East Meadow High School student-musicians gave a concluding performance that showcased their talents with an assortment of musical selections and emphasized their musical skills, which were developed through the district’s music program. During the second of three spring concerts, the men’s and women’s choruses, concert band and wind ensemble entertained the audience with a variety of classical and modern selections.
The men’s chorus, under the direction of Caitlin Hale and Rachel Fogel, paid tribute to Rogers and Hammerstein with “There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame” from the popular Broadway musical “South Pacific.”
The concert band, under the direction of conductor Christopher Hale, began their performance with Philip Gordon’s arrangement of “Russian Master’s Suite.” The concert band’s selection of Samuel Hazo’s “Blue and Green Music” was inspired by one of Georgia O’Keefe’s paintings that was displayed on a whiteboard. In the same vein, the musicians also paid tribute to senior Camilla Merchant’s school mural with Sean O’Loughlin’s “Ricochet.”
The women’s chorus, under the direction of Caitlin Hale and Rachel Fogel, performed two whimsical selections, as well as Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich’s “Taylor, the Latte Boy.”
The concert program ended with a strong presentation by the school’s wind ensemble, under the direction of conductor Joel Levy. After the ensemble performed Alfred Reed’s “A Festive Prelude” and Julie Giroux’s “Mambo Perro Loco,” they proceeded to play what Mr. Levy described as one of the more complicated and advanced pieces of the evening, Mark Camphouse’s “Yosemite Autumn.” To the delight of the audience, the program concluded with John Philip Sousa’s patriotic song, “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
Following the music department’s tradition, each of the seniors was recognized for his or her participation in the school’s music program.
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