Here are the Winter Concert flyers, edited to reflect the new soloist, Chris Venditti.

• Winter Concert – Hi-res for printing
• Winter Concert – Lo-res for posting and emailing

We had great sectional rehearsals this week! Thanks go to Matt & Amy for helping to make it so. Continue to practice diligently for the last two full rehearsals remaining before the concert. I’ve posted the rehearsal plan for Monday. Don’t forget that our rehearsal next Monday, January 27 is at Scarsdale High School. Directions to Scarsdale are on the Rehearsal This Week page.

Enjoy the rest of the week and weekend and we’ll see you Monday. If you’re free on Monday, keep in mind the WSW Chamber Winds at the Hudson Valley Music Club concert, at 1:00 pm at the Irvington Presbyterian Church. It’s going to be a terrific program!

I forgot to remind everyone – please bring your own folding music stand to the sectionals at the Irvington Presbyterian Church. Very important!

We are meeting this Monday at the Irvington Presbyterian Church, 25 North Broadway, Irvington. Click here for their website and directions. We’ll be working in sectionals with woodwinds and brass only. I’ve created a sectional rehearsal schedule on the Rehearsal This Week page that focuses our time in each group, and allows time with me, Amy, and Matt. Please take a look.

I also want to promote two upcoming concerts:

• Monday, January 27, 1:00 pm at Irvington Presbyterian Church – Hudson Valley Music Club presents the WSW Chamber Ensemble. I know many of you have played at these Music Club performances in the past at the Dobbs Ferry Women’s Club (ironically, across the street from the Masters School). Now it’s my turn, along with Marge, Ruth, Ericka, Dan, Claudia, Elizabeth, Tim T., Tim A., Allyson, Marc, Eric, and a couple guest players. The program includes two wonderful works for chamber winds: Petite Symphonie by Charles Gounod and Serenade, opus 44 by Antonin Dvořák. Tickets are $15.00. Click here for the ArtsWestchester promotion page.
• Sunday, April 6, 12:15 pm at Larchmont Avenue Presbyterian Church – Recital: Rich Williams, trombone. Rich will play a diverse program of varied works. Click here for a flyer.

First, I want to thank the anonymous member who left my fabulous furry friend on my music stand last week. It truly made my night.

Amy Wilcox will be coming again this week to rehearse the Hackett. There are many notes in that piece, so please do your part to prepare your part for the best rehearsal possible. I’m waiting to hear back from Bill Owens regarding the next rehearsal he’ll attend. With or without him, we will dig back into the Concerto this week. And we will work on the Theme and first four Variations of the Elgar as well. The rehearsal order is posted here.

Something I have not yet been able to attend to is the editing of rehearsals in March. Since we are not performing at ACB, there is no need to stick to the original array of rehearsals. I’ll trim the schedule to create the best rehearsal flow for the May concert, and announce the changes as soon as possible. I’m glad we can do this to balance adding the January 20 rehearsal back into the schedule.

Lastly, several members of WSW will be performing with me at the Hudson Valley Music Club meeting on Monday, January 27 at 1:00 pm, at the Irvington Presbyterian Church. Program includes the Petite Symphonie by Charles Gounod and the Serenade, opus 44 by Antonin Dvořák. If you happen to be free on this workday afternoon, please stop by. It’s going to be a wonderful performance!

Practice! See you Monday!

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