As part of the Avanti Summer Music Festival, one student has been chosen to conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians in Handel's "Entrance of the Queen of Sheba". Elsa Koran is a junior at Troy High School and plays violin in the Troy High Symphony Orchestra. The conducting class at the Avanti workshop held a competition and Elsa was chosen to lead the world class musicians.
The Avanti Festival Concert is Friday, July 26, at 7:30PM at the First United Church of Birmingham. The concert will also feature the Avanti Solo Competition winner playing the Mendelssohn violin concerto and the Avanti Chorale.
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