Samohi alumni, Maestro David Robertson, Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, returned to Samohi to work with orchestra students on Wednesday, April 14. Robertson conducted the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Wednesday evening.
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