PC sends three students to participate in the Intercollegiate Honor Band

PC sends three students to participate in the Intercollegiate Honor Band

A trio of Presbyterian College students will participate in the state’s Intercollegiate Honor Band this weekend in Columbia.

Senior band members Noah Burkett (saxophone), Anna West (bassoon), and Rachel Vondergeest (French horn) were selected to represent PC during the S.C. Music Educators Association’s Professional Development Conference Feb. 3-5 at the Columbia Metropolitan Conference Center.

They and their peers throughout the state will rehearse for two and a half days ahead of their Saturday, Feb. 5, concert in front of the state’s music educators and a general audience.

PC director of bands, Dr. Giovani Briguent, said all three are all active instrumentalists who have played as members of the Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds and Jazz Band.

“We could not be better represented,” he said. “Noah, Anna, and Rachel are fantastic students and absolutely great people. Everyone is going to love their music and personalities.”

The SCMEA is a music education advocacy group affiliated with the National Music Educators Association and made up of music educators across the state. Their goal is to promote and support quality music educations in South Carolina schools and communities.

Presbyterian College is a private, church-related liberal arts college founded in 1880.

Located in the historic city of Clinton in the Upstate region of South Carolina, PC has built a rich tradition of service honoring its motto, Dum Vivimus Services — While We Live, We Serve.

The College offers a wide variety of undergraduate majors and has established three graduate programs — an occupational therapy program, a physician assistant program, and the Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy. PC student-athletes — the Blue Hose — participate in 19 sports at the Division I level. For more information about Presbyterian College, go to www.presby.edu.