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Orchestra students raise funds for 2011 competition

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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2010 Florida Chapter of the ASTA Solo Competition.

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.

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Southwest Florida Symphony struggles with debt, loss of conductor

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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Broadway sings blues over synthesizer invasion

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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YouTube of the Week - July, 31, 2010

Debussy Clair de Lune
Giora Schmidt, Violin
Rohan De Silva, Piano
Sunday Afternoons of Music Series - Gusman Concert Hall, Miami Florida
Recorded Live, June 2009

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