Write a comment36 Oswego High School students and 22 Fulton City School District students will showcase their instrumental talents during the 2019 All-County Orchestra Festival performance March 23 at G. Ray Bodley High School in Fulton.
Taking place during Music in Our Schools Month, the festival concert will feature OHS students in grades nine through 12 who have succeeded in their musical studies and performance. The following OHS freshman now have two months to practice their music: Mary Kate Cloonan (violin), Sydney DeLapp (violin), Elizabeth Gosselin (viola), Zachary Kinney-Steinberg (violin), Thomas May (cello), Brennan Tynan (bass), Preston Wilkinson (viola) and Grace Wing (violin).
OHS sophomores selected to perform include: Sonja Anderson (viola), Matthew Chubon (cello), Gretchen Dowd (violin), Eve Hibbert (violin), Audrey Hinman (violin), Ethan Hunt (viola) and Sasha Loayza (violin).
All-County Orchestra OHS junior participants include: Megan Albright (oboe), Kristen Bell (violin), Elizabeth Bush (cello), Taylar Clohecy (French horn), Kaitlyn Czerow (mallets/percussion), Jenna Garcia (cello), Ruhma Khawaja (violin), Matthew Oldenburg (viola) and Jesse Young (bassoon).
Also participating will be the following OHS seniors: Joseph Alfieri, Jr. (percussion), Andrew Bornheimer (French horn), Melissa Chun (cello), Willow-su Knapp (viola), Sofai Loayza (cello), Elyse Maniccia (violin), Justin Mull (trombone), Katherine Shene (tuba), Keegan Thompson (clarinet), Thomas Wallace (timpani), Samuel Woods (bass) and Russell Young (cello).
Lindsey Serraro, OHS music teacher and orchestra director, said students from the county auditioned in December and were selected based on their scores. During the festival, OHS students will join with students from other Oswego County schools’ string programs, as well as those from Auburn since there is no All-County Orchestra opportunity in Cayuga County.
The number of OHS participants, she said, speaks “to the commitment of our students to their instruments and their desire to seek out additional performance opportunities.”
In celebration of the upcoming Music in Our Schools Month, the All-County Orchestra Festival will feature a variety of G. Ray Bodley High School instrumentalists from grades nine through 12. They will perform alongside some of the top high school musicians throughout the county. All participants were recently selected for the honor after they auditioned last month.
FCSD participating students include: Vita Dean (flute 1), Emily Porter (flute 2), Olivia Hawthorne (oboe 1), Nick Brown (bass clarinet), Sunny Clinard (bassoon 2), Anthony Lucas (trumpet 1), Lydia Mirabito (viola), Joe Benevidez (viola), Anthony DeMasi (viola), Brooke Lincoln (viola), Andrew Smith (violin 1), Dominic Fischel (violin 1), Alexis Barth (violin 1), Hope Mirabito (violin 2), Camille Stevenson (violin 2), Skyler Gibbson (violin 2), Destiny Miller (violin 2), Sydney Bradshaw (bass), Devan Ketcham (bass), Leah O’Hanlon (cello), Alex Dombroski (cello) and Malie Follet (cello).
