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Music

Students drum at spring concertAll students take music in elementary and middle school. Students take general music in grades K-5. Additionally, all fourth grade students take chorus and fifth grade students have the opportunity to join the school chorus, band or orchestra program.

Grades K-5

  • General Music (required for all students)
  • Chorus 4 and 5
  • Band 5
  • Orchestra 5

Teachers – Megan Gallucci, Jon Kusche, Andrea Lubbers, Jacqui Nagy, Lawrence Perez, Megan Scolaro, Jon Tario

Grades 6-8

  • Band
  • Chorus
  • Orchestra
  • General Music (for students not in a performing group)
  • After school opportunities – jazz band, drama club, guitar club

Teachers – David Bresnahan, Caitlyn Clark, Jarod Grieco, Nathan Lawrence, Erin Upson, Hannah Wunsch

Grades 9-12

Teachers – Shellie Badger, Sue Chrzan, Scott Halliday, Jon Kusche

Chamber Singers at 2018 Choral FestivalColumbia graduates have attended prestigious music universities including:

  • Berklee College of Music
  • College of St. Rose
  • Eastman School of Music
  • Hartt School of Music
  • Hartwick College
  • Ithaca College
  • Juilliard Pre-College
  • Manhattan School of Music
  • Oberlin Conservatory
  • SUNY Fredonia
  • Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam
  • SUNY Purchase

Click here for more information about the East Greenbush Music Program.

 

News

Columbia auditorium Columbia Hosting Pops Concerts - Columbia High School musicians are performing three separate Pops Concerts starting Tuesday, March 19 in the school auditorium. The concerts are free and open to the public.
Columbia String Ensemble at SED Columbia String Ensemble Performs at State Education Department Awards Ceremony - The Columbia String Ensemble musicians performed at the State Education Building in Albany on February 1. The event, the Annual Awards Ceremony, honored employees for their years of service in the State Education Department.
6th Grade Band at 2024 Winter All County Music Festival 30 Goff Students Perform at All-County Winter Music Festival - 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.