Waldorf Holds Benefit Concert

Freshman Olivia Paone during rehearsal. Photo courtesy of Emily Bachman.

The Waldorf School of Garden City hosted a Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Endowment on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at historic Flushing Town Hall in Queens, New York. In addition to featuring a number of the school's alumni and music teachers, students from the fourth through twelfth grade were among the performers. Proceeds from the concert benefited the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. It was a wonderful opportunity for students to take the stage with professional musicians.

The Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment was established in 2003 by Helen Resnick Shaw '82 as a tribute to her mother's 40-year career at the Waldorf School of Garden City. Grants from the Fund support the orchestral program and the lower school students by subsidizing the cost of private music lessons. In addition to bringing attention to this important grant opportunity, the musical performances were dedicated to Jeanette Resnick in honor of her remarkable teaching legacy and her profound contribution to the Waldorf School of Garden City. Since her retirement, Jeanette Resnick continues to fill the school halls with music as director and pianist for the Waldorf Chamber Players.

A poster from the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment.

"For so many students, Jeanette's dynamic approach through original songs, plays and games was a gateway to the arts. She inspired, early on, in generations of students a life long love and appreciation for music," said School Administrator and Interim Faculty Chair Susan Braun.

The Waldorf School of Garden City serves nursery through grade twelve, and is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America. Based on the insights of Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf schools are the largest independent school system outside of parochial schools, and can be found on every continent in the world. The Waldorf School of Garden City has continued in this esteemed tradition, offering a curriculum that balances arts, science, and humanities and awakens independence, curiosity and a life-long desire to learn.

Students in 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades perform songs from Alice in Wonderland.

For more information about benefit concert or to contribute to the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment, please contact Jennifer Dorman at (516) 742-3434, ext. 124.

Foreground: (L-R) Sixth grader Samuel Resnick, fourth grader Anja Resnick and seventh grader Johannes Adams perform a scene from Alice in Wonderland. Background: students from the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades. (L-R) Fourth grader Anja Resnick, sixth grader Charlotte Magee, sixth grader Samuel Resnick and seventh grader Johannes Adams smile for the camera. Photo courtesy of Emily Bachman. (L-R): Freshman Aaron Huang and junior Abigail McGlone smile for the camera. Students, former students, alumni and faculty rehearse the third movement from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BMW 1048 prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. (L-R): Senior Noah Heau and freshman Aaron Huang practice backstage prior to the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. A program from the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. Waldorf alumnus Grant Butler '85 practices back stage prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. Students, former students, alumni and faculty rehearse the third movement from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BMW 1048 prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. Photo courtesy of Emily Bachman. Students, former students, alumni and faculty rehearse the third movement from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BMW 1048 prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. Students, former students, alumni and faculty rehearse the third movement from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BMW 1048 prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. Students, former students, alumni and faculty rehearse the third movement from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BMW 1048 prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. Photo courtesy of Emily Bachman. (L-R): Eighth graders Michela Bentel, Nikolas Bentel and former Waldorf student Lukas Bentel perform Nebbieta by Lukas Bentel. Photo courtesy of Emily Bachman. The Waldorf School of Garden City held a Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment at historic Flushing Town Hall. Private violin instructor and chamber music coach Dale Stuckenbruck leads a rehearsal of the third movement of Bach's Bradenburg Concerto No. 2 in G Major, BMW 1048 prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. (L-R): Former lower school music teacher Jeanette Resnick and current lower school music teacher Helgard Adams smile for the camera. Guests arrive at historic Flushing Town Hall for the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. Guests arrive at historic Flushing Town Hall prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. (L-R): Sixth graders Sarah Rokhlin and Christiana Fahey perform the erhu for guests prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. Photo courtesy of Emily Bachman. (L-R): Eighth grader Michela Bentel and Waldorf alumnus John Staropoli '94 rehearse prior to the start of the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment. Photo courtesy of Emily Bachman. (L-R): Freshman Aaron Huang, junior Brian Lindsay and freshman Cedric Chang perform the first movement from Beethoven's String Trio in G Major, Opus 9. Tee-shirts and tote bags were for sale at the Benefit Concert for the Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment.