This Monday, we’re very excited to welcome Matthew Maslanka to our rehearsal at White Plains. We are also welcoming Doug Kostner, organ, and Liann Cline, harp. This will be our final working rehearsal on Symphony No.4, so this is a exceptionally important evening in our journey to the performance on May 9. We are rehearsing on stage again at White Plains HS. Join me in thanking our host, Kathy Davis, for helping to make this possible.

Please keep these broad ideas in mind as we prepare for tomorrow night:

• Rest. Get good sleep. Be sure you are physically ready for the demands of this rehearsal.
• Continue to review the technical sections which are critical for you as an individual.
• In our remaining rehearsals, remember to listen for the “big picture,” and remember your role within that picture. Your role changes constantly, so be prepared to listen, adjust, repeat.

All of this work is leading to three run-throughs of the symphony. Keep this in mind as you prepare.

1. Monday, May 4, as part of our final rehearsal
2. Wednesday, May 6, at the dress rehearsal
3. Saturday, May 9, at the performance

The rehearsal plan is posted. See you Monday evening at White Plains.

Monday’s rehearsal at UUFNW

MaryKay Messenger will be joining us on Monday night for our working rehearsal on the three vocal numbers. The rest of the rehearsal will be devoted to the second half of the symphony, Parts IV, V, Transition, and VI.

CRUCIAL REHEARSAL: April 27 at White Plains HS – Matthew Maslanka joins us to clinic our rehearsal

This rehearsal will be devoted entirely to the symphony. Matthew’s insights will be critical. The harp and organ join us for the only working rehearsal with them. Please, please, please do not miss this rehearsal!

I hope many of you were able to watch the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble concert tonight. They did a great job with the symphony!

This Monday, we’re rehearing at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Mount Kisco. I’ll be reviewing all three vocal numbers, plus Parts 1, 2, & 3 of the symphony. See the detailed rehearsal agenda here, with measures for each section noted..

Psych up for the next four rehearsals. We have to maintain our forward motion and pacing!

Reality check!

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I am old enough to remember the movie, If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium — do you remember it as well???

Rehearsal on Monday is at New Rochelle

I hope everyone had joyous holidays. We go back to work on Monday in New Rochelle. The rehearsal plan is posted. I’m going to tackle the march, the third movement of the suite, and critical sections of the symphony.

Ithaca College Wind Ensemble performance of Maslanka Symphony No. 4

My friend, Dr. Daniel Cook, will conduct the Maslanka in performance next Friday, April 10 at 7:00 pm. Watch the concert live streamed here. The performance also includes three other works, including Urban Light by James David, which we performed last November. This will be a wonderful performance!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and see you on Monday.