As one little parting gift before the semester came to a close, our orchestra program hosted an exciting and memorable concert on Dec. 12— a wonderful union of choir, orchestra, and band students that welcomed a lot of holiday spirit and joy for the new year to come! The opening performance of our winter concert was a magnificent display of musicality by Arcadia’s Concert Choir and Chaunteurs.  Concert Choir started their performance off with “Jingle ALLLL The Ways,” a medley

This month, we’re excited to recognize a dedicated and passionate musician as our December Student of the Month, sophomore cellist Derek Wang from Premier Orchestra! Derek is a hardworking orchestra student, who joined because of his love for music, and as he puts it, “I didn’t really enjoy the idea of spitting into an instrument for a band, so I chose orchestra.” The decision led him to pick up the cello, an instrument he chose at a young age because his aunt played it and h

Excitement filled the air as Wednesday, Dec. 10 brought our Winter Big/Little Social! Students filed into the orchestra room during lunch for an hour of delicious food and fun activities. Many thanks to sophomore Alice Sun for making all the creative desserts, including strawberry marshmallow skewers, marshmallow snowmen, egg tarts, cupcakes, candy cans, and a whole chocolate cake! Who is the mystery Santa Claus? Festive holiday music played as Bigs and Littles bonded, sippin

This month, we’re excited to highlight a musician who is heavily dedicated and a great role model in orchestra. Our November Student of the Month is sophomore Isabella Budasz, the principal cellist for Symphony Orchestra! Isabella began playing the cello at just four years old, guided by her music teacher parents. When her mom asked her to choose between piano, violin, or cello, she picked the cello because “it just looked the prettiest,” a choice that led to more than 12 yea