Summer Arts Program 2025: Orchestra

Teacher and student practice viola scales together

These are a few of my favorite strings …

The mellifluous sounds of violin, viola and bass drifted through the music rooms at ·Ç·²×ÊÔ´Íø High School on Wednesday as City School District of ·Ç·²×ÊÔ´Íø orchestral students in the Summer Arts Program honed their musical skills – and their confidence.

Led by maestros Tony Berman (strings teacher at ·Ç·²×ÊÔ´Íø High) and Cameron Newman (strings teacher at Hackett), the orchestra portion of the Summer Arts Program is open to students in grades 4-12 who play a range of string instruments.

·Ç·²×ÊÔ´Íø 30 students get individual and group lessons on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in the program, which runs through the end of next week.

to see more photos from Wednesday's lessons.