The Great Neck News, Friday, March 25, 2016
GN
s chool ne w s
49
Board honors 72 North students Seventy-two North High School students were recently recognized by the Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education for contributing to the quality of life at their school. Students, in alphabetical order, are: Robert Ades, Danielle Ajodan, Leael Alishahian, Rebecca Amir, Lana Anderson, Alessandra Antuzzi, Danielle Beck, Gabrielle Berger, Abigail Berkower, Shirley Bessalely, Joseph Bichoupan, Liat Blumner, Talya Blumner, Danielle Bluth, Sarina Carbone, Gabriela Carrasco, August Chen, Orli Cole, Olivia Descorbeth, Nathanael Diaz, Jeremy Feith, Laura Flores, Jessica Giraldo, Colette Greeenbaum, Jacob Guggenheimer, Tyler Hakimian, Claudia Hakimian, Zachary Han, Rose Harooni, Mitchell Harounian, Ariel Hazan, Griffen Healy, Lee Hofman, Won Jung, Julia Kaluta, Maital Kashani, Lauren Kerendian, Alexa Kimiabakhsh, Jacqueline Kislin, Rachel Klein, Jee Min Lee, Yael Lissack, Yehonathan Litman, Graelin Mandel, Laura Mardkha, Cynthia Mei, Jonathan Monahemi, Nicole Mordekai, Stephanie Nakash, Naomi Nikfarjam, Michelle Nissan, Thomas Okin, Ruby Paisner, Polina Pittell, Danielle Andrea Reyes, Julia Rietbrook, Eric Sedaghat, Isabelle Sehati, Julia Shahery, Eliana Smooha, Jessica Storozum, Danielle Tarras, Judith Teboul, Brenda Tehrani, Andrew Torkian, Ariel Uzan, Adir Vegon, Jamie Weber, Carly Weisen, Jasmine Wong, Ellen X Xu, and Michelle Zak. Joining them are Board of Education members (President Barbara Berkowitz, Vice President Lawrence Gross, and Trustees Donald Ashkenase, Monique Bloom, and Susan Healy), and school and district administrators.
G.N. students picked for Lincoln Center program Members of Great Neck South High School’s chamber music program have been selected to perform at the 2016 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center “Young Musicians Program,” at Alice Tully Hall on Thursday, April 14 at 11 a.m. The concert is free and the public is welcome. Joshua S. Lee, cello; Soyoung Park, piano; and Christine Suh, violin will perform Antonin
Dvorak’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90 (Dumky Trio) Lento maestoso (Finale). Zhengkuan (Kenny) Huang, violin II; Joshua S. Lee, cello; Christine Suh, violin I; and Helena Woroniecka, viola will perform Edvard Grieg’s String Quartet, Op. 27 Un poco Andante. These two ensembles are among the 11 selected from the tri-state area from 41 ensemble
entries. The Young Musicians Program is a chamber music competition for high school musicians offered by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. High school student chamber music ensembles are invited to submit applications and audio recordings through their school music departments to be considered for participation.
Selected ensembles receive two professional coaching sessions by members of the Chamber Music Society or Chamber Music Society Two, or by guests. South High’s chamber music program is coordinated by Michael Schwartz, performing arts department head, and Pamela Levy. “We recognize the important contributions of all of our music
teachers in laying the musical foundation and growth throughout the elementary and middle school years,” Schwartz said. “Our student’s success is a direct result of the collective efforts on behalf of our music students.” The Young Musicians Program began in 1998. South High ensembles have been selected to perform every year since then, except for two.