Category Archives: Music
Opportunity to Help and Receive
Parents, citizens and business owners, we have a nice opportunity to help the Oak Ridge High School orchestra. The ORHS Orchestra will present the first concert of our 2014-2015 season on October, 7, 2014. They are currently in need of … Continue reading
Wildcats Tame Farragut
Coach Gaddis’s Oak Ridge Wildcats opened the season with a strong defensive performance over the Farragut Admirals. John Houtari has a nice summary of the game. Congratulations to out football players and coaches, and to our great band! Next up, … Continue reading
“I Mustache You for New Violins”
Bill and Melinda Gates have offered to help fund projects that support students in schools with lower socioeconomic students through the Gates Foundation. You may read why they are doing that here. There are matching donations but only through the … Continue reading
Oak Ridge Schools Orchestra Programs
One of the things, one of several, that I am proud of about Oak Ridge Schools are its strings programs, available to any student starting in the fourth grade. I’ve discussed the merits of early music education is a prior … Continue reading
Save Fourth Grade Strings, AGAIN!
The City Council has passed the budget for this upcoming year. I’m not going to comment on that other than to say the school system is short of about $1,250,000. The Board of Education must now resolve the shortage while … Continue reading
Celebrating Our Music Programs
Oak Ridge Schools are blessed with strong music programs, from kindergarten through high school. We have a rich legacy. Let me showcase a little sampling from the last two years.
Save Fourth-grade Strings!
As some of you know by now, the fourth-grade strings program is on the list of potential budget cuts if requested full funding is not approved. I note that as of this posting the Oak Ridge School Board has not … Continue reading
Mike Mahathy for BOE 