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“RADIO RADIO ORCHESTRE ORCHESTRA”<br />
That evening,<br />
students and teachers<br />
alike were treated to<br />
an outstanding concert,<br />
performed by the NBYO<br />
with special guest<br />
artists Radio Radio.<br />
The spectacular was<br />
co-hosted by District<br />
2 Arts Learning<br />
Specialist Blair<br />
Lawrence and Moni<strong>ca</strong><br />
Lang. It’s not every<br />
day you <strong>ca</strong>n see<br />
and hear classi<strong>ca</strong>l<br />
compositions by<br />
Bizet, Rossini, and<br />
Tchaikovsky coupled<br />
with the A<strong>ca</strong>dian hip-hop of Radio Radio. But nearly 1,400 delighted patrons<br />
couldn’t resist some toe tapping to the show finale—Pérez-Prado’s Mambo<br />
Potpourri. Bell Aliant sponsored a video recording of the event by Hemmings<br />
House Pictures, and Radio Canada <strong>ca</strong>ptured the concert for future radio<br />
broad<strong>ca</strong>st.<br />
One of the concert highlights was a historic first for two young Sistema<br />
musicians—Lucy Higgins and Alice Campbell from Edith Cavell School. They<br />
were rewarded for their hard work and musi<strong>ca</strong>l progress with an invitation to<br />
perform the Mambo Potpourri with NBYO. They could not have picked a peppier<br />
time or place to make their orchestral debut.<br />
Sistema NB is now in its third year of operation. The rapid expansion of the<br />
program, generously supported by partnership with School District 2, resulted<br />
in a move from Beaverbrook School to Queen Elizabeth School last summer.<br />
There are now over 160 greater Moncton area elementary students enrolled<br />
in Sistema Moncton. They learn music, social skills, and teamwork from 1:30<br />
to 5:00 PM every school day—under the guidance of fifteen Sistema faculty<br />
musicians and NBYO Music Director/Conductor Antonio Delgado. District 2 EAs<br />
Vanessa Hannington and Amber Slaunwhite also support Sistema Moncton,<br />
along with several District 2 high school Co-op and university student volunteers.<br />
Last December, NBYO staged its second annual Sistema Christmas-at-the-<br />
Capitol concert at the Capitol Theatre. Over 700 family and friends attended<br />
the show and were dazzled by the virtuosity of 160 young Sistema musicians<br />
and the excellence of the District 2 Middle School Choir, led by Music Specialist<br />
Leanne Delaney. (images across top of page)<br />
Don’t miss the <strong>2012</strong> Sistema Season Finale at the Wesleyan<br />
Centre on June 14, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Immediately prior to the concert, Aubrey Kirkpatrick received public<br />
recognition of Sistema Program support on behalf of District 2 from Sistema<br />
Capital Campaign Chair David Holt.
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