Writer / producers: Sherry Lepage & Sher Morgan
Director: Sher Morgan
Editor: Jack Morbin

When trustees cut an elementary school orchestra program to balance the budget, high school students take to the streets to Save Our Strings and youth passion galvanizes a community. SILENCE of the STRINGS—A Community Movement for Music—is a testament to our times. It will open your eyes to the power of music in education. And open your heart to the potential of children. Watch for it!

Includes performances by Victoria’s High School Festival Orchestra, Greater Victoria’s Elementary School Strings Program students and the Vic High 125th Reunion Orchestra. Joined by performers from the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Conservatory of Music, UVic School of Music, Lafayette String Quartet, Victoria Chamber Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Victoria, and more…

With conductors Dorothy Evans, János Sándor, Timothy Vernon, Susan Colonval, Michael Klazek and Mike Luniw.

Producers Sher Morgan & Sherry Lepage appreciate the tremendous contribution of our music and film-making communities, and the generous participation of the following production partners: AFM-American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, British Columbia Arts Council, Canadian Independent Film & Video Fund, Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada & the Canadian cable industry, Canadian Film/Video Tax Credit, Knowledge Network, MediaNet Society, MIAC-Music Industries Association of Canada, New VI and BRAVO!CANADA: divisions of CHUM Ltd, Province of British Columbia–Film Incentive BC, Saskatchewan Communications Network, TELUS BC New Media and Broadcast Fund, Yamaha Canada Music Ltd.

Distributed in Canada by Moving Images Distribution www.moving images.ca

SILENCE of the STRINGS A Community Movement for Music is a new release Canadian television documentary and community-use video. A Morgan/Moonbeam Production © 2002