Garden City Student Choirs Perform At Radio City Music Hall

GARDEN CITY, NY — On Dec. 7, Garden City High School's concert choir, women's choir and chamber choir traveled to New York City to perform on the iconic Radio City Music Hall stage. These choirs were selected to be the opening act for the world-famous Rockettes ahead of their Christmas Spectacular performance.

Close to 100 choral students traveled on two coach busses to Radio City Music Hall, where they received a group tour of the venue. Students learned about the history of the theater and about iconic artists who have performed there. Then, they had a chance to see different rehearsal and backstage spaces, and they even met a Rockette.

Following dinner at the Hard Rock Café, it was off to the performance. Thousands of audience members piled into the theater, including a number of Garden City family members, school staff and community supporters. Before Santa Claus made his entrance, the students performed an arrangement of the classic holiday song “White Christmas,” as well as a piece titled, “Spirit of the Season” conducted by Concert Choir Director Alexandra Frazzetto and Director of Chamber Choir and Women’s Choir Stephen Mayo.

“Our students will talk about this day for the rest of their lives," said Amanda Hauser, district coordinator for music and the arts. "To have an opportunity to sing in Radio City Music Hall is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I don't know if they will ever have the opportunity to sing in front of a larger audience. Their singing warmed my heart, as well as the hearts of the thousands of audience members that traveled near and far to see the Christmas Spectacular!"

After the students performed, they continued to watch the Christmas Spectacular.