Zone 1 – New York State School Music Association

Zone 1 Representative

Patrick Towey
Kenmore West High School
33 Highland Parkway
Buffalo, NY 14223
zone1@nyssma.org 716-472-1989

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Cattaraugus	Chautauqua	Erie	Niagara
Lauren Kirchner lkirchner@portvillecsd.org CCMTA Homepage	Marc Lentsch ccmtapresident@gmail.com CCMTA Facebook Page	Todd Macon tmacon@ecmea.org ECMEA Homepage	Amanda Burdick aburdick@lew-port.com NCMEA Homepage

Date	Festival Type	Registration Deadline	Location	Chairperson	Registration
April 18 (Sat Only)	A-S-E No piano, No Jazz	March 7th	Lewiston-Porter MS 4061 Creek Rd, Youngstown, NY 14150	Amanda Burdick aburdick@lew-port.com	DaCapo All-State applications due March 7th Student Accommodations Form due March 7th
April 24-25	A-S-E-VJ-IJ ONLY AS Jazz Site	March 13th	Kenmore East HS 350 Fries Road Tonawanda, NY 14150	Jill Neuhaus jneuhaus@ktufsd.org	DaCapo All-State applications due March 13th Student Accommodations Form due March 13th
May 1-2	A-S-E NO JAZZ	March 20th	Jefferson MS 195 Martin Road Jamestown, NY 14701	Gina Wakefield gina.m.wakefield@jpsny.org	DaCapo All-State applications due March 20th Student Accommodations Form due March 13th
May 8-9	A-S-E NO JAZZ	March 27th	Allegany-Limsetone CSD 3131 Five Mile Road Allegany, NY 14706	Lauren Kirchner lkirchner@portvillecsd.org	DaCapo All-State applications due March 27th Student Accommodations Form due March 27th
May 29-30	S-E-IJ NO All-State	April 17th	West Seneca East HS 4760 Seneca Street West Seneca, NY 14224	Charlene Brooks cbrooks@wscschools.org	DaCapo Student Accommodations Form due April 27th

Date	Festival Type	Registration Deadline	Location	Chairperson	Registration
April 1	Instrumental Majors	March 1st	Frontier HS 4432 Bay View Road Hamburg, NY 14075	Richard Riederer rriederer@frontiercsd.org	NYSSMA
April 29-30	Instrumental Majors	March 1st	Springville-Griffith Institute HS 290 North Buffalo St Springville, NY 14141	Joseph Gervase jgervasse@springvillegi.org	NYSSMA
May 6	Choral Majors Clinic Eval.	March 1st	Chautauqua Lake Secondary School 100 N Erie St Mayville, NY 14757	Jennifer Davis jdavis@clake.org	NYSSMA
May 19	Choral Majors	March 1st	Pioneer High School 12145 County Line Road Yorkshire, NY 14173	Victoria Tomasulo vtomasulo@pioneerschools.org	NYSSMA
May 20	Instrumental Majors Clinic Eval.	March 1st	Fredonia HS 425 E Main St. Fredonia, NY 14063	Andrew Bennett abennett@fcsd.wnyric.org	NYSSMA
May 20	Choral Majors	March 1st	Lockport HS 250 Lincoln Ave Lockport, NY 14094	Robert Pacillo rpacillo@lockportschools.net	NYSSMA
May 21	Choral Majors	March 1st	Lancaster HS 1 Forton Drive Lancaster, NY 14086	Allison Metcalfe acostanzo-metcalfe@lancasterschools.org	NYSSMA
May 21	Instrumental Majors	March 1st	North Tonawanda HS 405 Meadow Drive North Tonawanda, NY 14120	Sarah Roberts sroberts@ntschools.org	NYSSMA
May 27	Instrumental Majors	March 1st	Frederick Law Olmstead School #64 874 Amherst St Buffalo, NY 14216	Thomas Mudd tmudd@buffaloschools.org	NYSSMA

Solo & Ensemble – Levels 1-4 – $20
Solo & Ensemble – Levels 5-6 – $30
All State – $36
Piano – Levels 1-4 – $26
Piano – Levels 5-6 – $36

Majors—Level 1-3 (30 min.) $210
Majors—Level 4 (35 min.) $245
Majors—Level 5-6 (45 min.) $315

This year’s manual is digital. For any questions or concerns, reach out to Andy Kittleson at manual@nyssma.org.

Need Help Using the Digital NYSSMA Manual? Click HERE for assistance.

Read the rule and regulations and note any new changes for the year are highlighted.

Interested in becoming a NYSSMA adjudicator? Adjudicator Orientation Seminars (Click HERE) Deadline to register is March 1st.

Adjudicator Refreshers (for current adjudicators):

The 2026 adjudicator refreshers are scheduled as follows: