Thirty Goff Middle School students participated in the Rensselaer County School Music Association All-County Winter Festival last weekend in Troy. Members of the 6th grade band and 7th and 8th grade chorus were selected to attend rehearsals and perform a concert with other outstanding musicians from across Rensselaer County.
Students celebrated winter at the District-wide Choral Festival on Thursday morning with a set list devoted to the season. Each school’s chorus performed in the Columbia High School auditorium under the direction of their music teacher with songs such as “Winter Fantasy,” “Snow Day,” and “Winter With You.”
The Columbia High School Orchestra performed a holiday concert for veterans and staff in the lobby of the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany on Tuesday.
Travelers at the Joseph L. Bruno Rail Station in Rensselaer were treated to a surprise concert on Friday morning as they waited for trains and said farewell to family and friends. The performance of Holiday Brass Caroling was provided by Columbia High School band students.
Columbia High School’s Caitlin Weinheimer ’24 was named the Classical Student Musician of the Month for December by WMHT-FM. Weinheimer is a violinist in the Columbia Chamber Orchestra as well as concertmaster of the Empire State Youth Orchestra Symphony Orchestra. Congratulations!
Columbia High School musicians performed a free concert in the Empire State Plaza Concourse in Albany on Friday, entertaining crowds with Christmas carols and other holiday songs.