One of our orchestra members is the son of a child survivor of the holocaust who was hidden by a kind and loving family on a farm in Southeastern France.  Recently the family who hid this child of the holocaust was honoured for their good deeds with a Righteous Among the Nations designation by Yad Vashem.  This is a very special and touching story which we would like to share with you.

http://www.cjnews.com/news/child-survivor-honour-french-family-who-saved-him

One of our violists went to New York City and brought back this snippet of a Hotel Pennsylvania doorman singing the famous song — now you’ll have to come hear us play it!

Did you know that a 1/32 size violin has only a 7″ body with a full length of only 13″?

By contrast, a full sized violin is nearly double that length with a body of 14″ and a full length of about 23″.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stradivarius

Not Just Violins – Did you know that the Stradivarius family built all sorts of stringed instruments!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/game-of-thrones/10738445/Game-of-Thrones-theme-covered-by-orchestral-flash-mob.html