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.
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