`Iolani School Orchestra earns top honors
- Senators Hanabusa and Taniguchi presented the `Iolani School Orchestra with a certificate of achievement
The Senate and House of Representatives today honored the `Iolani School Select Middle School Orchestra on the floor today during their respective sesssion.
`Iolani School Select Middle School Orchestra recently took top honors at the American String Teacher’s Association‘s 2010 National Orchestra Festival in Santa Clara, California. `Iolani was one of six middle school orchestras from around the nation that were chosen to compete in the Middle School Orchestra division. This was their first application to a national event.
The National Orchestra Festival is an annual event bringing together orchestras from around the nation and providing a performance opportunity in a national setting. Seventeen orchestras from several states attended this year’s competition.
The ‘Iolani orchestra is under the direction of Orchestra Director Katharine Hafner and Assistant Orchestra Director Joan Wehrman.
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