Houston Symphony Community-Embedded Musician David Connor to Speak at Aldine Strings Festival on April 13

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The initiative is a first-time collaboration between the Houston Symphony and the district’s orchestra vertical strand.

As part of Houston Symphony’s Residency Program at Carver High School, community-embedded musician Dave Connor will perform on his double bass with the advanced violin quartet, a UIL superior-rated ensemble, at the annual Aldine Strings Festival.

Aldine Strings Festival

Thursday, April 13
7 .m.
M.O. Campbell Educational Center
1865 Aldine Bender Rd.

Houston Symphony Residency does with Carver High School

Connor will address families about the unique work the Houston Symphony Residency does with Carver High School each year, including how the program brings the Houston Symphony to the Acres Homes community and an incredible learning opportunity for Aldine orchestra students.

The Houston Symphony’s Carver High School Residency Program is about strengthening the growing orchestra program with access to professional musicians. This initiative, which began as a virtual offering in 2021 during the pandemic, is designed to help strengthen the growing orchestra program at Carver High School, one of the areas identified in the Mayor’s Complete Communities initiative. It is an intensive six-week residency featuring weekly Community-Embedded Musician (CEM) workshops for orchestra students. On January 10, workshops between the students and Houston Symphony Community-Embedded Musician and double bass David Connor began.

Houston Symphony’s residency at Carver High School has been a hugely successful and enriching experience for the orchestra students. The program consists of six 90-minute workshops where Connor works with students in small groups and as a full ensemble.

“Working with Dave and his colleagues at the symphony offers our students a rare glimpse into the ‘real’ world of classical music,” says Carver High School orchestra director Grace Lewis. “A beloved school activity is transformed into a career opportunity and lifelong pursuit thanks to Dave’s inspiring instruction and the Symphony rehearsals and concerts we have been so fortunate to attend.”

Click here to view the story by Lauren Buchanan about the program at Carver featured on the Houston Symphony’s website.