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South Pointe Band Makes the Big-Time in the Big Apple
The 101-member South Pointe Middle School wind ensemble played Carnegie Hall during the Field Study and Heritage Festivals Elite Performance series Saturday.
The Wind Ensemble reached the big-time Saturday, hitting the stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
The 101-member band was selected by the Field Studies and Heritage Festivals to participate in the Elite Performance Series at the historic venue.
The students performed for a panel of nationally-renowned conductors and musicians during the five day trip that also included a clinic with New York Philharmonic cover conductor Michael Adelson and Ben Cohn, the assistant conductor and keyboard player in the Broadway musical Wicked.
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The students also took a tour around the Big Apple, seeing a performance of Wicked, visiting the Lincoln Center, Grand Central Station, and universities and other attractions in the city.
"This will be a life changing trip for our students, as well as the adult and teacher chaperones," Susan Willmering, the school's director of instrumental music, said. "We are very proud of our students’ tireless work ethic!"
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