PCA Student Makes School History Being Selected For All State Band
8th grader, Levi Song, is the first PCA band student to earn a chair in the South Carolina All State Band. He began preparing for his audition months ago. The audition includes scales, a prepared solo, musical terminology, and sightreading. He worked very hard to prepare all the parts of his audition in the months that led up to the first audition.
The first audition was for the SC Region 4 Honor Band. He competed against other middle school euphonium players from the following counties: Charleston, Dorchester, Beaufort, Calhoun, Colleton, Jasper, and Orangeburg. After that audition, he had earned 1st chair in the region band and this meant he was the top scoring euphonium player in our region and his score qualified him to audition for the SC All State Band. He also worked hard in the weeks between the two auditions to get himself even more prepared for the second round of auditions. Now he would be competing with the best middle school euphonium players from each of the six regions. After his second audition, he earned 2nd chair in the SC Junior All State Band. PCA Band Director Mike Doll says, "I am very proud of Levi and the hard work and determination he put into his auditions. It is a privilege to teach Levi and have him in our band!"
Levi set three PCA records this year: first band student to earn a first chair in the region band, first PCA band student to earn a callback to audition for the All State Band, and the first PCA band student to represent Christ, himself, his family, and PCA in the All State Band. He will participate in the All State Clinic at Furman University on March 10-12. Congratulations Levi!