Dozens perform at NYSSMA Solo Festival

More than two dozen Schuylerville students in fifth grade through eighth grade took part in the 2017 New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Solo Festival at Maple Avenue Middle School in Saratoga on March 10-11. Students performed a prepared solo, played scales and sight read a short line of music they have never seen before, all in front of a judge. Hundreds of music students in grades 4-12 participate in NYSSMA festivals throughout the state each year. Congratulations to this year’s participants!

Students in grades 5 and 6 who participated in the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Solo Festival — Students in grades 5 and 6 who participated in the 2017 New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Solo Festival

Grade 5

Nora Hughes
Abigail Becker
Aleia Hastings
Henry DeYoung
Anika Buff
Tucker Durr
Nate Levin

Grade 6

Marina Sapone
Sofie Lamodi
Arielle Sowle
Joseph Thurston
Jocelyn Zapien-Espinosa
Kayleb Boudreau
Morgen Wood
Ian Bailey

Students in grades 7 and 8 who participated in the 2017 New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Solo Festival

Grade 7

Anna Belden
Abigail Caron
Rylie Goldup
Daryl Headen
Kohlby Himelrick
Katie Pelletier-Hoblock
Taylor Petroski
Alexandria Roberson
Clare Sacks
Maggie Schwartz
Megan Stadel

Seventh-grader Taylor Petroski, absent from photo above, also took part in the 2017 New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Solo Festival

Grade 8

Cody Belden
Asa Dupras
Ara-Noelle Ramos
Troy Soriano
Alisha Walter