Newsletter, pre-concert!!!

1) Concert day schedule and last minute reminders
2) Walker student parents... apologies
3) All City students - there was a mistake in the weekly schedule handed to students
4) Adv. Symphony extended rehearsal Friday Dec. 14
5) Blogspot
6) Congratulations to the ensemble who played before the Oregon Symphony!
7) Booster thank yous

1) Here is the schedule for Wednesday, Dec. 12:
After school there is a MANDATORY meeting from 2:30 - 3:30pm for all orchestra students. This is a 'tech' rehearsal where we will make sure we everyone knows where to sit, when to play, etc... Please clear schedules - private lessons, team practices, work schedules, babysitting and the like - if all students are in attendance it will assure that the concert order will go smoothly. All students are to be to the orchestra room by 6:30pm, DRESSED, and ready
to go.

Advanced Symphony will take photographs in the auditorium at 6:40pm The concert begins at 7pm - it should be over by 8:15pm, if not before. Period 5 students will take a photo, quickly, just after the concert is over. Periods 6, 7, 1 and 2 will take their photos in that order, after Period 5 is done. All students must remain in concert dress until their class photo has been taken, then they are dismissed.

Any questions? Please contact Ms. Silberman -
silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us

2) The Walker middle school orchestra concert is on the same night, at the same time as our concert. This was an unavoidable situation that we will try very hard to avoid in the future. Any families that have to 'be at both concerts' are welcome to ask Ms. Silberman for a copy of the video of our concert.

3) Students who will be auditioning for All City will be working on their parts over the next week. Students will work on the material in class on the days after the concert. Ms. Silberman is available on Thursday Dec. 13 after school to work individually with students.

On the yellow sheet handed to students, Ms. Silberman said that Friday December 14 is an after school rehearsal for All City - she forgot about our extended Symphony rehearsal. The All City rehearsal has been moved to Tuesday, Dec. 18 - 2:30 - 3:30, after school.

4) In exchange for no Advanced Symphony rehearsal Tuesday Dec. 18 (there is a short All City rehearsal at that time now) we will have an extended read-through rehearsal on Friday Dec. 14 - the rehearsal will let out at 5pm. We will provide a little snack for the students.

5) Don't forget to check the Blog Spot. Ms. Silberman has recently posted some good information and interesting links that do not appear in this newsletter:

http://www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com/

6) A group of 7 students and Ms. Silberman performed on the mezzanine of the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall in Portland last Sunday before the Oregon Symphony concert. There were many audience members who came to hear us and the students did very well. Our orchestras will have more opportunities to perform in Portland next year. Please see the blog for some pictures of the event.

7) Thanks for parent help with several recent projects: Linda Beardsley with entertainment books, and Donna and Randy Steig and Sue and John Love with wreath and poinsettias. We also appreciated generous Titan Auction donations from Ann McCloud (Red Door Salon &Spa), Stephanie Johnson (Candied Walnut Patisserie) and Trent Young, D.D.S.

See you Wednesday!!!
~Ms. Silberman