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Final rehearsal for 2011!

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In 2011, WSW performed 3 concerts at Tarrytown Music Hall, performed on the benefit concert for Music in the Yonkers Public Schools, played a clinic for Dr. Mallory Thompson and Dr. John Lynch, and earned our first invitation to a national convention. We added outstanding new players to our roster, including our new Assistant Conductor, Matt Kowalski. In addition, we received a $1000.00 donation from Community Mutual Savings Bank, and added two new endowed chairs to our roster. It’s been a great year!

So, we’re down to the final rehearsal. Be sure to check the rehearsal plan for Monday, December 5. Our guest soloist, Kyung Hee Kim, will be joining us for our first rehearsal with her for Puccini’s Un bel di, and our guest conductor, Dr. Shelley Axelson, will also be with us to rehearse the Grainger Children’s March.

I’m looking forward to our final rehearsal of the calendar year! See you tomorrow night at 7:30 pm at TMH.

Only two rehearsals left in 2011!

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Because TMH cancelled our December 12 rehearsal, we have only 2 rehearsals remaining for the 2011 calendar year. Please check the Rehearsal this Week page for the plan for both rehearsals.

Both weeks, we rehearse at our regular time, 7:30-9:45 pm.

Let’s make these two rehearsals count! See you tomorrow.

 

Moving forward

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I’ve posted the new rehearsal plan for November 21. Please check the rehearsal order so you can be prepared for a great rehearsal!

We will be sure to play through all of the Grainger Children’s March this week, and also the Copland Lincoln Portrait, which we simply did not have time for last week.

The Copland is a big piece, well-known, and iconic. All those create a special challenge, as you already know. I’m especially excited about having Robert Sherman join us as narrator. He was very impressed with your performance at the March concert for Yonkers Public Schools at Sarah Lawrence last year. I know he is very excited about this opportunity.

Lastly, thank you for all the good wishes during my recuperation. I think I am finally feeling like myself again, and am eager to see you on Monday!

Only 2 weeks to go!

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Our rehearsal this week features time devoted to our guest conductor, Joe Greco, and guest soloist, Rick Henly. Please read the posted rehearsal plan. I know that several members must be late for, or have called in to be absent for, October 31. So it’s critical to give Joe and Rick the time and focus they need this Monday.

On Thursday of this week, I open my concert season at NVOT with our Fall Instrumental Concert. It features my ninth grade Concert Band, upperclass Wind Symphony, the String Ensemble, and a standing performance of this year’s Marching Band. Of special note is the Wind Symphony, the programming for which includes the Clifton Williams Symphonic Dance #3. In addition, we are performing Un bel di, from Madama Butterfly, with our soloist for February, Kyunghee Kim. Kyunghee sang Simple Gifts and the soprano role in The Promise of Living in November 2010, and her rendition of this Puccini aria is absolutely thrilling. I programmed it this way to be a dress rehearsal of our performance with her (we are using the same arrangement).

If you would like to attend, click here for the directions to Northern Valley-Old Tappan. It is the same location where we had our clinic with Mallory Thompson.

See you Monday!