Deer Park HS Women's Choir Performs For Suffolk Legislature

DEER PARK, NY — Several Deer Park students are being recognized for their musical abilities throughout Long Island.

The Deer Park High School Women's Choir was recently invited by Suffolk County Legislator Tom Donnelly (D-Deer Park) to perform the National Anthem before the entire Legislature in Hauppauge.

The singing of the national anthem, along with the pledge of allegiance and the non-denominational invocation, helped to formally start a day of legislative business at a general meeting on Nov. 22, a release said.

“I heard the Deer Park High School Women’s Choir perform at Michael Sena's Run for Hope 5K Run/Walk held at Deer Park High School in October and knew that the Legislative auditorium needed to be filled with their beautiful harmonies and voices,” said Donnelly.

Since 2000, the choir has "been delighting audiences young and old."

Consisting of 28 to 32 young women, members of this group are selected through a "rigorous" audition. In their 22-year existence, the choir, under the current direction of Catherine Singer, has been asked to participate in a number of festivals, parades and music competitions "across Long Island and beyond."

The choir will also perform at the Music in the Parks Competition in Hershey, PA in June 2023, after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I thank Choir Director Catherine Singer and the whole group for joining us," said Donnelly. "It was truly a memorable performance.”