A film crew was on hand at yesterday’s Tune Up Philly year-end performance.
Tune Up Philly, the unique after-school music program, concluded the school year yesterday with a performance at St. Francis de Sales Catholic School (917 S. 47th St.). The performance featured pieces by the full orchestra and choir as well as quartets and quintets. About 85 St. Francis de Sales students ranging from kindergartners to eighth graders, have taken part in the program, which takes students from beginning musicians to concert-ready over the course of the school year.
JUMP magazine did a great piece on the program last week. Read it here.
Unfortunately we had to leave the concert early and we missed the performance of the full orchestra. We have heard rave reviews though. Below is a slideshow of some of the performances early in the concert.
You will be hearing a lot more about this program in the coming year. Tune Up Philly will be at the Henry C. Lea School (4700 Locust St.) next year and, as you can see in the photos, a film crew was shooting yesterday’s concert.
June 6th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
The full orchestra was wonderful! I especially enjoyed the finale, Ode to Joy. I can only imagine how great these students will be next year after they’ve been practicing for more than a year!