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)