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A publication by the students, about the students, and for the students of White Station High School

White Station Scroll

A publication by the students, about the students, and for the students of White Station High School

White Station Scroll

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(Left to Right) Russell Wolfe (11), Jimmy He(11), Abby Cassius (12) and Anyu Gu (11) perform at the Arts Weekholiday party at Collage Dance Collective. The quartet has performed at a variety of venues around Memphis including the Levitt Shell and Crosstown Concourse.

A look into the lives of student musicians

Rebekah Butler, Writer January 20, 2022

Inspiration for the arts sparks at a young age. Cultivation for the craft spans for years. A student musician’s life is not easy, nor will it ever be, but the vibrant melodies cultivated are what motivate...

Sandy Nguyen (11) poses for her All-West festival audition tape. She is pictured with the clarinet and has played for six years.

Choir, orchestra and band students take the virtual stage

Katie Robinson, Writer February 21, 2021

Since 1939, All West has brought students from schools throughout the West Tennessee region together to study and create music. Sandy Nguyen (11), Mandy Cassius (11), and Gino Giorgianni (12) are auditioning...

“I don’t mind getting sidetracked...all that stuff keeps everybody engaged,” Curt Rakestraw said. “Yeah, the bureaucracy is boring, but you never know when this maniac is going to start talking about what he saw on TV yesterday. That part is good, but it’s really hard to do that part by myself."

At home in the classroom

Autumn Bobo, Head of Layout January 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has yielded a number of changes to the average school day, including utilizing Microsoft TEAMS instead of an in-person setting. Teachers and students both have had to adapt to functioning...

Left to right: Molly Yuan (12), Abby Cassius (11), Anyu Gu (10), Zoe Wolfe (12) and Lily Zeng (12) performed a quintet together in the Memphis Youth Symphony. Students can safely perform with others through the program.

Memphis Youth Symphony provides students with hope amidst COVID-19

Kyla Randle, Writer December 9, 2020

For some students, playing an instrument functions as a way to express themselves differently through music. The Memphis Youth Symphony (MYSP) is an organization that many participate in to share their...

Adam Brooks (12) plays his trumpet, sheet music and laptop at hand. Restrictive virtual policies and snarky trumpet jokes alike haven’t stopped students from making music.

Virtual school giving you treble? Music classes cope online

Molly Yuan, Chief Copy Editor October 24, 2020

How many trumpet players does it take to change a lightbulb? Five. One to handle the bulb and four to tell him how much better they could have done it. See anything wrong with this joke? No, it’s not...

Soloist Zoe Wolfe fingers her way through the intricate and emotional notes of the Lalo violin concerto in concert. Months of preparation went into the performance, including Wolfe’s participation in the Memphis Youth Symphony’s concerto competition, which won her spot in the concert season.

Zoe Wolfe: Winter concert wonder

Autumn Bobo April 2, 2020

For concerto competition winner Zoe Wolfe, performance is nothing new. After 14 years of playing the violin, it becomes the norm. Still, playing as a soloist is something new entirely.  “I had never...

All-City orchestras overtake Overton and Levitt Shell

Autumn Bobo December 18, 2019

Select Spartan string musicians had the opportunity to participate in All-City Orchestra, a Shelby County Schools (SCS) wide affair on Oct. 22. Students across the district were chosen to attend the program,...

The Intermediate Orchestra and Advanced Honors Orchestra combined forces to play two traditional holiday finale pieces. They performed “We Need a Little Christmas” as well as a “Mother Ginger” from the play “The Nutcracker.”

Sleigh ride to White Station’s holiday concert

Justin Kouch, Viewpoint Team Leader December 18, 2019

The discord of instruments tuning slowly turned into a melodious harmony, resonating through the White Station auditorium. On Dec. 9, the Intermediate Orchestra and Advanced Honors Orchestra put on...

Zoe Wolfe (11), Lily Zeng (11), Abby Cassius (10), and Autumn Bobo (11) take to the stage at the fall orchestra concert and played an arrangement by Shostakovich. Wolfe and Zeng play violin, Cassius plays viola, and Bobo plays cello.

Musicians perform in chamber groups

Alice Willard November 14, 2019

Sometimes, four musicians can be more powerful than sixty. This is the case for many string quartet groups, which typically consist of two violins, one viola and one cello, though other combinations are...

Student participants of the string orchestra festival spent three days on campus working with professional musicians. At the end of their tutelage, they performed a concert of string repertoire under conductor Harvey Felder.

High school students, college coaching

Autumn Bobo November 13, 2019

Even as Halloween drew near, Spartan musicians had another focus for spooky season—an honors festival at the University of Memphis’s School of Music. Students were allowed to attend after being nominated...

Orchestra trip opens eyes of students

Michelle Le November 12, 2019

Members of the White Station orchestra rushed to the University of Memphis and watched college students sing, perform and play instruments on Oct. 30.For students Shawn Meng (10) and Ainsley Grant (10),...

The White Station Orchstras gained a new student teacher this year, Matthew Finley. A not-so-distant graduate of Overton High School, he is earning his education degree at the University of Memphis.

Orchestra gets a helping hand

Kennedy Ray, Editor in Chief October 23, 2019

Serving as a student teacher is typically a great way for college students looking to get a degree in education to hone in on their teaching skills and test the water with actual students. The White Station...

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