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West Islip Middle School Student A Third-Time Composing Winner
Beach Street Middle School student Sophia Stehlik was an award winning composer for the third year in a row.
WEST ISLIP, NY - From West Islip School District: The remarkable composing skills of Sophia Stehlik, a sixth-grader at West Islip’s Beach Street Middle School, were honored by the New York State School Music Association for the third consecutive year. Her original musical composition “The Haunted Mansion” will be featured at NYSSMA’s 22nd annual Electronic Music Composition Showcase at their Winter Conference, held in December in Rochester.
Stehlik previously won EMCS recognition, while a student at West Islip’s Paul J. Bellew Elementary School, in 2016 for “Avalanche” and in 2015 for “The Circus Train.” For the latter, she was the youngest student to ever receive this honor.
Photo courtesy of the West Islip School District
