Flyers are ready!

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If you have received this post, and you’re a WSW member, congratulations! Everyone on the roster has been subscribed to the new site, so now when I add a news item or anything else, you will get an email directly (and Claudia will no longer have to forward all of my messages!). Please bookmark the new site address: wsw.ebernet.biz. I will not be posting to the wordpresscom site any longer.

We have flyers ready for the May 19 concert. Click here to download the PDF version (best for printing), or click here for the PNG copy (best for emails and websites). Please consider printing for posting where you live (Starbucks and other coffee shops, libraries, other “community” bulletin boards), post on your Facebook page or personal website, and help us get the word out so we have another fabulous audience for our last concert of this season!

I will be bringing parts for Joey’s encore, Nessun Dorma, tonight, and we will distribute them during rehearsal. Please remember that I intend to start promptly at 7:30 pm and work until 10:00 pm in order to cover all that we must do tonight.

(Board members: See you at 5:30 pm at Sante Fe for our Board meeting!)

Only 2 Mondays remaining!

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This cycle is going by at blazing speed. It’s hard to believe our next concert is less than 2 weeks away, but it’s true.

Brian Worsdale, our guest conductor, will be attending our rehearsal tomorrow night (at TMH), and next Monday night (in Pelham), to rehearse the Hazo – Arabesque. We have a lot to work on. Please check the current rehearsal schedule and be ready to roll promptly at 7:30 pm. If you haven’t already listened to the sound files, I strongly urge you to do so. It will be a tremendous help.

Because we’re running on a tight schedule, I feel I need to ask for your support to rehearse  until 10:00 pm on both May 7 & 14. If you ride the train to Tarrytown and need to leave at 9:45 pm to make the return train, please do so — I don’t want to create hardship. But I do think that extra 15 minutes is needed, and I think you already agree. If you haven’t already listened to the sound files, I strongly urge you to do so. It will be a tremendous help.

Events for May, June, July

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Tomorrow night, I’ll take a little time at the beginning of rehearsal to give you a few moments to reflect and share your thoughts on Thursday’s performance. Then — it’s time to dig into the new rep!

Important: please note our clinic performance at the 2012 Wind Conducting Symposium:

  • Friday, June 1 at 7:00-9:00 pm (Northern Valley-Old Tappan High School, Old Tappan, New Jersey) – WSW Clinic with Dr. Mallory Thompson, Director of Bands, Northwestern University. Repertoire: Whitacre – Lux Aurumque and Vinson – Echoes of the Hollow Square. We will hand out the parts ahead of this date, but there will be no separate rehearsal. Dr. Thompson would like to headline this as a sight-reading clinic. Members of the sponsoring organization, Music Educators of Bergen County, are invited to observe, but you may invite anyone you like as well. You can read more about the Symposium at http://wcs.ebernet.biz.
You may also want to consider these performance and workshop events:
  • Saturday, May 12 at 7:30 pm (White Plains High School) – Stanley Drucker, former principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, will perform Weber’s Clarinet Concerto #1 in F minor with the St. Thomas Orchestra. Weber’s Der Freischutz Overture and Beethoven Sympony No. 3 “Eroica” are also on the program. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for students. Go to http://www.storchestra.org for more information.
  • Wednesday and Thursday, July 25-26, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm (Northern Valley-Old Tappan High School, Old Tappan, New Jersey) – Workshop for Music Educators: Real-World Solutions for Improving Your Ensembles. I am the facilitator of this workshop, and topics will include: Social-Emotional Leadership in Rehearsals, Score Preparation, Developing Repertoire Study Guides, Post-Undergrad Conducting Boot Camp, Repertoire & Idea Sharing, Technology Strategies, and more. Workshop cost is $350.00 (undergrad music majors may attend for a student rate of $200.00). Download a information flyer/registration form here. Music educators and undergrads from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut are all welcome. It’s going to be a high-powered two days!