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PS 77 Orchestra, Bronx NY

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Marvin Fleischaker and Gertrude Shever, teachers

Dr. Julius Levine (Principal, James Monroe HS), program director

Photos by Chester Studios

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Gayle Dixon with PS 77 Orchestra
PS 77 Orchestra, Marvin Fleischaker conductor

Above:  PS 77 Orchestra (1957), with violinist Gayle Dixon seated on second stand
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Gayle and Akua Dixon's elementary school orchestra
PS 77 Orchestra, Bronx, New York

Above:  PS 77 Orchestra (1958)

Shown:  Gayle Dixon, violin (second stand) and Akua Dixon, cello

Orchestra:

Violin

I:  Marion Shifrin, Thelma Finkelstein, June Finkelstein

2: Helene Jaffe, Claire Katz, Gayle Dixon

3:  Eileen Woda, Terry __? , Madeline Litrenta

4:  Marsha Stavitsky, Cynthia Moseley

5:  Marjorie Russak, Rachel Port, (absent - Rhona Wunsch)

Bass

Lorraine Goldstein, Lenore Peloso, Saundra Santiago

Cello

Patricia Akua Dixon

Flutes

Carole Cohen, Barbara Shein, Ruth Gordon, Gertrude Alexander, Rita __?

Trombones

Neil Wyman, Michael Starr, Michael __?

Trumpets

Steven __?, Bruce Lessar, Ronald Salzman, Jerome Schwelling,

not pictured:  oboes, saxophones, Clarinet Choir, piano
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Violinist/violist Marty Laster sent in these photos from his years in the PS 77 Orchestra (circa 1960).  Marty is sitting concertmaster.  Marty Laster is author/composer of "Blues Violin for the Young Beginner," published by Mel Bay.
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Marty Laster with PS 77 Orchestra
PS 77 Orchestra, Marvin Fleischaker conductor
 
Marty Laster with PS 77 Orchestra
PS 77 Orchestra, Marvin Fleischaker conductor
PS 77 Orchestra, Bronx NY

Gayle

 

Just found your website after searching for PS 77 Bronx.  I attended 1957-58 and was in the original Clarinet Choir with Mrs. Markel and then we had a male teacher, I forget his name… GREAT Program as you indicate 2 hours at least a day of music prepared me for a lifetime of musical involvement and enjoyment.

 

Retired from Engineering after playing clarinet all the way through SUNY Maritime College Marching Band, picked up guitar, saxophone, keyboard, and others along the way. Retired and teaching Music, started charter high schools in Arizona on Indian Reservations and now in Cook Islands, South Pacific teaching music.

 

Any chance of you having information, photos etc. on PS 77 during those years, class photos or other? Classmate roster?

 

I come back once a year, family still living in Bronx and Long Island. God Bless you and thank you for your posting.

 

Frank Sabatano

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