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Benefit Concert Soloist Selected
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 01:18
The annual benefit concert fundraiser is fast approaching and will be held on Thursday, March 4th in 
the Sprague High Pantheon at 7PM. This year's benefit concert is specials for two reasons. First, Kathryn Lucktenberg, the featured guest soloist, will lead the Camerata Orchestra in performing one of Vivaldi's Four Seasons (Winter). Ms. Lucktenberg is an Associate Professor of both Violin and Chamber Music at the University of Oregon in Eugene. She also performs with the Oregon String Quartet and the Trio Pacifica, the latter of which publishes recordings on the Composer's Recordings label. We are all very excited to have Professor Lucktenburg perform with the kids and bring yet another enjoyable performance to our Benefit Concert series.
The second and perhaps more important reason this year's concert carries special weight concerns one of our own. Freshman String Ensemble violinist Frida Salinas learned this past fall that she'd been stricken with pancreatic cancer. This disease is exceedingly rare at her age and she has undergone aggressive treatment. Frida is highly optimistic and expects to fully recover. As one might expect, she and her family have suffered tremendous challenges, not the least being financial. The greater Sprague and Salem communities have responded and the Boosters believed that its best opportunity to support Frida and her family was by calling attention to a remarkable story of survival and dedicating portions of this fundraiser, including the silent auction to her cause.
To that end, the Boosters board will vote next week during its regulary scheduled monthly meeting on the percentage of the Benefit Concert proceeds that will be earmarked for the Salinas family. In addition, we are soliciting silent auction item donations specifically for Frida and will be highlighting those items in the program and on the auction floor. We urge all those that may have items of value to donate to the auction to please contact us here. Thank you and we look forward to a full house on March 4th.
the Sprague High Pantheon at 7PM. This year's benefit concert is specials for two reasons. First, Kathryn Lucktenberg, the featured guest soloist, will lead the Camerata Orchestra in performing one of Vivaldi's Four Seasons (Winter). Ms. Lucktenberg is an Associate Professor of both Violin and Chamber Music at the University of Oregon in Eugene. She also performs with the Oregon String Quartet and the Trio Pacifica, the latter of which publishes recordings on the Composer's Recordings label. We are all very excited to have Professor Lucktenburg perform with the kids and bring yet another enjoyable performance to our Benefit Concert series.The second and perhaps more important reason this year's concert carries special weight concerns one of our own. Freshman String Ensemble violinist Frida Salinas learned this past fall that she'd been stricken with pancreatic cancer. This disease is exceedingly rare at her age and she has undergone aggressive treatment. Frida is highly optimistic and expects to fully recover. As one might expect, she and her family have suffered tremendous challenges, not the least being financial. The greater Sprague and Salem communities have responded and the Boosters believed that its best opportunity to support Frida and her family was by calling attention to a remarkable story of survival and dedicating portions of this fundraiser, including the silent auction to her cause.To that end, the Boosters board will vote next week during its regulary scheduled monthly meeting on the percentage of the Benefit Concert proceeds that will be earmarked for the Salinas family. In addition, we are soliciting silent auction item donations specifically for Frida and will be highlighting those items in the program and on the auction floor. We urge all those that may have items of value to donate to the auction to please contact us here. Thank you and we look forward to a full house on March 4th.
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Greens Show Fundraiser Results
Thursday, 17 December 2009 07:15
2009 may be a year best remembered as an economically challenging one and the level of 
activity at the Greens Show at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem won't change any of those perceptions. While there were spurts of buying particularly early in the day, most shifts recorded lackluster sales. If not for the popularity and sufficient supply of cookies, the fundraiser may have struggled to break even. As it turned out the 10 participating students (with the support of their families) will share the roughly $700 raised to help with future orchestra expenses. Many thanks to our patrons. We hope to serve you again along with many more next year.
activity at the Greens Show at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem won't change any of those perceptions. While there were spurts of buying particularly early in the day, most shifts recorded lackluster sales. If not for the popularity and sufficient supply of cookies, the fundraiser may have struggled to break even. As it turned out the 10 participating students (with the support of their families) will share the roughly $700 raised to help with future orchestra expenses. Many thanks to our patrons. We hope to serve you again along with many more next year.
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Camerata National Winner of the Mark of Excellence
Monday, 14 September 2009 21:26
All the hard work last year to master the uneven meter of the Suplevski Capriccio and perfect the two moving pieces of the Respighi Suite has resulted in yet another award, this time at the national level. The Sprague High School Camerata Orchestra has been judged a National Winner of the Mark of Excellence by Jung-Ho Pak, a nationally recognized conductor, educator, and string orchestra adjudicator. The Mark of Excellence is awarded annually by the Foundation for Music Education's Choice Music Events division.
This year over 150 entries of recorded performances were submitted from 28 states in five categories: Youth Orchestra, High School Full Orchestra, High School String Orchestra, Middle School Full Orchestra, and Middle School String Orchestra. Of those 6 achieved National Winner status, another 7 qualifed with Commended Winner status, and 2 received State Winner awards. Of the six National Winners, Sprague was the only non-Texas entry to be so recognized. The state of Texas is considered to have the best music education in the country.
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This year over 150 entries of recorded performances were submitted from 28 states in five categories: Youth Orchestra, High School Full Orchestra, High School String Orchestra, Middle School Full Orchestra, and Middle School String Orchestra. Of those 6 achieved National Winner status, another 7 qualifed with Commended Winner status, and 2 received State Winner awards. Of the six National Winners, Sprague was the only non-Texas entry to be so recognized. The state of Texas is considered to have the best music education in the country.
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Twitter Me This
Friday, 11 September 2009 04:11
You may have noticed that the website includes a panel on the left listing tweets from SpragueOrch. 
We will be using this mechanism to send alerts about orchestra happenings and to draw your attention to new content on the site. If you are already a Twitter subscriber, please consider following us at @spragueorch. We will also use hashtags #shso-cam (camerata), #shso-ssy (string symphony), #shso-sen (string ensemble), #shso-boosters for messages aimed at those groups, so you may want to track those as well.
If you don't yet have an account you can sign up for one at http://twitter.com (students: with your parent's/guardian's permission).
We will be using this mechanism to send alerts about orchestra happenings and to draw your attention to new content on the site. If you are already a Twitter subscriber, please consider following us at @spragueorch. We will also use hashtags #shso-cam (camerata), #shso-ssy (string symphony), #shso-sen (string ensemble), #shso-boosters for messages aimed at those groups, so you may want to track those as well.
If you don't yet have an account you can sign up for one at http://twitter.com (students: with your parent's/guardian's permission).
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