{"id":39854,"date":"2024-02-05T12:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=39854"},"modified":"2024-02-05T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:45:08","slug":"avon-grove-students-showcase-talent-in-winter-strings-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=39854","title":{"rendered":"Avon Grove students showcase talent in Winter Strings Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Avon Grove orchestra students perform at the annual Strings Festival.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Wednesday, January 31, Avon Grove School District (AGSD) hosted its annual Strings Festival, a districtwide orchestra event with musical performances from students in grades five to twelve.<\/p>\n

The concert, in its sixth year, provides a unique opportunity to bring together students from three schools in the district: Avon Grove Intermediate School (AGIS), Avon Grove Middle School (AGMS) and Avon Grove High School (AGHS).<\/p>\n

“This is always one of my favorite concerts of the year,\u201d shared Krista Umile, orchestra director for the high school. \u201cNot only does it give the students an opportunity to hear each other and support each other, but they also get the opportunity to see how far they will go as they progress through the high-quality string program we have in AGSD.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having students from the three schools collaborate is a valued part of the string program at Avon Grove. Throughout the year, the students come together to practice and prepare for the concert. Their efforts culminate in the String Festival, a celebration of their hard work and incredible talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung players get the chance to play in the same concert as students graduating high school, so they see where their music education will take them. Older students have an opportunity to give back to the program and sow seeds for the next generation of orchestra,\u201d said Brian Lynch, orchestra director at Avon Grove Middle School.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s concert featured an impressive 160 students, the most to date for the annual event, and began with the AGIS fifth grade orchestra performing two selections under the direction of Orchestra Director Emily Lucas, \u201cRussian Music Box\u201d by Soon Hee Newbold and \u201cSnow Day!\u201d by Katie O’Hara LaBrie.<\/p>\n

The program continued with the middle school orchestra performing \u201cSeven Nation Army\u201d by Jack White. Lynch described the enthusiasm he saw in his students. \u201cThe music was great, but the most important thing I saw was the joy and excitement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Following the middle school performance, the high school students had the opportunity to display the skills they learned over their many years in the program. Under the direction of Umile, the students performed John Lennon and Paul McCartney\u2019s \u201cEleanor Rigby.\u201d<\/p>\n

The night concluded with an energetic combined piece with all three orchestras performing \u201cHigh Hopes\u201d by Panic! at the Disco. The enthusiasm from the audience, students and staff emphasized the importance and power of the performing arts in Avon Grove.<\/p>\n

Umile expressed her gratitude for the support of the community and the district. \u201cThe arts give us all a chance to be together and celebrate not just the music we play, but each other.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, January 31, Avon Grove School District (AGSD) hosted its annual Strings Festival, a districtwide orchestra event with musical performances from students in grades five to twelve. The concert, in its sixth year, provides a unique opportunity to bring together students from three schools in the district: Avon Grove Intermediate School (AGIS), Avon Grove […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12],"tags":[14833,14834,14835],"class_list":["post-39854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-schools","tag-avon-grove-area-school-district","tag-strings","tag-winter-strings-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39855,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39854\/revisions\/39855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}