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Friday, March 7, 2008 - String Orchestra

It's been a while since I talked about the string orchestra I teach. We've been very busy this year. I have a great group of kids to work with. They (for the most part) work hard and want to do a good job. Last month we had a concert at our local library. There was probably about 70 in the audience. Both groups played and did a great job. I finally figured out how to upload videos to Youtube, so you get to hear and see us perform.

The first year orchestra has been playing since September. We played:

Can-Can
Mozart Serenade -- Mozart
French Folk Song
Theme to Master Piece Theater
Bach Musette -- Bach
William Tell Overture -- Rossini
Polly Wolly Doodle

Before playing, scroll down and stop the audio feed of the quartet I have playing in my right menu bar, or you'll have 2 things playing at once.

The second year orchestra has been playing for 18 months (started last September). They played:

Yankee Doodle -- Traditional
Beauty and the Beast -- Alan Menken
Trumpet Voluntary -- Clarke
Classical Bash
Pomp and Circumstance -- Elgar
"Finale" from the First Symphony -- Brahms

Before playing, scroll down and stop the audio feed of the quartet I have playing in my right menu bar, or you'll have 2 things playing at once.

Here are photos of the groups so you can see their shining faces.

1st year orchestra:

2nd year orchestra:

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