Personnel commitment form for 2026-2027

Please complete the 2026-2027 Personnel Commitment Form by Monday, June 29. The form includes all dress and performance dates, guest artists, and repertoire highlights. We need to hear from everyone in order to plan personnel for next season!

Rehearsal Monday at UUFNW

This Monday, June 15 will be our final rehearsal at UUFNW in Mount Kisco.  Check out the rehearsal plan here. Make sure you have a lead pencil/Apple pencil for this rehearsal. I

IMPORTANT: Just as we did when we moved from TMH to UUFNW, we need everyone’s help to move the WSW stand(s) you took home in December. After Monday’s rehearsal, take ALL WSW music stands home (don’t leave them behind for the moving crew) so none remain at UUFNW. We will advise when to bring them to Hackley.

Our deepest gratitude goes out to Patricia Compton and the UUFNW community for helping us during this time of transition!

Tim and I will be in Pennsylvania Friday to Sunday this weekend for my mother’s memorial service. If you need to email me, I’ll reply late Sunday or early Monday morning.

Equipment move on Friday, June 19

We have about 9 volunteers committed to the truck move on Friday from UUFNW & TMH to Hackley. Those volunteers should plan to meet at UUFNW at 9:00 am. We expect to be finished about 12:30 pm. Please see details in the #move-equipment-volunteers-june-19 channel in the WSW Members Slack workspace. If you would like to become a volunteer, speak to Eric or Curt on Monday.

Caramoor updates for July 4

Reminders for Caramoor:

• Saturday, July 4 at Caramoor/Venetian theater
• Arrive 3:30-3:45 pm
• Sound check at 4:00 pm
• Dinner at 6:00 pm. Vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available.
• Performance at 8:00 pm
• All performers should park in LOT E, unless you need to leave after the performance/before fireworks begin. Then tell the parking attendant that you’re with the orchestra but need to park next to the exit in Lot Z.

Rehearsal cancelled on Monday, June 8

As announced last week, I cancelled rehearsal tomorrow evening to compress our rehearsal schedule and make the time we do spend together as productive as possible.

Rehearsal on Monday, June 15

This rehearsal will be our final rehearsal at UUFNW. The rehearsal plan is posted here. Please bring the WSW music stands for the last time. After the rehearsal, please double check the area to be sure that we’ve taken everything with us. The volunteer moving crew will return to UUFNW on Friday, June 19 to move the percussion and remaining equipement. If you are available to help on that day, please contact me or Eric, and then join the #move-equipment-volunteers-june-19 channel on Slack. We will meet to begin at 9:00 am at UUFNW on that day, and should be finished at about 12:30 pm.

Bass drummer confirmed!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered students to help us with The White Rose at Caramoor. Myles Pamplin Deirish, a senior at New Rochelle HS, who is attending Ithaca College for music in the fall, will play the part with us. He’ll be attending rehearsal on June 15; please help to welcome him!

Fire at Highland School

Many of you know Jenny Pyne; she played flute on the recent Spring Concert and teaches instrumental music at Highland School in White Plains. Her classroom is the Auditorium at Highlands, where they experienced a fire on May 28. Jenny is safe, but there was damage to the inside of the building. Send her some support and love if you have the chance!

In Saturday’s post, I forgot to mention: Please bring the music stands that we cleared from TMH after the concert! Please be responsible for your own stand, and we’ll be covered.

See you this evening at UUFNW!

Rehearsal on Monday

Our first rehearsal for Caramoor is this coming Monday, June 1 at UUFNW, Please check the home page for the read-through rehearsal plan. Caramoor parts are ready. Click here for the folder.

June 19 volunteers and a bass drummer

We are looking for volunteers on two fronts. Please consider if you can help us with the equipment move on June 19. Also, I don’t think we have a bass drum volunteer yet; we need a reliable high school percussionist who could bunt as the bass drummer for The White Rose at Caramoor. Contact Eric or Curt if you are interested.