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Music Announcements and News
On Wednesday, October 21st the US Marine Band stationed in Albany, Georgia performed for the East Meadow High School music students. This outstanding band was on tour for the week in the Long Island area. After the performance, students from the East Meadow High School Wind Ensemble played side by side with the Marine Band, participating in a clinic. This was a wonderful experience for our music students, not only to hear very high caliber musicianship, but to play with and experience what it is like to play in a top quality professional ensemble.
The East Meadow Jet Marching Band is comprised of 19 color guard, 30 percussionists and 211 instrumentalists, totaling 260 members.
The faculty of the East Meadow High School Marching Band includes:
Band Directors: Joel Levy, Stephen Engle, David Fletcher and Chris Hale
Color Guard Director: Monica Dekel
East Meadow All-State Musicians
Congratulations to the following very talented music students who were selected to perform in the All-State Music Conference held in Rochester from December 3 through December 6, 2009.
Jaclyn Adler Symphonic Orchestra EMHS
Samuel Pollenz Symphonic Band EMHS
Michael Metzger Symphonic Band EMHS
Kalynn Smith Wind Ensemble WTCHS
Nancy Son Wind Ensemble WTCHS
Emily Mervosh Wind Ensemble WTCHS
Jason Wang String Orchestra WTCHS
Leslie Ratner Mixed Chorus WTCHS
Nicholas Mervosh Symphonic Band WTCHS
Kathryn Luecken Symphonic Orchestra WTCHS
The following students are to be highly commended for being selected as All-State Alternates.
Mitchell Bernstein EMHS
Alex Hoffman EMHS
Timothy Nevins EMHS
Frank DeChirico EMHS
Emily Ilson EMHS
Jonathon Lubrano, EMHS
Simon Lee, EMHS
We are extremely proud of their accomplishments! Congratulations to their outstanding teachers!
The following students were recipients of Summer Music Scholarships from the Nassau Music Educators Association:
NY Summer School Music Festival:
Eric Ratner WTCHS
NYS Summer School of the Arts:
Emily Mervosh WTCHS
Nicholas Mervosh WTCHS
Emily Mervosh, of W.T. Clarke High School has been named one of two Long Island Scholar-Artists for the month of February
This past summer, a committee of arts educators worked diligently to analyze each application for academic and artistic achievement, and had the difficult job of choosing students worthy of the Scholar Artist honor.
We are extremely proud that Emily Mervosh has been named one of two Long Island Scholar-Artists for the month of February. This choice was based on her dedication to her musical studies, her completed application and artistic presentation, her grade point average, and her outstanding letters of reference.
The Scholar-Artist program was established last year by school and community arts teachers and administrators and is sponsored by the Long Island Arts Alliance, with support from the Roslyn Savings Foundation. These organizations determined that selected Long Island students in music, visual arts, dance, theater, and media arts should be recognized for their accomplishments by featuring their stories in Newsday and on Newsday.com, and by presenting them to the public in an annual recognition event at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts.
Five Students Chosen to Perform with All-Eastern Performing Ensembles
The following students have been selected to perform at the MENC Eastern Division Conference to be held in Providence, Rhode Island from March 12th through March 15th:Sam Colbert, All-Eastern Chorus
Ryan Hochler, All-Eastern Band
Raquel Rozner, All-Eastern Chorus
Jason Wang, All-Eastern Orchestra
Avery Yurman, All-Eastern Band
Congratulations to these talented students and their talented teachers! Five students from East Meadow High School will be performing with the New York All-State Jazz Ensemble in Albany for “NYSSMA Day in Albany” on Monday, March 9. They will perform with at the Empire State Plaza and at a reception for New York State Legislators and staff.
The students include:
Alex Hoffman
Mark Adler
Evan Allen
Frank DeChirico
Ben Katz
SUNY Purchase Faculty Jazz Ensembles
On Friday, February 6th, the SUNY
Purchase Faculty Jazz Ensemble will be performing a concert for the
students of the Clarke and East Meadow High School music department in
the East Meadow High School Auditorium. The concert will begin at 10:30
and will conclude at 12:00.
This will be followed by a master class where
the SUNY Purchase faculty will work with the East Meadow High School Jazz
Ensemble. The SUNY Purchase Jazz faculty is made up of some of the finest
musicians in New York City. Each is a consummate artist in their own
right with extensive discographies and tour internationally.
In
attendance will be Jon Faddis on trumpet, Eric Alexander on Tenor
Saxophone, David Hazeltine on piano, Todd Coolman on bass, John
Abercrombie on guitar, Kenny Washington on drums. Such a collection of
musical talent has never before visited East Meadow High School and is
sure to provide a musical experience that the students will never forget.
East Meadow All-State Musicians
Congratulations to the following very talented music students who were
selected to perform in the All-State Music Conference held in Rochester
from December 4 through December 7, 2008.
Mark Adler Instrumental Jazz Ensemble EMHS
Evan Allen Instrumental Jazz Ensemble EMHS
Julia Beaudoin Symphonic Band EMHS
Frankie DeChirico Instrumental Jazz EMHS
Ryan Hochler Symphony Orchestra EMHS
Benjamin Katz Instrumental Jazz Ensemble EMHS
Raquel Rozner Mixed Chorus EMHS
Stephanie Skutzka Symphonic Band EMHS
Avery Yurman Symphonic Band EMHS
Katharine Claro Wind Ensemble WTCHS
Sam Colbert Mixed Chorus WTCHS
Molly Karcher Symphonic Band WTCHS
Jason Wang Symphony Orchestra WTCHS
The following students are to be highly commended for being selected as All-State Alternates.
Jonathan Llerandi EMHS
Christopher Miley EMHS
Nicholas Mervosh WTCHS
We are extremely proud of their accomplishments! Congratulations to their outstanding teachers!
All County 2009 Festival and Rehearsal Dates
NYSSMA Major Organization Festival
The following East Meadow School District performing groups will be participating in this year’s NYSSMA Major Organization Festival, which will take place at Hofstra University during the month of May:
East Meadow HS Jazz Ensemble, Stephen G. Engle, Director
W.T. Clarke MS Chamber Orchestra, Adrianna Donovan, Director
NYSSMA Day in Albany
Benjamin Katz and Mallory Feuer, East Meadow High School students, represented the East Meadow SD at NYSSMA Day in Albany by performing with the All-State Jazz Ensembles students from March 9thh through March 11th.
W.T. Clarke Middle School Emerald String Quartet has been selected as one of the winners in this year’s Young Ensembles’ Program, hosted by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The students in this quartet are Daniel Wang, Jordi Lotito, Joseph Palazzolo and Elisa Chang.
Long Island String Festival
4th Annual C.W. Post Band Festival
East Meadow High School Wind Ensemble, along with the C.W. Post Wind Ensemble, C.W. Post Symphonic Band, the Oyster Bay High School Wind Ensemble and the Tilles Festival Band, performed at the Tilles Band Festival on Sunday, March 2nd, at North Fork Hall at Tilles Centerr for the Performing Arts. Mr. Joel Levy was one of the three conductors.
International Trumpet Guild Young Artist Award
Steven Miller, a senior at East Meadow High School
The Children’s Orchestra Society
Aya Terki, a Woodland Middle School student, has been named the 2008 Junior Discovery Winner and will perform the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto with the Children’s Orchestra on Sunday, February 24th, at 4pm at the Queensborough Performingg Arts Center in Bayside, Queens.
Grammy Band Finalist
Evan Allen, an East Meadow High School junior, was a finalist on piano and saxophone for this year’s Grammy Band.
Marine Band Concerto Competition
Steven Miller, an East Meadow High School senior, passed the preliminary audition of the President’s Own Marine Band Concerto competition on November 15, 2007 and is a finalist. The winner will appear as guest soloist with the US Marine Biennial In-Service Conference in Milwaukee from April 9th through April 13th.
Nassau All-County Music Festival
One hundred sixty-eight students from the East Meadow School District were chosen to participate in the 2008 Nassau Music Educators Association All County Festival held at the Tilles Center from January 11th through January 13th.
Guest Composer Works with Woodland Seventh Grade Band
Robert Sheldon, conductor of this year’s All-County Division 4 Band, visited Woodland MS on Friday, January 11th, to work with Trish Dunn’s Seventh Grade Band. Mr. Sheldon was the guest conductor of last year’s All District Band and was commissioned to write a piece for the Seventh Grade Band this year. It was a wonderful opportunity for our students to work directly with the composer.
The premiere performance will take place at the Seventh Grade Concert on Wednesday, February 6th, at 7:00pm.
Guest Conductor Works with High School Band Students
Scott Teeple, conductor of the All-County Division 5 Band, visited both East Meadow and W.T. Clarke High Schools during All-County week to work with the W.T. Clarke HS Band and East Meadow’s Wind Ensemble and Ninth Grade Band. Students had an opportunity to work with this awe-inspiring conductor, who is on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
ART
The John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden
Shari Zimmerman’s W.T. Clarke High School art class has been selected for participation in the 2008 John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden Outreach Program. Competition for this year’s Outreach Program was keen with many applications reviewed from high school and middle school art and social studies classes throughout Nassau County. With only five grants to award, the process of selection was difficult. Art Supervisors Association’s All-County Exhibition
On Sunday, March 9, 2008, from 12 noon to 4:00pm, the Art Supervisors Association sponsored the fourth All-County exhibition of student artwork. The exhibition took place at the Ruth S. Harley University Center at Adelphi University. The exhibition is divided into five divisions, elementary through high school. The East Meadow School District is privileged to have had seventy-two students’ artwork exhibited at the art show.
Olympics of the Visual Arts
Eighteen East Meadow High School students participated in Olympics of the Visual Arts
on Tuesday April 1st. It was held in Saratoga Springs and 35 schools from all over New York participated. The Architecture group came in second place. Other East Meadow High School groups participated in the Photography, Painting and Illustration.
Art Supervisors Association Scholarship Recipients
The following students are the recipients of the Art Supervisors Association 2008 Scholarship Awards. They were recognized at a ceremony at the ASA All-County Art Exhibition at the Ruth S. Harley University Center at Adelphi University on Sunday, March 9, 2008.
Elizabeth Sadkowski, East Meadow High School
Julianne Zegers, W.T. Clarke High School
National Art Honor Society Induction Ceremony
The National Art Honor Society inducted W.T. Clarke High School students at a ceremony on Wednesday, March 26th, at 7pm in the Little Theatre at W.T. Clarke High School.
On Monday, April 28th, at 3pm, East Meadow High School students will be inducted in the National Art Honor Society.
Posted 04/05/08
East Meadow Students to Perform at
All-State Music Conference
Posted 9/4/07
Congratulations to the following very talented music students who
were selected to perform in the All-State Music Conference held in
Rochester November 29-December 2, 2007.
| Evan Allen | Wind Ensemble, EMHS | |
| Katherine Claro | Symphonic Band, WTCHS | |
| Sam Colbert | Mixed Chorus, WTCHS | |
| Andrew Dolgon | Symphonic Band, EMHS | |
| Mallory Feuer | Vocal Jazz Ensemble, EMHS | |
| Benjamin Katz | Instrumental Jazz Ensemble, EMHS | |
| Cassandra Leonardo | Wind Ensemble, WTCHS | |
| Steven Miller | Symphony Orchestra, EMHS | |
| Raquel Rozner | Mixed Chorus, EMHS | |
| Joan Snyder | Women's Chorus, EMHS | |
| Matthew Vogel | Symphony Orchestra, EMHS | |
| Avery Yurman | Symphony Orchestra, EMHS |
The following students are to be highly commended for being selected as All-State Alternates. They also received score of 100 on their NYSSMA All-State Evaluations:
| Melanie Adler | EMHS | |
| Molly Karcher | CHS | |
| Chris Miley | EMHS | |
| Karen Tapia | EMHS |
We are extremely proud of their accomplishments! Congratulations to their outstanding teachers!