Barret Ham Featured in Telegraph's Education Notebook.
2/2/2010
The following appears in Monday, February 1st's Education Notebook in the Macon Telegraph:
FPD middle-schooler plays sax in national competition
First Presbyterian Day School seventh-grade saxophonist Barret Ham is competing in March in New Mexico in a national Junior Woodwinds Competition.
Ham was the division winner in the Music Teachers National Association Junior Woodwinds Competition, earning him a chance to compete nationally.
Ham has studied the saxophone for two years and is currently a student of Montgomery Cole at Mercer University.
Ham also plays in the FPD Symphonic Band, the Spirit of the Vikings Marching Band and the FPD Jazz Ensemble led by band director Jonathan Baker.
If Ham, son of Bill and Betty Ham, wins at the national competition, he will receive a cash prize and will perform in a concert during the conference. |