I want to send best wishes for Rosh Hashanah to all those celebrating this week. And I wanted to send this post before the holiday begins. Shanah tovah!

As announced on August 26, our first rehearsal will be under the tent at The Masters School next Sunday, September 12, running from 3:00 to 5:30 pm.

Music folders will be handed out at the rehearsal. We will ask everyone to sign for their folder so we can keep track of who has which folder. Rehearsal order is posted on the front page of my blog. 

We’ll also be discussing the upcoming season, fall concert, and the new digital download option that has been offered by our recording engineers, Candlewood Digital, for the recordings of the Fall 2019, Winter 2020, and Caramoor 2021 concerts. 

See you Sunday!

The Board has decided, after discussions with Dr. Ron MacKenzie, to act on behalf of the safety of our members. In light of the continuing pandemic and spikes in infections, and because the circus tent has been re-erected and offered for our use at Masters, we feel that it is a better overall choice to rehearse outside to start the season. We will rehearse on Sunday afternoons in the tent until such time as we are able to reinstate indoor rehearsals safely at TMH. This could be one or two rehearsals, or it could be more. We ask that you look ahead and be flexible.

Currently, Masters requires all students, faculty, and guest artists to be vaccinated. Access to TMH requires vaccination as well once we return there.

I recognize that this shift from Monday evenings to Sunday afternoons will be inconvenient for some players. We ask you to look ahead and try to clear Sunday afternoons for September and October. If you have an attendance issue, please contact David.

We are hoping that the next weeks will bring news that will steady the curve and allow us to make appropriate decisions to return safely to indoor rehearsals with the full ensemble at TMH. In the meantime, please plan to join us in the tent once more at Masters for our first rehearsal on Sunday, September 12 at 3:00-5:30 pm. Folders with hard copies of all music will be handed out that day. If you want access to PDF copies of parts, click here. Some, but not all, parts are available via that Google Drive folder.

Please use the menus on my site at wsw.ebernet.biz  to refer to detailed information for this season:

• Schedules
• Repertoire
• Ad forms, concert flyers, press releases (to be posted soon)
• Resources (including instrumentation details for each concert, flyers, ad forms, digital copies of our brochure, and resources for music educators).

WORKING at the Brewster Theater Company

Miss the theatre? Come see three of our own in the pit with Nate doing the musical direction for ”Working”!

Nate Brewster – Musical Director, piano

Mark Dodge – percussion

Buddy Griffith – basses
Rich Dashnaw – guitars

 

Click the graphic below for more information and tickets. Hope to see you!

Vocal music opening in North Salem

Steve Austin reports that there is a grade 6-12 opening for vocal music in North Salem. Click here for the posting description. 

Please share with others outside WSW who may be interested in this position. Thanks!

iFirst, the sad news.  We recently learned through Joe Greco that our friend, Jerry Marshall, has passed. Joe played with Jerry in the West Point Band in the 1950s, and Jerry played a number of concerts with WSW, both as a section and antiphonal trumpet player. Jerry had a long career as a professional player and was a revered acoustical engineer and consultant. Please join me in extending condolences to Jerry’s family.

Second, the gig is tomorrow night, and it’s the Bear Mountain Brass again! Chris Carbone, Chris Larsen, Mike Lucke, Bob Bennett, David Church, and Ben Acrish from WSW, along with Austin Day and Uma Karkala, are playing the New Castle Summer Concert Series tomorrow evening,  Wednesday, July 21. Stop by if you can!