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History of the Castle on the Hill from its conception. Also known as the the home for the High School of Music and Art.
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WE NEED YOUR HELP! As many of you know, Gabriel Kosakoff, the long-time chair of the music departments of Music & Art, Performing Arts and LaGuardia, died this past March after a battle with brain cancer. We are working to honor him by naming the concert hall at LaGuardia High School “The Gabriel Kosakoff Concert Hall” and we need your support in that quest. You can help us by showing support and sharing your stories about Mr. Kosakoff here  We believe that no other person, in any capacity, has had a greater influence on creating the unique institution dedicated to arts education that LaGuardia is today. He nurtured and encouraged many thousands of students while overseeing the design and construction of the music program and facilities at LaGuardia. He was a key architect of the audition process and curriculum that keeps LaGuardia a bastion of music education. Do you recognize the M&A students in the Atlantic City boardwalk photo?  Francine Goteiner's Photo The event was the Music Educators National Conference. February 26, 1971 through March 1, 1971. Francine Goteiner (Class of '71) is second from the right. Can you pick out the rest? Barbara Bayer (Class of '71) said: "Oh that was an amazing trip. I believe we sang Walton’s “Belshazzar’s Feast,” which is serious music for high school students. And the year before, we sang “Carmina Burana,” long before it became trendy. I can still remember my parts." Congratulations to Rafael Collazo. Graduate of High School of Music and Art - Class of 1961. (Article from New York Daily News, May 11, 1961, page 13)  Congratulations to Audrey Schifrin. Graduate of High School of Music and Art - Class of 1961. (Article from New York Daily News, May 5, 1961, page 13) 
On Sept. 7, 1984, a celebration was held at the newly opened LaGuardia school which included noted alumni from the High School of Music & Art and the High School of Performing Arts from the 1940s. *Castle Note - There is an error made by the writer (Jennifer Preston) in her narrative about the two schools. See if you can spot it. Catherine Malfitano and Sol Greitzer, who recently retired as a violinist with the New York Philharmonic, recall their high school days.
Article from Newsday Newspaper (New York), Sun., September 16, 1984, page 31 by Jennifer Preston. 
Rendition of the problems with LaGuardia High School - Daily News, 10/3/1985 (Rigby - artist)  From Newsday (NY), 10/18/1985, page 23  From Daily News (NY), Fri, 10/18/1985, page 17  The new book, which shares the warm audition stories of alumni of the arts high schools, is available for purchase. These are the true accounts from those who attended the School of Performing Arts, the High School of Music & Art and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Get your copy today.  Once upon a time, there were two separate schools, the High School of Music & Art and the School for Performing Arts. Both schools dealt with the arts, but each had its distinctive flavors. One sat on top of a hill in Harlem, and the other was close enough to the Times Square theater district that you could easily walk there. The arts lived and breathed throughout the hallways of both. In 1961, the Board of Education decided that these two elite schools must merge into one. The length of time it took to occur and the controversies surrounding this is another story, but every plan has its beginnings. Check out what the Daily News Newspaper mentioned about this on February 24, 1961.  |
Lloyd A. GreenM&A was a blessing, which is difficult to forget. Let's talk about the good times. 
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