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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. 
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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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