Our rehearsal this week features time devoted to our guest conductor, Joe Greco, and guest soloist, Rick Henly. Please read the posted rehearsal plan. I know that several members must be late for, or have called in to be absent for, October 31. So it’s critical to give Joe and Rick the time and focus they need this Monday.

On Thursday of this week, I open my concert season at NVOT with our Fall Instrumental Concert. It features my ninth grade Concert Band, upperclass Wind Symphony, the String Ensemble, and a standing performance of this year’s Marching Band. Of special note is the Wind Symphony, the programming for which includes the Clifton Williams Symphonic Dance #3. In addition, we are performing Un bel di, from Madama Butterfly, with our soloist for February, Kyunghee Kim. Kyunghee sang Simple Gifts and the soprano role in The Promise of Living in November 2010, and her rendition of this Puccini aria is absolutely thrilling. I programmed it this way to be a dress rehearsal of our performance with her (we are using the same arrangement).

If you would like to attend, click here for the directions to Northern Valley-Old Tappan. It is the same location where we had our clinic with Mallory Thompson.

See you Monday!