50 state string orchestra project

HANNAH BUSH | CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOl orchestra

midlothian, virginia

The Clover Hill High School Combined Orchestras, based in Midlothian, Virginia, are composed of two orchestra classes: Concert Orchestra and String Ensemble. The Concert Orchestra plays VBODA grades II-III music and is our un-auditioned class. String Ensemble plays VBODA grades IV-VI music, and is an audition-based class. Auditions are based on 3-octave scales, regional orchestra audition material, and sight reading excerpts. This year, CHHSO has 35 excellent student musicians and we are looking to grow our numbers for the 2023-2024 school year!

CONCERT INFORMATION

DATE: May 16, 2023

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Hannah Smith-Bush Grooms holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from James Madison University, and has studied under Mr. Foster Beyers, Dr. Stephen Bolstad, Dr. Wanchi Huang, Dr. Lisa Maynard, and Robert McCashin. Prior to receiving her degree, she worked as an early childhood educator in New Kent, Virginia and completed her student teaching with Mrs. Laura Mulligan Thomas and Mrs. Emily Thomas Waters, both of Charlottesville, Virginia. It has been Hannah's dream to be a high school orchestra director since she was in high school herself. The 2022-2023 academic year is her second year of teaching. During the 2021-2022 school year, the Clover Hill High School Combined Orchestras received a rating of superior at the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association Assessment.

about
the 50 state
string orchestra project

2022-2024

The 50 State String Orchestra Project is a large-scale consortium commission that is bringing new music to classrooms and concert halls all over the US in the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 seasons, with educational and community orchestras in all 50 states commissioning a new piece for string orchestra, similar in difficulty level and scope to Stephanie’s 2011 work for string orchestra Beyond the Gate. Her consortium commissions for chamber music have already brought new string-centered music all across the world, from her 50 State Sonata Project for violin + piano, inspired by the work of her teacher John Kendall, and her World Sonata Project, which was commissioned by violinists from 35 countries in 2016.