The 2016 All-Town Orchestra Festival will be held Thursday, Feb. 25 in the DHS Main Gym.
The Music Department is pleased to announce that the Darien All-Town Orchestra Festival will take place in the Main Gym at Darien High on Thursday, February 25. In order to accommodate the large number of audience members there will be two separate performance seating. The first seating will be at 6:30 p.m. and the second performance will be at 8:00 p.m. Each program will last approximately 50 minutes.
Nearly 400 string students from grades 4-12 throughout the district have been preparing for their festival performances and will be involved in a combined rehearsal in the Darien High School main gym during the school day on that same day.
The featured ensembles will include the combined Fourth and Fifth Grade Orchestra students, the Middlesex Middle School Orchestras, The MMS Rockestra, The DHS Pops Strings, and the DHS Orchestra. The program will conclude with a finale featuring all 400 string students performing an version of “Uptown Funk” arranged by string teacher Dylan Spielvogel.
Admission to this event is by ticket only. Tickets are free and can be obtained by contacting any school orchestra teacher or by calling the District Music Office at: 203-655-3981 ext: 2250.