Lindenhurst Union Free School District

Lindenhurst High School offers the opportunity for students to further develop their musical abilities. There are six performing groups (Concert and Symphonic Orchestra, High School Chorus, Concert Choir, and Concert and Symphonic Band) and five select performing groups (Songbirds , female vocal ensemble and Odyssey- mixed vocal ensemble), Marching Band, Jazz Band, and String Chamber ensemble) students can study music simply to broaden their education or prepare for musical studies on a collegiate and conservatory level. The High School produces an annual musical that allows students to showcase their talent. This year, Dance will be offered at the high school. The dance class will focus mainly on contemporary or modern technique. The dancers will learn movement ideas that will teach them about effort, shape, dynamics, rhythm, body alignment, and awareness. They will learn how to move through space in an efficient and logical manner. The dancers will be required to not only physically perform through dance, but also learn dance history, choreography and compositional work, improvisation, and performance skills. The dance students will be able to; know, do, value, and create dance on many different levels. The Theater Arts class offers students the opportunity to learn about the many areas that are involved in theatre arts. The theatre department, vocal department, dance department, and art department will teach theatre Arts collaboratively. Music Theory I and II is offered as well. These classes are for the performing arts students whom are planning to continue their music studies after high school. The theory II class prepares students for the entry-level college theory entrance exam. Lindenhurst High School takes great pride in the excellence of their performing groups, which are among the best on Long Island. Students from the Concert Choir and Symphonic Orchestra were selected for this year's All-County and All-State performing groups. Lindenhurst is always well represented at the highly selective SCMEA concerts. In short, Lindenhurst offers an outstanding musical education to all students. The Senior High School Concert Choir received a Level VI Gold NYSSMA Rating at the NYSSMA Ensembles Festival at the Suffolk County Community College. This year, the Marching Band won First Place in their division of the USSBA competition. Both the Senior High School Concert Choir and the Marching Band were invited again this past year to perform at Shea Stadium for a Mets game on Friday June 18th 2004. The pre-game show and national anthem were performed before the ceremony honoring Mike Piazza for the most home runs made by a pitcher. In May, a select group of talented singers from the senior high school performed live with Pat Benatar on the WB Morning News Show and also at Union Square. The show consisted of a medley of "Sun" songs to promote skin cancer awareness. Channel 7 Eyewitness News was on hand that day in Union Square to shoot the performance and interview some of our singers.