Symphony festival attracts Oregon high school musicians to Newport for days of learning, practice and play

By LOIRI TOBIAS/Oregon Artswatch NEWPORT — Of all the praises Brookings-Harbor High School music teacher Corey Tamondong sings about the Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival – and there are many – one note might come as a surprise. Despite the 4½-hour drive to Newport, the planning and preparation, the managing of 20 to 30 teenagers on a weekend out of town, the festival actually makes his job easier. “Every time we’ve gone, when we come back home, they are glowing for a while,” said Tamondong, who’s taken his students to three festivals and is about to make it a fourth. “They The post Symphony festival attracts Oregon high school musicians to Newport for days of learning, practice and play appeared first on Lincoln Chronicle.