Orchestra

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 String Orchestra Festival 

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!

   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

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

                                                                              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  

 

                

 Chamber Strings ~ Paoli Hospital Performance January 2020

 

 Montgomery County Honors Orchestra  

 

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

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

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