PEACHTREE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

Chamber Orchestra

DIRECTORS: VICTORIA ENLOE, BILL SCRUGGS, AND BERNADETTE SCRUGGS

Peachtree Ridge High School is located in Suwanee, Georgia, and is part of the Gwinnett County Public School system. With a minority enrollment of 83%, the student population of Peachtree Ridge reflects Suwanee’s rich cultural diversity. The Peachtree Ridge Orchestra program was established in 2003 with 120 orchestra members and has grown to comprise more than 370 students, 12% of the school population. The orchestra program consists of four levels: Concert, Symphonic, Philharmonic, and Chamber that meet daily for 90 minutes on the school’s four-by-four block schedule. Peachtree Ridge Orchestras have performed at events throughout the metro Atlanta area including the Kennesaw State University Orchestra Invitational, the Georgia State University Orchestra Festival, the Georgia School Board/State Superintendents Association Conference, the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce 2021 Winter Reception, and has been featured twice in sessions at the annual GMEA In-Service Conference. Each ensemble also designs and participates in an annual community outreach concert directed at feeder elementary, middle, or special needs high school students. Numerous students from the PRHS Orchestra are selected each year to participate in AllState orchestra, the Governor’s Honors Program, Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra, Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. In addition to enriching the Peachtree Ridge community through ensemble performance, orchestra students have been STAR students, varsity athletes, National Merit finalists, TSA State Champions, Robolions robotics team members, and Peachtree Ridge drama and dance department members.

Three Pieces for String Orchestra…………..…………………………………………..…………………….Victor Herbert

I. Air de Ballet

II. Forget-Me-Not

III. Sunset

The Third Year…………………………………………………………………………………………........Jonathan P. Kochik

Ricercare a 6………………………………………………………………………………….......J.S. Bach, arr. Helmut May

Procession of the Sardar…………………..……………………Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, arr. Steven Frackenpohl

Featuring the PRHS Dance Department

Two Nordic Melodies……………………………………………………………………………………............Edvard Grieg

I. In Folk Style

First Snow………………………………………………………………………………………………………....……..Ola Gjielo

Kathyrn Wyatt, Piano

Home…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…Ola Gjielo

Kathryn Wyatt, Piano

Gettysburg………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Mark Summer