Hi everyone! I hope you had a fun Halloween. Great rehearsal on 10/30. Recap below.
REHEARSAL RECAP (10/30)
- In the first half of rehearsal, we rehearsed Waltz in C# Minor and Mississippi Delta Reel. These are our final parts, so please mark them up for yourselves and practice. We will continue work in our last few rehearsals to get everything up to tempo.
- Then, we did some very detailed work on the trio and coda of the 3rd movement of Dvořák. Next time we play this movement, we should clean up the transition between the scherzo and the trio, with a very gradual, imperceptible tempo adjustment.
- After the break, we took a few minutes to write on index cards for Nancy Ives, and Project Back Pocket.
- Finally, we worked on the 1st movement of Dvořák
- 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 11/6
(see below in red for percussion)*
4:00pm-5:30pm – Dvořák, select spots in movements 1 and 4 (guest conductor: Deanna Tham, pictured below).
— break —
5:45pm–7:00pm – Dvořák, Mov. 2 and 4
* PERCUSSION ON 11/5
Percussionists:
4:00pm-5:30pm: MYSticks repertoire rehearsal downstairs
5:45pm-7:00pm: full orchestra
Please make sure to GET THERE EARLY SO YOU CAN BE SET UP IN TIME FOR OUR 4PM START! I would recommend getting there at 3:30pm at the latest. Hopefully you can do some pre-setting up upstairs, then head downstairs for MYSticks, then come back up at 5:45pm.
LOOKING AHEAD: CONCERT WEEK!
- Please double-check you have our weeknight and Saturday rehearsals on your calendars!!
- Thu 11/10 and Fri 11/11, 7pm-9:30pm; Sat 11/12, 2pm-5pm
- Soundcheck rehearsal and concert on 11/13 as per the call sheet.
Thank you, and happy practicing!
Dr. G.
