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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).
Ensembles of the Lassiter Orchestra
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