Several students from the Sidney Central School District will participate in the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Zone 8 Area All-State Music Festival at SUNY Oneonta on November 17-18.
Groups performing include girls chorus, concert band, mixed chorus, and orchestra.
Students were selected for the festival based on the NYSSMA score they received on their solos this past spring.
Thirty-seven schools over a five-county area will be represented at the festival.
Sidney students participating in chorus are: Hannah Calkins, Lexi Cooper, JP Dewey, Jonathan Pineau, and Marisa Schott. Those participating in concert band are: Quinn Archeval, Alexandra Johnson, and Kaitlyn Marquez.
Concert band participants from Sidney are (from left): Kaitlyn Marquez (clarinet), Alexa Johnson (French horn), and Quinn Archeval (double bass). Chorus participants from Sidney are (from left): Jonathan Pineau, Lexi Cooper, Hannah Calkins, and JP Dewey. Missing: Marisa Schott.