Margaret Korte
Print/Podcast Editor
Band, orchestra and choir will celebrate 100 years with a concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL. The concert will be on May 7, at 7 p.m., and tickets are $25.
The concert will have a 1920s theme, including its musical selection and decor, and a dinner will be held beforehand. Alumni who have made accomplishments in music will also be honored. Posters will be around the school to purchase tickets.
Fine Arts Department Chair and associate band director Jill Young said the creator of the band program in 1925, Henry Lemcke, brought the instruments from Germany and the department has grown since.
“It’s been a really integral part of the Webster Groves High School community since that time…there’s a lot to celebrate there, so I think it’s important to mark that occasion and just be part of history,” Young said.
Feature Photo: Senior Maya Suppelsa plays in the Orchestras’ Fall Concert on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Webster University. Photo by Micah McCoy
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Margaret Korte–Print/Podcast EditorThis will be Margaret Korte’s second year on ECHO staff. She made several contributions while taking journalism class her freshman year. |
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