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Musicians from Roosevelt High School prepare for Carnegie Hall performance

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Roosevelt High School's Symphonic Band has been chosen to perform in a music festival at the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City next month.
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Roosevelt High School band director Gregg Abe leads the band in a recent rehearsal in the school’s auditorium.

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The percussion section rehearsed a section of composer Viet Cuong’s work “Diamond Tide,” using crystal wineglasses containing different amounts of water. The musicians used chopsticks to tap on the glasses, occasionally tilting them to “bend” the pitch.

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The saxophone and trombone sections play during a rehearsal.

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At a recent rehearsal for an upcoming performance in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Roosevelt High School band director Gregg Abe coached band members on standing up and taking a bow.