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Students and volunteers hailed as orchestra program returns to Hobbs schools
Summary
Students from Hobbs schools performed for the board and community members praised a student-led Orchestra Club that has grown into a 30-member community orchestra; volunteers and visiting clinicians were credited with helping revive interest and staff said they will explore adding orchestra as a class.
Student musicians from Hobbs Municipal Schools opened the board meeting with several pieces and received praise from teachers, volunteers and board members, who described the performance as evidence that local interest in formal orchestra instruction has returned.
Cindy Roberts, the students' piano instructor and club advisor, told the board that Julio — who helped found both the school Orchestra Club and a larger Community Orchestra with Michael Orcutt — has organized clinics with…
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