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Newport HS chamber orchestra takes second at national festival

Published 11:23 am Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Forty-three Newport High School Chamber Orchestra students took second place at the American Strings Teachers Association's National Orchestra Festival in Salt Lake City on March 20. Only nine high schools were invited to compete
Forty-three Newport High School Chamber Orchestra students took second place at the American Strings Teachers Association's National Orchestra Festival in Salt Lake City on March 20. Only nine high schools were invited to compete

Forty-three Newport High School Chamber Orchestra students took second place at the American Strings Teachers Association’s National Orchestra Festival in Salt Lake City on March 20.

Only nine high schools were invited to compete, and this was Newport’s first time entering the three-day event, led by orchestra director Christine Gero.