The following is from James A. Manno, Dir. of Fine Arts at the South Orange – Maplewood School District.
On Tuesday November 15th, 2016 Tuscan 4th grade students and staff members saw the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra perform, “Pirates on the High Seas”. This concert was an opportunity for the students’ to see and hear a live orchestra perform music composed by some of the greats; Tchaikovsky, Vaughan-Williams and Modern Composer Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean). The trip was organized by Tuscan music teacher Claire Van Tine.