The Orange County Music Educators’ Association Presents

THE HIGH SCHOOL ALL-COUNTY MUSIC FESTIVAL

2016

GUEST CONDUCTORS CHORUS

JOSEPH PICCIRILLO ACCOMPANIST

KRISTA SWEETER ORCHESTRA PHIL PREDDICE

BAND MANDY DESHRAGE

Cornwall Central High School New Windsor, New York

Saturday, January 30, 2016 4:00pm

CONCERT PROGRAM Greeting ……………........……………….………………..Ms. Kristin Henne

President, Orange County Music Educators’ Association Guest Speaker………………………………………………...Mr. Neal Miller

Superintendent of Schools, Cornwall Central School District

ORCHESTRA Dubinushka, Op. 62…………………………..…..Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

[Lucks] Muddle O’Lydian…………………..……………...……………Phil Preddice Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila….………...…Camille Saint-Saens

ed. Donald Miller/Clark McAlister [Masters]

America the Beautiful…………………………lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates music by Samuel A. Ward; arr. Philip Rothman

[Philip Rothman]

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Hello! Oh Margaret, It’s You from “The Telephone”……Gian Carlo Menotti Emily O’Connor (MV), Alto I [Schirmer]

Ms. Laura Evans, Piano Concerto K. 191…………………………………Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

transcription by Allen Ostrander Anthony Eckerson (MW), Euphonium [Musicus]

Mrs. Nicole Regan, Piano

CHORUS Festival Sanctus………….………………………………………John Leavitt

[CPP/Belwin] Under the Willow Tree………….…….………………………Samuel Barber

text by Gian Carlo Menotti [Schirmer]

With a Lily in Your Hand…………………………..…………..Eric Whitacre text by Frederico Garcia Lorca; English trans. by Jerome Rothenberg

[Santa Barbara] Lebenslust……………..…........................................................Franz Schubert

[Tetra] Ezekiel Saw de Wheel……………………………….arr. William L. Dawson

[Kjos]

BAND Mt. Everest………..………………..………………………..Rossano Galante

[Alfred] Perthshire Majesty………………………………………………Samuel Hazo

[Boosey & Hawkes] Brighton Beach March …………………………..…………William Latham

[Alfred] Arabian Dances……………………………..………………..Brian Balmages

[FJH]

WHY TEACH MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS?

MUSIC IS… … a science, mathematical, a foreign language, history, physical education, language arts, business, and technology.

MUSIC IS TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS… … not because one is expected to major in music, not because one is expected to perform all through life, not so one can relax, and not so one can have fun, but: So one will be human, so one will recognize beauty, so one will be sensitive, so one will be closer to an infinite beyond this world, so one will have more love, more compassion, more gentleness, more good, in short: MORE LIFE.

OF WHAT VALUE WILL IT BE TO MAKE A PROSPEROUS LIVING UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO LIVE?

Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Please refrain from the use of flash photography

during performances. OCMEA will provide a moment for pictures before each ensemble’s performance.

OCMEA High School All-County Orchestra

Violin I Anna Boese, G Kristina Boylan, MW Paul Brellis, MW Isabella Crisci, N Angela Fiedler, M Joshua Jeong, MW Lisa LaBarbera, MW Tapply Mann, M Ashleigh Pagano, G Nina Pasquini, G Gabrielle Passick, M Gretta Polsky, WV Hannah Ritz, G Manuel Rodriguez, N Kiley Rowe, G Jesse Shih, G Robert Siracuse, G Violin II Jade Bow, G Aislinn Comisney, WV Gianna Marie Diaz, G Morgan Farrow, MW Brianna Flood, WV Julia Grunes, MW Monica Ilieva, MW Benjamin Ip, MW Sophie Jaeger, MW Ada Johnston, N Daniel Lee, C Brooke Nilson, WV Keith Pacia, M Taylor Quattrocchi, WV Sandy Song, MW Matthew Tycott, MW Victoria Wander, WV Hannah Welshoff, G Judy Yim, G

Viola Fattum Abbad, G Matthew Anderson, MW Samirah Aziz, N Susana Cheng, M Polina Chizhov, MW Ravi Dhoklavia, MW Joseph Grazioso, M Lily Hafez, MW Emma McInerney, MW Davyd Mordvynenko, MW Angelica Padilla, MW Ashna Patel, MW Madeline Salino, MW Allan Sun, M Cameron Ten Eyck, M Rhiannon Tracey, MW Cello Kevin Curtis, MW Erin Cytryn, MW Natalie Davidson, MW Andrew Devaney, WV Jessica Leach, MW Mika Leonard, WV Anjani Maher, MW Alexis Newman, MW Alex Prizgintas, MW Grace Rocks, MW Katherine Santic-Centorcilli, M Camille Seliguini, C Kathleen Stamos, G Eileen Wang, MW Bass Jemma DeFeo, MW Louis Glickman, C Shannon Halligan, WV Collin Parsons, WV Elizabeth Pehush, G

Piccolo Jamie Marando, W

Flute Yena Lee, MW Jessica Packes, W

Oboe Chloe Borthwick, WV Jordan Mitchell, W

Bassoon Ce’Nedra Morales, MW Tess Lysyczyn, MV

Clarinet Joseph Favia, W Hannah Mellino, C

Bass Clarinet Julia DeSpigna, N

Trumpet Babatunde Ogunlade, W Zachary Siper, N Benjamin Kohn, W

Horn Jesslyn Bracco, W Richard DiVirgilio, W Erin McLoughlin, MW Matt Yoon, MW

Trombone Angela Prictoe, MW Oyindamola Ogunlade, W Nicholas Magarino, W

Tuba Francesco DiLello, MW

Percussion Joseph Brunning, M David O’Keefe, W Christian Johnson, MW

Timpani Blake Dellabough, WV

Mallets Nicholas Haines, M

OCMEA HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR

Phil Preddice is a graduate of the Crane School of Music where he studied viola with Lamar Alsop, Theodore Isreal, and Maurice Baritaud. His conducting studies were carefully guided by Professor Brock McElheran. Performances under the batons of Eugene Ormandy, James Levine, Stanley Chappel, Howard Hanson, Christopher Keene and Aaron Copland inspired Mr. Preddice to reach for new heights as a conductor. Mr. Preddice is the founding and Principal Conductor of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York-Suffolk Principal Orchestra since its formation in 2008. This ensemble of 90 members

performs concerts at prestigious Long Island concert halls and ends the season with a special performance at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Preddice is also the founding and Principal Conductor of the Crane Alumni Festival Orchestra. This ensemble founded in 2014, performs concerts to raise scholarship dollars for students wishing to pursue advanced music studies at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. Mr. Preddice also conducts State, Regional, and Summer Festival Orchestras. For many years, Mr. Preddice worked as Principal Conductor of the New York State Summer School of the Arts String Orchestra in Saratoga. This orchestra is administered by the New York State Education Department, and is coached by principal members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Mr. Preddice is a past President of the Suffolk County Music Educator’s Association, a past Executive Board member of Long Island String Festival Association, and a past Vice President of the New York State American String Teacher’s Association. He is currently retired from a career of 38 years as Orchestra director in the Commack, Shoreham-Wading River, and Three Village school districts.

Mr. Preddice is the recipient of the 2000 Helen Hosmer Excellence in Music Teaching Award, granted by the Alumni Association of the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam.

Music is always being played in the Preddice household. Wife Susan, daughter Alisa, son Jon, and daughter Leanne are all music teachers and active professional musicians. The Preddice Family String Quartet plays for brides and grooms throughout the Long Island and Metro NYC area. When he is not conducting, Mr. Preddice can frequently be found fishing on a quiet Adirondack pond or surf casting the rocky shoals of Montauk.

OCMEA High School All-County Chorus

Sopranos Kellie Baer, MW Alexandra Bassani, G Kianna Batista, C Rebecca Biddle, MV Christine Bjorkman, MW Adrian Cepeda, G Maya Diaz, W Cara DiMedio, C Paige Drews, MW Helena Eason, M Kayleigh Evans, MV Teresa Ferguson, G

Alexa Marie Fini, G Elizabeth Fischer, N Shelyce Fitzgerald, M Christina Galarza, M Samantha Gosda, N Valerie Harrison, PB Julia Hughes, C Bridget Kane, MV Michaela Kirwan, C Brianna Krupunich, PJ Natalie Kyvik, MW Jasmine Lites, MV

Chelsea Lyons, W Supriya Makam, N Sydney Mayo, C Lauren Mehling, WV Cinthia Morocho, HF Katie Murray, MW Jazmine Pena, PJ Tara Rao, C Kaitlyn Thiriot, HF Danielle Warn, W Laura Wurster, N Mackenzie Yankovich, HF

Altos

Abby Aguirre, MW Rose Alicea-Oliveras, M Liza Bautista, N Sara Beebe, MV Margaret Calzaretta, G Danielle Cheney, WV Abigail Circelli, MW Lindsey Cochran, C Darcy Conley, C Davgil David-Gil, G Brittany Deluca, PJ Victoria Duncan, MV

Corinne Grainger, MV Abigail Ilizirov, PJ Talia Itzcowitz, MW Gabrielle Rae Lacen, MW Patricia Leuschen, MV Gabriella Lugo, G Lorin Miller, MW Darriane Morley, PB Georgia Mottola, MW Emily O’Connor, MV Julianne Olsen, MW Shana Patrick, PJ

Savannah Prosperie, HF Sahana Rao, C Elizabeth Riley, N Aden Romero, CH Jewel Sanchez, M Emma Schilling, C Olivia Soto, W Imani Telesford, N Rose Tommasi, C Eliana Ulloa, WV Sarah Walker, WV Kai Whitehead, WV

Tenors

Joseph Alberts, N Ian Ball, WV Mason Battle, N Arianna Bermudez, CH Anthony Caraballo, WV Ryan Coloma, MW Will Corby, C Liam Ebner, HF Dovy Ehrenreich, MW Peter Fitzsimmons, PB Cameron Franke, C Salvatore Fratto, N

Vladimir Galitzine, WV Travis Gerhardt, WV Nicholas Grundig, G Will Isidro, MW Joe Johnson, C Nick Lee, C Brandon Lopez, G Joseph McInvale, HF Grace Neary, HF Richard Nevarez-Guevara, M Isaiah Olavarria, M Andrew Richardson, C

Alex Rodriguez, PJ Justin Ruiz, M Tyler Schacher, MW Zach Shrem, C Will Snyder, C Ethan Tuomala, WV Carl Tyce, HF Thomas Waizenegger, PB Benjamin Wall, M Stewart Williams, MV Jake Wu, C Philip Valluzzi III, G

Basses Daniel Aalfs, C Joseph Annicaro, PJ La’Shaun Armstrong, G Connor Atkinson, MW Kenneth Coote-Golston, G Nicholas Culmone, M Mike Doulin, C Aaron Dranoff, M Greg Fischer, N Gideon Gadson, PJ Darshan Harrison, N Joseph Horner, MV

Alejandro Jimenez, MW Samuel Johnson, M Liam Kelly, G Forest Knapp, M Evan Kowalczyk, G Noah Kriegel, WV Charles Longueira, C Timothy McNeilly, W Steven Mehling, WV William Melendez, MV Ian Miller, G Matthew Moment, MW

Rocky Nardone, MW Paul Nugent, MW Matthew Nummy, N Brandon Pierre, M Thomas Quinn, W Scott Rolon, SK Evan Sacco, MV Brian Scorcia, MW Cielomar Valencia, HF Cody VerValin, MW Skyler VonDeben, PB Joe Zamot, W

OCMEA HIGH SCHOOL MIXED CHORUS CONDUCTOR

Mr. Joseph Piccirillo is the K-12 District Supervisor of the Fine, Performing, and Practical Arts for the Vernon Township School District in Vernon, NJ. He previously worked as the K-12 Music Chairperson of the Nyack School District in Rockland County, NY and spent seven years as a music teacher at Bayside High School in New York City as the choral director and general music teacher. Mr. Piccirillo holds degrees in music from New York University and Westminster Choir College.

As a choral director, Mr. Piccirillo has led many choral groups, working with both children to adults from amateur to professional levels. His ensembles have performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Palace Theatre, and The United Nations. He has maintained partnerships with the National Chorale, Carnegie Hall, and the Collegiate Chorale, empowering his ensembles to perform with some of the best orchestras and ensembles in the world.

Mr. Piccirillo’s groups have sung alongside many of music’s most famous vocalists across a variety of styles, from Dee Snider to Bryn Terfel. As an employee of Carnegie Hall, he served as a rehearsal conductor for several major productions including Too Hot To Handel: The Gospel Messiah and Bernstein’s Mass with orchestras such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Additionally, he served as a director of Carnegie Hall’s “Count Me In” program for three years. Other conducting credits include the Rockland County All-County Chorus in 2014 and Principal Conductor of the New York City Salute to Music Chorus, an honors children’s chorus, and the Community Choral Society in Vernon, NJ. Mr. Piccirillo is also passionate about educational philosophy and has presented at several national conferences on his research. He has also written two musicals.

OCMEA High School All-County Band

Piccolo Emily Landsman, VC

Flute Leilani Potgieter, MV Lydia DeFusto, G Amanda Sanok, MV Emily Schacher, MW Shannon Brady, W Rachel Goldbaum, WV Jessica Savarese, WV Sarah Hendricks, W Erica DePietro, MV Janelle Gillespie, WV Katherine Gravel, N Corinne DeBeauvernet, PB

Oboe Dhaval Patel, N Katharine Edel, MW

Clarinet Lili DeGraw, PJ Gillian Wolf, MW Liam McNamee, PB Keerthi Radhakrishnan, PB Victoria Fenton, PB Amy Gonzalez, M Travis Wong, MW Victor Yang, MW Siddhi Balamurali, G Daniel Ip, MW Hailey Turner, PB Bailey Godson, G Joseph Skoufis, PB Nadine Schofer, HF Alex Cestari, W Allison Charles, W Christian Scileppi, C

Bass Clarinet Noah Francois, MW Daniel Burns, MV Bassoon Nicole Martinez, MV Matthew Negersmith, WV

Alto Sax Selia Pearl-Steiker, WV Luis Rojas, M Katelin Rasweiler, MV Kelsey Winstanley, C Tenor Sax Hayden Abrahams, MW James Ng, CH Baritone Sax Owen Moore, M Brandon Pessin, W Trumpet Amelia Horton, HF Austin Frandino, MW Christopher Pressimone, W Stephanie Hince, W Braden Frandino, MW Anna Derevensky, VC Justin Alicea, W John Zanin, C Alexandra Hendricks, W Adalhia Hart, PB Lane Dingwell, N Victor Miranda III, PJ Ariana Francois, PJ Abie Bitton, MW Angela Strelevitz, W Gabrielle Rath, PB French Horn Fred Mourad, MW Alyssa Vilda, C Abby Housberg, WV Adrianna Cicarelli, PB Tiffany Beckford, PB Sarah Hewitt, W Caleb Manheim, WV Grace Sander Effron, WV

Trombone Yejoong Kim, CH Kevin Ha, W Tara Andryshak, PB Ryann Mitchell, W Abigail Buck, W Matthew Goetz, MV John Roca, WV Jack Levitsky, WV Euphonium Matthew Pressimone, W Rebecca Ferguson, N Anthony Eckerson, MW Hannah Wanderling, MW Tuba Josh Manheim, WV Nicholas Solek, W Matthew DeCerbo, N Percussion Dirk Potgieter, MV Davis Brief, WV Isabella Skoufis, PB Rebecca Krammer, VC Matthew Schick, PB Timpani Tyler Coyne, WV Mallets AnnMarie Persad, WV

OCMEA High School Band Conductor

Mandy Fara DeShrage is a member of the music education faculty of the Syosset Central School District. She is currently a band director at South Woods Middle School. Prior to her appointment in Syosset, she was a band director at both Commack Middle School and George W. Hewlett High School. In addition, Ms. DeShrage is the conductor of the Nassau-Suffolk Honor Band, a select ensemble comprised of outstanding seventh and eighth grade instrumentalists from across Long Island.

Ms. DeShrage is a graduate of Hofstra University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education with a concentration in flute performance, graduating cum laude with honors. Ms. DeShrage also holds a Master of Arts degree in Wind Conducting from Hofstra University, where she served as the Graduate Conducting Associate to Dr. Peter Loel Boonshaft from 2005-2008, conducting both the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band.

Ensembles under Ms. DeShrage's direction have received numerous Gold with Distinction ratings at NYSSMA Major Organization Festivals. In addition, bands under her direction have performed at clinics and workshops for many composers and conductors such as Robert W. Smith, Christian Wilhjelm, and Sean O'Loughlin.

A composer of works for concert band and percussion ensemble, she is currently published by Row-Loff Publications. In addition, she continues to keep an active performance schedule. She is a founding member of the Long Island Flute Quartet and has performed with a number of regional orchestras and ensembles. She has studied flute and piccolo with Carol Wincenc, Patricia Spencer, Susan Deaver, Mindy Kaufman, John Oberbrunner, Ted Mordoff, John Littlefield and John Wion.

Ms. DeShrage maintains a private flute and conducting studio and is an active member of the Nassau Music Educators Association, the New York State Band Directors Association and the New York State School Music Association, for which she is a certified Major Organization and woodwind adjudicator. A frequent guest conductor and clinician for schools and festivals in the region, Ms. DeShrage has served as guest conductor for the Hampton Music Educators Association High School Honors Band Festival, Suburban Council (Albany) Music Festival, and Suffolk County Music Educators Association Division 2 East All-County Band.

2016 O.C.M.E.A SCHOLARSHIP DONORS

-------------- IN HONOR OF JONATHAN BRENT ARCANGEL

** IN MEMORY OF BRENT ARCANGEL

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Play music and meet new friends at the 2016 OCMEA

Summer Music Institute

Intermediate and Senior Band, Chorus, and Orchestra

Two-week summer institute open to students in grades 4-12

For more information or to register, e-mail

ocmeasummermusic@gmail.com or visit the OCMEA website

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND DIRECTORS Chester (CH)………………………………………..….…Rachel Scali Deborah Vitanza Cornwall (C)……………………………………….…….Vic Esposito

Kevin Franca Tony Ravinsky

Goshen (G)………………………………….………..Kristen Calohan Kristen Scully

Kimberly Longo Highland Falls (HF)………………………….………Thomas Cunane

Christopher Reynolds Sheehan Middletown (M)………………………..……….……Gregory Bennett

Robert Gavin Megan Gugliotta

Lucas Rao Minisink Valley (MV)…………….………………….……Joe Horner

Victor Izzo Thomas Stickney

Monroe-Woodbury (MW)……………………………...Lauren Buono David Crone

Bonnie Glazier Frank Petrocelli Richard Regan

Newburgh (N)……………………………….Monica Antonelli-Guido Hannah Blair Butler

Jillian Caci Chris Zoutis

Pine Bush (PB)…………………………………………….Brian Flint Robin Meade

Peter Prokopchak Ralph Wagner

Port Jervis (PJ)……………………………..….……Ruth Ann Gordon Dana Long

Storm King (SK)……………………………...…………Martin Smith Valley Central (VC)……………………………....Jennifer Santacroce Warwick Valley (WV)………………………………...Keely Blaikner

Noreen Hanson Chris Persad

Washingtonville (W)…………………………..…………..Jim Briggs Ari Contzius

Jeffrey Wurster

HIGH SCHOOL FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Site Chairs……....Vic Esposito/Kevin Franca/Tony Ravinsky (C) Orchestra Chair ...................................................Kevin Franca (C) Chorus Chairperson ........................................ David Crone (MW) Band Chairperson ............................................ Robert Gavin (HF) Audition Chairs..............Victor Izzo (MV) & Ralph Wagner (PB)

OCMEA OFFICERS President ............................................................ Kristin Henne (F) Vice President .................................................... Tracy Decker (C) Second Vice President ................................... Peter Giorgio (MW) Secretary/Membership ......................................Allegra Smith (M) Treasurer .......................................................... Laura Giorgio (W) Past President............................................. Anthony Ravinsky (C) Public Relations ...............................................Rachel Sopkin (W) Educational Director ........................................ .Allegra Smith (M) Auditions Scheduler.........................................Kathryn Lucas (M) Auditions Materials Coordinator ....................Ralph Wagner (PB) Assignor of Adjudicators—Band ......... Michelle DePasquale (W) Assignor of Adjudicators—Chorus ....... Barbara Vultaggio (MW) Assignor of Adjudicators—Strings............. Elissa Maynard (WV) Webmaster ................................................... John Lawrence (Ret.) Choral Librarians ................... Laura Kling & Steven Wing (MW) Instrumental Librarian .................................. Lenny Klopchin (W) String Librarian.............................................Lauren Buono (MW) Scholarships/Grants .............................. Michelle DePasquale (W) Advocacy Chair ........................................Thomas Stickney (MV)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cornwall Central School District

Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Neal Miller Cornwall Central High School Principal, Lynn Imperato

Cornwall Central High School Music Faculty: Vic Esposito, Kevin Franca, Anthony Ravinsky

Special thanks to CCSD custodial staff and food services. Music is the universal language, which establishes a common bond

among all subjects and people. It evokes passionate emotions in the heart and rekindles vibrant memories of the mind. What an

enormous impact music has on every aspect of our lives!