• Winter Concert 2022
     

    Orchestra & Chamber Strings 2024-2025

    Diana Helmetag, Director

    dhelmetag@umasd.org
     

     

      Spring Concert 1
    Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM

    Spring Concert 2
    Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM

    SOFA 2019

    SOFA String Orchestra Festival 

     
     
     
    The Philadelphia Orchestra 2019 Conversation with the conductor! PO Library
    The Philadelphia Orchestra Field Trip 2019-2020.     Having a converstation backstage with             Touring The Philadelphia Orchestra
                                                                                        guest conductor, Christi Macelaru!                 Music Library with Steve Glanzmann!
     
     
     
    The Philadelphia Orchestra fied trip April 2018
    Backstage in the Music Library at the Kimmel
       Another Philadelphia Orchestra field trip!                                                        Backstage at the Kimmel in the Music Library
     
     

      Orchestra Officers 

    Joy Wang - President

    Adalyn Becker - Vice President

    Jenna Xue - Secretary

    John Herman - Treasurer

    Esmeralda Rojas Torres - Librarian

                                            

    PMEA 2024PMEA performance

     

     Have you seen the Chamber Strings version of The Wellerman? Click here!

                                                                      The Wellerman! 

                                                                

                                                                                  Chamber Strings
                                      Joy Wang - Violin                                    Adalyn Becker - Violin
                                      Blue Luginbuhl - Violin                            Ace Ehrlich - Violin
                                      Jonathan Zepeda-Campos - Violin         Cody Strayer - Violin                                  
                                      Jake Prendergast - Violin                       Sudhi Suresh - Violin 
                                      Ethan Lee - Violin                                   Kyle Wang - Violin
                                      David Rendon-Garcia - Violin                 John Herman - Viola
                                      Erin Bartley - Cello                                 Bradley Kring - Cello  
     
                    
    January 2020
     Chamber Strings ~ Paoli Hospital Performance January 2020
     
     Montgomery County Honors Orchestra  
     MCHSO 2019
    Gary White, Guest Conductor ~ November 2019 
     
     
    Congratulations 2025 PMEA Festival participants!
    Joy Wang, John Herman
     
    Congratulations 2024 PMEA Festival participants!
     District 11 Orchestra
    Joy Wang, John Herman
     
    Region VI Orchestra
    John Herman 
     
    All-State Orchestra
    John Herman
     
    Congratulations 2022 PMEA Festival participants!
     District 11 Orchestra
    Jenna Xue
     
    Congratulations 2020 PMEA Festival participants!
     District 11 Orchestra
    Max Kozol
     
    Congratulations 2019 PMEA Festival participants!
     District 11 Orchestra
    Megan Lenhart
     
    Congratulations 2018 PMEA Festival participants!
     District 11 Orchestra
    Rob Opielski
     
    Congratulations 2017 PMEA Festival participants!
     District 11 Orchestra
    Emma Goodman, Hali Shin 

    Congratulations 2016 PMEA Festival participants!
     District 11 Orchestra
    Ben Lee, Ethan Hinson
     
    Region VI Orchestra
    Ben Lee 
     
    2015 PMEA Festival participants!
    District 11 Orchestra
    Ben Lee, Thomas Ryan, Kailtyn Lutz, Matthew Quarles, Wendy Bae, Ethan Hinson
     
    Region VI Orchestra
     Kaitlyn Lutz, Ben Lee, Thomas Ryan, Matthew Quarles, Ethan Hinson
     
    All-State Orchestra
    Ben Lee
     

    2014 PMEA Festival participants!
    District 11 Orchestra
    Ben Lee, Thomas Ryan, Kailtyn Lutz, Matthew Quarles, Mary McGahey
     
    Region VI Orchestra
     Matthew Quarles, Mary McGahey
     
    All-State Orchestra
    Matthew Quarles
    PMEA All-State Orchestra Festival
    Hershey, PA
     
    2013 PMEA District 11 Orchestra
           Ben Lee, Matthew Quarles, Mary McGahey, Matt Owens

    2013 PMEA Region VI Orchestra
    Matthew Quarles, Mary McGahey

    2013 PMEA All-State Orchestra
    Matthew Quarles
    PMEA All-State Orchestra Festival
    April 17, 18, 19, 20
    Erie, PA

    2012 PMEA District 11 Orchestra
    Thomas Ryan, Matthew Quarles, Alex Smith, Matt Owens
     

    2011 PMEA District 11 Orchestra
    Nicole Cresse, Charles Skaf, Alex Smith, Nik Vasquez

    2011 PMEA Region VI Orchestra
    Charles Skaf, Alex Smith and Nik Vasquez

    Side by Side
    Charles Skaf, Alex Smith and Nik Vasquez

    Region VI Side by Side with
    The Philadelphia Orchestra
    Saturday, April 2

    2011 PMEA All-State Orchestra
    Charles Skaf
    PMEA All-State Orchestra Festival
    April 13, 14, 15, 16
    Hershey, PA