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Junior Isaac Howard leads Concert orchestra rehearsal a week before the performance. He plans to conduct the second movement of Rutter's Suite for Strings for the concert.

Concert Orchestra ready to impress audience with unforgettable performance

Olive McLemore, Graphics Editor December 3, 2024

Concert Orchestra has their first performance of the year on Nov. 19. This concert will also include Philharmonic, Symphonic and Varsity orchestras. The Concert Orchestra includes part of the woodwind,...

Brooke Knoll will be playing Claude Debussy’s Sacred and Profane dances on her harp, which she has been playing since she was six years old. “The Debussy dances were actually introduced to me by my cello teacher four years ago. I have loved them ever since,” Knoll says.

Concerto soloists just announced

Kai Knudson, Copy Editor March 14, 2016

Soloing is one of the most prestigious opportunities a musician can get. It also can be one of the most frightening moments in their musical career, being the focus of an entire audience. This wide...

“I compose just whatever I feel like. I have made full orchestral [pieces], edm, transpositions, emotional overload songs, and even some that are just supposed to create an image or story in the listener’s head,” Isaac said. With Day Dreams finally complete, Turley prepares to hear the orchestra perform it.

Stillwater’s little Beethoven, Isaac Turley

Tessa Rosa, Online Editor-In-Chief February 3, 2016

The art hallway is silent save for the sound of bows against strings. The orchestra is practicing a new piece, the violins up high and basses down low. They gracefully play this new song known as Day...

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