The
Lassiter Orchestra
is
widely recognized as one of the finest high school orchestra
programs in the nation. They consistently receive superior ratings
at the Georgia Music Educators Association's yearly High School
Orchestra Performance Evaluation and are frequently invited to
perform at conferences and competitions across the nation. The
Lassiter Symphony was selected to perform at the Midwest
International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois in
2001. The Lassiter Chamber Orchestra has been invited to perform
for this year’s clinic in December. This is the most prestigious
honor a band or orchestra can receive. The Lassiter Symphony was
also selected to perform for the 2003 and 2006 Georgia Music
Educator's Conference in Savannah. In 2004 the Orchestra competed in
the American String Teachers Association National Orchestra Festival
in Dallas, Texas placing in the country’s top 3 orchestras where
they presented an Encore Performance to conclude the ASTA
Conference. In 2007 the Lassiter Chamber Orchestra and Lassiter
String Ensemble competed in New York City at the Lincoln Center's
National Orchestra Cup. The String Ensemble placed 5th Runner-up and
was presented with the award of Most Original Work (Japanese Lullaby
by Keiko Yamada). The Lassiter Chamber Orchestra won Grand Champion
of the competition and Best String Section. In addition
Concertmaster, Sarah Ohms, received Outstanding String Soloist.
Other honors
include an invitation to perform for Disney's 25th Anniversary
Celebration, recipients of the Gold Award at the Heritage
International Music Festival in New Orleans (1998), recipients of
the Gold Award and Grand Champions of the Gateway Liberty Festival
in Philadelphia (2000), 1st place in the Orchestra Division and
Grand Champions of the Heritage Music Festival in Washington DC
(2001, 2006), Grand Champion and Adjudicator's Award at the Heritage
Music Festival at University of South Florida (2008). In addition
the Lassiter Orchestra has performed at the Lincoln Memorial and
participated in a clinic with the U. S. Army's Strolling Strings,
the White House's performing string ensemble. In 2007, 2008 the
Lassiter Orchestra was invited to perform on stage with the
internationally acclaimed, Barrage, to a sold out crowd.
The Lassiter
Music Program has earned the distinction as a Grammy Signature
School (2000).