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Copiague Student-Musician Selected For NYS All-State Festival

A Copiague high school student has been chosen as chorus alternate for the New York State School Music Association's All-State Festival.

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From left, Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Principal Joseph Agosta, chorus teacher Gina Occhiogrosso and Director of Fine Arts Jennifer Ross-Troise.
From left, Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Principal Joseph Agosta, chorus teacher Gina Occhiogrosso and Director of Fine Arts Jennifer Ross-Troise. (Courtesy of Copiague School District)

LINDENHURST, NY — Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School student Vaiva Kean has been chosen as an alternate for chorus at the New York State School Music Association’s All-State Festival, district officials said.

She was selected based on her exceptional audition at the NYSSMA solo festival. If chosen, Kean will travel to Rochester, New York, in December to perform with other top musicians in New York State.

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