| Cara
Parkoff |
Email: caraparkoff@hotmail.com |
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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.
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| Jonathan
Kui |
Email: jonathankui@hotmail.com |
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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. :)
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Justin
Varuzzo
49 Dogwood Trail
LaGrangeville, NY 12540 |
Home
Phone: 845-223-3297
Work Phone: 845-223-3297
Email: jvaruzzo@aol.com |
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What
I'm doing now: I'm still performing, mostly jazz
drumming in the Hudson Valley region. Although not very
often with a very hectic work schedule, between working 2nd shift and IBM, and running my business during the
day. |
| Amy
Yamagishi |
Email:ayamagis@gmail.com |
| What
I'm doing now: I
am presently teaching Orchestra in Brentwood (Long Island). I
would love to hear from old friends.
Comments:
My experience @ Saratoga is probably the best
experience I have ever had with music...studying music at a
college/professional level wasn't fun at all...(O-----saka!) Thanks for being one of the best
experiences of my childhood. |
James
Faure
18 Pierrepont Avenue
Apartment 2
Potsdam, NY 13676 |
Home
Phone: (315)265-4437
Email: faure68@potsdam.edu |
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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. |
| Andrew
Pollock |
Email:
pollock@fas.harvard.edu |
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| Lucia
Shon |
Email:
Lshon1214@hotmail.com |
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Aimee
Smith
474 Windsor Place
Oceanside, NY 11572 |
Home
Phone: 516-764-5670
Work Phone: 614-432-0637 |
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What
I'm doing now: working on my education degree
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| Eric
Wan |
Home
Phone: 607-777-4300 x57599#
Work Phone: 516-437-0387
Email: ultimoo@hotmail.com |
| What
I'm doing now: I am entering my final semester in
college
Comments:
great experience |
Anne
Griffin
436 Kinsley Ct.
Oceanside, NY 11572 |
Email:
amjgriffin@aol.com
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| 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.
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Jessica
Weber
6200 Wayne Ave. Apt.
B106
Philadelphia, PA 19144 |
Home Phone:
(845)527-9661
Email:
weberj@gmail.com |
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What I'm doing now:
I am a graduate student at Temple University, studying
Violin Performance.
Comments:
I met my current violin teacher, William dePasquale, at
SOS. I loved the program so much that I am currently the
Head Counselor of the Orchestral Studies program.
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Jana (Cataldo) Rogers
4908 Ernest Way
Clay, NY 13041
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Email:
jcataldo1@twcny.rr.com |
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What I'm doing now:
Teaching Elementary Orchestra part time and staying home
with my daughter
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Alison
Eckberg
10 Fifth Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 |
Email:
violinrox@hotmail.com |
| What
I'm doing now: Currently about to graduate from
Hamilton College and start a summer internship in Rocky
Mtn National Park, Colorado educating the public on fire safety.
Comments:
School of Orchestral Studies was a wonderful
experience that gave musicians like myself an
opportunity to play amazing music and learn from professional musicians that we would never have had the
chance to meet otherwise. |
Amy
Sladowski
2440 Rockville Centre Parkway
Oceanside, NY
11572-1623 |
Home
Phone: (516)764-608
Email: amyann1229@yahoo.com |
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What I'm doing now: I
am a double major (Music Education and English
Literature) at SUNY Potsdam and the Crane School of Music. This past
May I graduated with my BA. I will complete my BM in Dec 2002 after I student
teach.
Comments:
The way I was completely immersed in music for four
weeks of the summer allowed me to discover how much I
loved music. Honestly, the two summers I spent at SOS
completely changed my life.
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Matt
Pendrak
85 Paradise Ln, Apt 12
Tonawanda, NY 14150 |
Home
Phone: (716)692-6247
Work Phone: (716)362-7100
Email:
Mattyviola@aol.com |
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What
I'm doing now: Teaching and loving it!!!
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Tracy
Domser
34 Root St.
New Hartford, NY 1413 |
Email:
mahlerone@aol.com |
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Shawn
Johnson
80 Valley View Drive
Elma, NY 14059 |
Email:
jhumtbkr@aol.com |
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What
I'm doing now: Entering the Graduate Program in
Acoustics at The Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA. to
pursue a PhD in Acoustics.
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Brian
Hermanson
2722 East Grand River
East Lansing, MI 48823 |
Home Phone:
585-414-6502
Work Phone: 585-414-6502
Email: einstein144
@hotmail.com |
What I'm doing
now: Freelance Musician - NYC; Chamber Musician/Coach;
Faculty, Flint Institute of Music
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| Rebecca (Becky) Westerling |
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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.
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Laura Westerling
Brighton, MA 02135
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Email: laurarwest@yahoo.com |
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What I'm doing now:
Studying social work (MSW)
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Adrianna
Donovan
21-67 33rd Street Apt. 3A
Astoria, NY 11105
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Email: eternity1218@hotmail.com |
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What I'm doing now: I
am teaching in a high school program, teaching privately,
and
gigging.
Comments:
I can't explain what an enormous effect SOS had on me. It
was one
of the very best experiences of my life, and I
consistantly recommend it to my students and anyone that
will listen! I loved this place and
would relive my years here if I could!
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Cathy Cuccia |
Email:
ccuccia@optonline.net |
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What I'm doing now: I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelors
in
Performance
and a Masters in Ed. I am teaching band and as
always, playing horn.
Comments:
It is truly a special place. SOS had a profound
influence on my
desire to pursue a career in music. Some of my best
friends now I
met at SOS. I loved going back as a counselor for three
summers, it is
still just as inspiring now as it was then.
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Victoria
Alaimo
140 Lake Road
Manhasset, NY 11030-1103 |
Home Phone:
516 724-0034
Email:
valaimo1@aol.com |
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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!
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Keith David Reeves
10208 Ravenscourt Drive #208
Spotsylvania, VA 22553 |
Email:
keith@kdreeves.com |
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What I'm doing now: Public
school Instrumental and Choral music director. Positions
held in New York,
Hawai'i, and Virginia.
Comments:
I had a wonderful
experience at NYSSSA, and have had the
pleasure to send students of my own to the program.
It is an outstanding institution, and I consider
myself tremendously fortunate to have had the
experience. Green jello will never look the same!
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