Seton Hill University’s Youth Honors Band will present a concert Saturday, February 4, 2006 at 7 p.m. in Cecilian Hall on Seton Hill’s Greensburg, Pa. campus. Dr. Theodore DiSanti, associate professor of music, will conduct the ensemble of 80 local 6 - 8 grade instrumentalists. The program, which will include “The Star Spangled Banner,” “Everybody Loves a March” and the “Great Steamboat Race,” is free and open to the public.

Seton Hill’s Youth Honors Band was founded 17 years ago by Kathleen Campbell, associate professor of music at Seton Hill. The Seton Hill Youth Honors Band is a part of the Community Music Program at Seton Hill, where students can take private lessons and participate in Apprentice Chorus, Flute Choir, Clarinet Choir, and other ensembles. Community members can now also take dance classes at the Seton Hill University Dance Academy, a new addition to the program.

Students participating in the 2005-2006 Youth Honors Band are from the following schools: Albert Gallatin South Middle School, Bentworth Middle School, Brentwood Middle School, Carson Middle School, Christ the Divine Teacher School, Colfax Upper Elementary, Connellsville JH West, D E Williams Elementary, Deer Lakes Middle School, Evans City Middle School, Franklin Regional Middle School, Gateway Middle School, Greater Latrobe Junior High, Greensburg Salem Middle School, Harrold Middle School, Hillcrest Intermediate School, Huston Middle School, Kiski Area Intermediate School, Jeannette McKee Middle School, McKeesport Area, Mother of Sorrows, Mt View Elementary, PA Cyber Charter School, Pine Richland Middle School, Shadyside Academy, Shaler Area, St Joseph Regional, Transfiguration Catholic School, Wendover Middle School, West Greene Middle School, West Hempfield Middle School, and Yough Middle School.