Welcome back to WSW season 38!

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Hello, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful summer and that you’re looking forward to the new season and new repertoire! I’ll try to keep this message as succinct as possible.

  • Our first rehearsal is set for Monday, September 8 at 7:30 pm at TMH
  • Find your parts for the Fall & RevFest concerts
  • Consider joining our newly founded Fundraising committee
  • Review the rehearsal schedule
  • Repertoire for 2025-2026

Download your parts

During this first cycle, we will start with music for the Fall concert, then shift briefly to the RevFest concert (a reprise of the Camarmoor 2025 rep, to be held at Croton Point Park), and then return to finishing our preparation of the Fall concert rep. We are continuing to distribute music via Google Drive. Find your parts for each concert in separate folders, and print or download them to your iPad for the first rehearsal on September 8:

Please review your parts before the first rehearsal. I especially encourage you to practice Pines, Urban Light, and Intrada.

Fundraising Committee

We were able to push back our deadline to move our equipment out of TMH until December 31. We’ve been working diligently to find a full-time rehearsal site that is convenient for all northern- and southern-based players. In the meantime, we have a rehearsal schedule pieced together with TMH rehearsals, plus several other area sites when TMH is completely unavailable.

What is the exact location of our future rehearsals? We’re not sure yet. What we are sure of is that it’s going to cost more for rehearsal space rentals than in the past. To that end, we have planned to work with a Fundraising Committee, chaired by Russ Ebersole, to meet the challenge of the increased rehearsal rental costs.

We are looking for a few more players who do not already serve on the board to serve on this committee. We need your brilliant ideas! If you would like to be a mover and shaker, please speak to Russ Ebersole at the first rehearsal on September 8.

Rehearsal/performance schedule

Please click here for the 2025-2026 schedule. Rehearsals/performances are on Tab 1 and a summary of performances only is on Tab 2.

In order to cover all the rehearsals for which TMH cannot accommodate us, we had to also book rehearsals at Irvington Presbyterian Church (for sectionals), St. Barnabas Church in Irvington (directly adjacent to Irvington Presbyterian Church), Knights of Columbus in Port Chester, New Rochelle HS, and White Plains HS. IMPORTANT: White Plains HS is still reviewing our insurance documents. As soon as we are cleared, I will move half of the rehearsals that were booked at New Rochelle (as a “safety site”) to White Plains. We are aware of the long drives for northern-based members, and sensitive to keeping the New Rochelle bookings at a workable minimum.

2025-2026 repertoire

The theme for this season is: “Our Blended Heritage: From Many, One America,” to honor the legacy of our heritage and prepare for the National Semiquincentennial next July 4. You can review the entire season’s repertoire here. (I will be adding reference recordings to this list as soon as I come up for air.)

Enjoy what’s left of the summer. I’ll see you all next Monday, September 8 for our first rehearsal!