Orchestra Students Attend Staller Center Concert
District elementary and middle school orchestra students and their
families attended the annual Starry Nights concert at Stony Brook
University’s Staller Center. The concert, which featured master musician
Colin Carr and others from the university’s Department of Music, was
made possible through the Staller Center Outreach Endowment and its
coordinator, Paul Newland. Students were able to observe various
techniques used by the musicians and enjoy the music, which included
works for violin and piano by Boulanger, Ciocârlia and Kreisler; cello
and piano by Ravel and Popper, and works for viola and piano by Bridge.
Here, orchestra teacher Dr. Vanessa Salzman and students Maru Sugimoto,
Nicholas Rodriguez and Kenshin Sugimoto thank Mr. Newland.