Glen Cove High Honors Musically Gifted Students

The Glen Cove High School Music Department recently held a special awards ceremony and banquet to honor student musicians who have been making sweet sounds that have graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Citi Field, and venues around the Glen Cove schools and community. The evening included the induction of 16 new members into the Tri-M Music Honor Society. 

Supported by the National Association for Music Education, the society serves as the international music honor society for middle/junior high and high school students. It is designed to recognize students for their academic and musical achievements, reward them for their accomplishments and service activities and to inspire other students to excel at music and leadership.

Through more than 5,500-chartered chapters, Tri-M has helped thousands of young people provide years of service through music in schools around the world. 

Current members of Tri-M were also honored and were presented with awards by vocal teacher Edward Norris and instrumental teacher James Reardon, who presided over the awards presentations. Sixteen students were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Choral Department, while 12 musicians received similar outstanding recognition for the sounds they produce playing their instruments.  

There were also a host of special individual awards presented. The honorees are:

Danielle Loria- Chorale Presidential Award 

Chloe Stein and Laura O'Brien- Robert Cappel Choral Award  

Jason Kim- Louis Armstrong Jazz Award  

Michael Alvarez and Warton Du- The Ralph Galluccio Instrumental Award 

Nate Brady- The National Choral Award 

In addition to the many recognition awards, the Glen Cove Music & Performing Arts Parents Association awarded five scholarships to student musicians that were supported by a series of fundraisers conducted by the organization throughout the school year. The recipients are: Michael Alvarez, Keiran Basra, Emily Leahy, Danielle Loria, and Jessica Pearsall.