The string family includes the violin, viola, cello and double bass. These instruments are all played the same way, by bowing across the strings or plucking. The bigger ones create a lower sound.

The school’s Fortepiano String Orchestra has been invited to perform at the National Band and Orchestra Festival.

Between measures and majors, the string orchestra also finds time to bond. “We’re a family. We go out and socialize after concerts. We do dinner, and we really truly care for each other.

The String Orchestra of the Rockies play live on Montana Public Radio, Feb. 2, 2024. Facebook; ... Dvořák composed it during a summer he and his family spent in Spillville, ...

Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716), The Sense of Hearing, 1744 to 1747, Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1974.3.19.