Zone 11

Welcome to the NYSSMA Zone 11 page! Please see below for 2023-2024 festival dates and information.
 

**Please reach out to your school music teacher with festival-related questions before emailing the Zone Rep**

Kimberly Dunkin, Zone 11 Representative
Blue Mountain Middle School
7 Furnace Woods Road
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567
zone11@nyssma.org
 

**Please reach out to your school music teacher with festival-related questions before emailing the Zone Rep**

 
Westchester County School Music Association (WCSMA):
Jamie Stroffolino, President
jstroffolino@lakelandschools.org

 

2023-2024 Area All-State Dates: All rehearsals and concerts at New Rochelle HS

Area All-State Rehearsal #1
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 
 
Area All-State Rehearsal #2
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
 
Area All-State Concerts:
BAND: Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 1:00
ORCHESTRA: Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 5:00
CHORUS: Sunday, November 5 at 1:00
 
Register by June 30, 2023 at https://aas.dacapomusicfestivals.com
 

2024 Majors Festival Dates:

May 28-31
(Instrumental on 5/28 and 5/29, Choral on 5/30 and 5/31)
Jamie Stroffolino, host
Register at NYSSMA website
 

2024 Solo Festival Dates:

 
Strings I-IV Festival, including All Levels Harp and Classical Guitar
April 12-13, 2024
Blind Brook
Don Whitman, host
Register at Da Capo
 
Down-County  – NO classical piano, harp, guitar, NO Strings I-IV, no jazz
May 3-4, 2024
Pelham HS
Andrew Van Bochove, host
Register at Da Capo
All-State applications must be completed at: NYSSMA Website
 
Up-County Festival/All Jazz – no classical piano, harp, guitar, NO Strings I-IV
April 26-27 2024
Horace Greeley HS (Chappaqua)
Kathleen Feldman, host
Register at Da Capo
All-State applications must be completed at: NYSSMA Website
 
Piano Festival
May 31-June 1
Ardsley HS
Susan Lee-Chong & Lisa DeFrenza, hosts
Register at Da Capo
 
 
 
 

Solo/Ensemble Fee Schedule

Solo & Ensemble – Levels 1-4 – $16 
Solo & Ensemble – Levels 5-6 – $24 
All State  – $30
Piano – Levels 1-4 – $22
Piano – Levels 5-6 – $30

Major Organization Fee Schedule 

Majors—Level 1-3 (30 min.) $150
Majors—Level 4 (35 min.) $180
Majors—Level 5-6 (45 min.) $225