This article originally appeared in the winter 2015 Harker Quarterly.

In October, UCLA associate music professor Travis Cross visited the upper school campus to work with The Harker School Orchestra, directed by Chris Florio, who himself is a UCLA alumnus. Cross, who conducts UCLA’s Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band and directs its graduate program in wind conducting, was visiting the Bay Area for a brief spell with the UCLA marching band. Harker was one of four high schools he visited during the trip.