Congratulations to Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School student Vaiva Kean, who has been chosen as an alternate for chorus at the New York State School Music Association’s All-State Festival. She was selected based on her exceptional audition at the NYSSMA solo festival. If chosen, Kean will travel to Rochester, New York, in December to perform with other top musicians in New York State. She is pictured with (from left) Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Principal Joseph Agosta, chorus teacher Gina Occhiogrosso and Director of Fine Arts Jennifer Ross-Troise.