Chamber Singers return with an Outstanding Performance

Emma Galasso, Staff Writer/Assistant Editor

June 4, 2013

The Westhampton Beach High School Chamber Singers under the direction of Mr. Eric Rubinstein

Congratulations to the WHBHS Chamber Singers who recently performed at the NYSSMA Major Organization, earning Gold with Distinction, the highest out of five awards that can be awarded to a choir. On Tuesday, May 28th, the singers performed at William Floyd High School infront of two adjudicators, who critiqued and praised their performance.

This year has been an amazing year for the Chamber Singers – from performing at Carnegie Hall to earning Gold with Distinction, these high school singers have experienced opportunities that come once in a life time.

Look out for the Chamber Singers next school year at many other events!

About the Contributor

Emma Galasso, Staff Editor

Emma is a junior at WHBHS. This is her second year writing for The Hurricane Eye and her first year as editor. She discovered her love for journalism accidentally, when she was enrolled in Journalism by accident her sophomore year; she fell in love. Emma continued on to layout the school paper, report school events, write articles, and build up her photography business. This past summer, she was accepted to the 2013 Robert W. Greene Summer High School Institute for Young Journalists at Stony Brook University. Chosen from over 200 Long Island High school rising juniors and seniors, Emma was the only rising junior out of her class of seventeen. Emma has worked with Pulitzer Prize winning photographer John Conrad Williams as well as critically acclaimed college professors. She now is an anchor as well as an avid contributor in WHBHS's Broadcast Journalism course. Emma hopes to continue her passion for journalism in college and pursue broadcasting as a career. In the fall of 2015, she hopes to become part of the Class of 2019 at Northeastern University, but she will always be a Hurricane. Please feel free to check our her photography at http://www.flickr.com/photos/101847332@N05/.