34 Syosset Student-Musicians Selected For All-State Conference

SYOSSET, NY - A total of 34 Syosset High School student-musicians have been selected to participate in the 82nd annual New York State School Music Association All-State Winter Conference.

The students will participate in the festival, either as active members of ensembles or as alternates, including some who were selected for multiple instruments.

“As the NYSSMA scores came in last spring, I knew that the All-State numbers would be high this year,” District Coordinator of Fine and Performing Arts Michael Salzman said. “But I never expected [it to be] this high. This is an incredible number of students to be recognized for their outstanding musical achievement!”

Congratulations to the following All-State student-musicians:

• Sami Ahn
• Matthew Ardizzone
• Stephanie Benedictus
• Gabrielle Bieder
• Sydney Chen
• Josephine Chuang
• Sean Han
• Allison Hsu
• Susanna Hur
• Maxwell Izakson
• Brandon Ji,
• Jihoon Jun
• Paige Kahn
• Joseph Kim
• Anthony LaBarca
• Thomas Lam
• Hannah Lee,
• Subin Lee
• Justin Lee
• Annie Lin
• Kalena Liu
• Nicholas Massimo
• Gabriela Mataras
• Ashkan Moghaddassi
• Aileen Park
• Jake Quadrino
• Harrison Rubin
• Madison Schatz
• Albert Shabaev
• Brandon Sung
• Callista Tse
• Derek Warshauer
• Emily Wong
• Charles Zandieh

This year’s NYSSMA All-State Winter Conference will take place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 in Rochester, NY.

Photo Caption: Syosset High School’s participants in the 82nd Annual NYSSMA Winter Conference are congratulated by Syosset School District Coordinator of Fine and Performing Arts Michael Salzman and Syosset High School Principal Dr. Giovanni Durante (pictured at far left, middle and front row, respectively) and orchestra teacher Stephanie Merten and band teacher Larry Ballereau. Missing from the photo is choral teacher Kristin Howell.

Photo courtesy of the Syosset School District