students. Please take pride in these very difficult financial times that the Pennsbury Music Community has been nationally recognized and that it values and supports a quality music education program.

Five All-State Students

Pennsbury was well represented at the All State festival, sending five or more students for the third consecutive year.

Yardley News Coverage of Parade

The Yardley News in December included an article on the Marching Band's Thanksgiving Day performance. Thank you to the paper for their continuing support of the Band.

All East Coast Students

Please congratulate the three students that were selected to perform in the All-Eastern Festival in Baltimore:

• Daniel Adler
• Sean Bailey
• Shuni Liu

All-Eastern students are selected from the All-State students from Maine to Florida. This is an immense honor for these three students, our school district, our instrumental music department and our community.

If a school district can send one student to All-Eastern it is doing something and in my opinion to have three students participate is truly unheard of. It is my recollection that the last student that we had participate in All-Eastern was in 1991.

Thank you,
Frank Mazzeo
Instrumental Music Coordinator

Radio Interview

Officers in the Marching Band were interviewed on WBCB Radio (AM 1490) this week. Thank you for the coverage, and great job, students. More evidence that the community loves the Band and how articulate its members are.

Listen to the WBCB Radio interview

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In The Top 100

For the second year in a row, Pennsbury's music program has been recognized as one of the nation's top 100 music programs. Thank you to the students, faculty, administration, and members of the community who keep this program at the top.

Pennsbury Community Band

The Pennsbury Instrumental Music Department is proud to announce the formation of the Pennsbury Community Band.