All-National Honor Ensemble?

shootforthefence
Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:09:31 +0000

My son and I just came back from this and it was awesome!. All of the instructors were top notch and the the 300 musicians were very high level. There were four groups, jazz band, jazz concert band, concert choir and orchestra. My son was in the orchestra and all of the musicians were amazing. They were definitely the best of the best. the kids were from all over the US and the that made the experience even more interesting. The concert at the Kennedy Center was successful with all four groups receiving standing ovations. The schedule was grueling, with 6AM wakeup call, mostly 11PM checkin time. The bus rides to different places were sometimes long. The meals were decent but simple as expected. All in all it was wonderful.