Cherokee Students Selected to Perform in Two Penn Honors Bands

Pictured L to R: Brooke Shapiro, April Warchol, and Lauren Hartpence. Not pictured is John Sanie. The four will perform in two separate Penn Honors Bands in January and February, 2019

On Saturday, January 19th and Saturday, February 23rd on the campus of The University of Pennsylvania, four musicians from the Cherokee High School Band will be respectfully performing as members of the 2019 Extravaganza Honor Band and 2019 Palestra Honor Band.  All freshmen, the performers include Brooke Shapiro on saxophone, April Warchol on trumpet, Lauren Hartpence on piccolo, and John Sanie on clarinet.

Under the baton of maestro Dr. Kushol Gupta, these student musicians will perform exceptional band repertoire, along with other outstanding honor band musicians from the Greater Philadelphia Region.  

​The student musicians were nominated by their Director of Bands - conductor, D. Michael Lynch.