Orchestra Events
The Samohi Orchestra program offers opportunities to all musicians ranging from entry to advanced levels. Those levels are the Beginning/String Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra. All Orchestras meet everyday, with the exception of Chamber, which meets after school twice a week. Students enrolled in Concert, Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras receive one hour per week of sectional instruction taught by paid coaches funded by the Samohi Orchestra Parents Association.
In the last 2 years, Samohi Orchestra students have experienced the following achievements:
- National Grand Champions at the American String Teachers Association National Orchestra Festival.
- First public high school to perform at Walter Disney Concert Hall as part of the L.A. Philharmonic's "Sounds About Town" series.
- Participated in a 5-city concert tour of China, by invitation from the city of Hangzhou, China.
- Accepted into the Los Angeles Philharmonic School Partners Program for Secondary Schools, which allows Samohi orchestra students to attend concerts and open rehearsals as well as receive chamber music coaching from teaching artists of the L.A. Philharmonic.
We welcome your questions. Please email us at orchestraparents@aol.com, and for more information visit our website at www.Samohiorchestras.org
Sincerely,
Joni Swenson, Director of Orchestras