Michael Markowski has confirmed that he’ll be attending our rehearsal on Monday. We will devote a solid amount of time to his piece, as well as the solo numbers with Jeff Goodwin and the Gulino Skyline Drive with our guest players from the New Westchester Symphony Orchestra. Check the rehearsal schedule for details. I’ve posted the rehearsal order for both Monday, October 27 and Monday, November 3.

Click here to download the program notes from Jack Stamp’s score for Pastime. Dr. Stamp’s description is very interesting and sheds even more light on some of the quirky compositional choices involved in the piece.

See you Monday!

I’m writing a quick post to let you know that it looks like Michael Markowski will be attending this Monday’s rehearsal, to hear his City Trees. If that isn’t a practice incentive, I don’t know what is! (Follow the link above to his site, then click Performances to see our concert listed!)

Also on Monday: Jeff Goodwin will be coming for our first outing on his three vocal solos. And the guest players from the New Westchester Symphony Orchestra will also be joining us for their first shot at the Frank Gulino’s piece as well.

I’ll update the Rehearsal This Week page from Queensbury, NY this weekend, where I’m conducting the Saratoga-Warren County Music Educators All-County Band. I’ll send a quick reminder when that is posted.

Reminder: If you’re ever searching for anything in particular here on my blog, use the Search field in the upper right hand corner. For example, if you are looking to re-download this concert’s newly updated flyer, type “flyer” in that search field, and it will lead you to the October 16 posting with the updated flyer and press release.

Have a great week. I’ll be in touch this weekend.

I have updated the rehearsal plan for Monday night. Please check that page. I have planned a vigorous rehearsal.

We have updated parts ready for Some Enchanted Evening. I’m grateful to Zach Kampler for his help on this project. Please download, print, and bring the new Version 4 parts to rehearsal on Monday. Click here to download the most recent parts.

Our new chairs are on their way from Wenger! They will arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday. We have a group who is accepting and transporting our old chairs, and we need to load them out of the Music Hall Monday night after rehearsal to make room for the new chairs. Please plan to help us for an extra 15 minutes after rehearsal to help us load out the chairs into the truck. If everyone helps it will only take 10 minutes. Thank you in advance!

Finally, the Board acted on Tuesday night to release the travel agent with whom we were working from further actions on our behalf. On Wednesday I contacted another agent with whom I worked for over 10 years at NVOT, and am confident that he will be successful in helping us put a more competitive package together. We’ll share that information as soon as we have it.

Don’t forget: Ad forms are due this Monday. See you then!

REMINDER: The ad deadline for our first concert is this coming Monday, October 20. Make sure you give me a completed ad form for each ad. The ad forms are the only way I keep track this complex project. You can email ad copy to me directly. PDF’s are best!

I’ve updated the Press Release and Flyer to reflect our new soloist, Jeffery Goodwin. Please feel free to share the release and print/share the flyer. Here are the updated downloads:

• 2014-2015 Ad Form
• Updated Press Release
• Updated Flyer

I’ll post the rehearsal order for Monday shortly. There are only 3 Monday evening rehearsals remaining before we open the season!