November 21, 2008 - Forty North Colonie students were chosen to participate in the Suburban Council Music Festival in January. The students were chosen from more than 730 applicants from 13 area school districts.

The concert will be held at Ballston Spa High School on January 10 and will feature a middle school band, chorus and orchestra and a high school jazz ensemble. Find out more about the 2009 Suburban Council Music Festival.

Shaker Junior High School hosted auditions for the festival, and a panel of 40 teacher from around the Capital Region, including 15 from North Colonie, helped select the students who will participate. The North Colonie Friends of Music provided lunch and morning refreshments to the teachers.

Congratulations to the following students:

Sara Berg-Love, orchestra

Alaina Boyle, band

Michael Campito, band

Frankie Conroy, chorus

Allyon Crowley-Duncan, chorus

Amber Decker, chorus

Alex DuMont, band

Jessica Dzialo, chorus

Nick Dzialo, chorus

Emily Eruysal, orchestra

Maura Fitzgerald, orchestra

Mike Galvin, chorus

Brianna Giambertone, band

Bridgette Guerrette, chorus

Shane Guerrette, chorus

Lauren Haller, orchestra

Grace Hartl, band

Greg Hickey, band

Paige Holub, chorus

Nick Jones, chorus

Jacob Juron, chorus

Zachary Kreis, chorus

Justin LaFond, orchestra

Albert Lee, orchestra

Meghan Lemme, orchestra

Matthew Lorini, orchestra

Libby Mackay, band

Megan Martel, band

Sara Mroczkowski, chorus

Shannon Mukerji, orchestra

Victor Peng, orchestra

Blake Rafferty, chorus

Simran Rastogi, chorus

Michael Razzano, chorus

Meghan Ricci, band

Allessandra Sitterly, band

Maria Southworth, orchestra

Erik Trinkle, orchestra

Sage Van Amerongen, chorus

Noah Van Ryn, orchestra