Dear MYS Symphony Orchestra,
Thank you for a great rehearsal on Sunday. And thank you to Lida White and Ian Ko for volunteering to play their Fall term “back pocket” pieces. Wonderful job!
New this week, we’re starting to post and archive all of my e-mail notes to you on this blog. You’ll be able to easily log in and check current and older rehearsal notes. This will also allow for comments and interaction, which we can explore together in the coming weeks.
REHEARSAL RECAP (10/9)
- We spent the first half of rehearsal reading the second draft of the YCP dances. Thank you for your reading and your feedback.
- After the break, we spent a bit of time on the first few Back Pocket pieces.
- Dvořák, Mov 3: we worked on the whole movement, with emphasis on the sections starting at m. 142 and the coda.
- Dvořák, Mov 4: we also worked on the entire movement, and then worked backwards from the end, including all the tempo changes after #12.
- REMINDER: don’t forget to practice what we did in the last rehearsal during the first half of your week. Then, after Tuesday, you can focus on what we’re doing at the next rehearsal.
REHEARSAL PLAN FOR SUNDAY 10/16
No sectionals or YCP dances this week. Composers are currently working on the final edition of their pieces, and we’ll start rehearsing those properly on 10/23.
4:00pm-4:10pm – Project Back Pocket (2 or 3 volunteers). I’ll spin the wheel for names if we have no volunteers.
4:10pm-5:30pm – Dvořák, Mov. 1
— break —
5:30pm-6:30pm – Dvořák, Mov. 2
6:30pm-7:00pm – Visit by Nancy Ives (composer and OSO principal cellist)
LOOKING AHEAD: 10/23
- More Project Back Pocket
- Sunday 10/23, we will start rehearsing the final versions of the YCP dances. I will share new part assignments for the winds (mostly one person per part). This means that most woodwind players will not play in all of the dances, just one or two (especially flutes and clarinets).
- We will go back to movements 3 and 4 of Dvořák.
- Also, we will listen to the recording of the premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain Suite, which we will be playing in the spring.
Thank you, and happy practicing!
Dr. G.