It’s January!

Emerging from the holidays is always tough. There’s usually not much to look forward to but tax season and lent. But January for WSW will be brisk and exciting — we have three rehearsals and BOOM! our Side-by-Side performance with the White Plains HS bands comes up in place of rehearsal on Monday, January 27. Pending the meeting with WPHS band directors Kathy Davis and Bill Tonissen, the program for that performance includes the heavy hitters from this cycle: Glinka, Horne, Ticheli, and Karrick, plus Aldridge and Hall (combined with WPHS bands).

We return to rehearsals this Monday, January 6 at 7:30 pm at TMH. There will be a sax sectional at 6:45 pm prior to rehearsal, site pending Karina’s announcement that the painting project in the Studio is completed and dry; otherwise the sectional will be held at 6:45 pm in the largest dressing room, above the stage door.

Tickets for February 9

The ticket page for our February 9 concert is posted and ready:
https://tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org/eventperformances.asp?evt=2984
The coupon code for the reduced Friends & Family tickets is posted in #genearal_band_chat channel on Slack. I will announce it as well on Monday night.

Commission update

I had a chance for a short visit with Viet Cuong at the Midwest in Chicago in December. Although he wasn’t ready to share many details, Viet is excited about our commission project and he promised that completion is on schedule for February 15. Our first rehearsal of this new work will be on Monday, February 24 (at the first rehearsal after the Winter Concert).

Board meetings

Our next board meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, January 14 and Tuesday, February 11, both at 7:30 pm on Zoom.