Florida Chapter-American String Teachers Association ("FLASTA") Announces Auditions for the ASTA National Honors Orchestra
Applications are now available for the ASTA National High School Honors Orchestra. The National High School Honors Orchestra will be held March 20- 24, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. Students in the eleventh and twelfth grades during the [...]
The 2010 Florida ASTA Solo String Competition took place on Saturday, Oct. 23rd in the Fine Arts Center on the campus of the University of North Florida. Contestants from Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville competed in both the Senior and Junior Divisions. The judge for the competition was Mr. Aaron Krosnick, a long-time member of [...]
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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