Musicians from two DPS Schools - Denver School of the Arts and East High School - will perform Thursday and Friday, January 24 and 25, at the Colorado Music Educators Association’s (CMEA) 59th Annual Clinic/Conference in Colorado Springs. Musicians are selected to perform on an invitation-only basis.

The East High School Angelaires, under the direction of William Taylor, will perform for the educators on Friday.

Mariel Roberts, a ninth grade student at Denver School of the Arts (DSA), will perform the Colorado Chapter of the American String Teachers Association’s Winner’s Recital on Friday afternoon. A cellist, she will play “Hungarian Rhapsody” by David Popper as her solo presentation. Following the recital, the DSA String Quartet, under the direction of Frank Fyock, will perform as the special guests of the CMEA. The quartet, composed of Cosima Luther, first violin; Rachel Massey, second violin; Mackinzie Roberts, viola; and Mariel Roberts, cello, will perform Beethoven’s String Quartet Opus 59, No. 1, Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8, and Carols Gardel’s “Tango: Por una Cabeza.”

CMEA represents elementary school through university-level music educators from throughout Colorado. The annual clinic/conference takes place from Thursday, Jan. 24, through Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.

For more information, please contact Pam Avery at 303-433-4922.