9 Port Chester High School Students Chosen for Area All-State Music Fest

Nine Port Chester High School students recently were selected to participate in the annual New York State School Music Association’s (NYSSMA) Area All-State Music Festival, according to school officials.

High school musicians from Westchester County were selected for the Area All-State Festival based on their audition at last spring’s NYSSMA Solo Evaluation Festival. Students will attend three rehearsals in the weeks prior to their performance.

The festival will be held at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College on Thursday, November 5, at 8:00 p.m.

The nine Port Chester students selected are:

For the Area All-State Mixed Choir are Elizabeth Montemurro and Briana Velazquez, sopranos; Danielle Winchester, alto; and Michael Bansey and Robert Perrone, tenors.

For the Area All-State Women’s Choir are Taylor Masi and Gisella McCallion, altos. Linda Ventura is the students Port Chester High vocal music teacher.

For the Area All-State Band are Samuel Brown and Charles Simmons, trombones. Their school band director is Robert Vitti.

The conductors for the various state groups are: Dr. Steven Fryling, Mixed Choir; Jing Ling-Tam, Women’s Choir; Patrick Burns, Band; Jonathan Handman, String Orchestra; and Dale Lonis, Symphony Orchestra.

For ticket information, call the SUNY Purchase ticket office at 914-251-6200.

Photo: From left, front row, Elizabeth Montemurro, Taylor Masi, Gisella McCallion, Briana Velazquez and Danielle Winchester. Back row, Robert Perrone, Samuel Brown, Michael Bansey and Charles Simmons. Photo credit: Port Chester High School