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Elwood String Students Among Best in Country

Ten selected to perform in Long Island String Festival Association Honors String Ensembles

The Elwood Union Free School District is pleased to announce that 10 talented
students were selected to perform in the Long Island String Festival Association’s Honors String Ensembles in January and February.

Selection to a LISFA ensemble is a highly competitive process, based on superior scores at the annual New York State School Music Association solo festivals and school music instructor recommendations.

The district is proud to recognize James H. Boyd fifth-grader Mina Ban (violin);
Elwood Middle School students Amanda Cassano (violin), Elizabeth Choi (violin),
Derek Lee (double bass) and Tyler Song (violin); and Elwood-John H. Glenn string players Christina Dimitriou (violin), Emily Dimitriou (violin), Ji in Kim (violin), Avery McLocklin (double bass) and Jennifer Most (violin).

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These students were selected to represent the district from among the very best of Suffolk County’s string players.

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