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REHEARSAL PLAN FOR MARCH 12, 2023 (new repertoire!)

@ The Melody!!

• 4:00pm-5:15pm – screening of West Side Story (2021 Spielberg film version)
• 5:15pm-5:30pm – break/warm-up
• 5:30pm-6:15pm – read-through of Emilie Mayer’s Faust Overture
• 6:15pm-7:00pm – read-through of Elaina Stuppler’s Locks, Lights, Out of Sight

Part Assignments

This week, we will use TEMPORARY part assignments. They can be accessed here.

LEADERSHIP AUDITIONS (optional) due March 24

I will hold voluntary leadership auditions this term for principal chairs. Record a video of 2 minutes (minimum) of your best playing. Any repertoire. Send to me directly by e-mail.

ADD ALL REHEARSAL DATES/TIMES to your calendar!

Go to our full season schedule here. Please mark your calendars very carefully for this term. Please note our weeknight and Saturday rehearsals on concert week.

Thank you, and see you Sunday!

Dr. G. 

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REHEARSAL PLAN FOR WINTER CONCERT WEEK!!

Sunday 2/26 @ The Melody

• 4:00pm-5:00pm: Higdon
• 5:00pm-5:30pm: Bruch (with soloist)
• 5:45pm-6:45pm: Bonds (all movements)
• 6:45pm-7:00pm: Nimble Feet

Thursday 3/2 @ The Madeleine The Melody (!!!!!!)

• 7:00pm-8:30pm: Higdon
• 8:45pm-9:30pm: Bruch (with soloist)

Fri 3/3 (with Jennifer Higdon!) @ The Madeleine

• 7pm-8:30pm
  • Meet and greet with Jennifer
  • Higdon
  • Pullen
• 8:45pm-9:30pm
  • Bonds

Sat 3/4 (with Jennifer) @ PSU and The Madeleine

• 9:30am-11:00am @ PSU Recital Hall
  • Jennifer Higdon: presentation of her life and works
• 2:00pm-3:30pm @ The Madeleine
  • Higdon
  • Pullen
• 3:45pm-5pm
  • Bruch (with soloist)
  • Bonds
  • Nimble Feet

Sun 3/5 @ Newmark Theatre

• Call time at Newmark: 4:10pm
• Rehearsal on stage: 4:40pm-6:30pm
  • Pullen
  • Higdon
  • Bruch
  • Bonds
  • Price
• Concert: 7:30pm

Part Assignments

No changes this week. Please click the link on the sidebar to access the most recent roster (it should say “v5” on the upper right corner).

ADD ALL REHEARSAL DATES/TIMES to your calendar!

Go to our full season schedule here. Please mark your calendars very carefully for this term. Please note our weeknight and Saturday rehearsals on concert week.

Thank you, and see you Sunday!

Dr. G. 

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RECAP (Feb 12)

• I was out sick, so Valery Saul worked with the orchestra on Margaret Bonds’ Montgomery Variations and led a read-through of the Bruch Violin Concerto (mov. 3).

REHEARSAL PLAN FOR FEBRUARY 19

• 4:00pm-4:45pm:
  • tutti – Margot Pullen’s Cascade Silhouette

• 4:45pm-6:40pm:
  • Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain Suite

• 6:40pm-7:00pm:
  • Florence Price’s Nimble Feet (from Dances in the Canebreaks)

Transposed parts available for Bruch!!

Thanks to Isabel, we now have transposed parts available for horns and trumpets for Bruch! Please go to our Music Library page to download and print (password is playmys). Navigate to Bruch and then “Brass.”

Part Assignments

No changes this week. Please click the link on the sidebar to access the most recent roster (it should say “v5” on the upper right corner). Pay special attention to clarinets, and all winds/brass for Bruch.

ADD ALL REHEARSAL DATES/TIMES to your calendar!

Go to our full season schedule here. Please mark your calendars very carefully for this term. Please note our weeknight and Saturday rehearsals on concert week.

Thank you, and see you Sunday!

Dr. G. 

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UPDATED REHEARSAL PLAN FOR FEBRUARY 12

Updated rehearsal plan with guest conductor Valery Saul:

• 4:00pm-5:30pm:
  • tutti – Margaret Bonds: Montgomery Variations

• 5:45pm-7:00pm:
  • Bruch Violin Concerto, mov 3 (no soloist)

Part Assignments

A few changes this week. Please click the link on the sidebar to access the most recent roster (it should say “v5” on the upper right corner). Pay special attention to clarinets, and all winds/brass for Bruch.

ADD ALL REHEARSAL DATES/TIMES to your calendar!

Go to our full season schedule here. Please mark your calendars very carefully for this term. Please note our weeknight and Saturday rehearsals on concert week.

Thank you, and see you Sunday!

Dr. G. 

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RECAP (Feb 5)

• 4:00pm-4:50pm: we finished reading the last movement of Montgomery Variations, and spend some time on Cold Mountain Suite.
• 5:00pm-7pm: we had our last day of sectionals for the term.

REHEARSAL PLAN FOR FEBRUARY 12

We will be back on tutti rehearsal for the whole time.

• 4:00pm-5:30pm:
  • tutti – Cold Mountain Suite

• 5:45pm-7:00pm:
  • Bruch Violin Concerto, mov 3 (no soloist)

Part Assignments

A few changes this week. Please click the link on the sidebar to access the most recent roster (it should say “v5” on the upper right corner). Pay special attention to clarinets, and all winds/brass for Bruch.

ADD ALL REHEARSAL DATES/TIMES to your calendar!

Go to our full season schedule here. Please mark your calendars very carefully for this term. Please note our weeknight and Saturday rehearsals on concert week.

Thank you, and see you Sunday!

Dr. G. 

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RECAP (Jan 29)

• 4:00pm-4:50pm: we listened to and played through most of Montgomery Variations (didn’t have enough time to finish the last movement).
• Sectionals for everybody focused on Cold Mountain Suite

REHEARSAL PLAN FOR FEBRUARY 5

We will have our last day of sectionals for this term on Sunday 2/5.

• 4:00pm-4:50pm:
  • tutti – Montgomery Variations by Margaret Bonds (last movement)
  • tutti – Cold Mountain Suite

• 5:00pm-5:55pm: sectionals (Cold Mountain Suite)
  • Winds, brass + percussion with Chris McCurdy: sections with winds, brass and percussion together, as needed.
  • cellos+bass with Marilyn de Oliveira – as needed based on last 2 weeks
  • violins and violas with me: as needed based on last 2 weeks

• 6:05pm-7:00pm: sectionals (Cold Mountain Suite)
  • all strings + percussion with me – as needed based on last 2 weeks
  • woodwinds with Karen Wagner – as needed based on last 2 weeks
  • brass with JáTtik Clark – as needed based on last 2 weeks

Part Assignments

No changes this week. Please click the link on the sidebar to access the most recent roster (it should say “v4” on the upper right corner).

ADD ALL REHEARSAL DATES/TIMES to your calendar!

Go to our full season schedule here. Please mark your calendars very carefully for this term. Please note our weeknight and Saturday rehearsals on concert week.

Thank you, and see you Sunday!

Dr. G. 

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RECAP (Jan 22)

• We had full orchestra and sectional sessions, focusing on Cold Mountain Suite by Jennifer Higdon, beginning to m. 117 and m. 311 to the end.

REHEARSAL PLAN FOR JANUARY 29

We will have our second day of sectionals on Sunday 1/29.

• 4:00pm-4:50pm:
  • tutti – Montgomery Variations by Margaret Bonds (read through all four movements).
  • Percussion with Kevin – include m. 177 of Cold Mountain Suite

• 5:00pm-5:55pm: sectionals (Cold Mountain Suite)
  • Winds, brass + percussion with Tristan Weitkamp: m. 188 to 195, m. 202 to 209, m. 235 to 249, m. 299 w/ pick-up to 312.
  • cellos+bass with Marilyn de Oliveira – m. 188 to 290 as able (skip solos)
  • violins and violas with me: Cold Mountain Suite, m. m. 188 to 290 as able (skip solos)

• 6:05pm-7:00pm: sectionals (Cold Mountain Suite)
  • all strings + percussion with me – m. 299 w/ pick-up to 312, m. 188 to 290 as able (skip solos)
  • woodwinds with Karen Wagner – m. 188 to 290 as able
  • brass with Joe Klause – whole piece, brass-heavy passages as needed

Part Assignments

Part assignments have been updated for flutes and clarinets. Please click the link on the sidebar to access the most recent roster (it should say “v4” on the upper right corner).

ADD ALL REHEARSAL DATES/TIMES to your calendar!

Go to our full season schedule here. Please mark your calendars very carefully for this term. Please note our weeknight and Saturday rehearsals on concert week.

Thank you, and see you Sunday!

Dr. G.