7th Annual MDIRSS String Festival 2014

All String musicians in grades 3-12 converged for a day of making music and friends at the 7th Annual MDIRSS String Festival on May 29, 2014.  Strings students, totaling 156, from Conners Emerson, Trenton, Tremont, Pemetic, Mount Desert Elementary School, and MDI HS participated. The sound of 156 humming strings (x 4) was incredible! The following are the 2014 String Festival stats: Bravo  3-4 Orchestra    From Conners Violins:     51                        17 Viola:         12                         5 Cello:         27                       10 Bass:         1                           1 Total:        91                        33 Repertoire:  Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Cripple Creek, Open String Rock Encore 5-12 Orchestra     From Emerson Violins:    38                            11 Viola:        12                             5 Cello:        10                             2 Bass:         5                              1 Total:         65                           19 Repertoire:  Arlington Sketches (Elliott Del Borgo), Legends of the Phantom Pirates (Brian Balmages), Can Can (Jacques Offenbach)              We are pleased to announce that the enrichment segment was provided by the duo of Chris Gray and Gus La Casse, known as Août Gris. They performed lively strathspeys, reels, and slip jigs on fiddle, tin whistle, and bodhran. Our students were enthralled!