Seven Jamestown Public Schools students have been selected to perform among New York state’s most talented student musicians.

Gina Delgado, Rya Giuffre, Hayden Langford, and Zoey Shimmel will represent JHS at the New York State School Music Association’s Zone 1 Senior High Area All-State Festival at SUNY Fredonia on Nov. 21 and 22. Jamestown also was represented by John Nelson, trumpet, of Jefferson Middle School, Aristea Theofilactidis, violin, of Persell Middle School, and Melina Singleton, voice, of Washington Middle School at NYSSMA’s Zone 1 Junior High Area All-State festival at Pioneer Central School on Nov. 8.

Zone 1 encompasses Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties. At Fredonia, Delgado, a clarinetist, will perform with the Concert Band, while Shimmel, a timpanist, will perform with the Symphony Orchestra. Giuffre and Langford, both vocalists, will perform respectively with the treble choir and mixed chorus.

Giuffre and Langford have also been selected to attend the NYSSMA Winter Conference All-State festival from Dec. 4 to 7 in Rochester, where they will perform in the festival’s Mixed Chorus with students from all 15 zones across New York state.

To qualify for the senior high festivals, the students prepare a NYSSMA Level VI solo which must be selected from repertoire lists in the association’s current manual. Typically, over 6,500 sophomores and juniors from across the state of New York prepare for All-State evaluations in the hope of being selected.