Every year, Trinity sends a new batch of students into their futures. From pursuing higher education, to joining the workforce or the army, everyone chooses a path based on their passions and goals. From all of these possibilities, many of Trinity’s students decide to pursue music, by choosing to major or minor in something related to music and by pursuing it in extracurriculars.
The music department has 21 seniors that are graduating in 2026. Among these seniors are Alisabeth Bushko and Addison Davis. From the Trinity High School Chamber Choir to the Washington Symphony Orchestra, these seniors have gotten a wide variety of music experience throughout their education. All of these experiences have led them toward continuing their musical involvement in their undergraduate education.
At Waynesburg University, Davis will be majoring in Creative Writing and minoring in Musical Theatre. She has been participating in musicals since 6th grade and has also been part of the THS Chamber Choir and Washington County Band and Choir Festival.
“I’d love to make a career out of writing, but musical theatre is my passion, so I want to learn more about it and keep doing musicals throughout college. Currently, I am writing a book that I hope to finish by the end of college, and I would like to be an author after that. I definitely want to do community theatre or work at the Benedum after college as well,” stated Davis.
Trinity’s Music Department has a ton to offer, which allows students to get involved early on in their education and build up their resumes, especially if they have goals of pursuing a career in music.
Davis is very grateful for her experiences in Trinity’s musical department and commented, “It helps you become more creative and gives you a wonderful community of people. It’s especially good if you’re shy because it helps you gain confidence. It’s just a lot of fun.”
Bushko will be attending Pennsylvania State University and majoring in Music Education. Here, she is looking forward to many new opportunities to improve her musicianship and play with higher level groups.
Bushko shared, “I chose Penn State because the music department is very diverse in skill level. There’s people from all over. The department is also super big and well known.”
Bushko has played the viola for nine years, and she’s been a part of the Washington Symphony Orchestra for three years. She has also participated in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Orchestra Festival. With all of her performance experience, Bushko decided to major in Music Education rather than something solely performance based.
“Keeping music as something in my everyday life helps me mentally because it’s something I really enjoy. I know that my music teachers made music fun and it was something I always looked forward to, and I want to give that back to kids. I also think showing yourself that you are capable of hard work is really rewarding,” explained Bushko.
In the future, Bushko hopes to become a high school orchestra director, and she hopes to achieve this goal by making professional connections through her future student teaching endeavors and string teachers festivals. Luckily, there are a ton of opportunities to build on musical passions in many lines of work, whether it be in community theatre or in a sold-out concert.
Davis advises, “I would say don’t be scared. If it’s something you really really love, it will make you a whole lot happier than doing something you hate, even if something else seems more reliable from the outside.”
Bushko and Davis will surely take many of the opportunities they’ve had throughout their time at Trinity and turn them into successful careers where they can do what they are passionate about for years to come.
