The SGS musical groups had a great deal of success at The II Symphonic Orchestra Festival in Cajicá.

The School was represented by an ensemble of violin and violas, that performed Pachelbel’s Canon conducted by the teacher Johanna Vela and by The String Instrument Orchestra that performed the first movement of Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in D minor, conducted by the teacher Juan Felipe Morales. The whole school sang Land of Hope and Glory with the Virtual SGS Orchestra conducted by Omar Cifuentes.

The festival seeks to highlight the on line music education activities in Colombia, Argentina and the United States.

The Festival was broadcast on Facebook, page: Instituto Municipal de Cultura y Turismo de Cajicá, on Saturday 26^th September.

The Orchestras that took part are as follows:

• Orquestas sinfónicas juvenil e infantil de Cajicá
• Orquesta juvenil del Programa de educación permanente- Formación Musical Suzuki.  Universidad Nacional
• Orquestas SGS
• Orquesta sinfónica de Santuario- Antioquia
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Chía – Cundinamarca
• Camerata del Conservatorio del Tolima Amina Melendro – Ibagué
• Orquesta de la Red de Orquestas de Medellín
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Cota – Cundinamarca
• Orquesta Filarmónica Juvenil – Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá
• Orquesta Escuela Almirante Brown -Argentina
• ESYO Empire State Youth Orchestra -EEUU

You can watch the Festival on Facebook page: Instituto de Cultura de Cajicá: #festivaldeorquestassinfónicas