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The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
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ENTERTAINMENT .... 24 Celebrate Paul McCartney's music at the Fox this weekend
SPORTS .....................25 Meet Miguel Estrada, Athlete of the Week NEWS..............................................8 FEATURES.................................... 12 HOROSCOPE/CROSSWORD.......27 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS ........... 34 MLS #22305008
Pusch Ridge junior accepted to Carnegie program BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tucson Local Media Staff
P
usch Ridge Christian Academy junior Campbell Stewart was in his teacher’s assistant period when he received a text to check his email. There, he found a note stating he was chosen for NYO2, a Carnegie Hall program with 89 young musicians who participate in an intensive summer orchestral training program. The members of NYO2 2023 — coming from 30 U.S. states plus Puerto Rico — have been recognized by Carnegie Hall as exceptionally talented musicians who not only embody a very high level of artistry, but also come from a wide range of backgrounds including communities that have often been underserved and underrepresented in the field. The NYO2 program begins in early July with an intensive two-week training residency at Purchase College, State University of New York, located just north of New York City. James Ross, music director of the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra in Virginia, returns for the 10th year as orchestra director and, for the first time, will work closely with NYO2 to prepare its 2023 program. The faculty will oversee rehearsals during the orchestra’s residency in Purchase, also working with the musicians in master classes and sectionals, in preparation for
BY DAVE PERRY
Tucson Local Media Contributor
T the culminating concerts in New York and the Dominican Republic. After performing at Carnegie Hall on Sat-
hat last, bumpy stretch of Oracle Road is about to get a fresh new coat of asphalt. Full-scale paving on Oracle’s six lanes from Ina to River roads is planned to begin the evening of Sunday, May 14, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. When work is finished this summer, ADOT will have completed a two-year Oracle Road facelift and infrastructure installation that stretches from I-10 and Miracle Mile in Tucson all the way to Tangerine Road in Oro Valley. Within it, primary contractor Granite Construction and its subcontractors have added northbound left-hand turn lanes at busy Magee, and smoothed out the ragged, also-bustling intersection on at First Avenue in Oro Valley.
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Percussionist Campbell Stewart, a junior at Pusch Ridge Christian Academy, is headed to Carnegie Hall. (Campbell Stewart/Submitted)
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