Dr. Emily Threinen will be here to work with us on Monday on the two Ives compositions. Please make sure you have the errata pages I handed out last time handy. She’ll be working the first half of rehearsal through the break. Our goal is to give her the best rehearsal possible, and hopefully eliminate the trip from Philadelphia for her on May 11. Regardless, she’ll be back for the dress rehearsal on Wednesday, May 13.

All of the transportation and housing data has been sent off to our Northshore hosts for June, and now it’s their turn to match homestay hosts with our homestay members. We also have the breakdown for our two group flights from Newark, and I’ll share those two lists on Monday. The formal invitation to Northshore to complete the exchange here in June 2016 has been written, and now we just wait for their official acceptance before formalizing the groundwork for that concert with us here next year.

Please read and refer to the Exchange Bulletin, which has the most current information, including our trip itinerary. As news develops, the Bulletin automatically updates, so bookmark it for easy reference. The Bulletin is also available from the Resources tab on the home page of this site (click on Resources > Resources by concert > Exchange Concert June 2015).

Lastly, our friend Bob Sherman, who narrated Lincoln Portrait with us several years ago and will be the concert host at Caramoor again this July, has invited me to be his guest on his radio show, “Speaking of Music,” on WVOX 1460 AM, this coming Tuesday, 2:00-3:00 pm. It’s a call in show — so don’t be shy. The  call-in line is 914-636-0110 (on air only). Bob has asked me to bring WSW CD’s with me to play on air, and we’ll be talking about the May, June, and July concerts. This is great PR for us — spread the word!

Remaining for May: two working rehearsals and a dress. Lock and load. See you Monday.