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According to Greg Bennett, K-12 music department chair and director of the Chamber Singers, Women's Chorale, and Pipers, the Chamber Singers received an Excellent rating, the Women's Chorale received a Superior rating, a Best In Class Award, and additionally received the Festival Disney Silver Award for having the highest combined scores in their classification. The Pipers received a Superior rating and a Best In Class Award and the Men's Chorus, directed by Kathryn Hopper and Lucas Rau, received an Excellent rating.
Two students, Melanie Velasquez and Paul Strachan Jr., received Outstanding Soloist awards as well.
"I am incredibly proud of each and every one," said Bennett. "These 51 students are to be commended for their efforts and they are shining examples of Middie Pride not only today, but every day."
Bringham Concert raises scholarship funds and showcases
staff talents
MARCH 2008The
Brigham Concert, held March 7, at the high school,
brought out over 100 guests and helped to raise over
$670 for the Brigham Scholarship fund.
The scholarship, instituted in honor of John Brigham, a Middletown music teacher who passed away in 1991, is a scholarship awarded each year to a graduating high school senior who is planning to major or minor in music in college. Each year, Middletown music staff members host the concert to raise funds for the scholarship by putting on a variety of musical acts and this year was no exception. Staff from the high school, middle and elementary schools all participated!
According to Greg Bennett, K-12 music department chair, the recipient of the scholarship will be announced after all applications from MHS students have been reviewed.
Students selected to Orange County Music Educators' Association's All CountyFEB.2008The following students have been selected as members of the 2008 Orange County Music Educators' Association's Middle School All-County ensembles:
 Students in the Pipers performed for Truman Moon & Maple Hill students on Feb. 14. |
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Pipers sing and dance for students
FEB.2008The Middletown High School Pipers performed for students at Truman Moon and Maple Hill Elementary School on Feb. 14. The group sang and danced to various selections including: "Knock On Wood," "My Strongest Suit," from Disney's "Aida," "Do You Love Me," "But It's Alright," "Hot, Hot, Hot," and "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch."
The Pipers are set to compete at Disney in April and used their district-wide tour as extra practice and as a way to connect with younger students that may one day be interested in being a Piper too. After their routine, students took time out to meet students and answer some questions.
Students selected
to the 2008 Orange County Music Educators'
Association's High School All-County ensembles
NOV.2007Congratulations
to the following student members of the Middletown
High School Music Department, who were announced
today as being selected to the 2008 Orange County
Music Educators' Association's High School
All-County ensembles. The students performed
rigorous musical audition materials for a panel of
judges and were selected as this year's ensembles
members, along with their fellow peers from across
Orange County, who are will comprise the High
School All-County ensembles at a festival to be
held at Warwick Valley High School at the end of
January.
Alexandra Haines (Soprano)
MHS student
selected to perform with the New York All-State Wind
Ensemble
OCT.2007David
Turken, a junior tuba player at MHS, was selected to
perform with the New York All-State Wind Ensemble on
Saturday, December 2, 2007, at the Eastman School of
Music in Rochester, NY. He is the first student from
MHS ever selected to perform with the All-State Wind
Ensemble.
David will participate with 50 other outstanding musicians from around NYS, under the direction of Dr. Peter Boonshaft from Hofstra University. David was selected on the basis of his NYSSMA solo audition last spring and of the approximately 9,000 students that auditioned, only 900 were selected to perform in the All-State ensembles. David was the only tuba player in Zone 9 (Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, and Rockland counties) to receive a perfect score of 100.
MHS students selected to NYSSMA Area All-State Honors Ensembles
OCT.2007The Middletown High School Music Department is very proud to extend congratulations to the following student-musicians from Middletown High School who have been selected to the 2007 New York State School Music Association's Zone 9 Area All-State honors ensembles:
The students selected were chosen based on the scores that they received during the Spring Solo Evaluations, and have been picked from a pool of the best student-musicians in Orange, Ulster, Rockland, and Sullivan counties. They will be taking part in the Area All-State festival, which is being held this year at Monroe-Woodbury High School on Friday, November 16, 2007, and Saturday, November 17, 2007.
Fine Arts calendar
set for school year
SEPT. 2007The 2007-08 Fine Arts calendar has been
created by Gregory Bennett, K-12 Music Department
Chair, and is now available online.
Click here to view it!
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