Newsletter #16

Quick newsletter for 1/29/2009

Contained within:

1) Period 7 tomorrow morning...
2) Advanced Symphony 'final' at 11:15am Friday
3) Next week starts Advanced Symphony sectionals at 6:50am
4) Save the dates... upcoming events
5) Stay tuned for Boston Trip rehearsal schedule

1) Period 7 is requested to come get their instruments at 7:25am - we've been hired to play Happy Birthday at 7:30 (5 minutes before period 7 final)... please come early if you can

2) All members of Advanced Symphony must attend rehearsal at 11:15am tomorrow (Friday) - this is the final. Missing this rehearsal will result in a lowering of the grade

3) Next week, for 4 weeks, the following sections of Advanced Symphony must participate in these sectionals:

Tuesdays 6:50 - 7:25 - Violin I
Wednesday 6:50 - 7:25 - Violin II
Thursday 6:50 - 7:25 - Viola
Friday 6:50 - 7:25 - Cellos
Basses will probably meet Thursdays from 2:30 - 3:35... TBD

All students must clear 4 weeks at this time. Please look into carpooling with a neighbor or friend in order to make it to school. If you absolutely cannot make sectionals, you may be excused on a case-by-case basis - you will have to pre-audition with me, I will need a note/phone call from a parent, and you will need to tape record your parts weekly to turn in to me the day after the sectional so I can assess progress. This is the way we can be 'note perfect' by the end of February with our symphony music.

4) Here are some upcoming dates:

Feb 6 - opening night of the musical - YAY!!
February 28 - All City concert... come hear the best of the Salem-Keizer School District band, choir, and orchestra programs.
April 18 - all day, we host the Salem-Keizer Invitational District festival... all students will be required to help and attend concerts.

5) Boston trip folks... we will have a rehearsal in the next week to start determining exactly which music we will be touring with to Boston. Then I will announce a rehearsal schedule particularly for Boston orchestra - we'll try to have fewer rehearsals, but get a lot done!!! It's only 7+ weeks away that we perform (here on March 17th, in Boston on March 21st)!

Happy end 'o first semester...
Ms. S
silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us