WABI previews Kaohsiung American School String Orchestra performance

WABI (Channel 5) advanced a free public concert by the Kaohsiung American School (KAS) String Orchestra of Taiwan at the University of Maine. More than 20 students are a part of the group and more than half of them are ninth and eighth grade students, WABI reported. KAS is a private, nonprofit, co-educational PreK–12 institution in Kaohsiung, Taiwan offering an American, college preparatory program leading to a U.S. high school diploma. The UMaine concert is the school’s first orchestra performance on a college campus in America, the report states. The visit was initiated by Thomas Farrell, the superintendent emeritus of KAS and a UMaine alumnus. “The music part tends to be the students who work the hardest and yet they don’t get a lot of exposure, and this string orchestra is very, very good and we think it’s time for the world to see how good these kids are,” Farrell said.