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McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra  Photo by Studio Stence This fall, the Neapolitan Music Society (NMS) brought the great Neapolitan Masters back to the McCallum Fine Arts Academy Chamber Orchestra, one of the finest student orchestras in Texas and the southwest. This exciting program of extended study rehearsal, and performance immersed the academy's advanced music students in the history and music of the Naples conservatories, which were the best music academies of their day.  Photo by Studio Stence The effort was personally lead by Mº Gioacchino Longobardi (Albany, NY), NMS President & Artistic Director, who conducted the McCallum Chamber Orchestra. Mº Alberto Vitolo (Rome, Italy), the Society's Assistant Artistic Director, provided the students with personal instruction in the rare and beautiful string techniques that produced the famous Sound of Naples. In its second year, this collaborative program involved a week of rehearsals and classroom instruction in music theory and history, culminating in a concert performance with the McCallum Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Mº Gioacchino Longobardi.  Photo by Studio Stence The purpose of the project was to introduce the advanced music students of the McCallum Fine Arts Academy – through an intensive one-week curriculum of study, music theory, rehearsal and performance --to the 18th Century Neapolitan Masters. The program included: (1) One week of classroom instruction in 18th Century Neapolitan music history and the unique bowing and instrumentation that created the "Sound of Naples." (2) A public concert performance of Neapolitan Masterworks by the McCallum Chamber Orchestra.  Listen to the work of this wonderful orchestra at St. Martin's Lutheran Church The Perfect Setting for a Beautiful Night of Music!
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