For those interested, here's a link to see the order of all the schools playing in Corvallis for Orchestra and Symphony on May 9
http://osaa.org/band/2008/OrchestraPerformanceOrder.pdf
~Ms. S
Monday, April 28, 2008
FREE CONCERT (PYP) Tonight!!!
Free concert Monday, April 28th by the Portland Youth Philharmonic at George Fox University
The Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP) will present a free public concert in Newberg on Monday, April 28th at 7:30 p.m. on the campus of George Fox University in the Bauman Auditorium. PYP, led by interim Guest Conductor Huw Edwards, PYP will perform:
Bruckner's Symphony No. 4;
Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 4;
Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem.
The concert is free and no tickets are required. For more information, call the Portland Philharmonic at 503-223-5939.
Founded in 1924, PYP is America's first youth orchestra. Musicians in the PYP association range in age from 12-23 and come from throughout NW Oregon and SW Washington. For more information about Portland Youth Philharmonic ensembles, go to
www.portlandyouthphil.org
Audition applications for the 2008-2009 Season are available now on-line or by phone.
# # # #
Ingrid Arnett
Community Relations Director
Portland Youth Philharmonic
Founded in 1924. America's first youth orchestra.
503-223-5939
The Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP) will present a free public concert in Newberg on Monday, April 28th at 7:30 p.m. on the campus of George Fox University in the Bauman Auditorium. PYP, led by interim Guest Conductor Huw Edwards, PYP will perform:
Bruckner's Symphony No. 4;
Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 4;
Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem.
The concert is free and no tickets are required. For more information, call the Portland Philharmonic at 503-223-5939.
Founded in 1924, PYP is America's first youth orchestra. Musicians in the PYP association range in age from 12-23 and come from throughout NW Oregon and SW Washington. For more information about Portland Youth Philharmonic ensembles, go to
www.portlandyouthphil.org
Audition applications for the 2008-2009 Season are available now on-line or by phone.
# # # #
Ingrid Arnett
Community Relations Director
Portland Youth Philharmonic
Founded in 1924. America's first youth orchestra.
503-223-5939
Friday, April 25, 2008
Newsletter 4.25.08
Orchestra News - April 25, 2008
1) May 1st concert for Advanced Orchestra and Symphony!!!
2) Titan Music groups represent West at state competition in May
3) Salem Chamber Orchestra this weekend - great review opportunity
4) Statesman Journal audio and picture file
5) Orchestra placements for next year posted
1) Thursday, May 1st at 7pm, is West Salem's combined Band, Choir and Orchestra concert featuring the advanced groups that will be performing at State Competitions the following week.
Students performing (Advanced Orchestra and Advanced Symphony) have a call time of 6:40 in the orchestra room to tune up and get ready.
All students entering Symphony Strings beginning next year (list posted in the room) are highly encouraged to come hear their future colleagues. Ms. Silberman will accept a review for this concert from all students in Orchestra and String Ensemble.
2) What an amazing Titan Music program we have! All advanced groups qualified for the State competition again this year - with honors going to the Wind Ensemble for winning the overall district (the first time ever!). Choirs will perform in Corvallis at the State competition on May 3rd. Advanced Orchestra and Symphony perform May 9th, and Wind Ensemble on the 10th.
If possible, we would love your support at OSU!
Friday, May 9th
Advanced Orchestra - 10:50 a.m.
Advanced Symphony - 3:45 p.m.
More information soon.
You can also check: http://osaa.org/band/2008/bandspecinfo.pdf
3) Ms. Silberman, the education coordinator for the Salem Chamber Orchestra, will be playing in the viola section this weekend, so it's with authority that she says it's going to be a fantastic concert. The concert is called "An Evening in Italy" - Mendelssohn's incredible "Italian" Symphony, and opera selections featuring to fabulous opera soloists formerly of the Seattle Young Opera Artist program.
There is something for everyone (choir, string, winds, brass, and percussion) on this concert - making it a 'don't miss' for this year. And, it's at West's auditorium!!!
Tickets are available at the door: $5 for students, and $10/15/20 for adults. For more information: www.salemchamberorchestra.org
Hope to see you there - write a review!!!
4) Up on the blog (www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com) there is a link to a neat audio and picture file from the heavy metal band Judgement Day visit to West Salem.
Here's the link once again:
http://news.statesmanjournal.com/galleries/judgementday/photo_gallery.cfm
5) Lists are posted in the orchestra room for placement for next year's orchestras. Before the end of the year there will be an informational meeting for all students and parents regarding commitment level and expectations of each level of Titan Orchestras... stay tuned for an announcement of time and date.
It will be an exciting year - we are growing by over 10% and already have some exciting plans for next year, including a special contemporary music (rock/jazz/blue) project, the Musical, and a tour (both large and small) for all groups.
As always, don't forget to check the blog frequently for interesting links, photos, and to read a copy of this newsletter email.
www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com
~Ms. Silberman (see you Saturday or next Thursday!) silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us
1) May 1st concert for Advanced Orchestra and Symphony!!!
2) Titan Music groups represent West at state competition in May
3) Salem Chamber Orchestra this weekend - great review opportunity
4) Statesman Journal audio and picture file
5) Orchestra placements for next year posted
1) Thursday, May 1st at 7pm, is West Salem's combined Band, Choir and Orchestra concert featuring the advanced groups that will be performing at State Competitions the following week.
Students performing (Advanced Orchestra and Advanced Symphony) have a call time of 6:40 in the orchestra room to tune up and get ready.
All students entering Symphony Strings beginning next year (list posted in the room) are highly encouraged to come hear their future colleagues. Ms. Silberman will accept a review for this concert from all students in Orchestra and String Ensemble.
2) What an amazing Titan Music program we have! All advanced groups qualified for the State competition again this year - with honors going to the Wind Ensemble for winning the overall district (the first time ever!). Choirs will perform in Corvallis at the State competition on May 3rd. Advanced Orchestra and Symphony perform May 9th, and Wind Ensemble on the 10th.
If possible, we would love your support at OSU!
Friday, May 9th
Advanced Orchestra - 10:50 a.m.
Advanced Symphony - 3:45 p.m.
More information soon.
You can also check: http://osaa.org/band/2008/bandspecinfo.pdf
3) Ms. Silberman, the education coordinator for the Salem Chamber Orchestra, will be playing in the viola section this weekend, so it's with authority that she says it's going to be a fantastic concert. The concert is called "An Evening in Italy" - Mendelssohn's incredible "Italian" Symphony, and opera selections featuring to fabulous opera soloists formerly of the Seattle Young Opera Artist program.
There is something for everyone (choir, string, winds, brass, and percussion) on this concert - making it a 'don't miss' for this year. And, it's at West's auditorium!!!
Tickets are available at the door: $5 for students, and $10/15/20 for adults. For more information: www.salemchamberorchestra.org
Hope to see you there - write a review!!!
4) Up on the blog (www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com) there is a link to a neat audio and picture file from the heavy metal band Judgement Day visit to West Salem.
Here's the link once again:
http://news.statesmanjournal.com/galleries/judgementday/photo_gallery.cfm
5) Lists are posted in the orchestra room for placement for next year's orchestras. Before the end of the year there will be an informational meeting for all students and parents regarding commitment level and expectations of each level of Titan Orchestras... stay tuned for an announcement of time and date.
It will be an exciting year - we are growing by over 10% and already have some exciting plans for next year, including a special contemporary music (rock/jazz/blue) project, the Musical, and a tour (both large and small) for all groups.
As always, don't forget to check the blog frequently for interesting links, photos, and to read a copy of this newsletter email.
www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com
~Ms. Silberman (see you Saturday or next Thursday!) silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Great concert (jazz choirs) at Sprague Thursday!
From Susan Wiley - Matthew Wiley's mom:
FREE JAZZ Concert this Thurs., April 24th at 7:30pm featuring our high school jazz ensembles: West Salem Soundscape, South Salem High Southenaires, Sprague's Framework, And Genesis from Mt. Hood Community College. Wow --what a lineup!! Please come and support these students--Matt included!! Did I mention it was free!?! Oh, yeah and great jazz music with great young musicians!! Have a fun night out with your family and friends!! Susan
FREE JAZZ Concert this Thurs., April 24th at 7:30pm featuring our high school jazz ensembles: West Salem Soundscape, South Salem High Southenaires, Sprague's Framework, And Genesis from Mt. Hood Community College. Wow --what a lineup!! Please come and support these students--Matt included!! Did I mention it was free!?! Oh, yeah and great jazz music with great young musicians!! Have a fun night out with your family and friends!! Susan
Friday, April 18, 2008
Newsletter - SCO, SJ article, Order forms and more
Orchestra News - April 17, 2008
1) Congratulations to the West Salem Advanced Orchestra and Symphony, and Wind Ensemble
2) Salem Chamber Orchestra concert Saturday April 26 - tickets available
3) Auditions for placement for next year
4) Reminder - BOOT CAMP - August, 2008
5) Sweatshirt orders due next Wednesday
6) New on the blog...
1) Congratulations to all members of the Advanced Orchestra and Symphony! We have qualified for the State Competition May 9 in Corvallis!! We placed well - just behind South in both categories.
The programs will be broadcast on CCTV (channel 22). Click here to see the CCTV schedule broadcasting 3 of the area schools from the concert last Saturday (includingWest):
http://hexi.com/cctv/schedule.php3?keyword=Salem%20Invitational%20Orchestra%20Festival
Congrats also goes to the Wind Ensemble - for the first time West Salem has taken over the 1st place spot in the district for Wind Ensemble. We wish them the very best at State - this is proving to be a very exciting year!!
2) Saturday April 26, 7:30pm, the Salem Chamber Orchestra will perform in West's auditorium. The concert is called "An Evening in Italy". Here's some information from the website (www.salemchamberorchestra.org)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90 (“Italian”)
Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Puccini: Selected Arias and Scenes
Salem Chamber Orchestra’s evening in Italy begins with Mendelssohn’s spirited “Italian” Symphony and concludes with a special tribute in honor of Puccini’s 150th birthday. It’s sure to be a night full of passion and drama! Ms. Silberman has some free tickets to offer to students - she will be asking students Monday and Tuesday how many tickets the family would like and she'll hand out tickets accordingly.
3) Auditions for placement in next year's orchestras begins next week. Each student at West and all the 8th graders wishing to play in a Titan Orchestra next fall will play some scales and a piece of orchestra music for Ms. Silberman next week.
4) Reminder - save the week of August 18, 2008, for Boot Camp! We will have a guest artist (TBA) work with the students, play some chamber music all together, have some instrument specific sectionals, and read some symphonic material with the winds and brass. Fee for camp is only $25 and Ms. Silberman looks forward to having a great turn out this year. Specifics about the times and exact days will be announced soon, but it's most likely going to be 4 of the days of that week, and probably from 9am - 1 or 2pm daily, with some extra time for students wishing to work on a contemporary music project (rock/jazz) and/or chamber music coaching.
5) Order forms for "Titan Orchestra" sweatshirts are being sent home this week. Please bring them back by Wednesday of next week - students do not need to bring money until the sweatshirts are in.
6) Some recent entries on the blog include the article from the Statesman Journal on the concert last Saturday, the article about the heavy metal group that was here recently, and the CCTV schedule. Please remember to check frequently. www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com
1) Congratulations to the West Salem Advanced Orchestra and Symphony, and Wind Ensemble
2) Salem Chamber Orchestra concert Saturday April 26 - tickets available
3) Auditions for placement for next year
4) Reminder - BOOT CAMP - August, 2008
5) Sweatshirt orders due next Wednesday
6) New on the blog...
1) Congratulations to all members of the Advanced Orchestra and Symphony! We have qualified for the State Competition May 9 in Corvallis!! We placed well - just behind South in both categories.
The programs will be broadcast on CCTV (channel 22). Click here to see the CCTV schedule broadcasting 3 of the area schools from the concert last Saturday (includingWest):
http://hexi.com/cctv/schedule.php3?keyword=Salem%20Invitational%20Orchestra%20Festival
Congrats also goes to the Wind Ensemble - for the first time West Salem has taken over the 1st place spot in the district for Wind Ensemble. We wish them the very best at State - this is proving to be a very exciting year!!
2) Saturday April 26, 7:30pm, the Salem Chamber Orchestra will perform in West's auditorium. The concert is called "An Evening in Italy". Here's some information from the website (www.salemchamberorchestra.org)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90 (“Italian”)
Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Puccini: Selected Arias and Scenes
Salem Chamber Orchestra’s evening in Italy begins with Mendelssohn’s spirited “Italian” Symphony and concludes with a special tribute in honor of Puccini’s 150th birthday. It’s sure to be a night full of passion and drama! Ms. Silberman has some free tickets to offer to students - she will be asking students Monday and Tuesday how many tickets the family would like and she'll hand out tickets accordingly.
3) Auditions for placement in next year's orchestras begins next week. Each student at West and all the 8th graders wishing to play in a Titan Orchestra next fall will play some scales and a piece of orchestra music for Ms. Silberman next week.
4) Reminder - save the week of August 18, 2008, for Boot Camp! We will have a guest artist (TBA) work with the students, play some chamber music all together, have some instrument specific sectionals, and read some symphonic material with the winds and brass. Fee for camp is only $25 and Ms. Silberman looks forward to having a great turn out this year. Specifics about the times and exact days will be announced soon, but it's most likely going to be 4 of the days of that week, and probably from 9am - 1 or 2pm daily, with some extra time for students wishing to work on a contemporary music project (rock/jazz) and/or chamber music coaching.
5) Order forms for "Titan Orchestra" sweatshirts are being sent home this week. Please bring them back by Wednesday of next week - students do not need to bring money until the sweatshirts are in.
6) Some recent entries on the blog include the article from the Statesman Journal on the concert last Saturday, the article about the heavy metal group that was here recently, and the CCTV schedule. Please remember to check frequently. www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Heavy Metal clinic article from SJ
Students get lesson in rockin' musicCalifornia band Judgement Day jams at high school
By Chris Hagan • Statesman Journal
April 16, 2008
The relaxing hum of orchestral tuning bounced off the walls of the auditorium at West Salem High School.
Nearly 40 students from multiple Salem schools looked up at the instructor, holding his violin at the back of stage.
"OK, who knows what a power chord is?" said the teacher-for-a-day.
The group of Salem students was taught a lesson in heavy-metal string play April 9 from the Oakland, Calif., band Judgement Day. The band is fronted by brothers Anton and Lewis Patzner on violin and cello with drummer Jon Bush.
While the brothers are both classically trained musicians who retain an affinity for Bach, the Judgement Day sound is closer to Mars Volta than Mozart.
West Salem orchestra director Daryl Silberman invited the group after learning they were touring through Oregon. Silberman, a former California resident herself, first met the brothers at a music camp in Berkeley seven years ago.
"They play the music that they love and that they respond to," she said. "For me that's the best kind of role modeling for young musicians. They wouldn't dissuade anyone from following a path of correct study but they help kids understand that music is just music and you can enjoy it as thoroughly as you are able to."
The group played a full set before leading the assembled students in a jam session, showing techniques they've picked up to play metal-style music on classical instruments.
"Our parents were really into getting us lessons and made sure we practiced every day so we got a proficiency on these instruments at a young age," said Anton Patzner, 26. "But as we got older, we became more interested in popular music, rock music mostly. But we were so much better on these instruments than we were on guitar so it just made sense to go do what we wanted to do with what we knew how to do."
The band's style was also born out of necessity while playing for tips on Bay Area street corners.
"We started off playing on the street where the faster and more high-energy the song is, the more tips you make, so that kind of dictated our style originally," Anton Patzner said.
West Salem senior Carsten Kilde, 17, was turned on to the group by Silberman and helped arrange the event. Clad in a Dethklok T-shirt (the band is a fictional creation for Cartoon Network show "Metalocalypse"), Kilde was inspired when he found musicians combining his love of metal and violin.
"I also play guitar and I'm a huge metal fan, but I had never really found any like string, violin or cello, besides Apocalyptica," Kilde said.
"They're amazing," he said after the performance. "I want to be like that."
Freshman Alex Vickery, 14, wasn't a fan before the event but was impressed by what he saw.
"I don't normally listen to heavy metal but they're really good," Vickery said. "(Anton) just makes my head hurt with how fast his bow moves."
For Anton, he feels it's the band's responsibility to show students just how much a violin plugged into a wall of sound can do.
"There's not really anyone else doing this kind of stuff," he said. "For string players, I feel like it's almost a duty of ours to educate and share what we're doing and what we've learned from our experience."
chagan@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6702
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Adv. Orchestra and Symphony ON TV!!!
This next week, you'll have an opportunity to see all the orchestras and symphonies in the district perform - broadcast on CCTV, Salem's own TV station. Here's the info - if we find out any additional info about West's timeslot, we'll let you know:
http://hexi.com/cctv/schedule.php3?keyword=Salem%20Invitational%20Orchestra%20Festival
Here’s what it looks like on that link:
List of Show Titles(April 12, 2008)Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival
CCTV Schedule
April 19th, 2008 (Saturday)
3:00pmS alem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring String and Chamber Orchestra" (180 min)
7:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring Symphony Orchestra" (180 min)
April 20th, 2008 (Sunday)
4:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring String and Chamber Orchestra" (180 min)
8:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring Symphony Orchestra" (180 min)
April 21st, 2008 (Monday)
6:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring String and Chamber Orchestra" (180 min)
April 22nd, 2008 (Tuesday)
5:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring Symphony Orchestra" (150 min)
April 23rd, 2008 (Wednesday)
4:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring String and Chamber Orchestra" (180 min)
7:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring Symphony Orchestra" (180 min)
http://hexi.com/cctv/schedule.php3?keyword=Salem%20Invitational%20Orchestra%20Festival
Here’s what it looks like on that link:
List of Show Titles(April 12, 2008)Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival
CCTV Schedule
April 19th, 2008 (Saturday)
3:00pmS alem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring String and Chamber Orchestra" (180 min)
7:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring Symphony Orchestra" (180 min)
April 20th, 2008 (Sunday)
4:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring String and Chamber Orchestra" (180 min)
8:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring Symphony Orchestra" (180 min)
April 21st, 2008 (Monday)
6:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring String and Chamber Orchestra" (180 min)
April 22nd, 2008 (Tuesday)
5:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring Symphony Orchestra" (150 min)
April 23rd, 2008 (Wednesday)
4:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring String and Chamber Orchestra" (180 min)
7:00pm Salem Invitational Orchestra Festival "Featuring Symphony Orchestra" (180 min)
Article from Statesman Journal
Orchestras play to qualify for state event
Some area schools' choirs, bands also heading to championships
Link: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804130344
EUNICE KIMStatesman Journal
April 13, 2008
Rachel Gage, 17, sat at the end of a lunch table, practicing violin. As others mingled around her, she quietly played scales and worked on her bow technique.
Gage wanted to make sure she was ready to take the stage with Sprague Symphony Orchestra.
"I've been looking forward to proving that we can be the best we can be," she said. "I'm really excited."
Gage, a junior at Sprague High School, was among the students who participated Saturday in the Salem-Keizer High School Orchestra Invitational Festival at North Salem High School. Seven string and five symphony orchestras from Salem-Keizer and Reynolds high schools performed during the daylong event, which was a qualifier for the state championships May 9 at Oregon State University. The orchestras each played several pieces they had prepared as well as one they had to sight read.
String orchestras from McNary, Sprague, South, West and Reynolds high schools qualified for state, with Sprague scoring the highest and thereby earning an automatic spot at state. The other four groups will submit an application and tape recording to Oregon State Activities Association. A panel of judges will determine which of the groups will go to state.
In the symphony orchestra category, Reynolds placed first, with North, Sprague, South and West also qualifying.
For some students, qualifying for the state championships wasn't the main focus.
"I'm just here to make beautiful music with my friends," said Jonathan Anderson, a senior at South Salem High School who plays violin. "I'd like to make it to state to play more music, but that's not what I care most about."
Garrett Maltzan, a freshman at West Salem High School, said he enjoys competing, especially against his friends at other schools. He played bass with West Salem Symphony Orchestra, which already had qualified for state before Saturday's festival.
"This is a chance to play our songs in front of an audience," Maltzan said.
The festival showcased the strength of the district's music program, said Brandon Correa, an orchestra director at South Salem High.
"It shows how much quality we have here with our community supporting our orchestras," he said. "Every school is producing great musicians and fabulous music."
Bands got a chance to shine Friday at Central Valley League Band Festival at North Salem High School. Eight bands from Salem-Keizer, Redmond and Reynolds high schools competed in the event, which was a qualifier for state.
West Salem's wind ensemble placed first and automatically will go to state May 10 at OSU, said Karl Raschkes, supervisor of music for Salem-Keizer School District. The rest of the bands qualified and could move on to state.
"We are the only league in the state where all of the bands qualified for state this year," Raschkes said. "It's pretty unique."
High school choirs from the area also competed at the district level last week during the District 4 Choral Festival at Willamette University. Seventeen choirs from Salem-Keizer, Dallas, Silverton and Central high schools participated, with Sprague Concert Choir placing first and clinching an automatic spot at state, said Lee Kirkegaard, a music teacher at Leslie Middle School.
Groups from South, McNary, West, North, Dallas and Silverton high schools also qualified and will send tapes to the OSAA to see who goes to the state championships May 3 at George Fox University.
Back at North Salem High School, Natasha Geiling, 17, was feeling pretty good about South Salem Chamber Orchestra's performance Saturday.
"I'm proud of us," said Geiling, who plays violin. "I think we came together well."
ekim@statesmanjournal.com or (503) 399-6721
Some area schools' choirs, bands also heading to championships
Link: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804130344
EUNICE KIMStatesman Journal
April 13, 2008
Rachel Gage, 17, sat at the end of a lunch table, practicing violin. As others mingled around her, she quietly played scales and worked on her bow technique.
Gage wanted to make sure she was ready to take the stage with Sprague Symphony Orchestra.
"I've been looking forward to proving that we can be the best we can be," she said. "I'm really excited."
Gage, a junior at Sprague High School, was among the students who participated Saturday in the Salem-Keizer High School Orchestra Invitational Festival at North Salem High School. Seven string and five symphony orchestras from Salem-Keizer and Reynolds high schools performed during the daylong event, which was a qualifier for the state championships May 9 at Oregon State University. The orchestras each played several pieces they had prepared as well as one they had to sight read.
String orchestras from McNary, Sprague, South, West and Reynolds high schools qualified for state, with Sprague scoring the highest and thereby earning an automatic spot at state. The other four groups will submit an application and tape recording to Oregon State Activities Association. A panel of judges will determine which of the groups will go to state.
In the symphony orchestra category, Reynolds placed first, with North, Sprague, South and West also qualifying.
For some students, qualifying for the state championships wasn't the main focus.
"I'm just here to make beautiful music with my friends," said Jonathan Anderson, a senior at South Salem High School who plays violin. "I'd like to make it to state to play more music, but that's not what I care most about."
Garrett Maltzan, a freshman at West Salem High School, said he enjoys competing, especially against his friends at other schools. He played bass with West Salem Symphony Orchestra, which already had qualified for state before Saturday's festival.
"This is a chance to play our songs in front of an audience," Maltzan said.
The festival showcased the strength of the district's music program, said Brandon Correa, an orchestra director at South Salem High.
"It shows how much quality we have here with our community supporting our orchestras," he said. "Every school is producing great musicians and fabulous music."
Bands got a chance to shine Friday at Central Valley League Band Festival at North Salem High School. Eight bands from Salem-Keizer, Redmond and Reynolds high schools competed in the event, which was a qualifier for state.
West Salem's wind ensemble placed first and automatically will go to state May 10 at OSU, said Karl Raschkes, supervisor of music for Salem-Keizer School District. The rest of the bands qualified and could move on to state.
"We are the only league in the state where all of the bands qualified for state this year," Raschkes said. "It's pretty unique."
High school choirs from the area also competed at the district level last week during the District 4 Choral Festival at Willamette University. Seventeen choirs from Salem-Keizer, Dallas, Silverton and Central high schools participated, with Sprague Concert Choir placing first and clinching an automatic spot at state, said Lee Kirkegaard, a music teacher at Leslie Middle School.
Groups from South, McNary, West, North, Dallas and Silverton high schools also qualified and will send tapes to the OSAA to see who goes to the state championships May 3 at George Fox University.
Back at North Salem High School, Natasha Geiling, 17, was feeling pretty good about South Salem Chamber Orchestra's performance Saturday.
"I'm proud of us," said Geiling, who plays violin. "I think we came together well."
ekim@statesmanjournal.com or (503) 399-6721
Friday, April 11, 2008
Newsletter 4.10.08
Orchestra News - April 10, 2008
1) District concert Saturday - come support the orchestras (and write a review!)
2) Thanks to Judgement Day
3) Saturday, April 26th - save the date
4) Extra info. and links on the blog!
1) Saturday, April 12, at North High School's auditorium is the Salem-Keizer Invitational Orchestra festival. Both the Advanced Orchestra and Advanced Symphony are playing. Groups from all the district's high schools will be performing approximately every 30 minutes.
For those not in those orchestras (parents welcome!), please come support our orchestras. Advanced Orchestra performs at 11:00 am. Advanced Symphony performs at 2:45pm, although the performances may not run exactly according to schedule. Students, you may use this for review credit. FOR EVERY 2 GROUPS YOU REVIEW, YOU RECEIVE 1 CONCERT REVIEW CREDIT. Just think about it!!! You could satisfy the entire semester's assignment just for reviewing groups for 2 hours.
Here's the full day's schedule:
North HS Chamber String Orchestra 8:30 – 8:55
McKay HS Adv. String Orchestra 9:00 – 9:25
McNary HS Adv. String Orchestra 9:30 – 9:55
Sprague HS Camarata Orchestra 10:00 – 10:25
South Salem HS Chamber Orchestra 10:30 – 10:55
West Salem HS Advanced String Orchestra 11:00 – 11:25 (previously scheduled for 10:30)
Reynolds HS Adv. String Orchestra 11:30 – 11:55
North HS Symphony Orchestra 1:00 – 1:30.
Sprague HS Symphony Orchestra 1:35 – 2:05
South HS Symphony Orchestra 2:10 – 2:40
West Salem HS Symphony Orchestra 2:45 – 3:15
Reynolds HS Symphony Orchestra 3:20 – 3:50
CCTV will be video-taping the concerts - when we hear the broadcast schedule, we'll let you know. Student schedules for Saturday - (for details, check the sheet handed out in class):
Advanced Orchestra -
Call time at the front of the auditorium: 8:25am - done by 11:30-ish (bring a lunch if you're in Symphony!)
Advanced Symphony - Call time at the front of the auditorium: 12:55pm - done by 4:00-ish
2) Judgement Day played here on Wednesday April 9 - about 50 students, a handful of teachers and some parents were in attendance for what was simply a really 'cool' experience. Anton and Lewis Patzner and Jon Bush put on an amazing show. Many students bought CD's and shirts. We're hopeful these guys will be back again soon. The Statesman Journal was there, so in the next day there will be an email sent and info. up on the blog. Thank you to Whiteaker Middle School's Music Booster group for helping our boosters to pay for the afternoon's event.
3) Save the date - Saturday, April 26, 7pm. The Salem Chamber Orchestra is performing here at West High in the auditorium. Ms. Silberman has 20 free tickets, and may be able to get more (on a case by case basis). We received the tickets as part of the residency grant that the Salem Chamber Orchestra received. Over the next 4 weeks principal players from the SCO will be
presenting master classes and coming to coach music groups at all the West Salem schools. More info. on that over the next few weeks.
4) Remember that Ms. Silberman often posts information, fun musical links, and Titan Orchestra-related tidbits on the blog. Check frequently:
www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com
Hope to see you Saturday!
~Ms. Silberman (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us)
1) District concert Saturday - come support the orchestras (and write a review!)
2) Thanks to Judgement Day
3) Saturday, April 26th - save the date
4) Extra info. and links on the blog!
1) Saturday, April 12, at North High School's auditorium is the Salem-Keizer Invitational Orchestra festival. Both the Advanced Orchestra and Advanced Symphony are playing. Groups from all the district's high schools will be performing approximately every 30 minutes.
For those not in those orchestras (parents welcome!), please come support our orchestras. Advanced Orchestra performs at 11:00 am. Advanced Symphony performs at 2:45pm, although the performances may not run exactly according to schedule. Students, you may use this for review credit. FOR EVERY 2 GROUPS YOU REVIEW, YOU RECEIVE 1 CONCERT REVIEW CREDIT. Just think about it!!! You could satisfy the entire semester's assignment just for reviewing groups for 2 hours.
Here's the full day's schedule:
North HS Chamber String Orchestra 8:30 – 8:55
McKay HS Adv. String Orchestra 9:00 – 9:25
McNary HS Adv. String Orchestra 9:30 – 9:55
Sprague HS Camarata Orchestra 10:00 – 10:25
South Salem HS Chamber Orchestra 10:30 – 10:55
West Salem HS Advanced String Orchestra 11:00 – 11:25 (previously scheduled for 10:30)
Reynolds HS Adv. String Orchestra 11:30 – 11:55
North HS Symphony Orchestra 1:00 – 1:30.
Sprague HS Symphony Orchestra 1:35 – 2:05
South HS Symphony Orchestra 2:10 – 2:40
West Salem HS Symphony Orchestra 2:45 – 3:15
Reynolds HS Symphony Orchestra 3:20 – 3:50
CCTV will be video-taping the concerts - when we hear the broadcast schedule, we'll let you know. Student schedules for Saturday - (for details, check the sheet handed out in class):
Advanced Orchestra -
Call time at the front of the auditorium: 8:25am - done by 11:30-ish (bring a lunch if you're in Symphony!)
Advanced Symphony - Call time at the front of the auditorium: 12:55pm - done by 4:00-ish
2) Judgement Day played here on Wednesday April 9 - about 50 students, a handful of teachers and some parents were in attendance for what was simply a really 'cool' experience. Anton and Lewis Patzner and Jon Bush put on an amazing show. Many students bought CD's and shirts. We're hopeful these guys will be back again soon. The Statesman Journal was there, so in the next day there will be an email sent and info. up on the blog. Thank you to Whiteaker Middle School's Music Booster group for helping our boosters to pay for the afternoon's event.
3) Save the date - Saturday, April 26, 7pm. The Salem Chamber Orchestra is performing here at West High in the auditorium. Ms. Silberman has 20 free tickets, and may be able to get more (on a case by case basis). We received the tickets as part of the residency grant that the Salem Chamber Orchestra received. Over the next 4 weeks principal players from the SCO will be
presenting master classes and coming to coach music groups at all the West Salem schools. More info. on that over the next few weeks.
4) Remember that Ms. Silberman often posts information, fun musical links, and Titan Orchestra-related tidbits on the blog. Check frequently:
www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com
Hope to see you Saturday!
~Ms. Silberman (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us)
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Saturday April 12 - come see us perform!
Parents, siblings, friends, and students not in periods 1/2 or 7 (advanced orchestra and symphony) - come support West Salem High School as we perform at the Salem-Keizer Invitational Orchestra Festival.
The festival takes place at North High School's auditorium - enter at the D street parking lot for the closest entrance to the auditorium
Advanced Orchestra, playing Grieg and Corelli, plays at approx. 10:30am
Advanced Orchestra, playing Grieg and Corelli, plays at approx. 10:30am
Advanced Symphony, playing Nelson, Schubert, and Wagner, plays at approx. 2:45pm
There are many other fine area groups playing that day - come for one, stay for more!!
Hope to see you there! ~Ms. S
Fiddle Fair at Beacock Music Friday and Saturday
Beacock music in Vancouver, WA (just about an hour north of us) is having a big event this weekend - the Fiddle Fair. From 9am - 8pm on Friday and Saturday, April 11 & 12 - come play many instruments... everything from $300 to many thousands of dollars.
I wasn't able to see info about the event online, but the website has lots of info about the store, and I have brochures about the Fiddle Fair here at my office at school, if anyone is interested.
www.beacockmusic.com
~Ms. S
I wasn't able to see info about the event online, but the website has lots of info about the store, and I have brochures about the Fiddle Fair here at my office at school, if anyone is interested.
www.beacockmusic.com
~Ms. S
Prom pics
Lots of orchestra and band kids in these photos... they look amazing!!!
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=PHOTO
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=PHOTO
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Stradivari violin sells for $1.2 million!
The violin was owned by the first woman to play in the Royal Philharmonic string section...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23959579/
(Thanks for this link, Krysti Beach...)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23959579/
(Thanks for this link, Krysti Beach...)
Article from the SJ about the SCO
Orchestra announces 2008-09 season lineup
A performance in Albany is also planned for Sept.
RON COWANStatesman Journal
April 6, 2008
Salem Chamber Orchestra will spice its 2008-09 season with international soloists and a local Grammy Award winner. The orchestra also will do its first Albany concert, part of an opening weekend pair of concerts in two cities. Last year, it journeyed to Monmouth. The season will be the 24th for the orchestra and the fifth for music director/conductor Hekun Wu, who continues draw on his musical connections to find soloists.
The season will open with a gala concert-regional outreach concert Sept. 20-21 featuring New York-based musician Xiao-Fen Min, performing on the pipa, a Chinese traditional string instrument. Xiao-Fen Min, also a vocalist, performs traditional Chinese and classic music and jazz. She worked with Björk on the song "I See Who You Are" on Björk's album "Volta."
She will be performing a contemporary piece, Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa. Tan Dun did the Grammy-winning score for the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
Also on the program is Mozart's Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, and Dvorak's "Czech Suite, D Major, op. 39."
The first concert will be at the Historic Elsinore Theatre in Salem, with the second at the performing arts center at Linn-Benton Community College, Albany.
"It seemed like a good opportunity," executive director James Boyd said.
Albany doesn't have its own orchestra, and it could potentially provide a new audience, he said.
The Masterworks Series will open Nov. 1-2 in Hudson Hall on the Willamette University campus in Salem with flutist Molly Barth, flutist and a new faculty member. She was a member of Eighth Blackbird, whose recording "Strange Imaginary Animals" won a Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music category. Barth will perform on a program featuring Britten's "Simple Symphony," Vivaldi's Concerto for Piccolo in C Major (with Barth) and Shostakovitch's Chamber Symphony for Strings, op. 110a.
The second program in the Masterworks Series will be Feb. 14-15, 2009, at Hudson Hall and features Shanghai pianist and conductor Xu Zhong, a former colleague of Wu, who is from Shanghai. Xu Zhong is a founding member and artistic director of the China Shanghai International Piano Competition and executive artistic director of Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. He won the first prize at the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
The all-Mozart program will feature Xu Zhong conducting the overture to "Don Giovanni" and performing and conducting Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 and Concerto No. 27 in B flat Major.
The third Masterworks program will be April 18-19 at Hudson Hall, featuring Russion cellist Tanya Remenikova. The program features Grieg's "Peer Gynt," Suite. No. 1, op 46; Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major; and Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished").
The "Gift of Music" Family Concert will move from February to March 15, 2009, to avoid conflicting with school events. The program will feature Poulenc's "Babar the Elephant," will soloists including the Connie Fritz Memorial Concerto Competition winner and the Willamette University Solo and Aria Competition winner.
Most concerts will be at 7:30 p.m. the first day and 3 p.m. the second. The Family Concert will be at 2 and 4 p.m. the same day.
The Connie Fritz competition will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 23 in Hudson Hall and will be open to music students residing in Marion and Polk counties, up to and including high school.
Hekun Wu conducts all but the February programs.
Season ticket information is available now, with individual tickets on sale in July. Ticket prices will not change, although all seats will be reserved at the Elsinore concert, rather than general admission.
A performance in Albany is also planned for Sept.
RON COWANStatesman Journal
April 6, 2008
Salem Chamber Orchestra will spice its 2008-09 season with international soloists and a local Grammy Award winner. The orchestra also will do its first Albany concert, part of an opening weekend pair of concerts in two cities. Last year, it journeyed to Monmouth. The season will be the 24th for the orchestra and the fifth for music director/conductor Hekun Wu, who continues draw on his musical connections to find soloists.
The season will open with a gala concert-regional outreach concert Sept. 20-21 featuring New York-based musician Xiao-Fen Min, performing on the pipa, a Chinese traditional string instrument. Xiao-Fen Min, also a vocalist, performs traditional Chinese and classic music and jazz. She worked with Björk on the song "I See Who You Are" on Björk's album "Volta."
She will be performing a contemporary piece, Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa. Tan Dun did the Grammy-winning score for the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
Also on the program is Mozart's Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, and Dvorak's "Czech Suite, D Major, op. 39."
The first concert will be at the Historic Elsinore Theatre in Salem, with the second at the performing arts center at Linn-Benton Community College, Albany.
"It seemed like a good opportunity," executive director James Boyd said.
Albany doesn't have its own orchestra, and it could potentially provide a new audience, he said.
The Masterworks Series will open Nov. 1-2 in Hudson Hall on the Willamette University campus in Salem with flutist Molly Barth, flutist and a new faculty member. She was a member of Eighth Blackbird, whose recording "Strange Imaginary Animals" won a Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music category. Barth will perform on a program featuring Britten's "Simple Symphony," Vivaldi's Concerto for Piccolo in C Major (with Barth) and Shostakovitch's Chamber Symphony for Strings, op. 110a.
The second program in the Masterworks Series will be Feb. 14-15, 2009, at Hudson Hall and features Shanghai pianist and conductor Xu Zhong, a former colleague of Wu, who is from Shanghai. Xu Zhong is a founding member and artistic director of the China Shanghai International Piano Competition and executive artistic director of Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. He won the first prize at the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
The all-Mozart program will feature Xu Zhong conducting the overture to "Don Giovanni" and performing and conducting Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 and Concerto No. 27 in B flat Major.
The third Masterworks program will be April 18-19 at Hudson Hall, featuring Russion cellist Tanya Remenikova. The program features Grieg's "Peer Gynt," Suite. No. 1, op 46; Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major; and Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished").
The "Gift of Music" Family Concert will move from February to March 15, 2009, to avoid conflicting with school events. The program will feature Poulenc's "Babar the Elephant," will soloists including the Connie Fritz Memorial Concerto Competition winner and the Willamette University Solo and Aria Competition winner.
Most concerts will be at 7:30 p.m. the first day and 3 p.m. the second. The Family Concert will be at 2 and 4 p.m. the same day.
The Connie Fritz competition will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 23 in Hudson Hall and will be open to music students residing in Marion and Polk counties, up to and including high school.
Hekun Wu conducts all but the February programs.
Season ticket information is available now, with individual tickets on sale in July. Ticket prices will not change, although all seats will be reserved at the Elsinore concert, rather than general admission.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Summer Music Camp Scholarship deadline
The Salem Pops Orchestra is offering a great music scholarship for students attending a summer music camp - the scholarship will be awarded to equal one half the cost of the camp, up to $500. Financial need is not required or considered. The deadline for this scholarship is April 24 - I believe students need to already be enrolled in the camp, so time is of the essence.
For full information, go to:http://www.salempopsorchestra.org/Pops%20Scholarships.pdf http://www.salempopsorchestra.org/Pops%20Music%20Camp%20Scholarship.pdf
Because I am new to the area, I don't have a full list of local music camps, but I am more than willing to search around for appropriate camps for any interested in students. From what I know, there are many fine camps in a 50-75 mile radius and many regional and national camps that might still have availability for interested and qualified students - everything from highly concentrated orchestral experiences to music camps that combine arts and/or theatre with a healthy dose of summer fun. Please take advantage of this generous scholarship possibility - a summer music camp experience is usually a fantastic one and almost always leaves a students more inspired and motivated to become a even better musician.
~Ms. Silberman (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us)
For full information, go to:http://www.salempopsorchestra.org/Pops%20Scholarships.pdf http://www.salempopsorchestra.org/Pops%20Music%20Camp%20Scholarship.pdf
Because I am new to the area, I don't have a full list of local music camps, but I am more than willing to search around for appropriate camps for any interested in students. From what I know, there are many fine camps in a 50-75 mile radius and many regional and national camps that might still have availability for interested and qualified students - everything from highly concentrated orchestral experiences to music camps that combine arts and/or theatre with a healthy dose of summer fun. Please take advantage of this generous scholarship possibility - a summer music camp experience is usually a fantastic one and almost always leaves a students more inspired and motivated to become a even better musician.
~Ms. Silberman (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us)
Friday, April 4, 2008
Newsletter 4.3.08
Orchestra News - April 3, 2008
1) District orchestra competition results
2) Cool workshop for strings Wednesday April 9, 3:15 - 5:15
3) Important rehearsal day change for Advanced Symphony next week
4) Advanced Symphony and Orchestra district festival Saturday April 12 -
schedule
5) Save the date (Periods 5, 6, and 7) May 21, 7pm Loucks Auditorium
1) Thursday April 3, the Advanced Symphony and Orchestra classes went to Monmouth to compete in an area festival competition to see if we would qualify for the state competition in May. Here are the results:
Advanced Symphony orchestra, playing Nelson, Schubert and Wagner narrowly qualified - congratulations.
Advanced Orchestra missed qualifying by 2 points. We're hopeful we'll qualify next week at Salem-Keizer's district competition
Thanks to all for their hard work - it was an exciting (and exhausting) day!!
2) A 'heavy metal' band consisting of violin, cello and drums called Judgement Day is coming to Salem. The gentlemen in this band are in their 20's, are fun to watch, play their instruments really well (classically too!), and are very cool. They are going to be playing at the Ice Box Saturday evening April 12 (open to all ages) but we're fortunate to have them here at West Salem High School for a workshop. It's open to all string players in the district, grades 7 - 12 - here's the info:
Judgement Day workshop (bring your instrument!)
Wednesday April 9 - 3:15 - 5:15 in the orchestra room
For more info on the band: www.stringmetal.com
3) There is an added Symphony rehearsal next week - Thursday 4:30 - 6:30pm because wind and brass students are not available on Friday. Strings *WILL* rehearse on Friday as usual.
4) Salem-Keizer Invitational District Festival Competition - Saturday, APRIL 12
For parents (and students not in the Advanced Orchestra or Symphony) who would like to attend the concert here's when we play:
North High School Auditorium
Advanced Orchestra - 10:30
Advanced Symphony - 2:45
GREAT opportunity to show support for our program (and to do a concert review!)
Here's the schedule for all players:
Advanced Orchestra members only - arrive at 8:25am - dismiss at 11:30ish
Advanced Symphony members only - arrive at 1 - dismiss at 4pm-ish
Advanced Symphony and Orchestra members - arrive at 8:25am - dismiss at 4pm-ish
Advanced Orchestra
Call time at NORTH - 8:25am
Warmup 10am
Performance 10:30
Sight reading 11am
Instruments away and watch Reynolds until noon
Lunch - noon 'til 1 (bring a lunch)
Advanced Symphony
Call time at NORTH - 12:55pm
Warmup 2:10pm
Perform 2:45pm
Sight reading 3:20 - 3:50
Pack up and go home
More details next week....
5) We've added a performance to feature String Ensemble, Orchestra, and Symphony Strings classes:
Wednesday May 21, 7pm at Loucks Auditorium (in the Downtown Salem Library)
Mark your calendars, please.
Thanks,
~Ms. Silberman (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us)
1) District orchestra competition results
2) Cool workshop for strings Wednesday April 9, 3:15 - 5:15
3) Important rehearsal day change for Advanced Symphony next week
4) Advanced Symphony and Orchestra district festival Saturday April 12 -
schedule
5) Save the date (Periods 5, 6, and 7) May 21, 7pm Loucks Auditorium
1) Thursday April 3, the Advanced Symphony and Orchestra classes went to Monmouth to compete in an area festival competition to see if we would qualify for the state competition in May. Here are the results:
Advanced Symphony orchestra, playing Nelson, Schubert and Wagner narrowly qualified - congratulations.
Advanced Orchestra missed qualifying by 2 points. We're hopeful we'll qualify next week at Salem-Keizer's district competition
Thanks to all for their hard work - it was an exciting (and exhausting) day!!
2) A 'heavy metal' band consisting of violin, cello and drums called Judgement Day is coming to Salem. The gentlemen in this band are in their 20's, are fun to watch, play their instruments really well (classically too!), and are very cool. They are going to be playing at the Ice Box Saturday evening April 12 (open to all ages) but we're fortunate to have them here at West Salem High School for a workshop. It's open to all string players in the district, grades 7 - 12 - here's the info:
Judgement Day workshop (bring your instrument!)
Wednesday April 9 - 3:15 - 5:15 in the orchestra room
For more info on the band: www.stringmetal.com
3) There is an added Symphony rehearsal next week - Thursday 4:30 - 6:30pm because wind and brass students are not available on Friday. Strings *WILL* rehearse on Friday as usual.
4) Salem-Keizer Invitational District Festival Competition - Saturday, APRIL 12
For parents (and students not in the Advanced Orchestra or Symphony) who would like to attend the concert here's when we play:
North High School Auditorium
Advanced Orchestra - 10:30
Advanced Symphony - 2:45
GREAT opportunity to show support for our program (and to do a concert review!)
Here's the schedule for all players:
Advanced Orchestra members only - arrive at 8:25am - dismiss at 11:30ish
Advanced Symphony members only - arrive at 1 - dismiss at 4pm-ish
Advanced Symphony and Orchestra members - arrive at 8:25am - dismiss at 4pm-ish
Advanced Orchestra
Call time at NORTH - 8:25am
Warmup 10am
Performance 10:30
Sight reading 11am
Instruments away and watch Reynolds until noon
Lunch - noon 'til 1 (bring a lunch)
Advanced Symphony
Call time at NORTH - 12:55pm
Warmup 2:10pm
Perform 2:45pm
Sight reading 3:20 - 3:50
Pack up and go home
More details next week....
5) We've added a performance to feature String Ensemble, Orchestra, and Symphony Strings classes:
Wednesday May 21, 7pm at Loucks Auditorium (in the Downtown Salem Library)
Mark your calendars, please.
Thanks,
~Ms. Silberman (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us)
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Competition results
Advanced Symphony Orchestra has qualified for State competition May 9!!!!
Advanced Orchestra missed by 2 points - we received an 80, but the other scores were 72 and 73's. We'll make it up next week at Salem-Keizer's invitational!!!!
Thanks for all your hard work and efforts! I thought you did fantastically well!
~Ms. S
Advanced Orchestra missed by 2 points - we received an 80, but the other scores were 72 and 73's. We'll make it up next week at Salem-Keizer's invitational!!!!
Thanks for all your hard work and efforts! I thought you did fantastically well!
~Ms. S
UofO Graduate String Quartet visit last month
On March 18, the graduate string quartet from U of O visited our Advanced Orchestra. The members - violinists Joseph Tang and Rebecca Hunter, violist Clark Spencer, cellist Jeremy Heaven - are all Masters and Doctoral students in Eugene. The performed for us and then played in with us while we rehearsed the Holberg Prelude.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Details for Monmouth 4/3/08 (Adv. Orc and Symph)
West Salem High School Symphony Orchestra
Western Oregon Contest Itinerary
Thursday April 3, 2008
Dress:
Men - full tuxedo (coat and pants), white shirt, black bow tie, cummerbund, black socks, black leather-finish shoes
Women - black concert dress, black hose, black leather-finish closed-toe shoes
Report: To the Orchestra Room at the start of period 3 (9:09). Dressed for performance. Roll check. Depart for Monmouth
Equipment: The festival will furnish: timpani, chimes, xylophone, marimba, bass drum , chairs and stands.
We must take everything else we will need:
1. Your instrument
2. Your music
3. Rosin, rock stops, mutes
4. All of your uniform - including tux coat and pants or long black dress, black bow tie, black socks, black leather shoes, white shirt, studs and cufflinks (if needed) plain white under garments without printing or writing
Schedule:
9:09 Report to orchestra room, dressed for performance, roll check
9:30 Depart for Monmouth
10:00 Arrive - Watch groups
11:00 Advanced Orchestra warm-up
11:30 Advanced Orchestra perform
12:30 Symphony Orchestra warm-up
1:00 Symphony Orchestra perform
1:45 Board bus, Depart for Salem
2:15 (Approximate) arrive Salem - dismiss after storing equipment
Food There are no places to get food near the performance site. Eat a good breakfast. Take some sort meal/snack with you to tide you over (pack a lunch). Dry sandwiches, fruit, energy bars or trail mix would be appropriate, but nothing messy. Do not plan to leave the group.
On this and every other occasion when we will be representing West Salem and the WSHS Band/Orchestra Program as a group, the highest standards of behavior are expected. All school and West Salem Band rules for acceptable behavior apply on this and every field trip. Contact Mr. Nail or Ms. Silberman immediately regarding anything out of the ordinary. Do not leave the group for any reason without Mr. Nail or Ms. Silberman's knowledge and permission. Conduct on the bus should be calm, quiet and seated. If you will not return home on the bus, you must have a note granting parental approval before we leave. Be safe, be courteous and behave.
Western Oregon Contest Itinerary
Thursday April 3, 2008
Dress:
Men - full tuxedo (coat and pants), white shirt, black bow tie, cummerbund, black socks, black leather-finish shoes
Women - black concert dress, black hose, black leather-finish closed-toe shoes
Report: To the Orchestra Room at the start of period 3 (9:09). Dressed for performance. Roll check. Depart for Monmouth
Equipment: The festival will furnish: timpani, chimes, xylophone, marimba, bass drum , chairs and stands.
We must take everything else we will need:
1. Your instrument
2. Your music
3. Rosin, rock stops, mutes
4. All of your uniform - including tux coat and pants or long black dress, black bow tie, black socks, black leather shoes, white shirt, studs and cufflinks (if needed) plain white under garments without printing or writing
Schedule:
9:09 Report to orchestra room, dressed for performance, roll check
9:30 Depart for Monmouth
10:00 Arrive - Watch groups
11:00 Advanced Orchestra warm-up
11:30 Advanced Orchestra perform
12:30 Symphony Orchestra warm-up
1:00 Symphony Orchestra perform
1:45 Board bus, Depart for Salem
2:15 (Approximate) arrive Salem - dismiss after storing equipment
Food There are no places to get food near the performance site. Eat a good breakfast. Take some sort meal/snack with you to tide you over (pack a lunch). Dry sandwiches, fruit, energy bars or trail mix would be appropriate, but nothing messy. Do not plan to leave the group.
On this and every other occasion when we will be representing West Salem and the WSHS Band/Orchestra Program as a group, the highest standards of behavior are expected. All school and West Salem Band rules for acceptable behavior apply on this and every field trip. Contact Mr. Nail or Ms. Silberman immediately regarding anything out of the ordinary. Do not leave the group for any reason without Mr. Nail or Ms. Silberman's knowledge and permission. Conduct on the bus should be calm, quiet and seated. If you will not return home on the bus, you must have a note granting parental approval before we leave. Be safe, be courteous and behave.
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