Kinnelon Flutist Honored For Talent At Mayo PAC

A Kinnelon senior was among several honored by the Mayo Performing Arts Center as an October Music Student Of The Month for being an outstanding wind instrumentalist.

Grace Goldberg, a senior at Kinnelon High School, was honored on stage before the Oct. 20 concert at Mayo PAC. All the students were nominated by their teachers and chosen by Mayo PAC's education department. At the end of the year, all honored students will be invited to perform in a recital.

Here is what Ryan Stroud had to say about Grace Goldberg:

Grace has been an outstanding Flute player in our Wind Ensemble, Pep Band, and Pit Orchestra for all four years of her High School Career. She is one of the most reliable students that I've had in my teaching career, both in her willingness to help our music program and her dedication to playing her instrument. Grace has participated in several local and regional Honors Bands including the TCNJ Honors Wind Ensemble. She does an excellent job of balancing her academics, athletics, and music, and we are very fortunate to have her in our instrumental music program.

FRONT ROW: Maddie Adinolfi, Grade 8, Black River Middle School; Chester. Rebecca Hsiao, Grade 10, Parsippany High School; Parsippany. Anna Kisatsky, Grade 12, Roxbury High School; Roxbury. Alex Salamon, Grade 6, The Peck School; Morristown. Mollie Peters, Grade 8, Randolph Middle School; Randolph.

2nd ROW: Erik MozolitsGrade 8, Rockaway Valley School; Rockaway. Pakeeza Qadeer, Grade 6, Thomas Jefferson Middle School; Rockaway. Alyssia Liu, Grade 12, Villa Walsh Academy; Morristown. Laure ThomasGrade 7, Mount Olive Middle School; Budd Lake.

NOT PICTURED: Grace Goldberg, Grade 12, Kinnelon High School; Kinnelon. Sheetal Bangalore, Grade 12, Morristown High School; Morristown. Makenna Goodwin, Grade 12, Randolph High School; Randolph. Ryan Raimondo, Grade 8, Mountain View School; Mendham. Akshitha Srinivasan, Grade 8, Brooklawn Middle School; Parsippany. Tayla SzmakGrade 8, John Hill School; Boonton.