Features Home Page Features Archives Event Photos

Murfreesboro's 13 Year-Old Violinist Abby Reed Selected for an Honors Orchestra
Monday, August 13, 2018



Local violinist Abby Reed age 13 was awarded the position of concertmaster and soloist in the Honors Junior Orchestra for the 2018 Middle School Honors Performance Series in New York. The Honors Performance Orchestra boasted 110 students. The accomplished students were from 44 states, multiple provinces of Canada, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, & the Isle of Man. They preformed at Carnegie Hall in front of a 2,600 sold out audience.

Abby has been playing violin since the age of 4 and is a student of Aurora Foster of Murfreesboro Strings Studio and Vanderbilt Blair School of Music.

More Stories

  • Editor's Letter

    How is it that we are preparing to close another DECADE? Time seems to move more quickly with each passing year, but we know that every day, month and year contain the same amount of time as the year before. I researched the reasoning for this, and NBC News states it very well in saying, “The perception of time is relative, but age and memory play major roles.” Read More

  • Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Maintains Exclusive Certification

    Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital is pleased to announce that its stroke program has been recertified by The Joint Commission, the healthcare industry’s most prestigious accrediting and standards-setting entity. Since first securing the designation of “Advanced Primary Stroke Center” in 2007, Saint Thomas Rutherford has maintained this status by meeting the requirements of biennial on-site surveys led by outside reviewers from The Joint Commission. Read More

  • Charles N. King Joins the Town of Smyrna as the Town Engineer

    Brian D. Hercules, Town Manager, is pleased to announce Charles N. King as the new engineer for the Town of Smyrna. King assumed this role on November 4th. The engineer will be tasked with providing consultation to the Town Manager and council members on new development activities. “Smyrna is a rapidly growing community,” noted Hercules. Read More

  • Bell Jewelers Holiday Open House

    Sibling owners Greg Tidwell and Lisa Halliburton at Bell Jewelers recently held a Holiday Open House with featured designer Simon G. at their store on NW Broad Street in Murfreesboro. Guests mingled, were treated to a delicious spread of hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and were given a special gift with their purchase. Read More