Considered one of the pre-eminent music programs in the state, South Huntington’s Walt Whitman High School’s music department upped the ante this year, with 17 students recognized for their accomplishments in the following performances at the New York State School Music Association’s Winter Conference:
Front row left to right: Courtney Bryggman, viola, All-State Symphony Orchestra; Jennifer LaCara, violin, All-State String Orchestra; Samantha Williams, soprano, all-state mixed chorus; Melissa Nyman, soprano, all-state women’s chorus; Eric Miller, jazz trombone, all-state instrumental jazz ensemble. Middle row left to right: Legislator Lou D’Amaro; Kayla Cook, alto, all-state mixed chorus; Alanna Shalinski, soprano, alternate in the all-state mixed chorus; Gillian Sobocinski, flute, alternate in the all-state symphony orchestra; Alex Roff, tuba, alternate in the all-state symphony orchestra. Back row left to right: Danielle Burby, alto, all-state mixed chorus; Scott Bromschwig, bass, all-state mixed chorus; Emily Krainer, flute, all-state wind ensemble; Steven Burr,trombone, alternate in the all-state symphony orchestra; and Daniel A. Gross, oboe, all-state symphony orchestra.
Not pictured: Cheynnyne DeLorenzo, double bass, All-State Symphony Orchestra; Justin Schuman, bass, All-state mixed chorus; and Kerriann Latten, viola, alternate in the all-state symphony orchestra.