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Canyons students perform with American West Symphony at Butler Middle School
Summary
Canyons School District’s youth orchestra joined the American West Symphony for a joint concert at Butler Middle School in Sandy, Utah. Fifty-three students from grades 4–9 performed under three conductors, with program selections that included an opera overture, Dvořák and Beethoven’s Egmont Overture.
Canyons School District’s youth orchestra performed alongside the American West Symphony at Butler Middle School in Sandy, Utah, in a collaboration introduced by JP Kentros, the district’s arts content specialist.
The Canyons Youth Symphony involves 53 students in grades 4 through 9 who were selected by audition and rehearse once a week beginning in September. Kentros said the students’ “ability to perform such challenging literature” reflects both the district’s music instruction and the leadership of the program’s three directors.
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