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1995 - School of Orchestral Studies

LizAnn Glushko 
11 Woodland Drive
Peru, NY 12972
Home Phone: (518) 643-668
Email:  lizanngl@aol.com

What I'm doing now: Finishing up my bachelor's degree. Working part-time as I do this. Preparing to take the GRE. Playing music whenever I can.

Comments: I made so many wonderful friends at NYSSSA that I have not heard from in years... You know who you all are. Best wishes to each and every one of you. Don't forget me!

Dena Santorelli   

What I'm doing now: I live at home with dad. I still teach Private lessons. I can't believe it has been 10 years. I currently work on the Island. 

Comments:  found a photo album of pictures from my 2 summers at NYSSSA. So many memories of concerts, the pink palace, the park, gazebo, SPAC and the many friends. Hope to hear from you all soon. Hope everyone is doing well!

Jonathan Kui  Email: jonathankui@hotmail.com

What I'm doing now: I am currently a PhD student at Cold Spring Harbor Laboraotry on Long Island... Still playing the violin, and now doing some amateur filmmaking as
well. I hope everyone is doing well!

Comments: One of the greatest summers in my entire life. :)

Brian Nivison  Email: bnivison@gmail.com

Comments: The summer in Saratoga was life changing. There are so many memories. It would be nice to hear how people are doing today.

What I'm doing now: Jr-Sr High School Music Teacher/Director of Bands. I live in PA, in the tri-states (NY-NJ-PA) region, and teach in NY.

Catherine Eyring Email: cat_916@hotmail.com

Cara Parkoff Email: caraparkoff@hotmail.com
What I'm doing now: I graduated from Skidmore in May '02 and now I'm working on my Master's in Library Science.

Comments: Those were two fabulous summers where I met some really great friends.

Amy Yamagishi Email: ayamagis@gmail.com
Comments: I am presently teaching Orchestra in Brentwood (Long Island).  I would love to hear from old friends.

Thomas Castelli
31 Chadwick Circle, Apt. D
Nashua, NH 03062-5720
Home Phone: (603)891-0497
Work Phone: (978)858-5213
Email: tckma@attbi.com

What I'm doing now: I live in Nashua, NH, a small city on the Mass / NH line about an hour north of Boston. I am planning to go to grad school in Fall '02 - waiting on acceptances. I'm looking for local auditions but have had little luck.

James Faure
18 Pierrepont Avenue
Apartment 2
Potsdam, NY 13676
Home Phone: (315)265-4437
Email: faure68@potsdam.edu

What I'm doing now: I am currently a Senior Music Performance Major at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, New York. I will graduate in the Winter of 2002 and plan on continuing my musical studies at a conservatory.

Comments: The knowledge I gained in Saratoga have given me an excellent start to my studies and an eventual career as a performer.

Laura Towle-Hilt 
210 Stanford Drice
Schenectady, NY 12303
Home Phone: 518-355-2092
Email: louloubelle21@yahoo.com
What I'm doing now: I am a string teacher at 3 elementary schools and a high school. I conduct three orchestras and teach lessons on violin, viola, cello, and bass

Comments: SOS was a great experience for me! The best, most rewarding part was studying with professionals in the field of music education.

Anne Griffin 
436 Kinsley Ct.
Oceanside, NY 11572
Email: amjgriffin@aol.com

What I'm doing now: Working on a research project on the Italian system of organ donation and procurement in Palermo, Sicily on a Fulbright grant.

Comments: Still keep in touch with the friends I made there.

Eric Macauley 
4290 Albany Dr. #P-246
San Jose, CA 95129
Home Phone: (408)246-7821
Work Phone: (408)853-3319
Email: macauley@illinoisalumni.org

What I'm doing now: I graduated from the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign and now live in San Jose, California where I work at Cisco Systems as a hardware engineer.

Comments: It was a great experience, one which I have many fond memories from. From going to see the Philadelphia Orchestra, to playing foosball each night in the dorm, it was a lot of fun, and one of the best ways to spend a summer.

Matt Pendrak
85 Paradise Ln, Apt 12
Tonawanda, NY 14150
Home Phone: (716)692-6247
Work Phone: (716)362-7100
Email: Mattyviola@aol.com

What I'm doing now: Teaching and loving it!!!

Jessica Moquin  Work Phone: (315)684-6020
Email: moquinja@morrisville.edu
What I'm doing now:  SUNY Morrisville, Institutional Advancement, Morrisville, New York Coordinator of Alumni Affairs (January 2002-Present)

Comments: The School of Orchestral Studies was a wonderful program. Thank you!

Rebecca (Becky) Westerling
What I'm doing now: I am teaching middle school science in St. Louis through Teach for America. I recently graduated from the University of Rochester, where I majored in psychology and religion. I played in the orchestra

Comments: I cannot think of a way I would have rather spent my summers. I met so many good friends and have wonderful memories. While I didn't go into music professionally it will always be a part of my life.

Allison Gorman Email: gormana@upstate.edu
What I'm doing now: Medical School

Laura Westerling 
Brighton, MA  02135

Email:  laurarwest@yahoo.com
What I'm doing now:   Studying social work (MSW)

Victoria Alaimo
140 Lake Road
Manhasset, NY  11030-1103

Home Phone:   516 724-0034
Email:   valaimo1@aol.com

What I'm doing now:   I am teaching orchestra grades 7-12 in the Valley Stream Central High School District.  In addition, I am currently the Department head of music and art at Memorial Junior High School.  I recently completed my Masters at Columbia University

Comments:  I always run into someone I know from SOS!

Jana (Cataldo) Rogers
4908 Ernest Way
Clay, NY 13041
Email: jcataldo1@twcny.rr.com
What I'm doing now: Teaching Elementary Orchestra part time and staying home with my daughter
Chris (Menter) Short
Broomfield, CO 80020
 Email: christinelynnshort@gmail.com
What I'm doing now: I am currently Assistant Principal 2nd violin in the Fort Collins Symphony, and a member of the Greeley Philharmonic and the Cheyenne Symphony. I have a string quartet dedicated to educational outreach (meostringquartet.org), and I teach privately.
Melissa Hendricks

Email:  mhendricks1@gmail.com

What I'm doing now:I am a pediatrician at Duke University Medical Center.
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