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Palisades Elementary Students Perform in Orchestra at UCLA

From a press release from Music Director Larry Newman:

Dozens of the area’s most talented young elementary students  - including more than two dozen from Pacific Palisades - perform at the All Schools Elementary Honor Orchestra on Saturday, May 3.

A citywide student orchestra of more than 150 of the area’s brightest elementary musicians will present a one-hour program of classical and popular music at the 16th Annual All Schools Elementary Honor Orchestra Concert in UCLA’s renowned Schoenberg Concert Hall Auditorium on Saturday, May 3, 2014. The orchestra will present the concert twice to accommodate ticket demand with shows at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

The performance, produced by conductor and Palisadian Larry Newman, features the children’s symphony, a jazz ensemble, a string ensemble and a student vocalist singing People with full orchestra accompaniment in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Barbra Streisand recording.

The orchestra’s annual broadcast performances from Schoenberg Hall have garnered three Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards in the Children/Youth Programming category.

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“These students are exceptionally talented, and together, make music that inspires not only their parents, but also anyone in Los Angeles who is interested in music, the arts and education,” said Newman. “The honors orchestra is a diverse group of children that come together to play beautiful music in a professional concert setting. It is a shining example of the importance of music in our local schools.”

Now in its 16th year, this orchestra is the first and only collaboration of the city’s best and brightest elementary school music students.

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Student ages range from seven to twelve, with the average age of an honor orchestra member being just ten years old.

The performance will be recorded for local and national broadcast in high definition.

For tickets and more information, please email us.

SCHOOLS REPRESENTED BY PALI STUDENTS: 

From Calvary:

  • Brooke Pierpoint

From Carlthorp:

  • Grant Keller
  • Ryan Moon

From Kenter Canyon:

  • Joe Weiner

From Marquez:

  • Samantha Kissane
  • Shelby McLain
  • Ryan Zaid

From Palisades:

  • Akseli Kangaslahti
  • Gus King
  • Naya Ramaswami
  • Elena Rosenmayr
  • Wyatt Standish
  • Grace Vander Veen
  • Sophia Von der Ohe
  • Layla Adeli
  • Maddy Attar
  • Charlotte Costain
  • Elsa O'Donnell
  • Greta Zumbrunnen

From Paul Revere:

  • Matthew Polovinchik

From UCLA Lab:

  • Olivia Baer
  • Skyler Chang
  • Julianne Schwerdtfeger

 


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