This is a solo performance by Fernando Sanchez Fermin of a guitar selection performed at our school's virtual Spring Concert held on Thursday, May 21, 2020. According to Fernando's teacher, Ms. Hoyos, her goal was to showcase his mastery of scales and to use this mastery to read and perform guitar music on the treble staff in the first to the fourth positions with at least 85% accuracy.

Performer: Fernando Sanchez Fermin

Townsend Harris HS Chorus launched The World Music Project in January of 2020. The project aims to celebrate various languages and the music of students’ native cultures. The idea came from a casual conversation in class when the teacher asked her students if they speak a language other than English at home. Many students raised their hands and we listed more than 15 different languages. The project evolved and each student selected which language group they wanted to join. While some students were better in a language than others, they all worked to help one another. The project was completed entirely by students, with minimal direction from the teacher during the quarantine to learn and celebrate various cultures through song.

Performers: Shabab Ahmed, Maliha Ahsan, Benjamin Babayev, David Babayev, Chayti Biswas, Ali Boivab, Nathaniel Caprioglio, Tiffany Cheung, Tijon Dembo, Larry Ejiofor, Isabella Jimenez, Hannah Krayzman, Zev Mahler, Janelle Marianne Quindala, Cora-Grace Sagario, Savannah Sclafani, Faye Shemper, Victor Shemper, Sarah Tasnim, Adam Tully, Marykate Wee, Grace Yang

Karen is a graduating Senior who sings and appreciates music of different styles. She works very hard at perfecting her performances and is not afraid to keep practicing and listening to herself. The student selected this piece, read the music and interpreted the song based on the style of the artist. She also requested the guitarist to accompany her along with the piano because she felt it added to the depth and meaning of the song as it was executed with more than 85% accuracy.

Performers: Karen Salazar, Fernando Sanchez Fermin

The John Bowne High School Chorus put up an impressive display of their vocal talent and ability to produce this virtual choir video during the COVID 19 Remote Learning response to the Pandemic. The students are to be commended because most of them never recorded themselves singing a harmonized vocal part by listening to an instrumental track. Students listened, memorized, sang and video recorded themselves singing their vocal part to an instrumental track with more than 85% performance accuracy. Many students who had difficulty in class reproducing their vocal part were able to sing just their part in isolation and they felt very accomplished. This was a very rewarding experience for the students in Chorus.

Performers: Karina Matatov, Karen Salazar, Daina Phillips, Zariah Ukaj Major, Jennifer Chen, Shamonique Jackson , Lily Van, Savannah Ferrarie, Ashley Pugliese, Lidia Jimenez, Alyssa Madray, Waziha Shahid, Fnu Snigdha, Laisa Suriel Joseph, Madison Ratcliff, Lauren Reid, Johanna Garduno Tlahuetl, Daniela Pauyac, Tahirah McGraw, Chao Jing Pan, Jie Yi Chen Weng, Sharon Sarria, Liang Qi Ren, Jemina Taylor, Jeremy Espinoza, Kamal Khan, Eric Lin, Jiaming Yan