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VIDEO: Six Orchestras Perform At Emerson
Five Emerson Middle School orchestras and the Maine South High School Chamber Orchestra played; listen to the video.
Parents filled s gym Wednesday to hear students play a variety of music, from jazz to classical to variations on a lullaby and even themes from Harry Potter.
Students from Beginning Orchestra, String Ensemble, Concert Orchestra II, Concert Orchestra 1 and Chamber Orchestra all played in the concert, designed to show off their progress.
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Dallas Klytta conducted four of the orchestras, and Erica Charous conducted Concert Orchestra II.
Maine South High Schools Chamber Orchestra also performed, with Sarah Miller conducting.
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Click on the video to hear snippets of Concert Orchestra I playing "Little Mermaid" by Ashman/Menken, arranged by Moore; Chamber Orchestra playing Barcarolle from the opera The Tales of Hoffman and Maine South Chamber Orchestra performing "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Louis Prima, arranged by Dean Marshall.
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