Emailed 11.17.10
***Save the Date***
Fair Use fees are past due - please pay or submit waiver to bookkeeper's office at West
Christmas Tree fundraiser is over Nov. 19 - please submit order sheets and payment!!
Thur Dec 2 - Titan Strings Performance Trip - all day
Wed Dec 8 - Winter Concert (Titan Strings and Sinfonietta)
Sat Dec 11 - Winter at West Mass Rehearsal 9 - 11am (Chamber)
Mon Dec 13 - Winter at West Dress Rehearsal 4:30 - 8:30 (Chamber)
Wed Dec 15 - Winter at West (Chamber)
Thu Dec 16 - Winter at West (Chamber)
December Capital Manor Fridays
Contained within:
1) Conference schedule
2) Salem Chamber Orchestra concert this weekend!
3) See you at the auction?
4) December concerts
5) Symphony resource link
6) Pictures and Videos on our website... check them out!
7) Waltz Night thank yous!
8) Deadlines for students coming up...
1) Conference schedule
This Tuesday, Ms. Silberman will be in the gym at West in the early afternoon and evening for West Salem High School's annual conference. Parents (and students) are welcome to swing by and check on grades, take a look at our portfolio practice log and have a quick chat about anything, including instrument upgrade if that's a holiday gift priority. If parents are unable to attend conferences and would like a quick check-in on student performance and achievement, feel free to send me a quick email to either set up a phone call, in person meeting, or email check-in: silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us
2) Salem Chamber Orchestra concert this weekend!
This weekend you have an opportunity to see the Salem Chamber Orchestra, featuring a few of our Chamber Orchestra students, performing at Hudson Hall at Willamette University. The concert is themed "Orchestral String Favorites" and is a fantastic concert for string students to see. One of the pieces being performed is Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik that Sinfonietta played the first movement of on the Fall concert!
Here's the info:
Saturday Nov. 19 - 10am to 12:30pm dress rehearsal - $5 adults, $3 students
Sunday Nov. 20 - 3pm concert - $15-$25 Adults, $8-$12 Students
http://salemchamberorchestra.org/
3) See you at the auction?
Saturday Nov. 20 is the Titan Auction. Thanks to the Orchestra Parent Booster Association for gathering so many amazing auction items. I personally will be going for the 'year of coffee' that so many of you donated to! We have been asked again to provide students to play music to greet auction participants - if you're attending, hope you enjoy the chamber music that will great you from 5-5:45pm.
4) December concerts
Here's some explanation of all the rehearsals and concerts going on the month of December:
Dec 2 - Titan Strings (period 6) is going on tour - to the Portland Children's Museum (10am) and the Lancaster Mall (12:30pm).
Dec 8 - Winter Concert, 7pm in the Auditorium with Titan Strings and Sinfonietta - with guest visitors, Sprague Intermediate Orchestra
Sinfonietta is called at 4pm for dress rehearsal. Dinner break at 5:30 (pizza and drink for $5). Call time (dressed) for Sinfonietta is at 6:30. Titan Strings call time is at 6:15pm.
Dec 11 - Mass rehearsal for Winter at West (Chamber only) 9 - 11am (mandatory
Dec 13 - Mass dress rehearsal for Winter at West (Chamber only) 4:30 - 8:30pm (mandatory)
Dec 15 and Dec 16 - Winter at West, featuring the entire choir department, chamber orchestra, and wind ensemble. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for adults - advanced purchase suggested (these concerts sell out!)
Some select students may be asked to play for residents at Capital Manor on Friday afternoons in their Sun Room. More info on that in class.
5) Symphony resource link
Full symphony rehearsals are off and running. Students are expected to print off their own versions of music that's in the public domain, to be learning about the history of our pieces, and to have access to video or audio links. That information can all be found in a spreadsheet on our website:
www.titanorchestras.com
Click on the Student member page
Click on Symphony
Click on Symphony2010 and you'll get a download of the document.
6) Pictures and Videos on our website... check them out!
Thank you Steve Tatman for posting videos of our fall concert, Chamber's performance at OSBA in Portland, and pictures from Chamber's fun day and Waltz Night. Parents and students, please check out the home page of our website!
7) Waltz Night thank yous!
Thank you to all the parents who worked tirelessly to make Waltz Night a success: Staci Larson, The Brostroms, The Mozells, Jeremy Kraemer, The Lowens, The Tatmans, Debbie Benevidez, Kelly Culver, Cynthia Byrnes, and to all the parents who attended, donated, and baked! The event was very successful! Thanks too to Lora LaMon from RJ Dance Studio in downtown Salem - we hope she'll come back and give us all another lesson for our next Waltz Night.
8) Deadlines for students coming up
Chamber deadlines: Wish List assignment (handed out in class Wednesday) due Friday. Xmas tree orders due Friday. All City $7 past due (to bookkeeper). All State registration and payment due Friday.
Sinfonietta deadlines: Xmas tree orders and money due Friday.
Titan Strings deadlines: Xmas tree orders and money due Friday. Permission trip letter and signature page due Friday.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Newsletter #8 (emailed 11/05/10)
***Save the Date***
Fair Use fees are past due - please pay or submit waiver to bookkeeper's office at West
Christmas Tree fundraiser is coming to a close
Coffee Beans are due by Wednesday Nov. 10
Sat 11/6 - Waltz Night - 6-9pm in the Commons
Sat/Sun 11/20, 21 - Salem Chamber Orchestra - great review concert
Check Calendar for December concerts
Contained within:
1) Coffee beans please...
2) Waltz Night info... Tomorrow (Nov. 6)
3) On the blog...
4) Concerts coming up for concert review
1) Coffee beans please...
No, these beans aren't for Ms. S - they are for our fantastic "Year of Coffee" Titan Auction item. Please bring pre-packaged coffee to the orchestra room (imagine if each family donated one bag - what a great auction item!!!) by November 10. If you have anything else that you'd like to donate to Titan Auction, please bring that to school by Nov. 10 too. Also, if you're interested in purchasing a ticket for the Titan Auction (GREAT place to pick up holiday presents!!!! And, visit with some nice people too... ) you can contact Kelly Culver at kculver@comcast.net - we already have 2 orchestra tables purchased and would love to fill a 3rd. I'll be purchasing my ticket this next week... come sit with me?
2) Waltz Night info... Saturday November 6!
Are your dancing shoes all polished up and ready to go? Please join us in the Commons on Saturday Nov. 6 for our 2nd biennial Waltz night. Tickets can be reserved or purchased by emailing boosters@titanorchestras.com or by contacting a member of the Chicago-bound orchestra (any student can ask Ms. S how to get a ticket). Students are $10, adults are $20 - 2 adults can purchase 2 tickets for $35. There will be a bake sale and a few raffles. Your ticket gets you an hour waltz lesson with RJ Dance Studio's Lora LaMon and an hour of live Waltz Music performed by students bound for Chicago this next March. The evening starts at 6pm and will end at 9pm.
Waltz Orchestra players: You have all signed up to come at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, or to stay after to help with clean up. Also, you are needed in the Commons from 4 - 5:15pm to warm up and sound check. Please bring a sack dinner or make arrangements to eat quickly, change, and be ready to greet guests at 6pm.
Here's a link to see/hear all the waltzes we will be playing (orchestra - don't forget to be listening to these too!): http://titanorchestras.blogspot.com/2010/10/waltz-links.html
3) Article about the OR Symphony coaching session in Chamber, on the blog
This past Tuesday, Chamber Orchestra was visited by Oregon Symphony section violists Jenn Arnold. She coached our entire group, fielded Q&A, and worked with our violists. She was great - animated and helpful! Great player too! Here's a link to the article on our blog that I copied from the Statesman Journal:
http://titanorchestras.blogspot.com/2010/11/jenn-arnolds-visit-to-chamber.html
4) Some great concerts coming up for review
Sunday Nov. 7 - Danny and I are performing with our group Salem Baroque at St. Paul's Evensong concert series in the afternoon: http://stpaulsoregon.org/index.htm
Saturday Nov. 13 - UnBande performs with Salem Pops at the Elsinore Theatre downtown at 7:30pm: http://www.salempopsorchestra.org/
Sunday Nov. 20 - Salem Chamber Orchestra, featuring a few of our Chamber Orchestra students, will be performing at Hudson Hall at Willamette University: http://salemchamberorchestra.org/
Thanks for reading all the way down to the end of the newsletter...
~Ms S.
Fair Use fees are past due - please pay or submit waiver to bookkeeper's office at West
Christmas Tree fundraiser is coming to a close
Coffee Beans are due by Wednesday Nov. 10
Sat 11/6 - Waltz Night - 6-9pm in the Commons
Sat/Sun 11/20, 21 - Salem Chamber Orchestra - great review concert
Check Calendar for December concerts
Contained within:
1) Coffee beans please...
2) Waltz Night info... Tomorrow (Nov. 6)
3) On the blog...
4) Concerts coming up for concert review
1) Coffee beans please...
No, these beans aren't for Ms. S - they are for our fantastic "Year of Coffee" Titan Auction item. Please bring pre-packaged coffee to the orchestra room (imagine if each family donated one bag - what a great auction item!!!) by November 10. If you have anything else that you'd like to donate to Titan Auction, please bring that to school by Nov. 10 too. Also, if you're interested in purchasing a ticket for the Titan Auction (GREAT place to pick up holiday presents!!!! And, visit with some nice people too... ) you can contact Kelly Culver at kculver@comcast.net - we already have 2 orchestra tables purchased and would love to fill a 3rd. I'll be purchasing my ticket this next week... come sit with me?
2) Waltz Night info... Saturday November 6!
Are your dancing shoes all polished up and ready to go? Please join us in the Commons on Saturday Nov. 6 for our 2nd biennial Waltz night. Tickets can be reserved or purchased by emailing boosters@titanorchestras.com or by contacting a member of the Chicago-bound orchestra (any student can ask Ms. S how to get a ticket). Students are $10, adults are $20 - 2 adults can purchase 2 tickets for $35. There will be a bake sale and a few raffles. Your ticket gets you an hour waltz lesson with RJ Dance Studio's Lora LaMon and an hour of live Waltz Music performed by students bound for Chicago this next March. The evening starts at 6pm and will end at 9pm.
Waltz Orchestra players: You have all signed up to come at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, or to stay after to help with clean up. Also, you are needed in the Commons from 4 - 5:15pm to warm up and sound check. Please bring a sack dinner or make arrangements to eat quickly, change, and be ready to greet guests at 6pm.
Here's a link to see/hear all the waltzes we will be playing (orchestra - don't forget to be listening to these too!): http://titanorchestras.blogspot.com/2010/10/waltz-links.html
3) Article about the OR Symphony coaching session in Chamber, on the blog
This past Tuesday, Chamber Orchestra was visited by Oregon Symphony section violists Jenn Arnold. She coached our entire group, fielded Q&A, and worked with our violists. She was great - animated and helpful! Great player too! Here's a link to the article on our blog that I copied from the Statesman Journal:
http://titanorchestras.blogspot.com/2010/11/jenn-arnolds-visit-to-chamber.html
4) Some great concerts coming up for review
Sunday Nov. 7 - Danny and I are performing with our group Salem Baroque at St. Paul's Evensong concert series in the afternoon: http://stpaulsoregon.org/index.htm
Saturday Nov. 13 - UnBande performs with Salem Pops at the Elsinore Theatre downtown at 7:30pm: http://www.salempopsorchestra.org/
Sunday Nov. 20 - Salem Chamber Orchestra, featuring a few of our Chamber Orchestra students, will be performing at Hudson Hall at Willamette University: http://salemchamberorchestra.org/
Thanks for reading all the way down to the end of the newsletter...
~Ms S.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Jenn Arnold's visit to Chamber
News
Symphony
Oregon Symphony to continue Salem tour
Matched grant will decrease deficit and allow for shows
BY BARBARA CURTIN • STATESMAN JOURNAL • NOVEMBER 3, 2010
The Oregon Symphony Association in Salem has succeeded in matching a $10,000 challenge grant from The Collins Foundation.
The local organization raised $10,821.50 from 137 donors, including 88 new ones. The challenge aimed to broaden support for the 55-year-old organization, which brings the Oregon Symphony to Salem for six classical concerts and three pops concerts each season.
"It will give us $20,000 toward decreasing our deficit budget that we have been operating under for the last couple of years, and it shows support of the community to keep the Oregon Symphony active in Salem," said Karin Holton, marketing and educational director for the symphony association.
Before winning the challenge grant, the symphony association expected to finish the 2010-11 fiscal year with a deficit of $55,000, she said. The group still welcomes donations.
The last fiscal year ended June 30 with a deficit of about $50,000 in a yearly budget of slightly less than $500,000. The deficit was resolved with funds from the association's reserve account.
Season ticket sales are down about 5 percent to 10 percent from last year for the classical concerts and about 20 percent for the pops concerts, Holton said.
However, the organization is trying a number of new efforts to fill seats at Smith Auditorium. An online promotion on Halloween sold 138 tickets for $20 apiece, about half the regular price.
Another promotion is planned starting the day before Thanksgiving, Holton said.
Along with the regular season, the association sponsors two performances of a children's concert each spring. It also pays for Oregon Symphony musicians and conductors to visit Salem-Keizer schools for coaching sessions.
Violist Jennifer Arnold visited West Salem High School on Tuesday as part of that program.
bcurtin@StatesmanJournal.com
Symphony
Oregon Symphony to continue Salem tour
Matched grant will decrease deficit and allow for shows
BY BARBARA CURTIN • STATESMAN JOURNAL • NOVEMBER 3, 2010
The Oregon Symphony Association in Salem has succeeded in matching a $10,000 challenge grant from The Collins Foundation.
The local organization raised $10,821.50 from 137 donors, including 88 new ones. The challenge aimed to broaden support for the 55-year-old organization, which brings the Oregon Symphony to Salem for six classical concerts and three pops concerts each season.
"It will give us $20,000 toward decreasing our deficit budget that we have been operating under for the last couple of years, and it shows support of the community to keep the Oregon Symphony active in Salem," said Karin Holton, marketing and educational director for the symphony association.
Before winning the challenge grant, the symphony association expected to finish the 2010-11 fiscal year with a deficit of $55,000, she said. The group still welcomes donations.
The last fiscal year ended June 30 with a deficit of about $50,000 in a yearly budget of slightly less than $500,000. The deficit was resolved with funds from the association's reserve account.
Season ticket sales are down about 5 percent to 10 percent from last year for the classical concerts and about 20 percent for the pops concerts, Holton said.
However, the organization is trying a number of new efforts to fill seats at Smith Auditorium. An online promotion on Halloween sold 138 tickets for $20 apiece, about half the regular price.
Another promotion is planned starting the day before Thanksgiving, Holton said.
Along with the regular season, the association sponsors two performances of a children's concert each spring. It also pays for Oregon Symphony musicians and conductors to visit Salem-Keizer schools for coaching sessions.
Violist Jennifer Arnold visited West Salem High School on Tuesday as part of that program.
bcurtin@StatesmanJournal.com
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