To celebrate their love for music, nine student-musicians from the Elwood Union Free School District recently participated in the Long Island String Music Festival.

With the assistance of orchestra teachers Karen Gellert, Stephanie Kenyon and Diana Gotzen-Berg, the Elwood students prepared music and participated in a weekend of rehearsals with a culminating concert performance.

The district congratulates the following students on an outstanding performance:

Suffolk Elementary Festival
Blake Goehring – Bass
Ione Henriksen – Violin
Aaram Lee – Violin
Jaden Song – Cello
Maya Tallo – Violin

Suffolk Secondary Festival
Elizabeth Choi – Violin
Jennifer Most – Violin
James Paik – Cello
Ruben St. Paul – Cello