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HHS Chamber Choir and Concert Choirs Receive NYSSMA Gold with Distinction
Hauppauge High School’s Chamber Choir and Concert Choir, under the direction of Choral Director Mark Kimes, received the highest possible “Gold with Distinction” ratings at the 2014 NYSSMA Major Organization Festival. The Chamber Choir competed on Level 6 – the highest level in the competition – and the Concert Choir competed on Level 5.
A Gold rating is awarded to organizations that demonstrate an outstanding level of technical and artistic skill in: Tone, Intonation, Balance, Technique, Diction, Accuracy/Execution, Interpretation, Discipline and Appropriate Choice of Music. A “Gold with Distinction” rating is awarded only to those choirs that achieve a standard of performance deemed exceptional in all of the three selections performed for the NYSSMA judges.
Five Hauppauge High School students also receive perfect scores of 100 on their All-State NYSSMA Solos. They were Juniors William Recce and Rebecca Trentini and Sophomores Maria Johnsen, Sarah Juliano and John Greiner. Of the total 56 singers from Hauppauge’s Concert and Chamber Choirs that performed at the NYSSMA Majors, 22 students received an “A+” Rating (97 or higher), 20 received an “A” Rating (94 or higher), and nine received Excellent/Outstanding ratings (24 or higher out of 28).
“We are pleased to congratulate all of our exceptionally talented students and their equally talented Choral Director Mark Kimes for their outstanding achievements at this year’s NYSSMA Festival,” stated Director of Fine and Performing Arts Janet Velasquez.
A Gold rating is awarded to organizations that demonstrate an outstanding level of technical and artistic skill in: Tone, Intonation, Balance, Technique, Diction, Accuracy/Execution, Interpretation, Discipline and Appropriate Choice of Music. A “Gold with Distinction” rating is awarded only to those choirs that achieve a standard of performance deemed exceptional in all of the three selections performed for the NYSSMA judges.
Five Hauppauge High School students also receive perfect scores of 100 on their All-State NYSSMA Solos. They were Juniors William Recce and Rebecca Trentini and Sophomores Maria Johnsen, Sarah Juliano and John Greiner. Of the total 56 singers from Hauppauge’s Concert and Chamber Choirs that performed at the NYSSMA Majors, 22 students received an “A+” Rating (97 or higher), 20 received an “A” Rating (94 or higher), and nine received Excellent/Outstanding ratings (24 or higher out of 28).
“We are pleased to congratulate all of our exceptionally talented students and their equally talented Choral Director Mark Kimes for their outstanding achievements at this year’s NYSSMA Festival,” stated Director of Fine and Performing Arts Janet Velasquez.