Outstanding Monticello High School music students to participate in Area All-state Music Festival

Giunta to sing with All-State Mixed Choir in Rochester

MONTICELLO, NY — Monticello High School announces three students who have been selected to perform in the Area All-State Music Festival on November 16 and 17 at Monroe-Woodbury High School. These students were chosen from a group of over 1,000 applicants from Zone 9 (Rockland, Sullivan, Orange, Ulster and Greene counties).

Selections were based on their outstanding solo audition scores from last spring’s New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) solo evaluation festival. Students will meet with their counterparts at Monroe-Woodbury on November 16 for a five-hour intensive rehearsal. The students will return on November 17 for continued rehearsals, which will culminate in two performances.

The ensembles will be led by guest conductors from various parts of the country, who will also share with the students their wealth of knowledge and experience as top professionals in their field.

The selected Monticello High School students are Christian Giunta for the 2007 Area All-State Band, Rebecca Perlman for the 2007 Area All-State Orchestra and Rachel Zager for the 2007 Area All-State Women’s Chorale.

As an added honor, Monticello High School senior Giunta was also recently honored by being selected to participate in the All-State Mixed Choir of the New York State All-State Music Festival, which will be held in Rochester on November 29 through December 2. Giunta was selected out of thousands who auditioned for this honor in the spring of 2007.