Rehearsal on May 1

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My site is back up. I’m sending this just to be sure everyone got the plan for tomorrow night.

Rehearsal is on as scheduled Monday night at 7:30 pm with both Patrick Burns and Bob Sherman joining us. In addition, Barbara Ciannella will be on hand to add the pivotal piano part to the Bolcom. (As we’re setting up, please allow room to pull the piano in stage right.)

Here’s the rehearsal plan for Monday:

  • 7:30 pm – Burns (with Pat conducting & Bob narrating)
  • 8:00 pm – Bolcom (with piano; stretch somewhere in the middle)
  • 9:00 pm – Yagisawa 
  • 9:30 pm – Doppler (remember everyone plays at the end on the C major chord I spelled out)

Thanks for your patience with the site. See you on Monday. Enjoy the rest of this gorgeous weekend!

Curt

April 24 rehearsal

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Rehearsal Monday combines Bolcom with new works for Caramoor

The first half of rehearsal will be dedicated to the Bolcom Concerto. Then the second half will include the works new to us for the July 1 Caramoor program:

  • Overture to Gypsy (Barton Green’s arrangement)
  • Ryan Silverman’s solos: This Nearly Was Mine, Were Thine That Special Face, and The Impossible Dream
  • Amy McCabe’s trumpet solo, Excursions
  • March of the Steel Men (WSW performance in 2010 at TMH)

We need forward movement on the Concerto. And we will not see these Caramoor pieces again until rehearsal on June 5. If you’re not playing Caramoor, you do not need to stay after the stretch. But if you’re playing Caramoor but not the Spring concert, please arrive and be ready to play at 8:45 pm.

Mozart concert on Sunday

Kristin Mather de Andrade, our clarinet soloist from West Point shared the details of this concert. (I wish I could go, but I am already committed to the graduate conducting recital of Kyle Kubicki — who has played piano with us on several programs). Kristin’s concert should be very good, and I recommend it!
Vent Nouveau will be playing a free concert this Sunday at 2pm. Come hear two of the finest works ever written for winds, Mozart’s serenades in C minor and E flat, as well as an underperformed treasure by Franz Krommer. This will be the last concert on our spring series, and we would love to see you there!
Budarz Theater in the Ossining Public Library
53 Croton Ave.
Ossining, NY 10562
Enjoy the blossoming trees and oncoming Spring. See you Monday.

April 17 rehearsal

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We’re back at the Music Hall on Monday (assuming the scheduling gods favor us). Again, I sincerely appreciate how everyone rose to the occasion at our last rehearsal and relocated so quickly. You really are amazing on so many levels.

I hope everyone has enjoyed a good week of rest and enjoyable holidays. Come energized for a great rehearsal Monday!

 

April 3 rehearsal moved to Kol Ami

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A separate email has been sent to everyone.

Rachel was able to get the chapel at CONGREGATION KOL AMI (where we performed in November 2015). We will rehearse in the chapel building at the back of the property, as before. We will start at 7:30 and stop at 9:15 to reset the room before we must clear by 9:30. EVERYONE MUST BRING A STAND. The address is 252 Soundview Avenue, White Plains, NY. Direction info is on their website at:
http://nykolami.org/contact/directions

Percussion: Please bring small equipment and play what you can. Your presence is still important to the total picture.

Please follow this link to verify you got this email and that you’ll join us at Kol Ami. By verifying you’ve gotten the message we can guarantee that we’ll get to everyone. It’s a quick name, instrument, and YES type of form.
https://goo.gl/forms/iXMGJ49pueCzzVxO2