Tonight was West Fargo School District's last orchestra concert of the year. The end of the year concert includes 6th through 12th grade. Cheyenne now sits in the high school section since she is in ninth grade, but I remember all too well her years in the middle school seats. It is difficult to believe [...]
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The most talented viola player in our family…
Cheyenne had another orchestra concert on Tuesday. This concert was a series of pieces by small performance groups that the students in each group had selected. The groups ranged in size from a duo to seven or eight. Their teacher, Mrs. Klundt, said they did all the work themselves with only minor coaching from her. [...]
Thank you Mrs. Klundt.
This evening was the Sheyenne High School holiday orchestra performance. It was held in the Commons area of the high school. The area is nicely suited for smaller performances like the one this evening. The group seems to get smaller each year. There were 60 9th and 10th graders performing tonight (of note, there are [...]
God bless the music teachers…
Tonight was Cheyenne's last 8th grade orchestra concert. The final orchestra concert of each school year in West Fargo is always the all-city concert. Grades 6-12 come together at the high school and play a few pieces individually as a grade grouping (6th, 7th, 8th, and 9-12) and then they play one piece all together. [...]
The gift…
I want to thank the middle school music teachers, Mrs. Larson and Ms. Schwartz. They gave me a great gift last year when Cheyenne wanted to quit playing viola. They convinced her to stay with it for another year. They did what I could not - they provided a rationale she thought had merit. And [...]
Please God, let her play the viola her entire life…
Tonight was the 8th Grade Orchestra's Winter Concert. Cheyenne has been in orchestra since 6th grade. There are only two concerts a year - one in the winter and one in the spring. The winter concerts are very short events - typically about a half hour or so. The performance this evening featured six relatively [...]
Note-worthy…
It is that time of year again. Time for Cheney Middle School's 7th Grade Orchestra's Holiday Concert. The STEM students (of which Cheyenne is one) are part of Cheney's 6th, 7th and 8th grade orchestra program and each grade performs about a half hour show twice a year. I have been impressed since I attended Cheyenne's first concert last year. [...]
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