Author Archives: Curt Ebersole

Only 2 Mondays remaining!

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This cycle is going by at blazing speed. It’s hard to believe our next concert is less than 2 weeks away, but it’s true.

Brian Worsdale, our guest conductor, will be attending our rehearsal tomorrow night (at TMH), and next Monday night (in Pelham), to rehearse the Hazo – Arabesque. We have a lot to work on. Please check the current rehearsal schedule and be ready to roll promptly at 7:30 pm. If you haven’t already listened to the sound files, I strongly urge you to do so. It will be a tremendous help.

Because we’re running on a tight schedule, I feel I need to ask for your support to rehearse  until 10:00 pm on both May 7 & 14. If you ride the train to Tarrytown and need to leave at 9:45 pm to make the return train, please do so — I don’t want to create hardship. But I do think that extra 15 minutes is needed, and I think you already agree. If you haven’t already listened to the sound files, I strongly urge you to do so. It will be a tremendous help.

Events for May, June, July

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Tomorrow night, I’ll take a little time at the beginning of rehearsal to give you a few moments to reflect and share your thoughts on Thursday’s performance. Then — it’s time to dig into the new rep!

Important: please note our clinic performance at the 2012 Wind Conducting Symposium:

  • Friday, June 1 at 7:00-9:00 pm (Northern Valley-Old Tappan High School, Old Tappan, New Jersey) – WSW Clinic with Dr. Mallory Thompson, Director of Bands, Northwestern University. Repertoire: Whitacre – Lux Aurumque and Vinson – Echoes of the Hollow Square. We will hand out the parts ahead of this date, but there will be no separate rehearsal. Dr. Thompson would like to headline this as a sight-reading clinic. Members of the sponsoring organization, Music Educators of Bergen County, are invited to observe, but you may invite anyone you like as well. You can read more about the Symposium at http://wcs.ebernet.biz.
You may also want to consider these performance and workshop events:
  • Saturday, May 12 at 7:30 pm (White Plains High School) – Stanley Drucker, former principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, will perform Weber’s Clarinet Concerto #1 in F minor with the St. Thomas Orchestra. Weber’s Der Freischutz Overture and Beethoven Sympony No. 3 “Eroica” are also on the program. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for students. Go to http://www.storchestra.org for more information.
  • Wednesday and Thursday, July 25-26, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm (Northern Valley-Old Tappan High School, Old Tappan, New Jersey) – Workshop for Music Educators: Real-World Solutions for Improving Your Ensembles. I am the facilitator of this workshop, and topics will include: Social-Emotional Leadership in Rehearsals, Score Preparation, Developing Repertoire Study Guides, Post-Undergrad Conducting Boot Camp, Repertoire & Idea Sharing, Technology Strategies, and more. Workshop cost is $350.00 (undergrad music majors may attend for a student rate of $200.00). Download a information flyer/registration form here. Music educators and undergrads from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut are all welcome. It’s going to be a high-powered two days!

Sound files for May 19 posted

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This current site as been labeled as beta since the start. I will be getting to the point of moving it to wsw.ebernet.biz in the next few weeks. Right now, I have to use that site’s server (although the site is still incomplete) to house the page for these sound files, because this current site does not support them. Tech-speak, I know, but I’ll be happy to explain it to anyone in person who’s interested.

Please click here ‎to listen to the five new pieces we will start rehearsing on Monday night. Ignore the header graphic that doesn’t make sense — just scroll down to the media player. I don’t advise copying the interpretation; this is merely to help you feel more familiar with the works immediately, as we have very little time to prepare them.

Please take the time to listen to all 5 while watching your parts, sometime before Monday. This will help immensely!

If you ordered a polo shirt, please remember to claim it on Monday. See you then.