Music students throughout the East Meadow School District received scholarships toward summer music study from the Nassau Music Educators Association and the Long Island String Festival Association.
The following students received scholarships from the NMEA:
East Meadow Summer Music Program:
Barnum Woods Elementary School:
Isabella Cardenas, fifth grader
George McVey Elementary School:
Kyle Ayhon, fifth grader
Jeremy Castro, fifth grader
Nicolas Garcia, fifth grader
Sophie Kusumo, fifth grader
Nikola Yarkin, fifth grader
Shengming Zhou, fifth grader
Woodland Middle School:
Angela Benites, sixth grader
Jade Benites, sixth grader
Ihsan Kazmi, seventh grader
Elise Lopez, sixth grader
Siddharth Singh, eighth grader
Anindita Jia Singh, sixth grader
East Meadow High School:
Arianna Lopez, freshman
Pierrot Chamber Music Festival
Aliana Beckett, Woodland Middle School sixth grader
School of Rock
Gabriel Rodriguez, Woodland Middle School sixth grader
Addititionally, Woodland Middle School student Sandya Rampartap received a scholarship from LISFA. Hundreds of students across Nassau County applied for summer music scholarships, and East Meadow’s students are thankful of the opportunity to improve upon their performance skills during the summer. The district’s student musicians look forward to boosting their own playing and musicianship in their ensembles in the future.