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ORHS Orchestra wins top national orchestra award for second straight year

Posted at 1:53 pm March 13, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge High School Orchestra pictured at Universal Studios on Day 3 of Festival Disney on Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy ORHS Orchestra)

The Oak Ridge High School Orchestra is pictured at Universal Studios on Day 3 of Festival Disney on Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy ORHS Orchestra)

 

Oak Ridge High School Orchestra has won a top national orchestra award for the second year in a row, officials said.

The ORHS won Best 10-12th Grade Orchestra, Gold Orchestra Award, Outstanding Soloist, Best 9th Grade Orchestra, with Superior and Excellent Awards at the Festival Disney competition in Orlando, Florida, this past weekend, Director Doug Phillips said.

The ORHS Orchestra also won Best High School Orchestra one year ago, in a competition in New York City last March. The orchestra earned 11 total awards during that trip.

“It’s official: ORHS 10-12 orchestra back-to-back national champs!” ORHS Orchestra posted on Twitter after this year’s awards were announced in Orlando on Saturday, March 11.

Festival Disney is endorsed by the National Association for Music Education and also the Grammys, Phillips said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Education, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Music, Slider Tagged With: Doug Phillips, East Tennessee Band and Orchestra Concert Festival, Festival Disney, Mike Mahathy, national orchestra competition, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge High School Orchestra, ORHS Orchestra

ORHS Orchestra shines in New York City

Posted at 8:30 pm March 20, 2016
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The Oak Ridge High School Orchestra is pictured above at Ellis Island in New York City on March 14, 2016. (Photo by ORHS Orchestra via Twitter)

 

Submitted

Oak Ridge High School Orchestra is in the mist of a record-setting year. During the past month, 28 ORHS Orchestra students earned All-East Tennessee Orchestra honors, and 13 earned All-State Tennessee Orchestra recognition. Both of the previously mentioned accomplishments were the most of any orchestra program in East Tennessee.

Also, the orchestra performed in the East Tennessee Band and Orchestra Concert Festival this month and earned all superior ratings in every category and sub-category for all four judges at the event. This was the first time in ORHS Orchestra’s history to achieve this feat.

This past weekend, the orchestra traveled to Washington, D.C., and New York City to compete in a national orchestra competition with schools from Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, California, Texas, and Arizona. ORHS Orchestra stole the show with 11 total awards including: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Music, Top Stories Tagged With: Alek Wereszczak, All-East Tennessee Orchestra, All-State Tennessee Orchestra, Carl Strommen, Eagle Yuan, East Tennessee, East Tennessee Band and Orchestra Concert Festival, Evelyn Pieper, Maureen Hynes, Mike Carubia, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge High School Orchestra, orchestra, ORHS, ORHS Orchestra, ORHS Orchestra Boosters

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