Rehearsal Monday at TMH

Tim and I are back from San Diego and a week of R&R (rest and roller coasters). We’re back in the Music Hall tomorrow night for our penultimate rehearsal before the Caramoor gig on July 4. The rehearsal plan is posted at wsw.ebernet.biz, as usual.

Personnel forms

Thank you to the 26 members who replied to the personnel form for the 2024-2025 season. If you haven’t done so, please remember that we are looking for everyone to reply by next Monday, July 1. Please click here to complete the form.

See you tomorrow evening (Monday) at TMH!

The 2024-2025 season kicks off now!

We have already started planning our 37th season for 2024-25. Please click here to complete the concert commitment form for next season. It’s our hope, of course, that everyone will return to play all concerts!

Please note: Membership dues have remained at $100 since the ensemble reorganized in 2005. At its monthly meeting on June 11, the WSW board voted to raise dues for the coming season to $125 per member. This increase — the first in 20 years — is way below the inflation rate (which would put dues at $165), and will go a long way in helping us to cover our expenses for hall rental, music costs, guest artists, insurance, website costs, and much, much more. Thank you for your understanding and support.  As usual, dues will be due by October 1 once the new season rehearsals begin.

We have so much to look forward to next season, especially the new Viet Cuong commission, which will be delivered on February 15, 2025 and premiered on May 10, 2025!

Grant-writers sought

In an effort to boost our income, we are looking at several grants for which we’d like to apply. We could really use the help of anyone — members or friends/family of members — who has grant writing experience, and would be willing to work with us. If interested, please contact Curt or any member of the board.

No rehearsal June 17 / next rehearsal June 24 at TMH

As announced, there is no rehearsal this coming Monday, June 17. We have only two more rehearsals before our Caramoor performance: June 24 and July 1, both at TMH. The rehearsal plan for June 24 is already posted.

See you on June 24 at TMH!

This week’s rehearsal, commitment form for 2024-2025, gratitude to symposium players, and more free clarinet/saxophone reeds!

This week’s rehearsal is at White Plains HS again!

Don’t go to TMH! We are rehearsing again at White Plains on Monday night at 7:30 pm. Please join me in thanking Kathy Davis for being such a kind and gracious host once again this year. Please check the rehearsal plan for the works to be rehearsed.

There is no rehearsal on June 17. Enjoy the night off, or consider practicing on your own! Our final two rehearsals of the season will be held at TMH on June 24 and July 1.

Personnel commitment forms

Katherine is helping me to prepare the form for concert commitments for next season. Please complete it as soon as possible it is sent out. Our goal once again this year is to prompt everyone’s response by the performance on July 4.

Thank you to all the symposium performers

Thank you to everyone who played for the symposium last weekend, and a special thank you to Katherine for pulling all four rosters together. If you played, I hope you enjoyed the experience.

More reeds!

Once again, Marc Perler has a surplus of clarinet and saxophone reeds, and they are ready for distribution. I have prepared Ziploc bags, each with approximately 16 boxes/4 strengths ready to distribute on Monday night. First come, first served! I’m planning to arrive at WPHS at 7:00 pm, and I’ll distribute one bag of clarinet reeds and one bag of saxophone reeds to each music educator who is interested. After the initial round of equal distribution, if there are any left over at the break, the remaining bags are up for grabs for anyone who’d like to take them.

Please thank Marc Perler and Music & Arts for making this possible!

Wind Conducting Symposium

Thank you so much to the large number of players who responded to the call and are scheduled to play during the wind ensemble labs this weekend! And a huge thank you to Katherine for digging in and helping to fill out the rosters. Note that the entrance to use is around the back of the building. Pull into the school, drive along the right side of the building, go around the Auditorium, park in the rear, and use the doors closest to the Auditorium. The first door inside goes onto the stage.

Rehearsal on Monday at White Plains, NOT at TMH

We are rehearsing again at our alternate rehearsal site on Monday. The rehearsal plan is posted. We will also be rehearsing there on Monday, June 10.

See you Monday evening at White Plains HS!