Brentwood Student Selected for 2008 European Concert
Bay Shore, NY, March 09, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Christopher Melecio, son of Mr and Mrs Pablo Melecio Jr. and Mrs Wanda Betancourt 77 Michigan Ave, Bayshore has been selected to perform with a national performing organization known as The Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus.
Christopher, who has served as a Tenor 1 in the Brentwood High School Select Choir, Participated as a member of the ACDA All Eastern Honors Choir this past February. He will join other student musician’s chosen from applicants representing nearly every state when The Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus begins its 2008 European Concert tour next July. Selection into The Sound of America membership is a distinguished honor for all participants. All applicants are carefully chosen only after a rigid character and musical evaluation.
All student performers will meet on the campus of Elizabethtown college, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania on July 4. After four days of intensive rehearsal and orientation, the group will depart via jet from the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York For Frankfurt , Germany. The group is scheduled to present ten performances in some of Europe finest concert halls and major cathedrals during its 25 – day concert tour.
The students will experience the cultures of six countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France and Luxembourg. Some of the exciting locations that will be visited during the tour are Paris, Venice, Strasbourg, Salzburg, Stresa, Verona, Rothenberg, Grindelwald, La Chaux-de-Fonds. Clyde M. Barr, Past State President of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and President of the North American Music Festivals in Myrtle Beach, Toronto, New York, Virginia Beach, Hershey, Cleveland, Boston, and Washington D.C is tour coordinator and conductor of the Honor Band.
Mr. Randall Yoder, an Emmy Award winner in music composition for television and conductor of the New York county Honor Chorus, York, Pa will serve as the Conductor of the Sound of America Honor Chorus.
Students who have qualified for The Sound of America membership are responsible for all costs involved with the trip. Frequently, however, local businesses and civic clubs who have interest in helping deserving students will offer some financial sponsorship to the student representing their community.
The Sound of America Honor Band & Chorus, celebrating its 32nd year in 2008, is recognized as one of the finest and most successful European Concert Tour programs in existence. It has received international acclaim for its exemplary success in achieving outstanding cultural relationships with the European countries. The Sound of America has been the recipient of letters of commendation from current United States President George W. Bush, former United States Presidents Ronald Regan and George Bush, former Under-Secretary-General to the United Nations Dick Thornburgh, former Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge and former First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton The Sound of America, Inc. Is registered with the Common wealth of Pennsylvania and The United States Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit, tax exempt corporation.
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Christopher, who has served as a Tenor 1 in the Brentwood High School Select Choir, Participated as a member of the ACDA All Eastern Honors Choir this past February. He will join other student musician’s chosen from applicants representing nearly every state when The Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus begins its 2008 European Concert tour next July. Selection into The Sound of America membership is a distinguished honor for all participants. All applicants are carefully chosen only after a rigid character and musical evaluation.
All student performers will meet on the campus of Elizabethtown college, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania on July 4. After four days of intensive rehearsal and orientation, the group will depart via jet from the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York For Frankfurt , Germany. The group is scheduled to present ten performances in some of Europe finest concert halls and major cathedrals during its 25 – day concert tour.
The students will experience the cultures of six countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France and Luxembourg. Some of the exciting locations that will be visited during the tour are Paris, Venice, Strasbourg, Salzburg, Stresa, Verona, Rothenberg, Grindelwald, La Chaux-de-Fonds. Clyde M. Barr, Past State President of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and President of the North American Music Festivals in Myrtle Beach, Toronto, New York, Virginia Beach, Hershey, Cleveland, Boston, and Washington D.C is tour coordinator and conductor of the Honor Band.
Mr. Randall Yoder, an Emmy Award winner in music composition for television and conductor of the New York county Honor Chorus, York, Pa will serve as the Conductor of the Sound of America Honor Chorus.
Students who have qualified for The Sound of America membership are responsible for all costs involved with the trip. Frequently, however, local businesses and civic clubs who have interest in helping deserving students will offer some financial sponsorship to the student representing their community.
The Sound of America Honor Band & Chorus, celebrating its 32nd year in 2008, is recognized as one of the finest and most successful European Concert Tour programs in existence. It has received international acclaim for its exemplary success in achieving outstanding cultural relationships with the European countries. The Sound of America has been the recipient of letters of commendation from current United States President George W. Bush, former United States Presidents Ronald Regan and George Bush, former Under-Secretary-General to the United Nations Dick Thornburgh, former Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge and former First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton The Sound of America, Inc. Is registered with the Common wealth of Pennsylvania and The United States Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit, tax exempt corporation.
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