Seven Bowling Green Middle School band members  were selected to perform in the Ohio Music Education
Association District One Middle School Honor Band 2017. They include: Culley Foos (bassoon), Sasha
Zengel (clarinet), Cyrus Koogan (horn), Simon Metzger (percussion), James Eddington (trombone), Colin
Crawford (trumpet), and Nolan Miller (trumpet).
Selected as first chair players for their sections were Foos, Metzger, Eddington, and Crawford.  
These students prepared and recorded audition materials and were chosen among students from six counties
in Northwest Ohio.
Dr. Lisa Martin, currently a member of the BGSU music faculty, will be rehearsing and conducting the
Middle School Honors Band.  
The following students from the Bowling Green High School Bands were selected for the OMEA High School
Honor Band 2017: Saralynn George (flute), Megan Eddington (clarinet), Elana Cable (alto saxophone),
Allan Landgraf (bari saxophone), Joseph Kalmar (horn), Frances Zengel (percussion), Joey Craig
(percussion).
In addition, George and Craig were selected as first chair players.  
These students will represent Bowling Green at the OMEA Honors Festival on Feb. 12 at the Stranahan
theater in Toledo. The middle school concert will begin at 2:30 p.m. and the high school concert will
begin at 7 p.m.  Both concerts are free and open to the public.  
Nine students from Bowling Green High School were selected to perform in the BGSU Honors Bands Wednesday,
tonight and Friday. They include Natalie Avery (alto saxophone), Kerica Bucks (trombone), Elana Cable
(alto saxophone), Joey Craig (percussion), Saralynn George (flute), Alex Munson (trumpet), Mary Shilling
(flute), Skye Sloane (percussion), and Frances Zengel (percussion). They will be performing with
students from throughout the state of Ohio