• Music Intro
  • Ensembles
    • Band
    • Choir
    • Orchestra
  • Calendar
    • Music Night
  • Opera
  • Chamber Music
  • Guitar
    • Audio
    • Intermediate Guitar
    • Learning Links
    • NYSSMA on Guitar
    • Beginner Guitar Pictures
  • Music Technology
    • Projects
    • Survey Center
    • Research Project
    • Photos
  • Course Offerings
  • Music/Drama Faculty
  • Accolades
  • MCO-Music Community Outreach
  • Contemporary Music Club
  • Student Accomplishments
  • Archives
  • College Reference Guide
  • Summer Music Programs
  • Alumni Directory
  • Musical
  • Opera
  • Opera
Great Neck South High Music: 341 Lakeville Road Great Neck, NY 11020 Tel. (516) 441-4851 greatnecksouthhighmusic.weebly.com

Welcome to the 
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School
PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT 
Mr. Michael Schwartz, Department Head, Instrumental Music (Bands and Orchestras)
Mr. Mark Boschen, Instrumental Music (Wind Ensemble)
Ms. Ilana Meredith Schikler, Drama, Theatre South Adviser
Dr. Janine Robinson, Vocal Music, Theory, Piano
Mr. Anthony Virgilio, Guitar and Music Technology


​​* 2025 Long Island Regional Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society "Young Musicians Concert" (two ensembles)
* 2025 NYC Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Alice Tully Hall "Young Musicians Concert" 

​​​* 2025 NAMM "Best Community For Music Education" in America 
Lincoln Center Young Musicians Innovation Challenge (Winner & Honorable Mention)

Long Island Music Hall of Fame High School Music Program of Excellence
Long Island Music Hall of Fame Holiday Benefit Concert

​* Three Time "Grammy Signature School" 
* Twenty-five years selected as a Lincoln Center Chamber Music winner 
* Forty-five Great Neck South High chamber music ensembles selected to perform in the Lincoln Center "Young Musicians Concert".
* Nineteen years selected as a NAMM "Best Community for Music Education" in America
* Fifty-four years presenting annual opera productions fully staged with orchestra, costumes, professional opera drops,
​ sung in the original language, and presented with English supertitles. (See our opera section for more details)

​

We hope that you will have an opportunity to browse through our various pages to learn more about our music classes, ensembles, performances and student accomplishments. Please scroll down below and click into the links above to view ​more about Great Neck South High Music. 
​

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Upcoming Events
​We have an exciting year ahead presenting in person concerts and public performances.
Please join us for the following events:


November 7        Music Night 1
November 22/23   Musical: Legally Blonde  @ 7:00pm
December 12        Winter Concert 1 @ 7:00pm
December 13        Music Assemblies 3A & 3B
December 16        Winter Concert II @ 7:00pm
December 20        Holiday Brass Tour (Phipps, PK, LAK, SR, EMB, SM)
January 30          Music Night 2 @ 7:00 PM in 309

February 27         Battle of the Bands @ 7:00pm
March 6              LI Regional Young Musicians Concert @ South High 11:00AM
March 11            Performing Arts Fundraiser Concert @ 7:00pm
March 27            Chamber Music Recital @ 7:00pm (AUD)
April 4-5       Opera: Die Fledermaus@ 7:00pm
May 22               Spring Concert I @ 7:00pm
May 26               Great Neck Memorial Day Parade @ 9:30AM
May 27               Senior Instrumental Concerto Night @ 7:00pm (AUD)
May 29               Spring Concert II @ 7:00pm
June 3                Music Buddies Concert @ 7:00pm in rm. 306
June 11               Pops Concert @ 7:00pm

​

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 
Alice Tully Hall "Young Musicians Concert" May 8th, 2025
Two Great Neck South High ensembles were selected to perform in this prestigious concert.
Great Neck South High was the only school with two performing groups.

Picture
From left to right: Selena Lu, Hugh Choi, Sarah Sun, Kyle Lam, Michael Sun, Olivia Gu
Picture
Picture

South High All-State Musicians
2024-2025

Picture
WILLIAM A. SHINE  GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH 
MUSIC DEPARTMENT 

Presents

2025 OPERA - 55th Season!
​
​Die Fledermaus

Music by Johann Strauss II

Opera in Three Acts in English with English supertitles

Fully staged with full orchestra, costumes and opera scenic drops
​Performed entirely by students from Great Neck South HS


April 4th & 5th, 2025



​ Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society
2024 Alice Tully Hall "Young Musicians Concert" 

Picture
Russell Peterson - Trio No. 1 for Flute, Alto Saxophone and Piano 
Mvt. 1 Andante/Moderato

Hugh Choi (flute)
Sarah Sun (alto saxophone)
Selena Lu (piano)


​
WILLIAM A. SHINE  GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH 
MUSIC DEPARTMENT 

Presents

2024 OPERA - 54th Season!
​
La Boheme
Music by Giacomo Puccini

Opera in Four Acts in Italian with English supertitles

Fully staged with full orchestra, costumes and opera scenic drops
​Performed entirely by students from Great Neck South HS


April 12th & 13th, 2024 @ 7:00pm

PIANO RECITAL
October 12, 2023

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

2023 Spring Opera production of 
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
March 31 and April 1st, 2023 

COSI FAN TUTTE
Great Neck South High Opera 2022
April 8th & 9th 2022

COSI FAN TUTTE
OPERA CAST AND ORCHESTRA

Picture

2021 Winter Concert I - Photos (Courtesy of Young Soo Choi & Family)

2021 Winter Concert II - Photos (Courtesy of Young Soo Choi & Family)


​The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Young Musicians Innovation Challenge 2022 Final Round


Great Neck South High had two of the five teams selected for participation in the final round of the Young Musicians Innovation Challenge 2022. Only two winners and two honorable mentions were ultimately selected in 2022. Congratulations goes to Jillian Chang and Joy Yang of our Musiclusive team on their selection as a winner of the challenge by the Final Round panel of Judges. As an awardee, the school will receive funds in the amount they indicated in their revised proposal (not to exceed $1000) and four additional coaching sessions. We also congratulation Brayden Chien, Drew Kim and Sebastian Lennox of our ChamberDischord team for receiving Honorable Mention. As an Honorable Mention recipient, CMS will offer four additional coaching sessions to assist the team with continued development of your proposal.

South High Musician Selected for Master Class
​

South High senior Sophia Wotman is one of three high school students
selected to participate in a Brass Masterclass led by acclaimed jazz musician Wynton
Marsalis at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University
.
​Sophia was 
selected for this advanced masterclass based on her skills as a trumpeter and
recommendations from her music teachers at South High.
Sophia is a talented musician who was recently selected for the All-State Jazz
Ensemble. She plays the trumpet in the South High Wind Ensemble, under the direction
of Mark Boschen, as well as the Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band, under the direction
of Michael Schwartz, performing arts department head/instrumental music teacher.
Picture

2022 NAfME All-National Selection
William A. Shine – Great Neck South High School 
​
South High students Mengu Amy Wu (bassoon) and Dayoung Yu (violin) will
both perform in the All-National Symphony Orchestra.
Their music teachers at South
High are Michael Schwartz, performing arts department head/instrumental music teacher,
and Mark Boschen, instrumental music teacher.
Honor Ensembles participants are selected though a rigorous process that includes
a recorded video audition. Eligible students have qualified for their state-level honor
ensemble program and competed against top students for a spot in these national honor
ensembles.

NAfME is planning a virtual event for the 2021 All-National Honor Ensembles
program, to take place Jan. 22–24, 2022. The 2021 virtual event will include several
rehearsals with conductors, workshops with renowned clinicians, and each ensemble will
create a final, recorded performance to premiere online.
Picture

Great Neck South High 2021-2022 All-State Selection

Name                               Instrument            Grade              All-State Ensemble
Joy Song                Bb Clarinet       11               Symphonic Band
Katherine Wang         Alto Sax          12                Symphonic Band
Amy Mengyu Wu        Bassoon          12                Symphonic Band
Sophia Wotman         Trumpet          12                Jazz Ensemble
Joy Yang                 Violin           11                Symphony Orchestra
Dayoung Yu               Violin          11                 Symphony Orchestra
Karly Chan               Soprano        12             Mixed Choir        
Jillian Chang               Cello          11            Alternate
Drew Kim                 Violin          11            Alternate
Lauren Kim              Soprano         12            Alternate
Johann Lee               Violin          12            Alternate
Sebastian Lennox         Viola           11            Alternate
Sidney Wong              Violin         11             Alternate


2022 NYSBDA High School Honor Concert Band
 (New York State Band Directors Association)
William A. Shine - Great Neck South High School

Hugh Choi                         Flute
Charles Li                          Trumpet
Kanheng Martin Lin                 Baritone Saxophone
Ruiqi Liu                           Flute
Allen Lu                            Clarinet
Sarah Sun                          Alto Saxophone
Hannah Fisk                        Bassoon (Alternate)

Picture

2021 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Great Neck South High Innovation Challenge Project

Picture

2020 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
​"4th Annual Long Island Regional Young Musicians Concert"

Picture
South High student performers in the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society "4th Annual Long Island Regional Young Musicians Concert"
Dear Michael,  

Thank you for your submission to the YMC Long Island Regional 2020!   

We were thrilled to receive nearly double the number of submissions by school to this year’s regional compared to last year.  We appreciate your patience with our confirmation process.     

On behalf of CMS, I am pleased to let you know the ensembles below have been selected to appear on the YMC LI Regional 2020 taking place at 11am Tuesday, Feb 11, 2020 at Tilles Center, LIU Post.    

Ethan Jiang: Piano Trio No. 1 in E Minor  

Mia Wang, violin
Shalin Madan, cello
Ethan Jiang, piano


Carl Maria von Weber: Grand Duo Concertant Opus 48 J204 - Movt. 3 Rondo: allegro  

Eli Goldberger, Bb clarinet
Benjamin Rossen, piano


Alexander Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major for Strings, I. Allegro moderato   

Dayoung Yu, violin I
Sidney Wong, violin II
Dana Siong Sin, viola
Jillian Chang, cello


Thank you, again, for your support of the YMC Regionals.  We look forward to seeing you and the ensemble at the concert!    

Best,  
Matt        

Matthew Tommasini  
Director of Education  
70 Lincoln Center Plaza, 10th Floor 
New York, NY 10023

LONG ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME HOLIDAY CONCERT
Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019 THE SPACE at Westbury Theatre

Picture
Great Neck South High Symphony Orchestra performing "Selections from WEST SIDE STORY" by Leonard Bernstein and Symphony Orchestra & Concert Choir performing "A Christmas Festival" by Leroy Anderson.
Picture
Picture

2019 South High NYSSMA All-State Selection

Picture
PictureIt was an honor to have Dr. William A. Shine (former Superintendent of Schools and namesake of Great Neck South High) and Susan Shine join us at the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society's 2nd Annual Long Island Regional "Young Musicians Concert".

Picture
Soyoung Park, Susan Fendt, Eli Goldberger at the Tilles Center for their chamber music coaching
Picture
Christiana Claus, Ben Rosen, Sam Levine with their coach at the Tilles Center
Picture
Ben Rossen and Anderson Gu with their coach after their coaching session.

South High Chamber Music, Opera & Solo Piano Performance
Great Neck Public Library - Sunday, February 4, 2018

Picture

South High Holiday Brass 
 Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Boschen, Dr. Manuel - December 22, 2017

South High Jazz Band at Westbury Manor
Mr. Schwartz - December 14, 2017

Picture
Mr. Schwartz and the Jazz Band at Westbury Manor for the Great Neck Retired Teacher's Association performance on December 14, 2017

 
​MCO - Music Community Outreach at Northwell
Stern Center for Rehabilitation 

Mr. Schwartz & Dr. Robinson - December 12, 2017 

Picture
Mr. Schwartz and Dr. Robinson with Music Community Outreach (instrumental and vocal) perform at the Stern Center for Rehabilitation on December 12, 2017.

  South High Vocal - Great Neck Inn Holiday Tree Lighting
Dr. Robinson -  December 3, 2018 & December 6, 2017 

Picture
Picture
Dr. Robinson and members of our vocal program spreading holiday cheer at the Great Neck Inn on December 6, 2017.