Photo Story: Orchestra, Choir featured in Mark Woods’ Electrify Your Strings show

Founder of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Mark Woods created a program called Electrify Your Strings, offering music education programs for orchestra, band, and choir students from Kindergarten to 12th grade that focus on improvisations and self- expression through contemporary music. Once a year he comes to San Antonio, Texas at the Aztec theatre to show the community what these programs have learned. This year, the Holmes orchestra and choir were featured prominently in the show. Here are some of the sights from the performance.

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CAPTION: Orchestra teacher Klaus Weinelt is cheered on by the founder of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Mark Woods, as he does a violin competition with other teachers in the district.

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CAPTION: Orchestra students hang out in the Aztec Theatre before they are called to the stage to play for Electrify your Strings.

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CAPTION: Junior Eboni Oglesby, freshman Sidney Hernandez, junior Marina Garcia and sophomore Starr Morin sing on stage with professional vocalists Laura Kaye.

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CAPTION: Junior William Wyatt shows off his skills on the electric violin that Woods designed himself.

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CAPTION: Orchestra students play on stage with musical artist Valerie Vigoda.

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CAPTION: After each song that is performed, the orchestra students raise their bows in the air to show that they have finished their performance with Vigoda and Woods.

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CAPTION: Musician Haydn Vitera, Woods, and Vigoda finish playing on stage with the orchestra and choir students.

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CAPTION: Choir students juniors Alexa Gonzalez and Angela Villanuava, smile for a big finish after their performance for choir.

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CAPTION: Freshman Judy Quiroz Yanez sings a high note on stage with Kaye.

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CAPTION: Choir teacher Vanessa Alvarado conducts the choir for the last song for the Electrify Your Strings performance.

 

All photos by Stormy Rice

2 thoughts on “Photo Story: Orchestra, Choir featured in Mark Woods’ Electrify Your Strings show”

  1. Thanks Stormy and team for covering this for us this year! We’re very proud of the Holmes/BC students and their accomplishments! I know Mark Wood, Haydn Vitera, Val Vigoda, Laura Kaye and Nathan Blake LOVE coming to SA to work with these guys!

  2. Thank you for the awesome coverage! Our Electrify Your Strings and Choir programs are all about empowering students and helping them to own the spotlight, onstage and off! We always find such incredible talent when we visit San Antonio and our visits are truly the highlight of our year! 🙂