ALTON – The annual Alton Schools District Orchestra Festival “Stringsation!” is set for 7 Thursday night at AHS Gym.
Laura Plummer, the Alton High School orchestra director and coordinator for the entire district said the concert will feature over 350 orchestra students, grades 4 through 12 in the Alton School District. The concert even with all 350 kids, only lasts about 45 minutes.
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Performing ensembles will be:
All-District 4th and 5th Grade Orchestra
5th Grade Honors Orchestra
Alton M.S. 6th Grade Orchestra
Alton M.S. 7th and 8th Grade Orchestra
Alton H.S. Concert and Symphonic Orchestra
and a Grand Finale with all 350+ kids playing Ode to Joy.
“It does showcase all of the kids in our orchestra program,” Plummer said. It is a fun night and awesome to see the fourth through high school students together at the end of the concert. We encourage the public to come out and watch.”
