Even though they鈥檝e only been playing their instruments since last September, Stride Avenue and Westridge band students wowed listeners at the Vancouver Kiwanis Band & Orchestra Festival. Adjudicators were so impressed with the Grade 7 combined beginning band that they received one of ten invitations to attend , Canada鈥檚 national music festival.
The was held in May in Richmond.聽Forty ensembles from around BC and several from the United States performed, from beginning bands to advanced high school bands.
Peter Wenzek, their 91资源全集 Schools elementary beginning band teacher, said one of the adjudicators gave high praise to the student musicians, who are still new to the craft: 鈥淭hank you for making music and not just playing notes on the page.鈥
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