Long Beach Music Students to Perform at String Festival

Submitted by Long Beach School District

Two Long Beach High School students and one Long Beach Middle School student were selected to participate in the Long Island String Festival Association concerts based on the outstanding results they achieved at New York State School Music Association festivals.

Victoria Epstein, Claire Ezratty and Leah Cohen represent the most skilled and talented string musicians at their respective grade levels and will perform in mid-November.

Epstein, a senior, will be participating in LISFA for her fourth time playing violin. She has also participated in All County five times and was recently selected to the All-State Symphony Orchestra. Epstein is a member of the National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society and Model Congress.

Ezratty is a freshman and plays the cello. This will be her third time performing for LISFA and she has also been an All County participant twice. During the summer, Ezratty traveled to China where she was part of a tour ensemble that performed in several cities.

She is member of the high school’s Chamber Orchestra and plans to join Pit Orchestra, and is also involved in Model Congress.

Cohen, an eighth-grader, was chosen to be part of LISFA for her first time. She has played the cello since the fourth grade and is part of the middle school’s Chamber Orchestra. Cohen also participates in the school musicals and has volunteered at the Long Beach Public Library.

For the past four years, the district has been identified a Best Community for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation, and Long Beach students continue to earn outstanding recognitions in music and the arts.

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