Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you enjoyed your holidays and are eager to get back at it on Monday. To check how many days there are until our concert, which is the same day as the final NFL game of the season, click here for the 2024 Super Bowl Countdown Clock.

Rehearsal on Monday at TMH – Giroux parts needed for this rehearsal!

We are rehearsing again on Monday at 7:30 pm at TMH. It was suggested that we read Julie Giroux’s Riften Wed at this rehearsal, which we will play at West Point in March and TMH in May, so to give everyone some musical framework earlier on. So please download/print/bring the Giroux parts to read on Monday. The link is also published on my home page, along with the rehearsal plan. We have a lot of ground to cover, and since we haven’t rehearsed in 3 weeks, it’s important to arrive on time, warm up properly, and be ready to dig in.

Sectionals on January 15 at IPC

Neither TMH nor White Plains HS is available on January 15. We will meet for woodwind and brass sectionals at Irvington Presbyterian Church, 25 North Broadway in Irvington (where we had sectionals in 2023). Marc Tartell and Ben Acrish will assist me with conducting these sectionals. We will dig in to remaining tough sections of the Bernstein and Oquin, and review the Schoenberg and Puccini.

Special WSW events in January events

Please remember that we are having a potluck supper and screening of the the 2021 West Side Story (directed by Steven Spielberg) on Saturday, January 20 at 5:30 pm at the Peekskill Yacht Club. And we are running a percussion Master Class on Saturday, January 27 at 10:00 am at the Simon Boyar School of Drums and Percussion, in Croton-on-Hudson. Band directors are welcome as observers, and you are welcome to bring your students. Details about both events can be found in the December 16 post.