Performing Arts Department
The Kettering Fairmont High School band department is currently made up of over 250 students and is under the direction of Michael Berning with assistance from Andrew Carr and Dan Nicora. The department consists of four concert bands, three jazz groups, the Marching Firebirds, the pep band, indoor percussion ensemble, the winter guard, and other various groups. The Kettering Fairmont Marching Firebirds has consistently received superior ratings at OMEA adjudicated competitions and performs at Fairmont varsity football games as well as the annual Kettering Holiday at Home Parade. The department has received numerous honors at adjudicated events and has been represented at the OMEA Professional Conference many times.
The Kettering Fairmont Music Department consists of an orchestra (directed by Richard Wright), choir and band department with over twenty active ensembles. The Kettering Fairmont choir department consist of symphonic choral, mens choir, and woman's chorus. After school they have illusion show choir and two a cappella groups Fusion and Eleventh Hour. The a cappella group Eleventh Hour was a contestant on the second season of the TV show The Sing-Off. The group was eliminated in the second episode.
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