09-03-2017 01:44 via alaskapublic.org

Correctional center orchestra plays for the pros

Winona Fletcher plays with the Hiland Orchestra on March 7, 2017. (Photo by Corey Allen-Young, courtesy of Dept. of Corrections.)The Portland Cello Project plays in venues across the nation, from concert halls to loading docks. The ten-piece ensemble introduces audiences to everything from cello-only arrangements of classical music to adaptations of Kanye West. One of their most recent stops was in the orchestra room at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center, a women’s prison located in Eagle
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