Anna Ext, Age 95

Anna Ext was a teacher and former chapter leader at the High School of Music and Art.

She began her career in 1956 and went on to teach at the LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Her students included opera singers Catherine Malfitano, Teresa Santiago and Jennifer Hines, and the conductors James Conlon and Leon Botstein (now president of Bard College).

For many years, Ext was an assistant conductor of the NYC All City Chorus and a faculty member of the Mannes College of Music. Her vocal musical groups performed at many UFT functions and events around New York City, and at the White House as well.