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Pinckneyville Middle School, Orchestra News

Orchestra News On Saturday, April 24th GCPS’s annual String Fling was held at Sweetwater Middle School. String Fling is a county wide 6th grade honors group where participants are selected by their orchestra directors based on their leadership and performance skills . Please congratulate the following 6th grade orchestra students for being chosen for this [...]

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Pinckneyville Middle School Music Department Presents: Pinckneyville POPS! May 15th

Pinckneyville Middle School Music Department Presents: Pinckneyville POPS! Come join the Pinckneyville Middle School Pops Orchestra for a fun filled night of Popular Tunes, show casing students from the Band, Choral and Orchestra programs.  Bring a picnic dinner and relax on the lush greens of Thrasher Park. Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010 Time: 6:00 PM [...]

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Nine NHS Kids Join the Georgia All-State Band and Orchestras

Congratulations to these NHS Band students for their acceptance into the Georgia All-State Bands and Orchestras! The will travel to Savannah the first week of March for rehearsals and concert performances. Joseph Beverly – 1st Chair Clarinet David Buterbaugh - 8th Chair Clarinet Vijay Balakrishnan - 11th Chair Clarinet Daniel Cates - 7th Chair Trombone Zach Bradley - 2nd [...]

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Norcross High School Orchestra Accolades

ORCHESTRA ACCOLADES Congratulations to the 13 students who participated in the District 13 GMEA Solo and Ensemble Evaluations this weekend (Lucky 13). All students received Superior Ratings, which is the top rating given to individual students at the evaluation. Please join me in congratulating the following SUPERIOR students: Tabith Head (Violin Solo) Lindsey Lue and [...]

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Norcross High School: District All-State Orchestra Auditioners – 20 Head to State

District All-State Orchestra auditioners! NHS is extremely proud of the 36 orchestra students who audition for the GMEA (Georgia Music Educators Association) All-State Orchestra at the district level. The students worked for a few months on scales and an etude (a piece of music) and then played for judges. Additionally, the students performed one sight-reading excerpt [...]

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Music Recognition at Norcross High School

From the NHS Newsletter: We are proud to announce that Jack O’Reilly was accepted into the Gwinnett County Youth Symphony. Ben Lo has recently participated in an intense workshop and master classes at Mercer University. The McDuffie Festival is an exclusive national audition-only opportunity for top students. Ben was one of eight students nationwide to [...]

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