Choral students collaborate, learn through concert

Mar 15, 2020

Each spring, the ORR School District holds two large concerts in which music students and teachers from every school in the district perform separately first, then together for a large audience of family, friends and community. While the concert series' ticket sales earns money for Friends of Old Rochester Music scholarships and programs, the concerts present an opportunity for younger students to see what is in store for them if they commit to the chorus, an instrument or both.

The March 10 choral concert featured several soloists and small groups of singers. Although the crowd a was thinner due to public health concerns, the event was well-attended by school faculty and administrators including Superintendent of Schools, Douglas White, Jr. and incoming Superintendent of Schools, Mike Nelson.

With the F.O.R.M. Instrumental concert cancelled, not only will many music students miss out on the opportunity to perform, but there will be a shortfall in F.O.R.M’s scholarship account. Ticket sales for the Instrumental concert provide around $3,500 for scholarships for graduating seniors.

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