Parsippany Student Named Among Best Musicians In Morris

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Michelle Inn is just a junior at Parsippany High School, but she’s already spent two years as the trumpet section leader in the marching band.

It’s because of that success Inn has been nominated and named as a Mayo Performing Arts Center Music Student Of The Month.

Inn was nominated by teacher Gregory Dalakian, who wrote:

Michelle Inn has served as our Trumpet Section Leader in the PHS Marching Band for the last two years. She is a great player and excellent role model to her peers. She works relentlessly as a Section Leader to motivate and improve her section. Just this past season, Michelle had a very exposed trumpet solo during a part of our field show and nailed it every time! She is an outstanding band member on and off the field and a great representation of what our marching band stands for: Pride, Honor, and Spirit. I hope you consider Michelle Inn for this great honor.

Inn was joined by 10 other students from around Morris County who have excelled in their own horn sections. The group was honored at the Morristown theatre on Thursday, Jan. 7.

Pictured: Haley Asbury, Grade 8, Mount Olive Middle School, Budd Lake; Lorraine Clark, Grade 8, John Hill School, Boonton; Shannon Flynn, Grade 12, Jefferson Township High School, Oak Ridge; Michelle Inn, Grade 11, Parsippany High School, Parsippany; Steven Sack, Grade 8, Copeland Middle School, Rockaway; David Stein, Grade 10, Morristown High School, Morristown; Alexander Stuart Grade 12, Chatham High School, Chatham; Kelly Sun, Grade 12, Randolph High School, Randolph; Brianna Ziegler, Grade 8, Richard Butler Middle School, Butler, Kathleen Walsh, Grade 10, Roxbury High School, Roxbury; Jane Kurek, Provident Bank Foundation. Photo Courtesy Mayo PAC