VERO BEACH - After the Vero Beach High School Symphony Orchestra received word they had successfully auditioned for the 2011 National Orchestra Festival, they were excited, but knew getting there was going to be a challenge.
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Even more details about our wonderful 2010 Fall Conference along with the registration forms have been posted on the Florida Orchestra Association website.
This is an amazing array of string pedagogy, a wonderful opportunity to meet with colleagues from all over the state, and, simply put, a can't miss event! Please be sure to join us on October 28 and 29th, 2010 in Orlando, FL.
The 2010 Florida Chapter of the ASTA Solo Competition will take place on Saturday, October 23 on the campus of University of North Florida Fine Arts Center in Jacksonville, Florida. The postmark deadline for the solo competition is October 12, 2010. Download the application here.
On the verge of its 50th anniversary, the Southwest Florida Symphony finds itself in a less-than-festive mood.The orchestra owes $300,000 — including $100,000 from this past season’s shortfall in tickets and donations — and it’s about to lose another conductor.
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But until mid-July -- when "West Side Story's" producers announced that a synthesizer was replacing three live violinists and two cellists, or half the orchestra's string section -- staff violinist Paul Woodiel thought that at least the classics would be immune to the trend.
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