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HS Recognition Program Video Gallery

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame is proud to announce the winners of its fifth annual High School Music Department Recognition Program. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 awards had to be canceled. In 2021, the awards shifted to a virtual application process. For the first time, video entries were accepted that showcased the amazing music that schools created under unbelievably difficult conditions and pandemic restrictions.

Both the LIMHoF Education committee and a panel of music educators reviewed the videos that were submitted from each school. As a result, 12 Long Island high school music programs were awarded recognition wins and celebrated via video format. For the first time in its history, music performance videos from each applicant have been posted here on the LIMHoF website.

2021

Harborfields High School “Dream Time” by Benny Carter Performed by the Harborfields High School Jazz Band
Name of Music Group: The Harborfields High School Jazz Band Farmingdale High School Farmingdale High School Mixed Chorus
Teacher: Ms. Jessica Mischke Centereach High School Ensemble: Centereach Wind Ensemble
Band Director Name: Lee Schaarschmidt The Wheatley School Name of ensemble: Wheatley Jazz Ensemble
Name of music teacher: Steve Fitzko William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Tri-M Holiday Video
Michael Schwartz Half Hollow Hills High School East Name of Music Group: Guitar Ensemble
Name of Music Teacher: Ms. Felicya Schwarzman Hicksville High School Ensemble - Chamber Singers
Teacher - Michelle Shmuel Kellenberg Memorial High School Ensemble: Firebird Swing
Director: Mrs. Sheila Zider John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School Chamber Ensembles
Dr. Pamela Levy/Joseph Rutkowski Long Beach High School Name of ensemble: Select Choir
Name of music teacher: Dr. Michael Capobianco Centereach High School Select Vocal Ensemble
Brian Hough Southampton High School Swing Orchestra Nancy Caine, Director
The Idylls of Pegasus by Richard Meyer Lynbrook High School Ensemble: The Lynbrook High School Concert Choir
Music Teacher: Mr. Barry Wyner The Wheatley School Ensemble: Honors String Ensemble
Teacher: John D'Onofrio-Watts Centereach High School Philharmonic Orchestra
Heather Wesnofske William A. Shine Great Neck High School South Wind Ensemble "Dillon's Flight" by Ralph Ford John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School Music Selection: Excerpt from Into The Woods
Conducted and Submitted by: Joseph Rutkowski
Music Direction: Pamela Levy
Directed By: Andrew Wagner William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Music Group: Wind Ensemble
Music Director: Mark Boschen
Music Selection: Prairie Dances by David Holsinger School Name: William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Music Group: Chamber Singers
Music Director: Dr. Janine Robinson
Music Selection: O Lovely Peace from Judas Maccabeus by G.F. Handel School Name: William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Music Group: String Orchestra
Music Director: Michael Schwartz
Music Selection: Carol of the Bells arr. Michael Hopkins School Name: William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Music Group: String Orchestra
Music Director: Michael Schwartz
Celtic Canon by Johann Pachelbel/Traditional, arr. Crystal Plohman Connetquot High School Long Island Voices Long Island Voices Show Choir
Director: Jimmy Nagle
Music Selection: Up on the Housetop

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