Newsletter and updated 2008 calendar

Orchestra News - February 22, 2008

1) No signature required... and audition explanation

2) Thank you

3) IMPORTANT SCHEDULE UPDATES

4) Concerts this weekend

5) No sectionals the week of Feb. 25

1) Oops - apparently signature is only needed on the re-enrollment form if someone hasn't been in the orchestra program before. In another month, Ms. Silberman will begin hearing students who wish to move up to another orchestra. Those in Advanced Orchestra will only play for Ms. Silberman later in the spring so that she can figure out placement for those who wish to move up to that orchestra.

2) Thanks to Missy Page and Kelly Culver for helping with the YMMP (Young Musicians Mentoring Program) reception. We had most of our high school mentors and many of our young students (with parents) come to meet each other.

3) IMPORTANT SCHEDULE UPDATES>>> Students will all receive a bright yellow sheet of paper with 2008 performances and important dates. Please make sure that this sheet goes along with your handbook (the green one you got at the beginning of the year) so that you know when performances are:

March 1 Saturday District solo and Ensemble Contest - daytime

March 7 Friday GRADING DAY No School

ADDED SYMPH REHEARSAL

Symphony intensive * sectionals!! 12 pm to noon Advanced Symphony

March 17 Monday Composer Poster Assignment due

Advanced Orchestra

March 13 Thursday ADDED CONCERT * Spring Concert * 7pm

String Ensemble (Period 5)

Orchestra (Period 6)

(With Walker Middle School and 5th grade orchestras)

April 3 Thur ADDED CONCERT * daytime *

Monmouth District Contest

Advanced Symphony

Advanced Orchestra

April 9 Wednesday CANCELED DATE (Spring Concert)

April 12 Saturday Salem-Keizer High School Orch Invitational Festival

Advanced Symphony

Advanced Orchestra

May 1 Thursday All Music Groups Concert @ West * Band/Choir/Orch

May 9 Friday State Orchestra Finals (if we’re selected)

Advanced Symphony

Advanced Orchestra

May 22 Thursday West Area Orchestra Concert (with 4th/5th grades)

Advanced Orchestra (Pirates)

Symphony Strings

June 2 Monday Final Concert * All Orchestras!!!

Aug 18-22? Mon * Thur? Boot Camp * special guest artist this year!!

4) There is a benefit concert at 3pm this Sunday Feb. 24 at Smith Hall at Western Oregon University featuring many local musicians - the concert commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine/Genocide in which 1/6th of the population of Ukraine perished in a single winter. All proceeds will be donated for relief efforts in Darfur, Sudan. $8 suggested donation.

5) We will start announcing sectionals in the newsletter, so that parents and students are both aware of schedules. For next week, the week of the 25th, there is no sectional schedule (Ms. Silberman will be presenting and performing at the American String Teacher Association conference in Albuquerque).

~Ms. Silberman

DVD/CD orders for All City - any more?

If anyone is still interested in acquiring a CD or DVD of the All City concert, I can continue to take orders - please contact me via email: silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us - I can give you all the pertinant info.

~Ms. Silberman

More concerts coming up - Oregon Symphony and Sprague benefit

Symphony to perform on Tuesday

From the Statesman Journal - February 17, 2008

The Oregon Symphony will serve up something for everyone Tuesday (2/19/08) when music director Carlos Kalmar leads the orchestra in a classical series program of short works spanning the 19th and 20th centuries.

The program begins with Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man," the composer's tribute to the dignity of the American Everyman. Brazilian-born pianist Arnaldo Cohen joins the orchestra as guest soloist in a performance of Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2, a single-movement work.

Highlights on the program include:
Samuel Barber's "Souvenirs," a set of six short dances that pay homage to the bygone glory of New York's Plaza Hotel in the opulent era before World War I.
George Bizet's Symphony No. 1 in C major, a work written in 1855, when the composer was 17 years old, but never published and never performed until 60 years after Bizet's death.

This will be the last chance this season to see Kalmar conduct in Salem. Tickets are $25 to $43 at http://www.ticketswest.com/ or by calling (800) 992-8499 or at any Safeway TicketsWest outlet. Student tickets at $5 are available at the ticket office on the night of the performance. The concert is at 8 p.m. at Willamette University's Smith Auditorium, 900 State St., Salem.

Sprague High School, one of Oregon's top-rated high school music programs, is featuring the works of Monteverdi, Mahler, Bartok and Gliere in a benefit concert to raise funds for travel and performance opportunities.
Sprague High School's three orchestras, led by director Scott Esty, a former member of the Oregon Symphony, will play at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Salem Alliance Church at 555 Gaines St. NE, Salem.

Sprague alumnus Peter Frajola, a violinist and associate concertmaster for the Oregon Symphony, will be the guest artist at the concert.

A silent auction featuring donated goods and services will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased through orchestra members or at the door the night of the performance. For further information, contact Esty at Sprague, (503) 399-3261.

Newsletter, including '08/09 registration info

Orchestra News - February 15, 2008

1) ALL CITY CONCERT SATURDAY NIGHT 7pm
2) Tubby the Tuba - Salem Chamber Orchestra, Sunday 2 and 4pm
3) Planning for next year's Titan Orchestra program
4) APRIL 9 CONCERT CANCELED!!!
5) Boot camp next August
6) YMMP reception next Tuesday, 6:30pm

1) The fantastic Band, Orchestra, and Choir High School All City concert is this Saturday - 7pm at North High School. Come hear the very best our district has to offer. The orchestra is under the baton of Louis Bergonzi - an inspirational and exciting conductor. Tickets are $7 at the door. This is an excellent review opportunity.

2) The Salem Chamber Orchestra presents their annual Family Concert this weekend -
2pm and 4pm, with an instrument petting zoo in between - at Hudson Hall, Willamette University, Sunday February 17. This concert features Tubby the Tuba (www.tubbythetuba.com), the Bach Double Violin Concerto, and the competition winners from Willamette University and the Salem Chamber Orchestra. If you have younger children at home, this is a fantastic concert to bring them to!!

3) Planning for next year has officially begun. All students have received what's called "Forecasting" information. Regarding the orchestra program, all students currently enrolled are welcome to re-enroll - they just have to get Ms. Silberman's signature on their Signature Page (the yellow sheet). Which orchestra they'll be in will be determined by recommendation and/or audition over the next few months.

There was an incorrect description in the bulletin of courses for the Advanced Orchestra course - here is the proper descriptor:

Advanced Orchestra
This course is the most advanced orchestra offering students intense training and performance experience. It is a year long double blocked course. Analytical skills, music theory and history are integrated into this class. Rehearsals and performances outside of regular class time will be required. Concurrent enrollment in Advanced Symphony Orchestra is expected. Rehearsals and
performances outside of regular class time will be required.

Audition process see Ms. Silberman - room A101

Any questions about placement, auditions, or anything else? Please contact Ms. Silberman (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us)

Next year is a trip year - we're still not sure if all students will be eligible to go on the trip, but now that Ms. Silberman's about to have her first year under her belt, the next few years will be full of competitions, special guest artists, performances, and trips. All students will be able to use
their student account money over the next year and beyond.

4) The April 9 concert (listed on the schedule page in your green Orchestra Handbook) has been canceled. The next newsletter will have information about an updated calendar.

5) Boot camp will happen again next year - 2 weeks prior to the start of school. It will be 3-4 days long, so please plan your schedules accordingly. This will be where students may re-audition for placement in next year's orchestras. It'll also be a great opportunity for students to reconnect with their instruments. This year's Boot Camp will feature a special guest artist - more info on that in the next few months.

6) The Young Musician's Mentoring Program kicks off this next Tuesday, the 19th, at 6:30pm
in the orchestra room, right after Advanced Symphony rehearsal. All participants are to attend this mandatory meeting - it'll be over by 7pm.
~Ms. S

Newsletter 2.8.08

Orchestra News - February 8, 2008

1) Concession opportunities
2) Concert opportunities

1) Students can earn $12/hour for their individual student accounts working game concessions on Tuesday, February 19th, and Friday, February 22nd. We need 2 adults and 3 students each day at 4:30. Please reply to this e-mail if you are interested.

2) Three upcoming concert-going opportunities, two Sunday and one on the 12th:

The Florestan Trio - violin, cello and piano - is performing at the First Presbyterian Church (770 Chemeketa St. NE, 97301) at 4pm this Sunday February 10. Doors open at 3:15pm. Tickets are a suggested donation of $10.

Salem Community Concerts
Presents

CHOCOLATE SUNDAY
at the
Historic Elsinore Theatre
Sunday, February 10

Two Servings/Programs
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

A PERSONAL INVITATION FOR YOU!

Do you love chocolate?
Do you love music?
Are you free Sunday afternoon?
Would you be willing to donate $10, $15 or $20 to support music education and the arts for the school children of our community?

If you can respond “yes” to these four questions, then please consider this a personal invitation to come and treat yourself to “as much chocolate as you can tolerate” in the beautiful lobby of the Historic Elsinore Theatre. (170 High Street SE, Salem)

Each year, Salem Community Concerts holds a fundraiser on the Sunday preceding Valentine’s Day. Friends and patrons donate delicious chocolate desserts of every sort.

Chocolate Sunday is the day to come, sit around a table with friends and enjoy good music, coffee or tea and the most fabulous chocolate available in Salem on a Sunday afternoon! Chocolate cake, cookies, brownies, candy, ice cream sundaes! Even the door prizes are chocolate!

Following each serving, everyone will be invited into the main theater to enjoy a 30-minute concert by Rick Parks on the Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. These concerts will begin at 3:00 and 4:00 p.m.

Invite a friend or two, or bring the whole family, plan to come at 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. and indulge in a delightful chocolate Sunday afternoon!


The McNary Band Boosters, along with Weathers Music and Yamaha, are co sponsoring a special concert featuring Allen Vizzutti, Yamaha Performing Artist, (and from what I am being told, one of the top trumpet players in the world!) next Tuesday, February 12th at Salem Alliance Church, at 7 pm. This concert is our area wide concert featuring the McNary HS Wind Ensemble, as well as the Claggett Creek and Whiteaker Middle School Bands, all of whom will be performing with Mr. Vizzutti. If you could please mention this to your students and invite them to the concert, we would appreciate it tremendously! Tickets are only 3.00, we are hoping to offset some of the costs of bringing such a gifted talent to our area; Thank you for your help in spreading the word!

Oregon Symphony in Salem, Tuesday Feb. 5

The Oregon Symphony in Salem has another great concert offering this Tuesday. There are $5 student discounted tickets available (see the info in the newsletter from Jan. 24 - on this blog, just click on the January tab to find January postings). There is a John Adams (contemporary classical composer) piece, a Beethoven piano concerto, and a Schubert symphony on the program. Here's some information about the concert, from the Statesman Journal

To see the story, click here:
Link: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802030303

Great review opportunity...
~Ms. Silberman

Audition spots for Advanced Symphony

Violin 1
Schubert - measures 338 - 352
and D for 9 bars
Jubilee - 2 after 22 for 6 bars
Lohengrin - first 15 bars

Violin 2
Schubert - D for 9 bars
Jubilee - 20 to 7 after 22
Lohengrin - first 15 bars

Viola
Schubert - D for 9 bars
Jubilee - 20 - 7 after 22
Lohengrin - first 15 bars

Cello
Schubert - measures 291-303
Jubilee - 18 - 23
Lohengrin - measures 89 - 112

Bass
Schubert - measures 295-303
Jubilee - 17 - 21
Lohengrin - measures 89-112

Links for Symphony

Hi all you Advanced Symphony folks. Here are a bunch of great links to help you with your excerpt assignment/audition for next Tuesday.

Schubert:

Wikipedia info on Unfinished symphony (Schubert)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._8_(Schubert)

If you scroll down on that page, there is a way to hear the music from free - you have to download a file that allows you to play an 'ogg' file. Or, read on...

Here's a page that allows you to listen to the whole first movement for free (Scroll down to Schubert Symphony #8 First Movement)
http://www.symphonysiliconvalley.org/concerts.php?pagecontID=9#

And, here's a little "unfinished" humor...
http://www.artkitchen.com/Humor/Schubert.html

And now for Act III Prelude to Lohengrin (Wagner) - did you know that this was used in the Lemony Snicket movie??

Here's the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohengrin_(opera)

And, here's Arturo Toscanini conducting the Prelude (this is awesome!!!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InPRlxxOpOc

And, now the Oahu Civic Orchestra playing it (not quite as cool as Toscanini):
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/lohengrin-richard-wagner-oahu-civic-orchestra/4105680006

And, this would be a great track to pick up for a buck on iTunes. Happy practicing!
~Ms. Silberman

Newsletter 2/1/08

Orchestra News - February 1, 2008

1) Ensemble videos at new address - http://www.titanorchestrasvideo.blogspot.com/
2) Salem Youth Symphony concert Saturday, February 2
3) Scholarship opportunity

1) Videos on a new blog!! Ms. Silberman is putting all the ensemble performances up on a new website: http://www.titanorchestrasvideo.blogspot.com/ ("Orchestra News" issues, interesting additional information, pictures, links and updates from Ms. Silberman still at http://www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com/)

All students in the West orchestra program performed in an ensemble for the semester 1 final. Videos of those performances will all be up on the new blog site by the end of the weekend (currently, there are 6 groups up, more being loaded up every day). Please ask the student what the name of their piece is - Ms. Silberman will not post the names of the students on the blog for privacy sake.

Chamber music is, in Ms. Silberman's opinion, the very best reason for playing a stringed instrument. Solo performance and orchestral participation are fantastic too, but playing with one, two, three or more other people with one person per part can be so wonderful and rewarding. Students in the orchestra program will have the opportunity to play in ensembles each January, and more often in some circumstances. Hope that you enjoy watching the performances.

2) Great review option and 'support your fellow musicians' opportunity -the Salem Youth Symphony is performing this Saturday at 7pm at Corban. Here's the info off the website (http://www.salemyouthsymphony.org)/

Musical Enchantment "An Evening at the Movies" Saturday, February 2, 2008 7:00 p.m. Corban College-Psalm Center. Featuring Salem Youth Orchestra and soloists from Amadeus and Philharmonia Orchestras

Special Guest Trio Oregon, Dan Rouslin, violin, Hekun Wu, cello & Elise Yun, piano

Tickets available by calling 503-485-2244

3) Scholarship opportunity

The Salem Pops Orchestra has announced their 2008 scholarship program. They say that these scholarships "have been created by musicians FOR musicians, to spread the love of music and the concept of life-long learning." Scholarship are for Seniors who plan to study music and for Sophomores/Juniors who will attend a music camp this summer. Financial need is not required or considered.

Applicants must complete an application, write a 300 word personal statement, and get the recommendation from both a teacher and another adult familiar with the student's music involvement.

The Educational Scholarship - for Seniors: The scholarship is $1000 to students who wish to continue further musical study, although not necessarily as a music major, at an accredited college or university.

The Music Camp Scholarship - for Juniors and Sophomores: The scholarship is $500 (one-half the cost of camp up to maximum of $500) towards tuition at any music camp acceptable to the Pops ScholarshipCommittee.For more information and an application, please contact Ms. Silberman (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us) or for more information:
http://www.salempopsorchestra.org/

~Ms. Silberman