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SOCSD Music Department Beth Fox
Danelle
Greene William
Hughes
whughes@socsd.org Lisa Kahn
Priscilla
Peña-Carney Jonathan
Rossi
jrossi@socsd.org Janice
Tocco
jtocco@socsd.org Russell
Wagoner
rwagoner@socsd.org Charles Yassky
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Welcome to SOCSD Music Department
Michigan composer Jerry Custer spent
the day at Tappan Zee HS conducting
workshops with the music theory
class, the TZHS Concert Choir,
and members of the Select Vocal
Ensemble. Custer's composition,
"Under the Greenwood Tree" was
written for the Choir's London tour
which will take place in April.
While working with the Concert
Choir, Custer reinforced their
interpretation of his composition
and commended them on the overall
sound of the group.
Custer is presently Director of
Music at the First Presbyterian
Church of Farmington in Farmington
Hills, Michigan, where he leads a
multiple choir program and directs
an active performing arts series.
"He who sings scares away his woes." - Cervantes
"Music is the universal, the unchanging language of human feelings. Two notes of melody sounded just the same at the beginning of the world as now". - John Philip Sousa
SOMS
Orchestras Garner "Gold With Distinction" Honors "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." - Victor Hugo Tappan Zee HS Concert Choir Performs at Carnegie Hall
"It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception." (When asked about his theory of relativity) - Albert Einstein |
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The
SOMS Music Department would like to congratulate all of our
graduating eighth grade musicians on the occasion of their moving up
from middle school to freshman status at TZHS. We will greatly miss the
talent and spark they have contributed to our school and program for the
past three years. We especially wish to acknowledge the students who
received honor and achievement awards at the moving up ceremony. Twenty
four of the Thirty Seven awards distributed were received by students
enrolled in the music program for 2007-08.
Ithaca
College Cello Choir Visits SOMS
Music Composer
Jerry Custer Visits TZHS
TZHS
"Acafellas" Win 1st Place in Barbershop Vocal Competition
On
Sunday, April 22, 2007, the Tappan Zee High School Concert Choir,
under the direction of Russell Wagoner, performed at Carnegie Hall.
Mr. Wagoner was contacted in late February by one of the executive
directors of Mid-America Productions. The concert included the
debut of Floridian composer George Atwell’s “Mass for a New
Millennium.” The major work was thirty-five minutes in length,
combining English and Latin texts and was accompanied by the New
England Symphonic Ensemble conducted by Dr. Rebecca Bedell. The
program also featured Vivaldi’s “Gloria” and Haydn’s “Paukenmesse.”
At the conclusion of the concert, the performers were met with an
extended standing ovation. Mr. Wagoner was congratulated by
Executive Director Norman Dunfee who promised to have the choir back
again soon. This was the second performance by TZHS ensembles at
Carnegie Hall. Four years ago, the choir appeared with the TZ
Chamber Orchestra in a performance of the “Requiem” by
Gabriel Faure.