2011 All- Eastern Honors Orchestra Video 4 

Jupiter from the Planets by Gustav Holst
conducted by E. Daniel Long
2011 All-Eastern Honors Orchestra of MENC: The National Association for Music Education
Recorded live in concert by Soundwaves
MENC Eastern Division Conference
April 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland
Comprised of selected high school students from the All-State Orchestras of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia
The All-Eastern Honors Orchestra is comprised of selected high school students from the All-State Orchestras of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Students are selected based on their All-State ranking by their respective state's Music Educators Association. In 2011, 150 students were selected out of 500 applications.
E. Daniel Long is the Founding Director of the School for the Performing Arts-Ann Arbor Youth Symphony Orchestra. The Youth Symphony Orchestra has performed in Australia, Canada, and at the Midwest Clinic. Long is in demand as a conductor and clinician, has received many music education awards, and is active as an association leader and author. Long began his teaching career in Hay Springs and Sidney, Nebraska and subsequently taught for thirty-five years in the Ann Arbor Public Schools in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the recipient of the Elizabeth A. H. Green School Educator Award from the American String Teachers Association and has been recognized as Teacher of the Year from the Michigan American String Teachers Association and the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association. Long has been inducted into the Chadron State College Music Hall of Fame and awarded the Chadron State College's Distinguished Service Award. He has appeared as a conductor/clinician at the Midwest Clinic, Music Educators National Conference and American String Teachers Association conferences. He has served as president of the Michigan chapter of ASTA and has been a member of the editorial board for Music Educators Journal and American String Teachers Journal. In addition, he has authored articles for The Instrumentalist, Music Educators Journal and American String Teachers Journal.