Manchester High School Band to be Featured in Episode of WKAR's Forte

Jared Throneberry directing the Manchester High School Band recording for WKAR's Forte. Photo courtesy of WKAR.

The Manchester High School Band, led by their director Jared Throneberry, will be featured on an upcoming episode of Forte on WKAR Network. Forte, a WKAR original series, features inspiring stories of Michigan high school musicians. The episode featuring Manchester will air at 5:30 pm on Saturday, October 17th on WKAR-HD (23.1). A special radio edition of the episode will air the next day on Sunday at 3 pm on 90.5 FM.

At last year's festival, the Manchester High School Band earned a division two; this Forte episode, hosted by WKAR's Peter Whorf, explores Throneberry’s hope for a division one rating and the opportunity to go to the State Festival. It also includes full preview performances of "Chant Rituals," by Elliot Del Borgo and "Amazing Grace," by Frank Ticheli, recorded especially for Forte in WKAR Studio A at Michigan State University.

After airing, this episode will be available for on-line viewing HERE as well as with the PBS app on many different platforms.

Forte is supported in part by Worthington Family Foundation, Marshall Music and MSU Federal Credit Union. The WKAR Network is part of Michigan State University's College of Communication Arts and Sciences. The WKAR Network provides mid-Michigan and the global community with award-winning original programming and the best from PBS and NPR.

photo courtesy of WKAR

photo courtesy of WKAR

photo courtesy of WKAR

photo courtesy of WKAR

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.