Hercules School Orchestras Present Spring Concert and Area Festival

The Spring Concert and Area Festival will be held on April 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hercules High School gymnasium. It will feature the musical talents of Hercules orchestra students with a range of skill levels from beginning elementary students to advanced high school musicians.

Hercules elementary students from Hanna Ranch, Ohlone and Lupine will comprise the elementary level orchestras. Hercules Middle School students each have one orchestra per grade level, and Hercules High School students belong to one of the two high school orchestras.

Originally, the Spring Concert and Area Festival was scheduled for May, but due to changes in school testing schedules and an upcoming school accreditation visit from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the concert has been rescheduled.

This is also the time of year when the middle school and high school orchestra students are in the midst of preparing for musical competitions. The Hercules Middle School orchestras will be performing at the Music in the Parks festival on April 30, and the advanced middle school orchestra and the two high school orchestras will be performing at the California Association for Musical Education (CMEA) festival on May 7.

Ticket prices are $5 for adults, $2 for students, and children 4 and under are free.