Sectionals this Monday 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). Please bring your own music stand! 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. The rehearsal plan is posted. In fact, I’ve gotten into the habit of posting the rehearsal plan within a day or so of every rehearsal. So feel free to check it early.

Screening/pot luck next Saturday, January 20

Please remember that we are having a potluck supper and screening of 2021 West Side Story (directed by Steven Spielberg) this coming Saturday, January 20, starting at 5:30 pm at the Peekskill Yacht Club. Please click here to sign up (family members are welcomed to join us!). We’ll be providing three entrees for everyone, including a veggie option. Please indicate an appetizer/side/dessert that you can bring to share. We’ll collect $10 cover on site to defray costs of the Yacht Club rental and entrees purchased for the group.

Percussion Master Class

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.