Student musicians performing at Area All-State Festival

group of students poses for photo
Front row, l to r: Shawn Chaney, Abby Edgar, Kane Robinson, Ellie Scher, Keiran McNay, Lucy Quoma, Chryceis Hollars, Kelvin Li, and Zoli Arthur. Back row, l to r: Bryson Wilson-Smith, Jacob Keruskie, Benjamin Cross, Val Kustov, Michael Jantson, Emily Murphy, Rain Ross, Megan Brousseau, and Connor Rowe. Not pictured: Arav Sahu, Emily Scheiderheinze, Ziv Uruga and Jackson Whitford.

Twenty Bethlehem High School music students were selected for this year’s Area All-State Festival, which is being held at Proctors Theater in Schenectady on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-22.

Students were selected based upon their outstanding NYSSMA solo festival scores last spring, and will join other selected high school musicians from the greater Capital Region to rehearse and perform together over the two-day festival.

The festival’s closing performance is at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22 at Proctors. The concert is open to the public. Information and tickets are available here. 

Congratulations to these amazing student-musicians!

Mixed Chorus

  • Benjamin Cross
  • Michael Jantson
  • Jacob Keruskie
  • Ellie Scher
  • Emily Schneiderheinze

Symphonic  Band

  • Megan Brousseau
  • Shawn Chaney
  • Chryceis Hollars
  • Val Kustov
  • Kane Robinson
  • Ziv Uruga
  • Jackson Whitford

Symphony Orchestra

  • Abby Edgar
  • Kelvin Li
  • Keiran McNay
  • Emily Murphy
  • Rain Ross
  • Connor Rowe
  • Lucy Quoma
  • Arav Sahu

Jazz Ensemble (Alternates)

  • Zoli Arthur
  • Bryson Wilson-Smith