CCPOPS - Concord Carlisle Patrons Of Performing Students

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This is the first concert of the year for the CCHS Orchestra. Under the direction of Scott Knopf, who is in his second year at Concord-Carlisle, the string orchestra will be performing three well-known works:

• J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto Number Three
• Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite
• Aaron Copland’s Hoedown, from Rodeo

The Concord-Carlisle orchestra has grown by 25% from last year, with many well-trained freshmen joining the orchestra in September. Last year the orchestra traveled to the annual Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductor’s Association Festival, where they were awarded a silver medal. Several more concerts are planned for the school year, including accompanying the high school chorus in a January concert, and adding wind instruments for a performance of a Beethoven work in the spring.
The performance is free and open to the public.