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String Society Celebrates 10th Year!
Contributed by Julia Stern, Summer Communications Intern
D-E 360° Summer Connections kicks-off its Summer 2017 program with style the week of Monday, June 26, when String Society celebrates its 10th anniversary year in operation!
String Society is a D-E 360° "Immersive" summer course that offers exceptional string students in Grades 5-12 an intensive opportunity to explore gems of the string orchestra repertoire while being introduced to music by living composers.
String Society (SS) Co-Director Annaliesa Place (violin), tells us: "String Society is a great way for students to come together around a love of music to learn orchestral classics. We are thrilled to welcome back some of our beloved SS faculty members and returning alumni SS students, as well as welcome new teachers and student performers!"
Place, together with fellow Co-Director Diego Garcia (cello) bring extensive experience to the program. Place performs across the United States and abroad with ECCO, Classnotes, Traveling Notes, ACJW, Absolute Ensemble and Metropolis Ensemble. She has recorded albums with Absolute Ensemble for Sony Classical and ECCO for eOne Records. She is also founder, faculty advisor and creative director for StringJam, Dwight-Englewood Upper School’s elite conductor-less string ensemble, which has performed twice at Carnegie Hall. Diego Garcia, Associate Director of Strings/Conductor started his passion for musical studies at age five. Over the past decade, Garcia has become a sought-after composer for instrumental and choral works. His music has been broadcasted several times on NPR’s ‘Live from Hochstein’. Recent commissions have included the original score to the independent film Heart of Tango, Rochester Oratorio Society, and Gibbs & Main. Currently, Garcia is a conductor and cello instructor at D-E and he also serves as Orchestra Director of the JCC Thurnauer School of Music Symphony Orchestra.
During String Society, in addition to orchestra and chamber experiences, students will also take part in sectionals, an improvisational workshop, and mindfulness activities such as yoga. As an exciting innovation offered this year, students will take two private lessons with the esteemed faculty, which includes Ella Heifets, violin; Ani Kalayjian, cello; Salley Koo, violin; Adda Kridler, violin/viola; Everhard Paredes, violin; and Karen Poleshuck, cello.
D-E 360° Summer Connections kicks-off its Summer 2017 program with style the week of Monday, June 26, when String Society celebrates its 10th anniversary year in operation!
String Society is a D-E 360° "Immersive" summer course that offers exceptional string students in Grades 5-12 an intensive opportunity to explore gems of the string orchestra repertoire while being introduced to music by living composers.
String Society (SS) Co-Director Annaliesa Place (violin), tells us: "String Society is a great way for students to come together around a love of music to learn orchestral classics. We are thrilled to welcome back some of our beloved SS faculty members and returning alumni SS students, as well as welcome new teachers and student performers!"
Place, together with fellow Co-Director Diego Garcia (cello) bring extensive experience to the program. Place performs across the United States and abroad with ECCO, Classnotes, Traveling Notes, ACJW, Absolute Ensemble and Metropolis Ensemble. She has recorded albums with Absolute Ensemble for Sony Classical and ECCO for eOne Records. She is also founder, faculty advisor and creative director for StringJam, Dwight-Englewood Upper School’s elite conductor-less string ensemble, which has performed twice at Carnegie Hall. Diego Garcia, Associate Director of Strings/Conductor started his passion for musical studies at age five. Over the past decade, Garcia has become a sought-after composer for instrumental and choral works. His music has been broadcasted several times on NPR’s ‘Live from Hochstein’. Recent commissions have included the original score to the independent film Heart of Tango, Rochester Oratorio Society, and Gibbs & Main. Currently, Garcia is a conductor and cello instructor at D-E and he also serves as Orchestra Director of the JCC Thurnauer School of Music Symphony Orchestra.
During String Society, in addition to orchestra and chamber experiences, students will also take part in sectionals, an improvisational workshop, and mindfulness activities such as yoga. As an exciting innovation offered this year, students will take two private lessons with the esteemed faculty, which includes Ella Heifets, violin; Ani Kalayjian, cello; Salley Koo, violin; Adda Kridler, violin/viola; Everhard Paredes, violin; and Karen Poleshuck, cello.
As is String Society tradition, there will be a Grand Finale Concert on the final day of the program, this year taking place on Friday, June 30, at 3:00 PM in Hajjar Auditorium, Klein Campus Center, on the D-E School campus. For this Grand Finale Concert, the performers will be playing in small ensembles and as a full orchestra. Attendees can look forward to hearing pieces by classic composers including Mozart (Quartet No. 4 in C Major); Vivaldi (Concerto in A Minor); Haydn; and Schubert; and also contemporary works including Aurora Borealis by Garcia.
Admission to the Grand Finale Concert is free; all ages are welcome and encouraged to attend. To learn more about String Society click here or visit www.d-e.org/stringsociety.
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