With the success of this program, he went on to establish the school's system's first student orchestra, which gave four concerts annually under his baton.

Conducting from memory seemed especially unwise for a concert with a student orchestra.

Piston often worked as an assistant to the various music professors there, and conducted the student orchestra.

I played in the University of North Carolina student orchestra.

There will also be a large new wing to provide space for student orchestras, jazz concerts, dances and other events.

Next summer, no doubt, he will direct another concert performance of an opera with the student orchestra.

He seemed unaware of any need to hold his excellent student orchestra in check.

One expects a student orchestra to smooth over some of these differences.

Did you resist when your high school music teacher tried to recruit you into the student orchestra?

The prize was a solo performance with the student orchestra.