Nine Robinson musicians were invited to participate in the prestigious Eastern Trombone Workshop.
The Robinson High School Trombone Choir recently received a special invitation to participate in the Eastern Trombone Workshop, which was presented at Fort Myer by The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own". This annual event began in 1978 and has been under command of The United States Army Band since 1993. During those years, it has become one of the largest trombone workshops in the world. Directed by Gregory Freeman, the trombone choir is made up of nine young musicians, who live in Fairfax Station, Clifton, Burke and Fairfax. They include Jordan Feltcorn, T.J. Horan, Jun Huh, Allison Hunter, Natasha Penfield, Josh Schwark, Nate Smith, Nick Warmuth and Zane Xu. The Robinson Trombone Choir was one of only two high school groups in the…
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School officials scrap LED sign plans.
Terra Center Elementary School has dropped its plans to install a 7-foot-tall LED display sign in response to resident concerns. Instead, school officials are seeking input from the community to design a new sign for the school. Fairfax County removed Terra Centre's original sign to perform storm water drainage maintenance by the school. For a replacement, the school requested approval from the Burke Centre Conservancy's Architectural Review Board for a 7-foot-tall LED sign. The new sign would allow school officials to change announcements via a computer inside the school, a technological upgrade over sending someone outside to change the old marquee lettering manually. "We weren't even sure if we had the authority to make that decision …
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Mary Davis
9:00 am on Monday, April 9, 2012
What a gift to learn about such enriching musical opportunities for our students. Thank you Trish Mandes for keeping the arts in our community front and center. more ›