I have been a student at ESD since I came in kindergarten. I started violin lessons in fourth grade and when I came to the Middle and Upper School campus in fifth grade a new group was started for students who played orchestra instruments. I was one of about four who started the first year. We learned challenging new songs, one of my favorites being “Entrance of the Queen of Sheba”.
The ensemble had a lot of trouble getting students to join because no one knew about it yet, but we always had wonderful members from year to year even including our Spanish exchange student Marta.
The string ensemble has now been around for 6 years and it has grown immensely. It went from only 4 violins the first year, to 3 violins, 4 cellos, 1 bass, 1 viola, and 1 flute currently. The group includes both middle school and high school players. The high school players have the honor of playing at the annual ISAS festival and everyone gets to perform in chapel as a group a least once a year and then we always end the year with a recital. I have had the pleasure of being the president of the ensemble and getting to play and watch these students get better. We practice afterschool on Wednesday’s every week and we want to welcome any student that wants to be a part of ESD’s string ensemble.
The ensemble had a lot of trouble getting students to join because no one knew about it yet, but we always had wonderful members from year to year even including our Spanish exchange student Marta.
The string ensemble has now been around for 6 years and it has grown immensely. It went from only 4 violins the first year, to 3 violins, 4 cellos, 1 bass, 1 viola, and 1 flute currently. The group includes both middle school and high school players. The high school players have the honor of playing at the annual ISAS festival and everyone gets to perform in chapel as a group a least once a year and then we always end the year with a recital. I have had the pleasure of being the president of the ensemble and getting to play and watch these students get better. We practice afterschool on Wednesday’s every week and we want to welcome any student that wants to be a part of ESD’s string ensemble.
