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By Staff Reports
Published: December 27, 2008
Thank You, Mr. Wargo
Editor, Times-Dispatch:
As many know, Joseph Wargo, a Richmond Symphony violist for 27 years, and a teacher in the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra for 25 of those years, is leaving for South Carolina. As a fellow violist and a former student of his, I feel that the symphony has lost something great and South Carolina has gained something wonderful.For more than 25 years, Wargo has been teaching students the art of playing in an orchestra through the public school system But what is really exceptional is how many kids he taught during this time. Every Tuesday he would rush from place to place, from the school where he taught, to downtown Richmond, where he would teach some more -- this time with a much higher-skilled group, the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Sinfonietta or Camerata. And then it was off to the symphony to rehearse for the next concert.
I am sad to see him go, even though I played under him for only a year. I am sure that everyone who has ever played under the baton of Wargo will be sad to see him go. He is a simply wonderful teacher and I will miss him. Thank you, Joseph Wargo.
Christopher Reilly. Manchester Middle School,
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