The Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra preformed their final concert of the year on Wednesday.

Dr. LaMar Barrus lead the orchestra through five pieces, one featuring Donna Howard with a clarinet solo.

 “Overall [the performance] went really well. In fact the second symphony went magnificently. The orchestra played above their heads; they played inspired tonight. Our clarinetist did a wonderful job,” Barrus said

The Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra, organized in 2004, is made up of community volunteers. Barrus has directed the orchestra for five seasons and was a previous director at Ricks College.

Howard studied music at Ricks College. Howard has also been a rehearsal accompanist for the community theater and volunteered at local school music programs. Howard currently maintains a musical repair business and teaches clarinet as a music adjunct faculty at BYU-Idaho.

Howard has experience in many different instruments. She has played clarinet, percussion and saxophone for the Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra.

“I call her my renaissance woman because whenever I have a need I call on her and she fills it. She has learned to become a very confident professional player because of the role I have put her in,” Barrus said of her varied skills.

Barrus said that having a community orchestra in a city of this size is rare.

“There are so many people in the community who have studied music all their lives and don’t have an opportunity to play, so an orchestra like this gives them the opportunity.,” Barrus said.

All members of the community are welcome to be a part of the orchestra. There is not a certain age that the orchestra looks for, rather their musical development.

“They have to have enough training to have a good experience. I have had some that come in and get encouraged. We have some from the high school…and the college, and a lot of community members,” Barrus said.

The Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra provides Rexburg with a chance to let communities members participate in the fine arts, whether they are musically talented or not.

“[The Orchestra] benefits the community in allowing them to hear great music, and the great heritage or music. It also benefits the community by allowing musicians to perform,” Barrus said.