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East Hampton High School Flutist Selected for National Honor Band

Maggie Pizzo will perform for thousands in Nashville next month.

Maggie Pizzo, a student at East Hampton High School, has been selected to play the flute in a concert with other talented high school musicians from across the country next month. 

The National Association for Music Education selected Pizzo for the 2013 NAfME All-National Honor Band, along with 670 others, to play in the concert in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 30. 

"In all my years as an administrator I have never had a student-musician receive such a great honor," Adam Fine, the high school principal, said. "Maggie is a dedicated and talented student, musician, and athlete.  This is a well-deserved honor that is a reflection of her commitment to excellence in all areas.”    

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"These exceptional students will prepare remarkably challenging music that they will perform under the baton of four of the most prominent conductors in the United States: Dr. Peter Boonshaft, Miriam Burns, Rollo Dilworth, and Rodney Whitaker," NAfME said in a statement announcing Pizzo's selection. 

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Pizzo is the principal first chair flutist in the East Hampton High School Band. Based on her New York State School Music Association All-State Solo score — a perfect 100 — she was selected to the All-National Honors Band.

The 2013 NAfME All-National Honors Ensembles will perform for an audience of thousands in the Presidential Ballroom of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, in Nashville next month. 


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