Lockport Band Director Named American Bandmaster

LOCKPORT, IL- Brian Covey, the band director at Lockport Township High School, has been named into the American Bandmasters Association for his outstanding work in music.

According to a release from the District, the American Bandmasters Association, founded in 1929, recognizes outstanding achievement on the part of Concert Band conductors and composers.

The current membership comprises approximately 300 band conductors and composers internationally. There are only six high school band directors in the state of Illinois who have been invited for membership.

The objectives of ABA are:
· the recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of Concert Band and its music
· helpfulness and fellowship among members
· an increasingly higher standard of artistic excellence for the Concert Band, its performers, conductors, and literature
· a constantly greater contribution through the Concert Band to the musical life and culture of all peoples.

Photo provided by Lockport Township High School.