Riverhead High School Musicians Chosen To Attend Music Festivals

Several Riverhead High School Musicians have been chosen to attend (or are alternates to) the 11th and 12th grade All Suffolk County Festival sponsored by NYSCAME and SCMEA, the All State Music Festival in Rochester and to the All National Music Festival in Nashville, TN.

Here are the students that have been chosen:

All National
Amy Methven (Violin)

ALL NATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL will conclude with a performance on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN, on October 29.

All State Music Festival
Peter Cook (trombone)
Michael Harris (Alternate) (alto sax)
James Rios (Alternate) (alto sax)

2014 NYSSMA All State Music Festival is held in Rochester, NY in December, 2014

11th & 12th Grade All County Music Festival

BAND -
Peter Cook (trombone)
Michael Harris (alto sax)
Nick Waldron (tuba)

CHORUS -
Chloe Halpin
Elise Littlefield

Thousands of students auditioned for this honor last spring at Solo and Ensemble Festivals throughout New York State. In order to qualify to attend these festivals, students must have received a perfect (or nearly perfect) score on their solos at the NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) Solo competition.*

*NYSSMA grades provide an objective standard that is used for acceptance to honors performing ensembles such as NMEA All-County and Long Island String Festival Association (LISFA), outside student music organizations such as Metropolitan Youth Orchestra and Gemini, many music camps, and should be included in college applications and recommendations.

The festivals also serve as audition sites for the All-State bands, choruses and orchestras for students in grades 10 and 11 who elect, in advance, to perform their level VI solo for an All-State adjudicator. (http://www.nyssma.org/parents-students/the-all-state-process/)

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