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REHEARSAL PLAN FOR MARCH 19, 2023 (sectionals!)

@ The Melody

• 4:00pm-4:55pm – tutti (see parts assignments for detailed instrumentation. No low brass for concertos — if you don’t play the concertos you can come at 5pm)
  • Mozart Piano Concerto
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto
• 5:05pm-5:55pm – sectionals (Faust Overture)
  • Violins & violas with me
  • Cellos & basses with David Eby
  • Winds and brass with Tristan Weitkamp
• 6:05pm-7:00pm – sectionals (Faust Overture)
  • All strings with me
  • Woodwinds with Karen Wagner
  • Brass with JáTtik Clark

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Part Assignments

I’m waiting on “leadership auditions” to create Bernstein assignments. Assignments for Faust Overture and the piano concertos can be accessed here.

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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.

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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.

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Thank you, and see you Sunday!

Dr. G. 

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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

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Part Assignments

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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).

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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.

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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).

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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)

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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).

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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.

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Thank you, and see you Sunday!

Dr. G.