In front of an adoring crowd of family members, classmates and school faculty, hundreds of musicians from the East Meadow School District gave an exquisite performance at Long Island University’s Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville on March 20, 2013. The district high school chorus and chamber orchestra, under the direction of guest conductor Dr. James John, opened the event with Mozart’s “Requiem.” The middle school chorus followed with Greg Holden and Drew Pearson’s “Home.”
Later in the evening, the combined middle school and high school district chorus performed a Stephen Hatfield arrangement of “Son de Camaguey,” featuring Joshua Dawson, Aliyah Gill, Jordan Moldowsky and Jaden Nogee on percussion. The high school symphonic band, under the direction of guest conductor Roger Cichy, capped the night with two Roger Cichy numbers and John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” This extraordinary event was made possible in part by the Community Outreach Program at the Tilles Center, and it was co-sponsored by the Tilles Center Arts-in-Education program.
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