A chest cold flattened me immediately after the concert and I’m just now coming up for air. I apologize for not getting this note of sincere thanks out to you sooner.
I recognize that I ask you to perform programs that are beyond the ability of most other groups. I recognize that no rehearsal or performance is perfect. I recognize that the standards I try to maintain test your mettle, even on your best days. And yet, time and time again, even in the face of adversity (or perhaps because of it), you extend your effort, you reach forward toward the ideal. I think this was especially evident on Saturday evening.
Thank you for the contributions toward the gift of music written in my honor, and for us as an ensemble. Thank you for hanging tough and trusting me to examine the dots and then step back to see the entire painting. Thank you for welcoming our guest artists, including those from within the group. Thank you to the Board and to all the contributors in the ensemble for your time, talent, and treasure which you have so freely given, which has allowed us to promote this ensemble and succeed on multiple levels. In other words, thank you to each of you for the myriad of complex musical, financial, and uniquely personal contributions you’ve made, often in quiet and inconspicuous ways, to maintain our mutual success.
Video recordings (via our YouTube channel) and audio recordings (via our BandCamp page) will be posted soon. Please bookmark these links if you have not yet already, and check back to watch and listen to our archived recordings.
Our Caramoor rehearsal cycle is posted on the home page. Our next rehearsal is Monday, June 2 at White Plains High School, and rehearsals continue on June 9, 16, 23, and 30 at TMH. Mimi Hilaire will join us on June 30 for our dress rehearsal before the Caramoor performance on July 4. Therefore, I am cancelling the tentative rehearsal planned for Wednesday, July 2. Parts will be available via download links on the home page by Monday, May 19. I have all the parts, I just need to format and add the score order codes.
Once again, thank you. Enjoy our three week break, and I’ll see you on June 2.
With immense gratitude,
Curt
Curt