September 28, 2006

Free Houston Symphony Youth Strings Workshop for Conroe ISD High School Orchestra Musicians

The Center for the Performing Arts at The Woodlands, home of The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, will host a free Houston Symphony strings workshop Friday at 3:30 p.m. as part of its Music in Motion educational outreach program.  This clinic is designed for students to receive instruction in an intimate setting from Violist Linda Goldstein (for upper strings) and Cellist Anthony Kitai (for lower strings).  Students will receive tips on posture, hand and instrument positioning and pizzicato techniques while in a sectional workshop setting.  Then upper and lower strings will come together for a reading of Mendelssohn’s “Andante” from Symphony No. 5 under the direction of Houston Symphony’s American Symphony Orchestra League Conducting Fellow Rebecca Miller.

Orchestra students from four high school campuses within Conroe I.S.D. are participating in this workshop, including College Park, Conroe, The Woodlands and Oak Ridge high schools. This workshop is not open to the general public.  For more information, call 281-210-1109.