By Bill Bittar
MONROE, CT — Dr. Robyn Gangi led the Masuk Choir in the show Carmina Burana inside the packed high school auditorium last Thursday night. During the program, he played the piano for outgoing seniors in a show that ended with the song “O’Fortuna”. Then Gangi took a final bow to thunderous applause.
Masuk’s “Maestro” is retiring after a 21-year-career which included countless shows and class trips to Italy — taking his students right to the music’s roots.
After the show, current and former students had arranged a surprise reception for their teacher in the school cafeteria, where he directed them all in one last song (See the Video), then everyone watched a slideshow of memories from Gangi’s times at Masuk, while the choir performed for him.
A documentary entitled “Our Maestro” is currently being made on Gangi as a Kickstarter Project.
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