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TUSD Students to Perform with Joint
Strings Orchestra
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Estella Zavala or Susan Cergol, 225-6437
Posted on: October 8, 2001
Student musicians from TUSD middle and high schools throughout the district will
perform in a joint youth concert with Tucson Junior Strings and the Children’s
Philharmonic Orchestra of Sao Paulo, Brazil, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Palo Verde
High Magnet School, 1302 S. Avenida Vega. (For the purposes of videotaping, photography
and interviews, the media also is invited to attend a pre-concert rehearsal from 2-3:30
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13.)
The concert will feature classical arrangements from Mozart, Brahms and Holst as well
as traditional Brazilian arrangements featuring a variety of dances and cultural
instruments.
Tucson Junior Strings, a private, nonprofit organization under the direction of Dennis
Bourret for the past 30 years, offers a complete string orchestral program to area
students aged 6-18, including many from throughout TUSD. The program consists of six
chamber orchestras organized according to musical accomplishment rather than age,
seniority or school orchestra placement
The Children’s Philharmonic Orchestra of Sao Paulo, Brazil, features the musical
talents of youth aged 10-16. Founder and director Gretchen Miller, a graduate of
TUSD’s Rincon High School and the University of Arizona, has taught, conducted,
performed and recorded in Brazil since completing postgraduate studies in London.
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