50 state string orchestra project

SHADMAN MIRZA + OSSINING HIGH SCHOOl orchestras

ossining, new york

The Ossining School District has Received the Program of Distinction in Music Award from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Ossining has also been named a "Best Community for Music Education" by the NAMM Foundation each year since 2011.

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With years of experience to his credit, Mr. Mirza has excelled as a high school orchestra teacher with the Ossining Union Free School District since 2019. Prior to this position, he was active as a sales associate cashier with Burlington Coat Factory from 2015 to 2016, a sales associate for Lord & Taylor from 2016 to 2017, a work-study student at Syracuse University’s School of Music Operations Office from 2016 to 2017, a private music teacher from 2016 to 2017 and a string area graduate assistant with George State University from 2017 to 2019. Likewise, he performed as a cellist with the Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church between 2017 and 2019. Beyond his primary professional endeavors, Mr. Mirza has been affiliated with the National Association for Music Education, the New York State School Music Association and the Westchester County School Music Association, for which he was appointed as an all-county orchestra coordinator, an executive board member and chairperson.

Fostering a passion for performing the cello during his youth, Mr. Mirza pursued an education at Syracuse University, earning a Bachelor of Music in music education in 2017. During this time, he was honored with recognition on the Dean’s List with a 4.01-grade point average. He subsequently concluded his academic efforts at Georgia State University, from which he graduated with a Master of Music in orchestral performance in 2019. Attributing his success to the influence of his parents and teachers throughout the years, Mr. Mirza’s is exceptionally proud to conduct the student pita orchestra for the Ossining Union Free School District’s spring musical during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 and hopes to obtain his doctorate in music education in the coming years.

about
the 50 state
string orchestra project

2022-2024

The 50 State String Orchestra Project is a large-scale consortium commission that is bringing new music to classrooms and concert halls all over the US in the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 seasons, with educational and community orchestras in all 50 states commissioning a new piece for string orchestra, similar in difficulty level and scope to Stephanie’s 2011 work for string orchestra Beyond the Gate. Her consortium commissions for chamber music have already brought new string-centered music all across the world, from her 50 State Sonata Project for violin + piano, inspired by the work of her teacher John Kendall, and her World Sonata Project, which was commissioned by violinists from 35 countries in 2016.