First, I want to thank the anonymous member who left my fabulous furry friend on my music stand last week. It truly made my night.

Amy Wilcox will be coming again this week to rehearse the Hackett. There are many notes in that piece, so please do your part to prepare your part for the best rehearsal possible. I’m waiting to hear back from Bill Owens regarding the next rehearsal he’ll attend. With or without him, we will dig back into the Concerto this week. And we will work on the Theme and first four Variations of the Elgar as well. The rehearsal order is posted here.

Something I have not yet been able to attend to is the editing of rehearsals in March. Since we are not performing at ACB, there is no need to stick to the original array of rehearsals. I’ll trim the schedule to create the best rehearsal flow for the May concert, and announce the changes as soon as possible. I’m glad we can do this to balance adding the January 20 rehearsal back into the schedule.

Lastly, several members of WSW will be performing with me at the Hudson Valley Music Club meeting on Monday, January 27 at 1:00 pm, at the Irvington Presbyterian Church. Program includes the Petite Symphonie by Charles Gounod and the Serenade, opus 44 by Antonin Dvořák. If you happen to be free on this workday afternoon, please stop by. It’s going to be a wonderful performance!

Practice! See you Monday!

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