Hi everybody,
Congrats on a very successful concert! Thank you for your hard work, especially during the last couple of weeks.
A special shout-out to our soloist Ian Ko, who absolutely smashed the Lalo concerto. Way to go! Another shout-out to Ethan Ferguson, who stepped up to play the horn solos in the Beethoven symphony.
Group shout-outs to all the woodwind soloists in Beethoven, brass players and ALL woodwinds in Tin Soldier; harps, piano and percussion in Pando; string principals in the whole concert; and strings and EVERYBODY for such sensitive accompaniment of the cello concerto.
NEW REPERTOIRE
We move right into our updated spring concert program, listed below.
- Amir Avsker (YCP) – title TBD (tour repertoire)
- Gipps, Ruth – Oboe Concerto (mov 1) – Mia Hale, oboe (tour repertoire)
- Young Composers Project – Music for an Imaginary Cartoon (with short film projected on the big screen)
- Castro D’Addona, Giancarlo – Portland Beauty (tour repertoire)
- Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
- Moncayo, José Pablo – Huapango (tour repertoire)
Touring guests will not play Capriccio Espagnol or Music for an Imaginary Cartoon.
SEATING AUDITIONS – CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL (for all regular SO members)
We will have seating auditions this term. We will use excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol. Only regular members of Symphony Orchestra will play Capriccio Espagnol (no tour guests).
These video auditions will be due Wednesday, April 3. The list of excerpts will be communicated in the coming days, as well as submission instructions.
REHEARSAL PLAN for Sunday, March 10
I will communicate our specific rehearsal plan and a temporary seating roster on Thursday this week.
Most likely, the first half of rehearsal will be spent on Moncayo (with touring guests), and the second half will be Rimsky-Korsakov. Again, I will confirm on Thursday.
Thanks, and congratulations again on the concert!
Best,
Dr. G.
Photo by friend of MYS William Gilliland