For the month of January, Symphony Orchestra violinist Suryateja (Surya) Telidevarapalli has been nominated as Student Of The Month.  Come and join us in honoring Surya’s hard work as a part of the orchestra program and for being nominated by his peers! Surya began his violin journey eight years ago in 3rd grade. He felt as if he needed to fit in with everyone else, and playing a musical instrument was something many of his peers were doing in elementary school.  However, as

Amidst the cold winter night of Jan. 16, the orchestra room bustled with warmth and joy as musicians across all different grade levels settled in for an exciting evening filled with laughter and new memories. The annual Movie Night Social allowed everyone to take a break from school and relax as they enjoyed Kung-Fu Panda, ate delicious Chinese food, and bonded with friends across all the orchestras.  The orchestra room was decorated vividly with hand-crafted Chinese lanterns

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