[0] YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM VIEWPOINT TO PERFORM IN VIENNA, SALZBURG.Byline: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer The hills will be alive with young musicians from the Las Virgenes area next week when 10 students from the Viewpoint School  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . travel to Austria. Nine string musicians and a keyboard player will visit Vienna and Salzburg and play at the legendary palaces where Mozart once plied plied 1 v. Past tense and past participle of ply1. his trade. ``To play in Vienna is a great accomplishment for our group and our school,'' said John Kogel, a 14-year-old viola viola: see violin. viola Stringed instrument, the tenor member of the violin family. In appearance it is almost identical to the violin but slightly larger; its strings are tuned a fifth lower. player from Agoura Hills. ``Your normal field trip isn't across the Atlantic.'' Denise Sisil, music department chairwoman and director of the private school's band and orchestra, said the talented youths will get to play at Schonbrunn Palace Garden, the United Nations Building and the American International School American International School (AIS) may refer to:  Australia: American International School, Sydney, AustraliaAustria: in Vienna. In nearby Salzburg, where the city will be having its annual Easter Festival, the students will perform at the Hohensalzburg Fortress and sit in on a rehearsal by the Berlin Philharmonic The Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic), is one of the world's leading orchestras. Its current principal conductor is Sir Simon Rattle, known for his championing of contemporary classical music. The BPO also supports several chamber music ensembles. . Dan Roy, a 15-year-old cellist from Agoura Hills, said he knows only a little about the area in Europe that the group will visit. ``I know Mozart's from there. I know `The Sound of Music' was filmed there. When I go, I'll learn more about the cities,'' he said. ``I think it will be a real good experience for the group, a bonding experience with each other.'' The students and their parents are paying for the trip. Sisil said the youths raised ``several thousand dollars'' of the money by performing at private homes and selling baked goods. The group will leave Monday for eight days, returning to California on April 1. Lisa Olson Lisa Olson (born circa 1964) is an American sportswriter for the New York Daily News. In 1990, while working at the Boston Herald, she was sexually harassed by New England Patriots football players in the team's locker room. , a spokeswoman for the school, said the trip is a opportunity for the students to learn about the cities where famous composers created their masterpieces Masterpieces was released in Japan and Australia in anticipation for Bob Dylan's 1978 tour. It is more or less a greatest hits collection spanning his entire career up that point. . GOING ABROAD Ten students from Viewpoint School in Calabasas are going to Austria to perform on string instruments This is a list of string instruments categorized according to the technique used to produce sound, followed by a list of string instruments grouped by country or region of origin. and a keyboard: Dan Roy, cellist, Agoura Hills. Julia Katz, cellist, Tarzana. Lauren Kilroy, cellist, Malibu. John Kogel, violist, Agoura Hills. Bijan Berenji, violinist, Westlake Village. Manijeh Berenji, keyboardist, Westlake Village. Geoffrey Pitt, violinist, Calabasas. Andrea Dicterow, violinist, West Hills. Karin Sinavsky, violinist, Woodland Hills. Maria Paul, violinist, Calabasas. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: Ten musicians from the Viewpoint School in Calabasas plan to leave Sunday to tour and perform in Austria. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News Box: GOING ABROAD (see text) |
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