For the song “Capriccio Italien, Op. 45,” originally written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, parts of the Symphonic Winds ensemble joined the Chamber and Symphony orchestras. “[This tune] is a big orchestral piece and it has a lot of beautiful music to it,” Mr. Jeremy Marino, the orchestra director, said. “I’m just excited that they were able to do such a fantastic job.”
On Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, an audience gathered in the Butler Lake Auditorium to watch the various orchestras perform a variety of classical pieces. These ensembles were conducted by Mr. Jeremy Marino, the orchestra director, and Mr. Matthew Karnstedt, a fellow member of the music department.
![Senior Sam Foster, who plays the alto saxophone on the Jazz Lab Band, waves at the audience after their final piece. “[Jazz is] just something that I enjoy personally, and I wanted to do,” Foster said.](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/USE4-1200x800.jpg)
![The Bel Canto choir, the junior choir, performs “Ex-Wives” from “SIX.” “We started [preparing], pretty much right after the Holiday concert,” junior Delaney Rybicki said. Caption by Ash Magalhaes](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_7696-1200x800.jpg)
