Published Stories
2023-2024 School Year
BROADCAST MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
Averill Park High School Student Selected for Conference All State (WNYT – 13)
Southern Tier Schools – Binghamton, Johnson City, Maine-Endwell, Norwich, Vestal High Schools (WNBF Radio)
Winter Conference Returns to Rochester (Spectrum1 News)
PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
Area All State
Albany City School District (District Website) Zone 2 Festival at Batavia (Orleans Hub)
Bethlehem High School (District Website)
Carmel High School (HamletHub)
Jamestown High School (Chautauqua Today) (Jamestown Gazette)
John Jay High School (Katonah Lewisboro Times)
Maine-Endwell Jr. High School (District Website)
Newburgh Free Academy (District Website)
Rye Country Day School (School Website)
Royalton-Hartland Jr. & Sr. High Schools (Orleans Hub)
Schuylerville High School (District Website)
Zone 1 Festival at Fredonia (Jamestown HS in Post-Journal)
Zone 2 Festival at Batavia (The Daily News) (Spectrum News) (Orleans Hub)
Zone 4 Festival at Phoenix (Oswego Co. Today)
Zone 9 Festival at Wallkill (The Chronicle) (Warwick Valley Schools’ Website) (S. Orangetown Schools’ Website)
Zone 10 Festival at (Putnam Co. News & Reporter)
Awards
John Fatuzzo (Guilderland Schools) – 2023 Early Career Achievement Award (Newsbreak) (District Website)
Kerry Mero (Boquet Valley Schools) – 2023 Established Educator Award (The Sun)
Syosset School District Recognized with Presidential Citation (Syosset Advance)
Conference All State (Rochester, NY)
Baldwin High School (LI Herald)
Bethpage High School (Bethpage Newsgram)
Bethlehem High School (District Website)
Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake (District Website)
Byram Hills High School (Chappaqua-Mount. Kisco Patch)
Connetquot High School (District Website)
Corning-Painted Post High School (District Website)
Division Avenue High School – Levittown (LongIslandMediaGroup.com) (District Website) (Mid-Island Times)
Earl L. Vandermeulen High School – Port Jefferson (District Website)
Elwood – John H. Glenn High School (Northport Patch)
Fayetteville-Manlius High School Ensembles Perform (District Website)
G. Ray Bodley High School (Oswego County Today) (District Website)
General Douglas MacArthur High School – Levittown (LongIslandMediaGroup.com) (District Website) (Mid-Island Times)
Great Neck High School North (Great Neck Record)
Half Hollow Hills High Schools East and West (Patch) (District Website)
Harborfields High School (District Website)
Herkimer Jr./Sr. High School (District Website) (Daily Sentinel)
Herricks High School (District Website)
Hicksville High School (Mid-Island Times)
Horace Greeley High School – Chappaqua (District Website)
Huntington High School (NewsBreak)
Irvington High School (River Journal) (District Website)
Jericho High School (Jericho/Syosset News Journal)
John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore-Merrick School District Website)
Lynbrook High School (District Website) (LIHerald.com)
New Lebanon High School Ensemble Performs in Rochester (District Website)
North Rose – Wolcott High School (District Website)
Oswego High School (Oswego County Today)
Paul D. Schreiber High School – Port Washington (District Website)
Patchogue-Medford High School – (Long Island Advance – Subscription) (Patch)
Pittsford Mendon High School (District Website)
Pittsford Sutherland High Schoool (District Website)
Rocky Point High School (District Website)
Rye Country Day School (School Website)
Salamanca High School (District Website) (Olean Times Herald)
Sanford H. Calhoun High School (Bellmore-Merrick School District Website)
Sayville High School (District Website)
Schoharie High School (District Website)
Smithtown High School West (Smithtown Patch)
Syosset High School (District Website) (Syosset Advance)
Tappan Zee High School – South Orangetown (District Website) (NewsBreak.com)
W.C. Mepham High School (Bellmore-Merrick School District Website)
Warwick Valley High School (District Website) (Warwick Advertiser)
Westfield High School Performs (Observer Today)
Electronic Music Showcase at Winter Conference
Sleepy Hollow Middle School Student (Patch)
Major Organization Festivals
West Genesee Intermediate School (District Website)
Music in Our Schools Month
Bethpage High School (District Website) (Bethpage Newsgram)
Scarsdale High School (Scarsdale Community News)
Solo & Ensemble Festivals
Bayport-Blue Point Elementary Students Team w/Tri-M for Festival Prep (District Website)
C.J. Hooker Middle School – Goshen (District Website)
Connetquot Elementary Students Team w/Tri-M for Festival Prep (District Website)
2022-2023 School Year
BROADCAST MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
NYSSMA Hosts National Association for Music Education’s 2023 Eastern Division (All Eastern) Conference in Rochester
WHAM (ABC) TV – Channel 13
WHEC (NBC) TV – Channel 10
WROC (CBS) TV – Channel 8
WXXI (NPR) Radio
Baldwin High School Wind Ensemble Performs at All State Conference (News12)
Vestal High School Conference All State (WICZ – Fox 40)
PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
Winter Conference Returns to Rochester
Life in the Fingerlakes Magazine
All Eastern
Garden City High School (Garden City News)
Lake Shore High School (Lake Shore Observer)
Lawrence High School (Five Towns Patch)
Seaford High School (LIHerald.com)
Syosset High School (Syosset Advance)
All National
Bethlehem High School (District Website)
Garden City High School (Garden City News)
Long Island (NEWSDAY)
Longwood High School (District Website)
Mamaroneck High School (Larchmont-Mamaroneck Patch)
Syosset High School (Syosset Patch)
Area All State
Albany High School (District Website)
Allegany County School Districts (Wellsville Sun)
Bethlehem High School (District Website)
Jamestown High School (Chautauqua Today)
Ellenville High School (Shawangunk Journal)
Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua (Zone 1) and Allegany (Zone 2) Counties (Akron Bugle)
Fredonia (Observer)
Hendrick Hudson High School (District Website)
Irvington High School (River Journal)
Jamestown High School (Jamestown Gazette)
Lyndonville High School (OrleansHub.com)
Mexico Academy (Oswego County Today)
Minisink Valley High School (District Website)
Our Lady of Lourdes High School (School Website)
Pinebush High School (Shawangunk Journal)
Port Chester High School (Port Chester Patch)
Solvay High School (District Website)
Tappan Zee High School (District Website)
Valhalla High School (District Website)
Warwick Valley High School (District Website)
Weedsport High School (District Website)
Conference All State (Rochester)
Auburn High School (AuburnPub.com)
Baldwin High School (LI Herald) (District Website)
Bellmore-Merrick JFK High School (District Website)
Bellmore-Merrick Mepham High School (District Website)
Bethlehem High School (District Website)
Bethpage High School (Long Island Media Group) (Mid-Island Times) (Newsgram)
Brewster High School (District Website)
Carmel High School (Hamlet Hub)
Catskill High School (HudsonValley360.com)
Centereach High School (District Website)
Commack High School (Long Island Media Group)
Cornwall High School (District Website)
Dunkirk High School (Observer) (Chautauqua Today)
Floral Park Memorial High School (District Website)
Fredonia High School (Observer)
Frewsburg High School (Post-Journal)
Garden City High School (District Website) (Garden City News)
Half Hollow Hills High School East (District Website) (HHH Patch)
Half Hollow Hills High School West (District Website) (HHH Patch)
Harborfields High School (District Website)
Harrison High School (District Website)
Hicksville High School (Mid-Island Times) (Nassau Observer) (Hicksville Patch)
Jamestown High School (Post-Journal)
John Jay High School (Bedford-Katonah Patch) (Katonah-Lewisboro Times – Subscription)
Lake Placid High School (Lake Placid News)
Lake Shore High School (Lake Shore Observer)
Lindenhurst High School (Beacon – Subscription)
Long Beach High School (Long Beach Patch) (District Website)
Longwood High School (District Website)
Lynbrook High School (District Website)
Massapequa High School (Massapequa Post – Subscription)
Mohonasen High School (District Website)
New Hyde Park Memorial High School (TheIsland360.com)
Newfield High School (District Website)
Oyster Bay High School (District Website)
Pittsford High School (District Website)
Port Chester High School (Port Chester Patch)
Port Washington (Paul D. Schreiber) High School (Port Washington News)
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School (District Website) (SpotlightNews.com)
Riverhead High School (Suffolk Daily Voice) (Riverhead Patch)
Rome Free Academy (Daily Sentinel)
Rondout Valley High School (Shawangunk Journal)
Roslyn High School (Hilltop Beacon – Student Publication)
Royalton-Hartland High School (District Website)
Saratoga Springs High School (Saratoga Today)
Schuylerville High School (District Website) (The Saratogian)
Shaker High School (District Website)
Shoreham-Wading River High School (District Website)
Syosset High School (Syosset Patch)
Tappan Zee High School (District Website)
Valley Stream Central High School (District Website)
Valley Stream North High School (District Website)
Walt Whitman High School (District Website)
West Islip High School (West Islip Patch)
William Floyd High School (LongIsland.com)
Awards
Harborfields’ Dan Bilawsky Receives Music Educator Innovation Award (District Website)
Longwood Central School District Receives Award of Excellence (District Website)
Major Organization Festivals
Schalmont High School (District Website)
Piano Showcase
Great Neck High School South (Great Neck Record) (District Website)
Syosset High School (Syosset Patch)
Young Composers
Potsdam High School (NorthCountryNow.com)
2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR
BROADCAST MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
Chenango Forks High School Choir Performs at All State Festival in Rochester (WBNG-TV)
Seton Catholic Performs in Albany as Part of MIOSM (WICZ Fox40)
Westmoreland CSD Hosts Area All State Festival (WKTV Channel 2)
PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
Local Music Educators Elected to Executive Council
Samantha McShane – Zone 10 Representative (HudsonValley360.com)
Westmoreland CSD Hosts Area All State Festival (Rome Daily Sentinel)
NYSSMA Returns with LIVE All State Conference
All National
East Meadow High School (East Meadow Patch)
All State Piano Showcase
William Floyd High School (Tri-Hamlet News)
All State Students
Bayport-Blue Point High School – (Sayville-Bayport Patch)
Bellmore-Merrick CHSD – Calhoun HS, Kennedy HS, Mepham HS (District Website)
Bethlehem High School – (Spotlight News.com)
Broadalbin-Perth High School – (Leader-Herald)
Camden High School – (District Website)
Chatham High School – (District Website)
Clinton High School – (District Website)
Dickerson High School – (Ithaca.com)
East Meadow High School – (District Website)
Elwood High School – (Northport Patch)
Farmingdale High School – (Farmingdale Patch)
Fayetteville-Manlius High School – (District Website)
Great Neck High School North – (Student Newspaper)
Guilderland High School – (Spotlight News)
Half Hollow Hills High School East Guitar Ensemble Performs in Rochester (Student Newspaper)
Half Hollow Hills High School East & West – (District Website)
Harborfields High School – (District Website)
Hastings High School – (District Website)
Hicksville High School – (Hicksville Patch)
Jericho High School – (Syosset Advance)
Lake Placid High School – (Lake Placid News)
Lindenhurst High School – (Lindenhurst Patch)
Lockport High School – (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal)
Longwood High School – (District Website)
Mahopac High School – (Southeast Brewster Patch)
Mineola High School – (The Island Now)
Monroe-Woodbury High School – (District Website) (Photo News)
New Hyde Park High School – (New Hyde Park Patch)
Northport High School – (District Website)
Our Lady of Lourdes High School – (School Website)
Rocky Point High School – (Long Island Media Group)
Roslyn High School – (District Website)
Sachem High Schools North & East – (District Website)
Saratoga Springs High School – (Saratoga Today)
Schoharie High School – (District Website)
Shenendehowa High School – (District Website)
South Orangetown High School – (District Website)
Suffern High School – (District Website)
Syosset High School (Syosset Patch) (Syosset Advance)
Tappan Zee High School – (District Website)
Valley Central High School – (District Website)
The Wheatley School – (District Website)
West Islip High School – (West Islip Patch)
Watertown High School – (Watertown Daily Times)
William Floyd High School – (Shirley-Mastic Patch)
Area All State Students
Chatham High School – (District Website)
Fayetteville-Manlius High School – (District Website)
Tappan Zee High School – (District Website)
Major Organization Festivals
Dobbs Ferry High School (Rivertowns Enterprise – Subscription)
North Colonie High School (District Website)
North Shore High School (Island360.com)
Oyster Bay – East Norwich Schools (Oyster Bay Patch)
Roslyn Middle School (Island360.com)
Shenendehowa High School (District Website)
Valhalla High School (District Website)
Valley Stream HS North (District Website)
President-Elect Russell Faunce Receives 2021 SUNY Potsdam Helen M. Hosmer Excellence in Music Teaching Award
Young Composers Featured at All State Conference
Ward Melville High School – (TBR News Media) (District Website)
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2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR
BROADCAST MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
NYSSMA Advocates to allow Students in School Music Programs to Perform.
WSYR-TV (Syracuse, NY)
News10 (Albany, NY)
2020 All State/Winter Conference Cancellation
WENY-TV (Horseheads, NY)
WHEC-TV (Rochester, NY)
WICZ-TV (Vestal, NY)
WSYR – TV (Syracuse, NY)
PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
NYSSMA Past-President Elected Eastern Division President-Elect
Michael Brownell Announced as NAfME Eastern-Division President-Elect (Cortland Standard)
2020 Cyber Summit w/ Renee Fleming
Livingston County News (Geneseo, NY)
Daily Messenger (Churchville-Chili)
2020 All State/Winter Conference Cancellation
Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, NY)
Evening Tribune (Hornell, NY)
Finger Lakes Times (Geneva, NY)
Monroe County Post (Canandaigua, NY)
Newsday (Long Island, NY)
All State Students
Adirondack High School (Clinton Record)
Brentwood High School (Brentwood Patch)
Brockport High School (Westside News)
Bronxville High School (Bronxville Patch)
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School (District Website)
C.W. Baker High School – Baldwinsville (District Website)
Cassadaga Valley High School ((Observer Today)
Catskill High School (Hudson Valley 360)
Centereach High School (District Website)
Chittenango High School (District Website)
Clarkstown High School South (District Website)
Clinton High School (Clinton Record)
Connetquot High School (Greater Long Island)
Deer Park High School (Deer Park/N. Babylon Patch)
Dunkirk High School (The Observer)
East Islip High School (District Website) (East Islip Patch)
East Meadow High School (L.I. Herald)
Edgemont High School (Scarsdale Inquirer – Subscription Only)
Farmingdale High School (Farmingdale Patch)
Fredonia High School (Dunkirk Observer)
G. Ray Bodley High School (District Website)
Gilbertsville-Mount Upton High School (NewsBreak.com)
Grand Island High School (District Website)
Guilderland High School (Altamont Enterprise)
H. Frank Carey High School (The Island Now)
Half Hollow Hills High Schools East & West (District Website)
Harborfields High School (Huntington Now)
Jamestown High School (Post Journal) (Chautauqua Today)
Lindenhurst High School (Lindenhurst Patch)
Longwood High School (District Website)
Manhasset High School (The Island Now)
Massapequa High School (Massapequa Observer)
Mexico High School (Oswego County Today) (Northern NY/Watertown Papers)
Miller Place High School (Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch)
Mineola High School (The Island Now)
Monroe-Woodbury High School (District Website)
New Hartford High School (Clinton Record)
New Hyde Park Memorial High School (The Island Now)
New Paltz High School (Hudson Valley Times)
Newfield High School (District Website)
Newark High School (Wayne Post)
Nichols School (School Website)
Plainedge High School (Massapequa Observer)
Riverhead High School (Riverhead Local)
Rome Free Academy (Clinton Record)
Saranac Lake High School (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Scarsdale High School (Scarsdale Inquirer – Subscription Only)
Schreiber High School (Port Washington Patch)
Shoreham-Wading River High School (District Website)
Skaneateles High School (District Website)
Smithtown High Schools East & West (Smithtown Patch)
Susquehanna Valley High School (WNBF News Radio)
Syosset High School (District Website) (Syosset Advance)
Tappan Zee High School (District Website)
Walton High School (District Website) (Catskills Today – Subscription Only)
Watertown High School (District Website)
The Wheatley School – East Williston UFSD (District Website) (The Island Now)
West Babylon High School (Babylon Village Patch)
West Hempstead High School (District Website) (LI Herald)
West Islip High School (West Islip Patch)
Whitesboro High School (Clinton Record)
Students in the News
Fulton High School Students Earn Scholarships (Oswego County Today)
Tully School District Elementary Students Do Well at NYSSMA Festival (District Website)
Area All State Students
All Eastern Students
Dunkirk High School (Observer Today)
All National Students
Farmingdale High School (Farmingdale Patch)
Best Communities for Music Education
Festivals – Major Organization
Festivals – Solo & Ensemble
Music In Our Schools Month
Piano Showcase
Young Composers
General News
2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR
2020 SENIORS IN THE NEWS
Alexandria High School (Watertown Daily Times)
Andes High School (Oneonta Daily Star)
Ballston Spa High School (Carthage Central School (Watertown Daily Times)
Beaver River High School (Watertown Daily Times)
Brushton-Moira High School (Watertown Daily Times)
Clifton-Fine High School (Watertown Daily Times)
G. Ray Bodley High School (Oswego County Today)
Island Trees High School (Levittown Tribune)
Potsdam High School (North Country Now)
Thousand Islands High School (Watertown Daily Times)
Washingtonville High School (Record Online)
West Islip High School (The Beacon)
BROADCAST MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
2020 Brockport HS Student performs with All State Vocal Jazz Ensemble in Albany for Music In Our Schools Month (WROC-TV)
2019 All State Conference – Rochester, NY (Spectrum News)
PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
All State Students
Briarcliffe High School (Pleasantville-Briarcliff Manor Patch)
Briarcliffe High School (River Journal)
Bronxville High School (Bronxville Patch)
Catskill High School (Hudson Valley 360)
Centereach High School (Three Village Patch)
Chatham High School (Hudson Valley Register-Star)
Eastport-South Manor Jr./Sr. High School (District Website)
Elmont High School (District Website)
Farmingdale High School (District Website)
Friendship High School – FIRST TIME STUDENT (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
G. Ray Bodley High School – Fulton City SD (District Website) (Postitively Oswego) (Watertown Daily Times)
Garden City High School (Garden City Patch)
Garden City High School (Garden City News)
Germantown High School (District Website)
Greene High School (District Website)
Half Hollow Hills High School East and West (Half Hollow Hills Patch)
Harborfields High School (Huntington Now)
Hastings High School (District Website)
Irvington High School (Rivertowns Patch) (River Journal)
Longwood High School (District Website)
Minisink Valley High School (District Website)
Monroe-Woodbury High School (The Photo News)
Newark High School (Finger Lakes Times) (Wayne Post)
Newburgh Enlarged City School District (District Website)
Newfield High School (Three Village Patch)
North Rose – Wolcott High School (Wayne Post)
Northport High School (District Website)
Riverhead High School (Riverhead Local)
Rocky Point High School (Miller Place – Rocky Point Patch)
Sachem High School East (Sachem Patch)
Sachem High School North (Sachem Patch)
Salem High School (The Post Star)
Starpoint High School (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal)
Syosset High School (Syosset Advance)
Trumansburg High School (Ithaca.Com)
Warwick Valley High School (Warwick Valley Dispatch)
William Floyd High School (Shirley-Mastic Patch)
Area All State Students
Gananda Central School District (Wayne Post)
Ichabod Crane High School (District Website)
Irvington High School (River Journal)
Jamestown High School (The Post-Journal)
Jamestown High School (Jamestown Gazette)
North Tonawanda City School District (Ken-Ton Bee)
All Eastern Students
All National Students
Best Communities for Music Education
Festivals – Major Organization
Festivals – Solo & Ensemble
Music In Our Schools Month
Piano Showcase
Young Composers
General News
Dr. Rob Deemer, SUNY Fredonia, Wins Chancellor’s Award (Observer News)
Lancaster High School Wins Presidential Citation (Lancaster Bee)
Past-President Susan Weber Named “Educator of Note” by LI Music Hall of Fame (LI Herald)
Why I Love Playing the Piano (Student Essay – Long Island Newsday)
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Media Coverage on music programs throughout New York State during the 2018-19 School Year:
BROADCAST MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA NEWS PLACEMENTS
All State Students
Bayport-Blue Point High School (Sayville Patch)
Bethpage High School (District Website)
Cazenovia High School (District Website)
Cuba-Rushford High School (Olean Times Herald) (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
East Meadow High School (East Meadow Patch) (District Website)
Elwood High School (Northport Patch)
Fillmore High School (Olean Times Herald) (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
Frontier Central High School (District Website)
Goshen High School (The Chronicle)
Harrison High School (District Website)
Hastings-On-Hudson High School (District Website)
James I. O’Neill High School (District Website)
Jamestown High School (Post-Journal)
John Jay High School (District Website)
Lansing High School (Lansing Star)
Longwood High School (District Website)
Maine-Endwell High School (PressConnects)
Manhasset High School (The Island Now)
Marcellus High School (District Website) (Eagle News Online)
Midlakes High School (Canandaigua Daily Messenger)
Monroe-Woodbury High School (PhotoNews)
Newfield High School (District Website)
North Rose – Walcott High School (Finger Lake Times)
North Tonawanda High School (Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune)
Oneonta High School (The Daily Star)
Oswego High School (Oswego County Today)
Oyster Bay High School (District Website)
Phoenix High School (Oswego County Today)
Putnam Valley High School (District Website)
St. John the Baptist HS (West Islip Patch)
Solvay High School (District Website)
South Seneca High School (Finger Lakes Times)
Southampton High School (Southampton Patch)
Susquehanna Valley High School (District Website)
West Islip High School (West Islip Patch)
The Wheatley School – East Williston (The Island Now)
Westmoreland Jr./Sr. High School (District Website)
Whitesville High School (Olean Times Herald) (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
Area All State Students
Ichabod Crane High School (District Website)
Jamestown School District (Post-Journal)
Monticello High School (District Website)
Queensbury High School (District Website)
Valhalla High School (District Website)
All Eastern Students
Frontier Central High School (District Website)
Great Neck High School North (The Island Now)
Lansing High School (Ithaca.Com)
Newark High School (Wayne Post)
Paul D. Schreiber High School – Port Jefferson (TheIslandNow.com)
Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School – (Oneida Daily Dispatch) (Rome Sentinel)
Yorktown High School (Yorktown News)
All National Students
North Shore High School (District Website)
William Floyd High School (District Website)
Best Communities for Music Education
Festivals – Major Organization
Fulton School District (Oswego County Today)
Garden City Elementary School (Garden City News)
Glen Cove High School (Glen Cove Patch)
Kenmore East High School (District Website)
Oleaen High School (Olean Times Herald)
Festivals – Solo & Ensemble
Schuylerville Students Prepare for Solo & Ensemble Festival (District Website)
Music in Our Schools Month
Christian Brothers Academy Celebrates (LocalSyr.com)
Senator Seward Meets with Sidney HS Student (Binghamton.com)
Assemblyman D’Urso meets with Manhasset HS Student (The Island Now)
Piano Showcase
Long Beach Sixth Grader is Youngest to Perform (Newsday)
Long Beach Sixth Grader is Youngest to Perform (LIHerald.com)
Young Composers
General News
East Meadow Student Selected for 2018 Macy’s Great American Marching Band (East Meadow Patch)
Former NYSSMA Representative from NYC Receives George N. Parks Leadership Award (PR Newswire)
Phoenix High School Musical Wrap Up (Oswego County Today)
Westfield High School Handbell Choir Performs at 2018 All State Conference (Westfield Observer)
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Media Coverage on music programs throughout New York State during the 2016-17 School Year:
BROADCAST MEDIA NEWS
NYSSMA Returns to Rochester for 20th Anniversary (Rochester NPR Affilliate – WXXI.org)
PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA NEWS
All County/Area All State Students
Area 2 at Batavia High School (The Batavian)
Bayport-Blue Point High School (Sayville Patch)
Johnstown High School (Leader-Herald)
Newburgh Free Academy (District Website)
Monticello High School (District Website)
Monticello High School (Times Herald-Record)
Northport High School (Northport Patch)
Galway CSD hosts Saratoga-Warren County (SWCMEA) All-County Band Festival (Albany Times-Union)
South Seneca High School (Finger Lakes Times)
Webster High School (District Website)
William Floyd School District (LongIsland.com)
All Eastern Students
N/A
All National Students
Farmingdale High School (LongIsland.com)
Sayville & Others (Newsday)
Syosset & Others (Newsday)
Webster High School (District Website)
All State Students
Babylon Jr./Sr. High School (Babylon Patch)
Bayport-Blue Point High School (Sayville Patch)
Briarcliff High School (District Website)
Catskill High School (Hudson Valley 360)
Cazenovia High School (Eagle News On-Line)
Christian Brothers Academy -Syracuse (School Website)
Churchville-Chili High School Choir Performs at 2017 Winter Conference (Genesee Valley Pennysaver)
City Honors School (School Website)
Farmingdale High School (LongIsland.com)
Glen Cove High School (Glen Cove Patch)
Goshen High School (The Chronicle)
Great Neck High School South (The Island Now)
Groton High School (Ithaca Journal) / (Ithaca.com)
Harborfields High School (District Website)
Herricks High School (The Island Now)
Longwood High School (District Website)
Maine-Endwell High School (Press-Connects)
Manhasset High School (The Island Now)
Messina/Potsdam Area (Daily Courier Observer)
Middle Country School District (District Website)
Minisink Valley High School (District Website)
Monroe-Woodbury High School (The Photo News)
Monticello High School (District Website)
New Rochelle High School (New Rochelle Talk)
Northport High School (Long Islander News)
Riverhead High School (Riverhead Patch) (Riverhead Local)
Rocky Point High School (Miller Place Patch)
St. Lawrence County (Zone 5) Area (North Country Now)
Sachem School District (District Website)
Saranac Lake High School (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Shelter Island School (Shelter Island Reporter)
South Glens Falls High School (District Website)
Syosset High School (Syosset Patch)
Pierson High School – Sag Harbor (East Hampton Patch)
Tappan Zee High School (District Website)
Town of Webb UFSD High School (Adirondack Express)
Union-Endicott High School (District Website)
Ward Melville High School (Three Village Patch)
Warrensburg High School (Sun Community News)
Webster High School (District Website)
White Plains High School Mariachi Band Performs at 2017 Winter Conference (White Plains Daily Voice)
William Floyd High School (LongIsland.com)
Best Communities for Music Education
NAMM Foundation Recognizes 150 NY Schools among Best for Music Education in United States
Festivals – Major Organization
Monroe-Woodbury (The Photo News)
Pelham Memorial High School (Pelham Patch)
Festivals – Solo & Ensemble
Available Spring, 2018
General News Stories
Past-President Mosher to Receive Distinguished Service Award (Watertown Daily Times)
William Floyd School District Music Program Recognized by LI Music Hall of Fame (LongIsland.Com)
Music in Our Schools Month
Messina & Canton HS Jazz Ensembles Perform (North Country Now)
Piano Showcase
Herricks HS (The Island Now)
Young Composers
West Islip Middle School (West Islip Patch)
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Media Coverage on music programs throughout New York State during the 2016-17 School Year:
BROADCAST MEDIA NEWS
All-State/Winter Conference – General Story (West Genessee HS Performs)
E. Syracuse-Minoa Middle School Students Work with Composer Sean O’Loughlin (WSYR-TV) (District Website)
Pre-K and Kindergarten Music Program Re-Instated in Middle Country (Fios1News.com)
PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA NEWS
All County/Area All State Students
Birdlebough High School (Phoenix CSD) (Oswego County Today)
Cambridge CSD (Two Stories) (Post-Star)
Lake Shore School District (District Website)
Liverpool Middle School (WSYR-TV)
All Eastern Students
Birdlebough High School (Phoenix CSD) (Oswego County Today)
Riverhead High School (Riverhead News-Review)
Wantagh High School (Wantagh Patch)
All National Students
Briarcliff High School (Briarcliff Bulletin)
All State Students
All-State/Winter Conference – General Story (Brighton-Pittsford Post)
All-State/Winter Conference – General Story (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Bellmore-Merrick (District Website)
Brockport High School (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Cazenovia High School (Eagle News Online)
East Meadow High School (East Meadow Patch)
G.R. Bodley High School (Oswego Today)
Kings Park (Smithtown Matters)
Long Beach High School (Long Beach Patch)
Longwood High School (District Website)
Lynbrook High School (Lynbrook Patch)
Malverne High School (Malverne Patch)
Mineola High School (Mineola American)
Monroe-Woodbury High School (District Website)
Newfane High School (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal)
Northport High School (Northport Patch)
Potsdam HS Valedictorian is an All State Violinist (North Country Now)
Riverhead High School (Riverhead Local)
Scarsdale High School (Community Website)
Wantagh High School (Wantagh Patch)
Best Communities for Music Education
Ballston Spa School District (Times Union)
Goshen School District (The Chronicle)
Longwood School District (District Website)
Middletown Area School Districts (Times Herald-Record)
Festivals – Major Organization
Central Islip High School (District Website)
Eastchester High School (Bronxville Patch)
Hoosick Falls CSD (Bennington Banner)
Hoosick Falls CSD (District Website)
Minisink Valley CSD (District Website)
Pembroke High School (District Website)
Strough Middle School (Rome Sentinel)
Walter Panas High School (Peekskill Patch)
Westfield High School (Westfield Republican)
Festivals – Solo & Ensemble
Bell Top Elementary School – East Greenbush CSD (District Website)
Greenport UFSD (District Website)
Schuylerville Central School District (District Website)
General News Stories
Adirondack HS “Val” active in Music; “Sal” named to All State Choir (Rome Daily Sentinel)
Female Linebacker Excels at Cello (Online News Story)
Massapequa Schools Receives NYSSMA Presidential Citation (Massapequa Observer)
Mineola High School Marching Band (Mineola American)
Orchard Park All State Student Represents Community at Macy’s Parade (Orchard Park Bee)
President Michael Brownell “Strikes Chord” with NYS Officials (Cortland Standard)
St. Francis Preparatory School’s Music Department Earns Middle States Accreditation (Queens Gazette)
St. Francis Preparatory School’s Music Department Travels to Assisi (Queens Gazette)
St. Francis Preparatory School’s New Music Facilities (Queens Gazette)
St. Francis Preparatory School’s Christmas Concert (Queens Gazette)
Music in Our Schools Month
Young Composers
Lynbrook Middle School (Lynbrook-Malverne Patch)