Region's Best Young Musicians to Play HHS
Saturday afternoon's concert at Haverford High School is a great bargain and will feature 109 amazing young musicians.
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Haverford High School is hosting a regional Orchstral Festival for the best high school orchestral musicians from all over Southeastern Pennsylvnia. They have been at the school working, learning and playing together since Thursday and will present a public concert on Saturday afternoon.
It is the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Region VI Honors Orchestra concert. It will be presented Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in auditorium of Haverford High School at 200 Mill Road in Haverford Township.
109 of the top instrumentalists from nearly fifty schools will perform under the direction of Guest Conductor Andre Raphel. Raphel is the Conductor of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra.
The orchestra members are selected by audition and teacher reccomendations and come from schools from Center City to Central Bucks County, from Wissahickon to West Chester and everywhere in between. Public, Private and Christian Schools are represented.
IF YOU GO:
- What: PMEA Region VI Orchestral Festival
- When: 2 p.m. Saturday, February 23
- Where: Haverford High School, 200 Mill Road, Haverford, PA
- Cost: $5
Bob Byrne
6:50 am on Saturday, February 23, 2013
I had a chance to hear just a few minutes of the rehearsal on Friday night. Awesome. If you enjoy great music, if you have a young music student you'd like to inspire, or if you'd like to see some future stars of classical music you should seriously consider attending this concert.
These high school musicians have been working hard practicing on their own for months and together since Thursday. It is an intense three days working under an accomplished orchestra conductor. If what I heard during the rehearsal Friday night is any indication-you will be blown away. And five bucks for a concert like this is a GREAT deal. It would cost you four times that much just to park for an event at the Kimmel Center.
Congratulations to Haverford High School, HHS Music Director Joe Brennan, the HBOPS (Haverford band and Orchestra Parents) parent volunteers and the HHS musicians for being selected and hosting such a great event!