From the Director..
Happy New Year to All!
Its is hard to believe that we are entering the second half of the 2004-05
School Year. This is proving to be a great year for the Orchestra Program.
Membership in each Orchestra continues to grow and the music standard for
each group is improving.
We can all be extremely pleased with the performance of all the of the
Orchestras at their Winter Concerts. At this time each group is working
on scales, arpeggios, improvement of technical skills, and eagerly preparing
new music for the Spring Concerts and Tours. The Oberlin School Orchestra
Program now includes seven Orchestras:
Rusty is our sixth grade bass
player
and meets the musical needs of 150+ students. Prospect Fifth Grade
Orchestra meets two days per week. Sixth Grade Orchestra rehearses
four days per week. Seventh, Eighth, and High School Orchestras meet
everyday. Honors Orchestra and Independent Orchestra meet once a week..
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OHS
Orchestra
The Oberlin HS Orchestra is made up of two Orchestras. Class Orchestra
and Independent Orchestra. Class Orchestra meets daily and is made
up of thirty-five string players. Independent Orchestra currently
has fourteen members and meets on Tuesdays from 2:45-3:45pm. All students
are required to practice outside the normal class period. They must
also attend class to prepare music in preparation for concerts and
Tours. The rehearsal, practice, and performances, helps to insure
improvement of musical skills and the standard of the group.
This Year the Orchestra is eagerly preparing for their Philadelphia,
PA Tour. The tour will begin May 18th with School Concerts at Prospect
Elementary, Langston Middle, and Oberlin HS. The Orchestra will have
their Spring Concert in the High School Auditorium the same evening
at 7:30pm. Following the evening Concert, the orchestra will board
their Charter Motor Coach Bus and head for Philadelphia. Activities
include: Concert Performance, attending classes at the Philadelphia
HS for Girls, participation in a Music Workshop at the Kimmel Center,
and attending a Philadelphia Orchestra Pops Concert.
The $325.00/per student /chaperone will cover the entire cost of the
Tour. In past years the orchestra has visited and /or performed in
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, New York, three times
to Disney world in Orlando, Florida, and aboard two Cruise ships in
Nassau, Bahamas, and Baja, Mexico. This will be the third High School
Orchestra to travel and perform in Philadelphia. All tours have always
been totally financed by the orchestra through fund raisers, out of
pocket cost by students and chaperones, ...
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