Liverpool High school music ensembles receive honors

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Three Liverpool High School music ensembles recently received top honors during the New York State School Music Association’s Major Ensemble Evaluation Festival. The festival took place at G. ray Bodley High school in Fulton. combined concert Bands: Level 3 - Gold (conducted by Jason Schirripa) Symphonic Orchestra: Level 5 - Gold (conducted by Jeff Abbott) Concert Ensemble: Level 5 - Gold with Distinction (conducted by Jim Dumas) Gold is the highest award that NyssmA offers for ensemble evaluation, and “Distinction” is a label that is reserved for performances that are truly remarkable and above and beyond what is expected of students performing at that level. “These groups have made tremendous progress over the course of the 2022-23 school year,” said LcsD Director of Fine Arts Adam shatraw. “the students played with maturity, technical facility, and musicality, and the adjudicators recognized those qualities by awarding then top scores.”