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Welcome! 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 Educator's Association's yearly High School Orchestra Festival and are frequently invited to perform at conferences and competitions across the nation. In December of 2001 the Lassiter Symphony was selected to perform at the 2001 Midwest Clinic in Chicago. 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 top 3 orchestras where they presented an Encore Performance to conclude the ASTA Conference. Most recently 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), first place in the Orchestra Division 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 recognized, Barrage, to a sold out crowd. The Lassiter Music Program has earned the distinction as a Grammy Signature School (2000). |