Northport HS Senior Selected To All-Eastern Honors Ensembles

NORTHPORT, NY — Evan Johnson, a student-musician at Northport High School, was chosen for the biennial 2023 All-Eastern Honors Ensembles, organized by the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME), the Northport-East Northport School District announced.

Johnson, who plays tuba, was selected for the All-Eastern Honors Concert Band. He is a member of the Northport High School Symphonic Winds, Symphony Orchestra and the Tiger Marching Band.

He has performed in school musicals and productions, was selected for the New York State School
Music Association (NYSSMA) All-State festival in 2022 and was also selected for the NYSCAME/SCMEA Honors Concert Band.

Johnson is taught by music teacher Lynn Cromeyn, the NHS Symphonic Winds director and NHS Tiger band director.

Being selected to All-Eastern Honors Ensembles is one of the highest music honors a high school student can receive, the district wrote. Thousands of students audition for this honor during the spring at both solo and ensemble festivals throughout the East Coast. Additionally, this year NAfME considered students who participated in All-State ensembles in 2022 or were named as alternates.

The 2023 NAfME All-Eastern Honors Ensembles will take place in March at the Eastman School of Music Theater in Rochester. This special event will include several rehearsals with the 2023 All-Eastern Conductors, workshops with renowned clinicians and each ensemble will perform together at the Eastman School of Music Theater.

"Congratulations and best of luck to Evan!" the district wrote.