Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School Student Selected to Learn from World-Renowned Concert Pianist

Submitted by Plainview-Old Bethpage Schools.

Plainview-Old Bethpage School District’s Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School sixth grader Harold Watkin-Fox is one of 100 students chosen from a pool of applicants from New York State who participated in the 101 Pianists event on Oct. 26.

Harold Watkin-Fox participated in a master class with internationally renowned concert pianist Lang Lang, where he enjoyed first-hand experience playing beside a professional pianist. After the class, Harold performed ‘Marche Militaire No. 1’ and Mozart’s ‘Rondo all Turca’ with fellow recipients for a concert at the Tilles Center.

The Lang Lang Foundation is a prestigious organization that aims to inspire and motivate the next generation of classical music lovers and performers, and to encourage music performance at all levels as a means of social development for youth, building self-confidence and a drive for excellence.

Photo Plainview-Old Bethpage School District’s Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School sixth grade student Harold Watkin-Fox (center) poses with music teachers, Renee Ashley and Maria McCumiskey, Principal John McNamara and Director of Music, Joshua Golbert after selected to participate in the prestigious “101 Pianists” Master Class and Performance with internationally-renowned concert pianist Lang Lang.