No rehearsal tomorrow!

There’s no rehearsal tomorrow, February 19. We meet next on:

Monday, February 26 at TMH – first rehearsal of the Spring cycle.
All parts are ready and are posted here. This rehearsal will be a read-through of the entire May 11 program, and all Spring personnel for the May 11 concert should attend.

Monday, March 4 at TMH – rehearsal for our first WSW/West Point concert on March 9 at Eisenhower Hall. Parts are posted here. All personnel for the March 9 performance should attend. Everyone performing on March 4 should expect to meet at Eisenhower Hall at 11:00 am. You will need a government-issued photo ID to be admitted to the West Point campus; expect delays at the access gates. We’ll have access to the building at 11:15 am, and our sound check is 11:45-12:15 pm, followed by a WSW/West Point combined rehearsal  from 12:30-1:00 pm. Concert begins at 2:00 pm. More details will be forthcoming.

Rehearsal plans for both February 26 and March 4 are posted here.

New Conductors Orchestra Concert

Thank you for your amazing work on Sunday. The performance was spectacular in so many ways, but I was most impressed because:

1. The degree of focus and determination you brought to the stage was palpable. It was definitely a “take no prisoners” kind of afternoon.
2. The audience was so moved by your musicianship. You could feel the electricity in the room — for example, at the release of the final Bernstein chord, but in so many other moments as well.

We’ll talk more about the concert when we meet again on February 26.

I’ve laid out the rehearsal plans for the next two rehearsals. Our next rehearsal on February 26 is a read-through of the entire May 11 program for the Spring Concert personnel. Then the rehearsal on March 4 is our one-and-only-rehearsal for the Eisenhower Hall program for the March 9 West Point Concert personnel. Be sure to follow the links on the front page to the music folders for both programs and bring the required parts to each rehearsal.

The board meets tonight and we have much to discuss and much to plan as well.

Congratulations to everyone who performed on Sunday. It was a truly exceptional performance, and I am so proud to be associated with you all!

On to the next challenges!

Our dress rehearsal was solid, the weather looks great for tomorrow, and the stage is set in many ways for a great performance! Remember that this is a 2:00 pm performance, with a 12:00 pm soundcheck:

11:00 am – TMH opens. Please arrive early enough to assist with placing chairs, stands, and warm up carefully.
12:00 pm – Sound check, in program order.
1:00 pm – Break. Please clear stage no later than 1:30 pm, when house opens.
1:45 pm – Gather by sections to tune
1:50 pm – Take places on stage
2:00 pm – Downbeat
There is no formal group gathering after the performance because of the Super Bowl, it’s likely that you will find some of us at The Tapp, on Broadway, for a quick round.

Get some rest, and psych up for an epic performance tomorrow!

Curt

This week

We have a regular working rehearsal on Monday, our dress rehearsal on Wednesday, and the concert on Sunday. Please check the homepage for all rehearsal details, including schedule.

Tickets

We had an amazing house in November — attendance was way up, in part because of members like you sending friends and family to the concert ticket page, and using the coupon code to unlock the $15 tickets. Please spread the word liberally about the concert, the concert ticketing page, and the coupon code. You’ll find the coupon code in the direct email I sent on January 27, and I’ll repeat it again at rehearsals this week. (I’m not repeating it here in this public post for obvious reasons.) And note that the coupon code only works on the TMH ticket site — not the tickets sites posing as TMH when you Google the Music Hall (ticketsales.com,boxofficeticketsales.com, ticketsonsale.com, etc.).

The weather looks like it’s going to cooperate. It’s going to be a great week of music (and football — Go Chiefs!).