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USC entertains first-grade students

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Nearly 300 Upper St. Clair first-graders enjoyed an orchestra concert designed specifically for them on Jan. 26 at Upper St. Clair High School.

The inaugural event was planned by Christine Hestwood, middle school strings teacher and high school orchestra conductor.

“This is the first ever performance of this kind,” Hestwood said. “Second- and fourth-graders have the opportunity to travel to Heinz Hall for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Schooltime concerts. I wanted to provide something special for our first-graders.”

The high school orchestra performed Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” and Camille Saint-Saëns’s “Carnival of the Animals.” The two pieces are taught in USC’s elementary school general music program.

“We performed the music at our own concert; the music was selected because of this performance,” Hestwood said.

Dr. Patrick McClintock-Comeaux, Baker Elementary principal, served as narrator for “Carnival of the Animals.”

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