Rome, Italy – June 2024 – The Italian national Salesian Symphony Orchestra (OSS) made its debut on Sunday 2 June, the Feast of Corpus Christi and Italian Republic Day, with a concert at the parish Basilica of Saint John Bosco in Rome. Comprising 32 elements, led by Maestro Giuseppe Lo Presti - also a collaborator of the Secretariat for the Salesian Family - the orchestra played a varied programme of 10 pieces, two of which were dedicated to Don Bosco: one work by Maestro Marco Frisina and the other composed by Lo Presti himself, the latter piece accompanied by a choir of four voices. Introduced by words of thanks from the parish priest, Fr Roberto Colameo, at the end of the performance the Director of the OSS greeted the audience and reminded them of the aim of this initiative, “To be with Don Bosco through orchestral music and together with him to form and grow, musically and in Salesian spirituality.”