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Garden City Students Featured at All-County Music Festival

Show off their talents at the Tilles Center.

Seventy-six music students from the Garden City School District competed in the 75th All-County Music Festival, held Jan 9-16 at the Tilles Center on the campus of C.W. Post.

The Nassau Music Educators Association presents the annual festival, which brings together hundreds of the top music students, from elementary school through high school.

Garden City students are always well represented at All-County, and this year was no different.

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“I am extremely proud of the hard work our teachers and parents obviously put towards providing our students with wonderful experiences in music performance,” said Dr. Nina Prasso, district coordinator of music and the arts. “Being chosen for such a prestigious event is a great honor and reflects the many long hours of practice and dedication that our students have invested in music."

Dr. Prasso said students were chosen through a rigorous assessment process. “The annual All-County Festival is an integral part of our music department’s curriculum and is the highest honor a music student in Nassau County can achieve at the various levels,” Dr. Prasso said.

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Congrats to all the Garden City students who took part in the All-County Festival:

Garden City Middle School
Band: Caroline Allen, tuba/sousaphone; Kyle Ascher, baritone/euph.; Michael Crappotta, French horn; Olivia Decurtis, flute; Maxwell Guarnieri, baritone/euph.; Caroline Kaczynski, trombone; Bridget Shea, French horn; Cole Sonner, French horn

Chorus: Hannah Ardito, soprano; Brendan Coors, alto; Emily Economos, soprano; Gabrielle Marcoux, soprano; Allison Schmidt, soprano;

Jazz Piano: Andrew Andron, piano

Orchestra: Jocelyn Cheng, violin; Andrea Choi, violin; Emma Gong, violin, James Rumsey, viola; Leslie Wann, viola; Seunghyun Woo, cello

Garden City High School
Band: Daniel Bonchonsky, baritone/euph.; Matthew Boonshaft, baritone/euph.; Marissa Burdi, trumpet/cornet; Kevin Calame, mallets; Alex Della Ratta, tuba/sousaphone; Caitlin Gallant, baritone/euph.; Thomas Lilly, trombone; Aidan Logan, tuba/sousaphone; Emilio Martinez, trumpet/cornet; Valerie Nuzzolo, Bb clarinet; Robert Pietrzak, trumpet/cornet; Kimberly Ryan, French horn; Chris Saeli, tuba/sousaphone; Catherine Sullivan, Bb clarinet

Chorus: Justin Bergson, tenor; Alix Dellapenna, soprano; Alexandra Lambraia, alto

Mixed Chorus: Ronald Giumenta, baritone; Michael Lyons, tenor; Christopher Regan, tenor

Orchestra: Matthew Abruzzo, bassoon; William Clarke, French horn; Elizabeth Gee, violin; Jan Gong, cello; Katie Herbst, French horn; Jonathan Kramer, oboe; Victoria Liu, harp; Emily Spain, viola

Women’s Chorus: Jennifer Jaeger, alto; Joanna Malaszczyk, soprano; Caroline Mcquade, alto; Sarah Rudkin, alto; Erica Schroeder, alto; Emma Volz, alto; Anne Wilder, alto; Jillian Yoo, soprano

Stewart School
Band: Brandon Gong, Bb clarinet; Victoria Nuzzolo, flute

Chorus: Lauren Brivio, soprano; Greta Jaye, soprano; Jillian Marino, alto; John Murphy, alto; Tyler Soutar, alto

Orchestra: Kaylah Bozkurtian, violin; Florentia Petrides, violin; Alexis Varano, violin

Stratford School
Band: Ellen Gaine, flute; Alan Jian, Bb clarinet

Chorus: Andrew DeSantis, soprano; Stephen Iovino, soprano; Rose Kelly, alto; Amanda Nastasi, alto; Alexis Grace Spera, alto

Orchestra: Aidan Serkes, violin; Seungmin Woo, violin

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