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Music guides Kate Arnold through life
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Just about everyone enjoys listening to music, but few are capable of making it. For senior Kate Arnold, music has made up her life since she was a kindergartener. Almost 13 years later, her love and passion for music has never faded. Arnold started playing the piano until her middle school orchestra teacher led…
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Orchestra spreads holiday spirit virtually
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With COVID restrictions, the NPHS orchestra has had to make the switch to online learning and for their winter concert, they were 100 percent virtual. Students had to take videos of themselves playing their instruments and edit them to match the rest of their group, in order to create a seamless concert as if…
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Strings program inspires students
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Delicate notes, strong accents and beautiful music are all characteristics of our Chamber Orchestra. The strings program recently performed in the Winter Concert and are preparing for their concert that is set to happen in March. Chamber Orchestra is an honors level strings class, in which students complete an audition process to be considered.…
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From Newbury Park to Manhattan: orchestra sends two students to take on Carnegie Hall
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Carnegie Hall in New York City first opened in 1891 for the famous composer Tchaikovsky’s American debut. Now, cellist Danny Murphy, junior, and violinist Ashley Rosato, senior, have been invited to play at the prestigious venue as part of an Honors Performance Series. “I’m really proud of them for being accepted. It validates all…
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Strings records CD at Disneyland
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On Dec. 11, the strings program took an all-day trip to Disneyland to attend a seminar about performance techniques. “It helps because we get a new perspective from someone who is in the music business,” Evelyn Zhai, sophomore and violin player said about the seminar teacher Joe Alfonso, a former conductor of the London…
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Strings classes dazzle at first concert of the year
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The Chamber ensemble performed for the first time alongside the concert strings and strings classes at the Winter Concert in the Performing Arts Center on Dec.4. The strings orchestra played five pieces and the smaller, advanced chamber and concert strings groups played pieces by Ravel and Vivaldi separately. The concert also featured the Sycamore…