By Anastasha Echavarri
News Editor

This Sunday, WA’s Honors Orchestra is performing alongside members of the Concord Symphony Orchestra for the second year in a row. The CSO is composed of 70 adult musicians living in Concord, MA who have been playing for several years on a professional level.

For this particular concert, WA students and members of the CSO will be sharing music stands to show the unity between the two groups.

“It’s an awesome way to get a different perspective on the songs we have been playing in class from the more experienced players over in Concord,” said senior Julie Verdibello.

Pieces that will be performed include Copland’s “Hoe Down” and Josef Suk’s “Meditation on an Old Bohemian Carol”. In addition to this, there will be the rendition of a children’s story called “The Composer is Dead” by Lemony Snicket.

“The Composer is Dead” will be recited while members of percussion, winds, strings, and other types of musicians showcase their abilities by performing songs that follow the story line.

This piece is very different from others in the concert. Despite its complexity, this performance has several elements of levity which allows performers to demonstrate their ability to play many different types of music.

“The variety of music pieces chosen makes the concerts very enjoyable,” said junior Anandita Kumar.

The WA students who will be performing, the Honors Orchestra, are musicians in their junior or senior year. Most of them have played for over 9 years and have been in countless concerts before this.

“Honors orchestra is a very different environment than the classic school setting… Mr.Culver expects more of us, emotionally and technically because we’re more experienced. He really stresses capturing the mood and emotions of a song, rather than just hitting the right notes,” said senior Maegha Singh.

This concert is just one of the many that the Honors Orchestra will be attending this year. However, it is special because it will be nice for families to see how their students have progressed over the years and how they are able to perform alongside professional musicians.

“It’s nice to perform with other people. It’s interesting to see how other people do things and how we do things and how that all goes together,” said music instructor Kenneth Culver.