This past Friday and Saturday several students from my orchestra program participated in a Spring New York State School Music Association Solo Festival. Students were evaluated on a 28-point rubric, by state trained adjudicators. All the students placed very high, congratulations to all who participated. 


156 Olivia Lyons 28/28 PERFECT SCORE!!!

156 Ethan Leong 27/28

156 Emily Crews-Dearing 26/28

156 Samaria Hicks 26/28156 Madison Matthews 26/28

156 Brittany Cruz-Ortiz 25/28156 Iyanna Matthews 25/28

156 Amelia Lyons 25/28


Scores 26-28 are rated Outstanding

Scores 21-25 are rated Excellent

Again, congratulations to all of our students, several of them began at 64 and are still playing their instrument at 156! What a beautiful collaboration between our two buildings. 

Mr. Thomas J. Mudd, Jr.