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"In [the Honors] portion of the program we weren’t hearing dumbed-down student compositions, but rather substantial major works that in performance would have been the pride of any youth orchestra (...) Conductor Druško is to be congratulated for having in a few short months having brought the players to the high standard we heard yesterday afternoon."
Lyn Bronson, Peninsula Reviews