Students at the Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School in Roxbury were able to see first-hand Thursday where music and the arts can take you, with work hard and perseverance.

Famed cellist and Cambridge resident Yo-Yo Ma and New York City ballet star and Newton native Damian Woetzel, along with members of the Silk Road Ensemble, visited the school to perform and give students tips on their own artistic adventures.