Special Initiatives

The First Annual String Celebration Day  - A Big Success!!!!

Fifty-five string students  performed on the stage at Greenfield High School on Sunday, May 6.  The one hour concert

was conducted by Jonathan Brennand, assistant conductor of the Pioneer Valley Symphony.  70% of the students in the

concert were Artspace students --  kids who take private lessons here at Artspace or kids who are in Artspace's Strings

for Kids program in the Greenfield Public Schools.  Other students were from the string programs at the Heath Elementary

School, The Bement School, private studios and students from Deerfield, Amherst, and Leverett.

"The concert was a the result of many years of hard work here at Artsapce," said Mary Kay Hoffman, Executive Director.

"A  youth orchestra in our county is within reach now that there are so many competent young players in the area,"

continues Hoffman.

Artspace will be working on the next String Celebration Day  -  most likely it will be in December 2012.

The First Annual String Celebration was funded by the  Xeric Foundation, Greenfield Public Schools, and contributions

from the Bement School faculty and staff  in memory of Larry Clark whose life was highly enriched by music. 


Rehearsal at Artspace the day before the concert.