Team Strings

The Strings section is the largest section in the orchestra – 34 strong on our tenured roster! And if you love orchestras, you’re gonna love Strings! Is it the sheer power of the sound or the visual movement of all those bows moving together?

Join Team Strings

Support your favorite orchestra section and get your ticket to see each section’s final performance! Buy your ticket to our June 25 live online event now. Give your team an extra boost with a sponsorship, and help New West Symphony continue to enrich and educate with symphonic music!

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Below are video excerpts that showcase instruments in this section.

  1. Bottesini: Concerto for Double Bass No. 2 in B Minor
  2. Rossini – William Tell Overture
  3. Edgar Meyer plays “McGlynn’s Jigs” on Double Bass
  4. Bartok – Viola Concerto
  5. Handel – Concerto in B-flat (harp)
  6. Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1

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Fun Facts

An orchestra contains the following string instruments: 

  • Violin – in 2 sections, First Violin and Second Violin 
  • Viola 
  • Cello 
  • Contrabass, aka double bass 
  • Harp 

Other string instruments like guitar, mandolin and lute, are not typically part of an orchestra, but may make guest appearances.  

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Battle of the Sections: Orchestra Edition

For the first time in history, New West Symphony is launching a battle extraordinaire challenging its orchestra sections to compete. When you purchase a ticket to this event, you’ll join in the fun by choosing a team that represents your favorite section! The team that raises the most amount of money will win the coveted “Biggest Bang for the Buck” Award, and the section that receives the most votes during the concert will claim the title “Best Orchestra Section in the History of the World!”

Other Sections

Team Brass

Team Woodwinds

Team Percussion

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Double Platinum Sponsors

Susan Burgos
Karen & Dr. Paul Finkel
Ray and Janet Scherr Foundation

Platinum Sponsors

Dwight Brown, Home Helpers Home Care
Leah Mendelsohn
Rain and Peter Van Name

Gold Sponsors

John Hammer

Silver Sponsors

Lisa Allison
Elizabeth Blake
Priscilla Brehm
Eloise and Chuck Cohen
Diane Hunn
Patricia and George Jones
Marney Weaver
Natalia Staneva and Eugene Yankevich