The Denver School of the Arts (DSA) Orchestra will conduct its Winter Concert and Silent Auction, Thursday, Nov. 29, in Foote Hall in Houston Fine Arts Center, Montview Boulevard and Quebec Street, Denver.

The Silent Auction begins at 6:15 p.m., the concert at 7 p.m.

A portion of the $7 adult, $5 child suggested admission donations will be donated to the music and arts department of a New York City school affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The remaining ticket and silent auction proceeds will go towards purchasing a new harpsichord for the DSA music department.

DSA's newest orchestra, composed mostly of students in grades 6-8, will open the concert with Vivaldi's "Spring" and Mozart's "Masonic Funeral Music." The senior orchestra will perform Beethoven's "Symphony No. 2," Semetana's "Moldau," and Bruch's "Romance for Viola and Orchestra."

The award-winning DSA Orchestra, which is composed of 6th-12th grade students, has released three compact discs, which will be available for $15 each at the Winter Concert. In March 2002, the combined orchestra will receive an expense paid trip to Norfolk, Neb., where they will perform in the new Johnny Carson Theater.

DSA Orchestra is one of five groups selected to perform in the Norfolk Area Concert Association's 2002 Concert Series. The other acts feature nationally known professional musicians.

The Denver School of the Arts Orchestra was created in 1992 to provide talented young musicians from throughout Metro Denver with the opportunity for artistic growth in a challenging orchestra environment. The Denver School of the Arts is a Denver Public Schools magnet school founded in 1991.