Nichols holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Master of Music in Wind Band Conducting from Louisiana State University. Rounding out the evening of music will be the Senior Band (Christopher Wakefield, Clymer Central School, chairperson), under the baton of Lieutenant Commander Diane Nichols, a native of Buffalo, NY.
Bromsted (Silver Creek Central School, Retired). Accompanying the Senior Chorus will be Daniel L.
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Highlights include previous invited appearances at NAfME All-Eastern and NYSSMA All-State Conventions, the Carnegie Hall Statewide Choral Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Disney Honors and the New York State School Boards Association in addition to numerous collaborations with distinguished composers, conductors, accompanists and collegiate and professional ensembles. Choirs under Sheehan’s direction have performed to great acclaim throughout the eastern United States and Canada. There he oversees a mixed choir, men’s choir, women’s choir and chamber singers and teaches group vocal lessons, sight-singing and music theory. O’Neill High School, Highland Falls, NY, where he has taught since 1996. A native of Allegany County, NY, Sheehan is Director of Choral Music at the James I. Conductor Christopher Reynolds Sheehan will lead this group of high school singers. Steiner has performed with the Erie Philharmonic, Erie Chamber Players, Cheektowaga Symphony, Erie County Wind Ensemble, Amherst Chamber Ensembles, and various other groups throughout Western New York.Īfter the Junior Band performance, the Senior Chorus (Jeannine Van Wey, Dunkirk Public Schools, Chairperson) will entertain the audience. A native of Eden, NY and two-time Grammy Nominated Music Educator, Steiner attended SUNY Fredonia School of Music earning a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music with an emphasis in Conducting. The band will be conducted by Amy Steiner. Nicole Zenns, Cassadaga Valley Central School, Chairperson) will follow the chorus. Doug Tramontana, Westfield Academy and Central School) will be accompanying the Junior Chorus. He is a member of ECMEA, NYSSMA, ACDA and MENC. An avid composer and arranger, Shafer’s creations have been performed and recorded by area choirs, vocal jazz ensembles and a cappella groups, notably, Buffalo’s own, The Lake Effect. He has guest conducted throughout New York and the northeast at All-County and area All State festivals with choirs from grades 4-12 as well as collegiate ensembles. Shafer is currently in his 23rd year of teaching and his fifth year as Choral Director at Frontier High School. This ensemble is comprised of close to 200 seventh, eighth and ninth graders. Performing after the Elementary Chorus will be the Junior Chorus (Kimberly Levan, Dunkirk Public Schools, chairperson). Accompanying the Elementary Chorus will be Charles Johnson. Place holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Roberts Wesleyan College, a Master of Science in Music Education from SUNY Fredonia and received her Orff Schulwerk training at the Eastman School of Music. Hill Elementary School in Brockport, NY since 2005 where she teaches general music, conducts fourth and fifth grade chorus, and conducts the select singing ensemble “Hilltop Singers.” Prior to teaching in Brockport, she was the K-12 vocal music teacher in Madison, NY. Place has been the vocal music teacher and choral director at the Fred W. Opening the concert will be the Elementary Chorus (Daland Perry, Clymer Central School, Chairperson) conducted by Becki Place. Each student is selected first by their school’s music teacher and from there the list is pared down by the CCMTA chair people, who select the students (in some cases by audition, teacher recommendation, or through a score received by playing a solo for a New York State-certified music adjudicator) who will make the final roster for each group.