A Growing Group of Music Makers

Last Sunday, family members and friends gathered to hear 17 talented musicians perform for our June Student Showcase.

As in previous events, the young musicians played alongside professional musicians from the Rochester, NY area. All students were featured as soloists and performed selections from the musical worlds of Broadway, Jazz, Classical, Pop and Video Game themes. And if that wasn’t already wonderful enough, two ambitious students worked with me to compose original music for for our Pro-Am ensemble. This coming together of creativity and collaboration had a way of causing proud parents and other listeners to smile and cheer . . . song after song!

My heartfelt appreciation goes out to this year’s student participants: Onnalise M., Alex R., Lily B., Bailey B., Arav B., Alex W., Giada D., Stephen G., Cameron H., Josh J., Lucas C., Caroline C., Tommy M., Shamitri B., Benjamin C., Pat S., and Javiana D. Thanks to all for your hard work and dedication to our musical projects over the last couple months!

I’d also like to say thanks to Bob DeRosa (bass guitar), Matt Bent (percussion) and Aidan O’Connor (woodwinds) - the “pros” who did such a great job shaping the music and making it so much easier for the students to shine.

Stay tuned for upcoming posts - we’ll be sharing much of the music we performed with you!