Tag: Petersburg High School Band

Petersburg School District’s new music teacher prepares students for in-person winter concert

by Angela Denning | Dec 9, 2021 | Featured News, Local News, News | 0

Petersburg middle and high school bands will be performing in winter concerts Dec. 14, 15 at the Wright Auditorium. The high school band will take the stage Tuesday at 7 p.m. and the middle school on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Last year, the students couldn’t perform in front of a crowd because of the COVID pandemic. They are able to this year with mitigation measures in place and they will be led by new music director Charlie O’Brien. He’s been teaching in Petersburg for about a month.

Long-time Petersburg Music Director leaves for new job in Ketchikan

by Angela Denning | Aug 31, 2021 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0

Kids started school in Petersburg Tuesday without a permanent music teacher. Long-time Music Director, Matt Lenhard, said goodbye to the school district after 23 years. He’s taking a job at Ketchikan High School where he will teach only high school band. Here he taught music at all three schools from third through 12th grade. The Ketchikan job was a last minute opening in July.