History

The orchestra has won numerous awards and accolades at festivals locally and nationally. Many community organizations call on the Clark Orchestra to perform at functions throughout the Las Vegas valley. The orchestra has performed at Carnegie Hall with the Clark High School Band in both 2008 and 2012. In 2015 the Clark Orchestra won the Grand National Championship at the ASTA National Orchestra Festival in Salt Lake City, UT. The orchestra was also selected to perform at the prestigious Midwest Clinic in 2016 and 2019.

Clark Orchestra alumni have attended or currently attend such prestigious universities as the Julliard School of Music, Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Northwestern and many more colleges and universities. Clark Orchestra students are valedictorians, salutatorians and club presidents. They are involved in every athletic team and are active with the Clark NJROTC program.

The Clark High School Orchestra emphasizes the importance of commitment and rigor while encouraging humanistic ideals. Our orchestra is a musical family dedicated to creating life-long relationships between students and education.