OLIVET, Mich. Ten Olivet College instrumental music students have been selected to participate in the Intercollegiate Honor Band. The band is comprised of students nominated by conductors from Albion, Alma, Calvin, Hillsdale, Hope and Olivet colleges, as well as Cornerstone, Grand Valley State and Spring Arbor universities. Frank Ticheli, Ph.D., will serve as the guest conductor. The band will perform at Adrian College Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007.

Jeananne Nichols, Olivets director of instrumental studies and assistant professor of music, nominated students who were then selected by a committee to participate in the band. Olivet students include: Annie Bahling, a sophomore from Lachine, on horn; Jesse Barber, a freshman from Vandalia, on trumpet; Bryan Borders, a senior from Battle Creek, on trombone; Barbara Despins, a senior from Springfield, on clarinet; Melanie Engels, a junior from Battle Creek, on alto saxophone; Celeste Gruber, a freshman from South Haven, on clarinet; Katelyn Harmon, a freshman from Augusta, on euphonium; Anne Marie Keisic, a senior from Sterling Heights, on flute; Michael Ryan, a junior from Eastpointe, on tuba; and Blake Walters, a freshman from Olivet, on alto saxophone.

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