CARNEGIE HALL Sunday Evening, March 1, 2020 at 8:30 Isaac Stern Auditorium Field Studies International, Inc. presents ................

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2020/03/01/Ensembles-from-John-L-Miller-Great-Neck-North-High-School-Festival-Choir-083

NH Prepares for CH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwi3Pv3bR_s&feature=youtu.be

  John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School STRING ORCHESTRA Patrick Kennedy, Conductor

     GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL  Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1

                                (1685-1749)  Allegro

Concerto Soloists

Daniel Zeng, Matthew Xu, Adam Tsou, Sally Sarker, violin, Mark Xu, Esther Hwang, viola

Daniel Choi, Joshua Oken, cello, Hani Kang, bass, Vera Cho, Jasmine Lin, keyboard

https://youtu.be/17407zHy9OM                                                     

John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School WIND ENSEMBLE Matthew Trinkwald, Conductor

         DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH  Suite from 'The First Echelon', Op. 99a (1956)                    (1906-1975)    Waltz No. 2

                                  arranged by Johan De Meij  

Soloists

Madeline Yang, flute, Kaiming Zhang, oboe, Brandan Chen, Jonathan Kim, clarinet

Scott Levy, alto saxophone, Emma Sassouni, trumpet, Michelle Zeng, accordion

https://youtu.be/j8E-E5gjPOA                                                   

John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Joseph Rutkowski, Conductor

         DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (1937)

                                           (1906-1975)   Finale      

 https://youtu.be/5VBVjNpcUVw

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= THE Artists Joseph Rutkowski has been the director of Instrumental Music at Great Neck North High since 1991. As a concert clarinetist he has been hailed by The New York Times as "...an agile and powerful player" and by the International Clarinet Magazine as a clarinetist with "awesome technical prowess." He has performed with James Galway, Mstislav Rostropovich, Eleanor Steber, William Warfield and Maurice Andre and under the batons of Alan Hovhaness, Karel Husa, Laszlo Halasz, Richard Westenburg, Michael Flamhaft and JoAnn Falletta.  His recording of Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock" for Ali Mar Records received critical acclaim in Richard Gilbert's The Clarinetist's Discography. Mr. Rutkowski has been nominated as a GRAMMY Music Educator of Year three times and he is a two-time Presidential Scholars Teacher Recognition Award recipient, a Harvard Club Educator of the Year, the Long Island Music Hall of Fame Educator of 2015 and the WQXR Classical Hero of May 2018. He has served on the faculties of Queens College, Mannes College, Westchester Conservatory and Stuyvesant High School.  He has also written articles and research papers, and lectured at conferences around the country.  Mr. Rutkowski currently performs with Trimonious, the JEY Trio and the Broad Street Orchestra.  

Matthew Trinkwald is in his sixth year as the music department chairperson and his fourteenth year of teaching music at Great Neck North Middle School. He holds a degree in Jazz Composition from Five Towns College and a Masters in Music Education from Queens College and second masters in School Building Leadership.  Along with being an active educator, Matt has been performing for 20 years, encompassing all styles of music in all different situations.  He is most noted for his work at cabaret clubs throughout Manhattan, club dates and weddings throughout the east coast and a performance in the 2005 JVC Jazz festival. 

Patrick Kennedy teaches band and orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Great Neck.  He is in his second year at JFK after teaching for three years in Queens, NY for the New York City Department of Education. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, an Advanced Certificate in Music Education, and a Master of Science in Music Education degree from Queens College.  Patrick has been performing in the New York Metro Area for over a decade.  He performs a variety of styles and genres including: jazz, classical, musical theater, and contemporary music.  Patrick is also a co-founder and Director of Music for a non-profit organization, Chords of Peace, where he spends his summers teaching music to disadvantaged youth around the world.. ** The John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School Music Program Under the auspices of Field Studies Center, this is Great Neck North High School’s fifteenth appearance.  The school’s groups have been featured in concert at Carnegie Hall on fourteen occasions and once at Avery Fisher Hall.   They have also been featured several times on Robert Sherman’s Young Artists Showcase on WQXR radio.   Great Neck is a suburb of New York City, located on the North Shore of Long Island just east of the Queens border. The Great Neck Public School System has possessed a tradition of excellence since its inception in 1814!  The current high school building has housed its students, faculty and staff since 1928.  Great Neck High School is now known as the John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School, named after the distinguished superintendent from 1943 until 1971. A Long Island Music Hall of Fame High School of Excellence for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, the Music Program dates back to 1928. A history of the Music Program was created by Class of 2003 Principal Violist Genelle Taney, complete with rosters, photographs and concert programs on the web http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/NHS/music/images/album.php displays the continuity of excellence in musical training of Great Neck's student musicians who have studied, rehearsed and performed the masterpieces of the orchestral, band and choral repertoire on the very same concert stage that is utilized today.  The Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra and Concert Choir have merited the attention of several internationally renowned international musical figures including Maestra JoAnn Falletta, Tara Helen O'Connor, Robert Miller, Maestro John-Szicheng , the late Maestro Jens Nygard, Michael Gilbert, Dr. James Jordan, Frances Roberts, Maestro Alan Schwartz, Joseph Turrin , Patricia Spencer, Maestro Michael Flamhaft, Michael Lipsey and David Jolly, Maestro Michael Tong, Maestro Olivier Fluchaire, Maestro David Winkler, Prof. Sean Reed, Prof. Kae Reed, Prof. Christopher Tibaldi, Maestro Brian Worsdale, Maestro Frank Rugers, Maestra Susan Deaver, Maestro David Bernard, Robert Sherman, Maestro Gal Altervich, Geoffrey Simon, Maestro David Stewart Wiley, Jazz Artist Sam Dillon, Maestro Rueben Blondell, Euphonium Virtuoso Dan Dicker , Maestro Joanne May (Elmhurst College, Chicago), Maestro Ross Capern (St Laurence College, Australia)   At Great Neck North High School our public performances in school and off campus (from nursing homes and elementary schools to Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center) are on a very high level; yet, we focus on teaching our students how to practice their instruments (and vocal techniques), listen to music critically and use technology to compose and orchestrate. *** **

Great Neck Public Schools

(since 1814)
Board of Education 
Barbara Berkowitz, President, Board of Education
Donald L. Ashkenase, Vice President, Board of Education
Donna Peirez, Trustee, Board of Education
Rebecca Sassouni, Trustee, Board of Education
Jeffrey Shi, Trustee, Board of Education
Central Administration
Dr. Teresa Prendergast, Superintendent of Schools
John Powell, Assistant Superintendent for Business
Dr. Stephen C. Lando, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education
Kelly Newman, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education
Dr. Joseph Hickey, Assistant Superintendent for Special Education and Pupil Services
John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School Administration
Dr. Dan Holtzman, Principal
Patricia Hugo, Assistant Principal
Dr. Daniel Krauz, Assistant Principal
Ron Levine, Assistant Principal
Great Neck North High Department of the Fine and Performing Arts
Dr. Pamela Levy, Chair
ART, Joseph Giacalone, Emily Man, Christine Hakanjin, Linda Haase
DRAMA, Ilana Meredith
MUSIC, Dr. Pamela Levy, Joseph Rutkowski
2019/2020 NH Music Booster Co-Presidents

Nancy Notar-Francesco, Vivian Hong, Robin Schlusselberg
Acknowledgements
The Administration, Faculty and Staff of the John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School
Michael Meehan & TV North-GNPS/TV
Keith Grier & Michele Domanick
Custodial Staff
Colleen Bowler, Public Information Specialist

TRI-M MUSIC HONOR SOCIETY-Chapter 2605

(since October 18, 1995)

Daniel Zeng                         Co-President

Arabella Notar-Francesco    VP for Instrumental Music Library Excel File and Web Site

Jonathan Moalemi             VP for maintenance of brass instruments

Mark Xu                             VP for viola maintenance

Matthew Xu                       VP for violin maintenance

Nina Phillips                        VP for Instrumental Music Library Excel File and Web Site

Elizabeth Margiloff           VP for viola maintenance

Katherine Smolens             VP for Instrumental Music Library Excel File and Web Site

Cheongjun Oh                     VP for French horn maintenance

Daniel Choi                         VP for cello maintenance

Hani Kang                           VP for string bass maintenance

Sabrina Schlusselberg        VP for percussion maintenance

Lauren Murphy                  VP for percussion maintenance

Albert Jan                           VP for video recording system

Gregory Leung                   VP for video recording system

Preston Chan                      VP for brass maintenance

Christine Tiong                   VP for INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION

Christopher Yang              VP for Tri-M Dinner and Induction Ceremony Manager

Honorary Lifetime Members

Honorary Chapter 2605 Lifetime Members

Naomi Schlessel (since 1996)

Alma Whitney (since 1997)

Shirley Samansky (since 1998)

Shelley Sherman (since 1999)

Elaine Bassik (since 1999)

Dr. Arlette Sanders (since 2000)

Dr. William Shine (since 2001)

Dr. Fred Pereira (since 2002)

Lisa Mevorach (since 2002)

Susan Shine (since 2003)

Frederick Ritter, Jr. (since 2003)

Paula McNabb (since 2004)

Cheryl Ross (since 2004)

Sandy Ferguson (since 2004)

Sandy Cadieu (since 2004)

Jill Segal (since 2004)

Gail Gordon (since 2005)

Donna-Sue Gary (since 2005)

Grace Carpenter (since 2005)

June Sykoff (since 2005)

Angelo Sabatelli (since 2005)

Prof. Leo Kraft (since 2005)

Maestro Eugene Brusiloff (since 2005)

Diane Spiro (since 2006)

Laura Stern (since 2006)

Debbie Tartell (since 2014)

Bernie Kaplan (since 2018)

Neil Saggerson  (since 2018)

Roger Ames  (since 2018)

Dr. Janine Robinson  (since 2018)

Amy Kempton  (since 2018)

Karen Lee  (since 2018)

BOE President Barbara Berkowitz (since 2019)

Rebecca Sassouni (since 2019)

Donna Peirez (since 2019)

Former BOE VP Larry Gross (since 2019)

Donald Ashkenase (since 2019)

Jeffrey Shi (since 2019)

Dr. Sheila Terens (since 2019)

JOHN L. MILLER-GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Dr. Dan Holtzman, Principal Dr. Teresa Prendergast, Superintendent

Joseph Rutkowski, Matthew Trinkwald and Patrick Kennedy, Conductors

Violin

David S Cheung

Claire Cho

Nethaniel Darvishzadeh

Angelina Dayani

Isabella Dayani

Jaslyn Gao

Ariel Greenblatt

Leila Hawa

Albert Jan

Hwi-On Lee

Jordan R Mayorga

Jason Mei

Nina Phillips

Sally Sarker

Sydney Sarker

Alicia Sun

Adam Tsou

Tiantian Emily Wei

Matthew Xu

Kelly Yam

Daniel Zeng

David Zeng

Lawrence Zeng

Michelle Zeng

Renee Zeng

Chloe Zhou

Christine Zhou

Yuxi Julia Zhou

Viola

Esther (HeeJun) Hwang

Elizabeth Margiloff

Matthew Manesh

Arabella Notar-Francesco

Jonah Nouriyelian

Mark Xu

Christopher Matos Suero

Cello

Daniel Choi

Victoria Guan

Annette Hopkins

Matthew Kwong

Gregory Leung

Judah Nouriyelian

Joshua Oken

Alfonso Renteria

Tricia Wu

Trinity Wu

Bass

Hani Kang

Brandon Maher

Ashley Talledo

Joshua Li

Keyboard

Vera Cho

Jasmine Lin

Xiomara Trinidad Perez

Guitar

Eden A Monhian

Flute

Stanley Chan

Kelly Chau

Isabel Hidasi

Olivia Liu

Yi Liu

Ariella Sakhai

Katherine Smolens

Katherine Sun

Shuyuan Julie Sun

Kirsten Tam

Madeline Yang

Yushan Zhang

Han Zheng

Lan Zheng

Oboe

Michael Chan

Ciaran Palma

Christine Tiong

Kaiming Zhang

Clarinet

Brandan Chen

Aaron P Huang

Jonathan Kim

Kirsten Law

Linda Li

Ashleigh Wong

Bass Clarinet

Jesse Racsko

Alto Saxophone

Kevin Khadavi

Danielle Kobrick

Scott Levy

Clarence Luo

Jason Mei

Yaron Nassir

Chenkang Zhao

Tenor Saxophone

Shengqi Cui

Bari Saxophone

Eytan Ran

Horn

Sean Eliassi

Eric Ohebshalom

Cheongjun Oh

Trumpet

Behnam Greenblatt

Vincent Huang

Benjamin Malekan

Jordan Peiser

Harrison Rich

Emma Sassouni

Trombone

Jonathan Moalemi

Jinchen Yang

Euphonium

Jack Brenner

Karen Fukuoka

Tuba

Preston Chan

Percussion

Christopher Chang

Alexander Geula

Tyler Menker

Lauren Murphy

Sabrina Schlusselberg

Maverick Williams

Oscar Wostenholme

Accordion

Michelle Zeng