Newsletter #9 - emailed 11.17.10

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.