Newsletter #28

Here's the newsletter for May 14, 2009

Contained within:
1) Thursday - tonight - potluck for advanced orchestra and symphony
2) Schedules and info for State Championships tomorrow (5.15.09)
3) Joshua Bell concert Tuesday - VIOLINIST COME AT 6:45pm!!!!
4) May 27 - daytime tour of elementary schools with period 6 and 7
5) Final awards and concert June 1
6) TITAN ORCHESTRA GEAR order form due next Wednesday
7) Boot Camp is the week of August 24 - all students required to attend!

1) Tonight is the symphony potluck - all members of advanced orchestra and symphony are required to attend (unless excused). Please bring food by 5:30pm to share:

A - H = Salads
J - T = Main or side dishes
U - Z = Desserts

Students only please (unless, parents, you've offered to help out). Please bring 6-8 servings so there's plenty to share.

Rehearsal will start approximately at 6:30 and will conclude by 8pm.

2) State Championships are tomorrow.

Spectators/Audience info:
Performance time for orchestra 10:20am
Performance time for symphony 7:30pm

Click here for more spectator info

Click here for performance order (including warm-up and sight reading)

For students:

Orchestra bus, with excused Symphony Strings members, leaves at 8:40am
Be dressed. Bring instrument. Suit shirts no cummerbund for men. Bring money - you will be eating 2 meals and snacks in Corvallis

Symphony bus leaves at 4:30pm - be in the orchestra room by 4:15pm. Be dressed. Bring instrument. Hair back. Black socks/hose. Black closed toe-shoes. Tux shirt, bow tie, cummerbund for men. Look good!

Bus leaves at approximately 9:45pm to return to West

3) The Oregon Symphony Joshua Bell - Ike Nail concert is Tuesday May 19. Students owe money for tickets if they haven't paid already.

VIOLINISTS - you get to meet Joshua Bell. Ms. S will give you the information, but be at Willamette by 6:45. Symphony will let out early on Tuesday so you can go eat.
Everyone else, meet Ms. S between 7:30 and 7:50 in the lobby of Smith Hall at Willamette to get your ticket. IF YOU'RE NOT THERE BY 7:50, your ticket will go to someone else!!

There are no more tickets. For more info, ask Ms. S

4) On Wednesday May 27, period 6 and 7 orchestras will hop a school bus at 9:15am (missing periods 4,6, and part of 8) to play at Chapman Hill, Brush College and Myers elementaries. More info about this outing in next week's newsletter.

5) Monday June 1 is our Orchestra awards and the final concert - it is our concerto concert featuring advanced orchestra and talented seniors from the A wing. ALL TITAN ORCHESTRA MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND. At 6pm the evening kicks off with an award program honoring students from all orchestras. At 7pm the concerto concert begins. Students in Period 6 and 7 will not perform on this final concert, though they will play during the awards ceremony.

6) Titan Orchestra and Titan Music gear orders are being accepted now:

Sweatshirts $30 - green or black, S, M, L, XL (+$2) - Titan Orchestras (front) You Are The Music While The Music Lasts (back)

Sweatpants $20 - green or black, S, M, L, XL (+2) - Titan Music down the leg

Sports Drawstring Bag - black - $10

Order forms are being handed out - due on Wednesday. Payment due by June 1 when gear will be delivered

7) Boot Camp is the week of August 24. This year, each newly formed orchestra will rehearse as a group during camp, so the times will be a little different:

9 - 11:30am String Orchestra
10 - 12:30pm Sinfonietta (currently called Symphony Strings)
10 - 1:30pm Chamber (currently called Advanced Orchestra)

This is a required event - this way all students can bond, plan leadership, and get the year off to a great start. Students are of course excused if they are involved with Band Camp or organized sports events. Boot Camp registration forms are coming in the next week. Thanks for your support of this week!

Hope to see you in Corvallis Friday night...
~Ms. S