{"id":1634,"date":"2008-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2008-03-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T04:00:00","slug":"budding-musicians-present-spring-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/budding-musicians-present-spring-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Budding Musicians Present Spring Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Shenandoah Valley Youth Orchestra will present its spring concert 7 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 30 in Lehman Auditorium. <\/p>\n
The program will open with selections from the Junior Strings Ensemble, directed by Sharon M.D. Miller<\/a>. They will join the full orchestra for an arrangement for an arrangement of the old Shaker song, "Simple Gifts." <\/p>\n The 30-member youth orchestra, directed by Maria Lorcas<\/a>, will play selections from "The Sound of Music" by Rodgers & Hammerstein, "Orpheus in the Underworld" by J. Offenback and the "Viola Concerto in D Major" by K. Stamitz. <\/p>\n Featured soloist on the viola concert will be Benjamin Roth, son of Ken and Terri Roth of Harrisonburg. The 17-year-old homeschooled senior has played the viola for three years and has taken violin and piano lessons for six years with Joan Griffing<\/a> and Sharon Miller and has had lessons and master classes with Amadi Hummings, Scott Rawls, Che Hung Chen and Diane Phoenix-Neal. <\/p>\n In addition to the youth orchestra, Roth has played in the 黑料正能量 Community Orchestra 2004-present, the South Central Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra (2005,2006, 2007) and the All-Virginia Orchestra (2007, 2008). <\/p>\n The Shenandoah Valley Youth Orchestra and Junior Strings ensemble are part of 黑料正能量’s Preparatory Music Program<\/a>. <\/p>\n A five dollar donation is requested at the door to assist in the operation of these groups. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Shenandoah Valley Youth Orchestra will present its spring concert 7 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 30 in Lehman Auditorium. The program will open with selections from the Junior Strings Ensemble, directed ... read more about Budding Musicians Present Spring Concert<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,5183,4513],"tags":[9812,10034,6078,17216,8664,6280],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-1634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-music","category-student-life","tag-community-orchestra","tag-junior-strings-ensemble","tag-maria-lorcas","tag-music","tag-sharon-miller","tag-shenandoah-valley-youth-orchestra"],"yoast_head":"\n
Benjamin Roth, featured soloist<\/div>\n