Abstract
In August 1970, the District of Columbia Youth Orchestra flew to St. Moritz, Switzerland, to become one of nine groups participating in the Second International Festival of Youth Orchestras. Young musicians from Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Germany, and the United States took part. The United States was also represented at the festival by the Tacoma (Washington) Youth Symphony, conducted by C. Irvin Wright. Because of the unique characteristics of the District of Columbia Youth Orchestra, of which over half the members are black, and because the group unofficially represented the nation's capital, the Music Educators Journal asked MENC director of public relations Joan Gaines, then traveling in Europe, to visit St. Moritz and prepare the following article.-ED.
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