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Newsletter #15 (1.27.12)
Contained within...
1) Special live concert opportunity (yes, for 1st semester)...
2) Videos are posted!!!
3) What's coming up 2nd semester?
4) Congratulations All City students!!!
5) Sectionals start up again this next week (including Chamber)
6) Check out this video... (rollercoaster)
1) Special live concert opportunity (yes, for 1st semester)...
Didn't turn in a live review? Didn't have an chance to see a live concert these past 5 months? I have a unique opportunity for anyone who reads this message (sorry - I didn't think to announce this in class this week). Come on Sunday (Jan. 29) to the downtown public library Loucks Auditorium for the Salem Baroque 2:30pm concert (The Brilliance of Bach) and you can get half credit for doing your review. If you check in with Ms. Silberman before the concert, attend the concert, and give me a verbal review of the concert afterwards, you will receive 10pts out of the 20pts you might currently have 0 points for. Here's more info:
http://www.cameratamusica.org/series.htm
And, for anyone who just wants to come see a lovely concert (Danny and I will be playing Bach Double violin concerto and Orchestral Suite 3 - all on baroque instruments), please come. Tickets are free but come early to assure a seat.
2) Videos are posted!!!
All students in the orchestra participated in a chamber music ensemble for the past 3 weeks. The results of many hours of rehearsals and coaching sessions is available for you all to see on our youtube channel:
www.youtube.com/titanorchestras
Students can easily find their video by looking for their 1st violinist's name. Parents will need to look through the descriptions - all students are listed by first name.
I'm very proud of all the groups - there were different kinds of challenges - some were musical, some were interpersonal - but all the groups made it all the way through the chamber music unit. And, for most, it was in the end a positive experience.
3) What's coming up 2nd semester?
Chamber Orchestra will be performing at Capital Manor, performing at Walker and Straub, performing at WOU for an orchestra competition, performing at our own district orchestra festival, and hopefully (likely) performing at State this year. There will be no extra concerto concert this year, but this year's seniors will be honored, and some will perform, at the June concert. Chamber will also go on retreat to Agate Beach - there we will practice, perform, and be cliniced.
Sinfonietta and Titan Orchestra will perform on the March and June concerts. Sinfonietta is ready for a challenging piece - look forward to a nice challenge! The June concert will feature some pop and/or rock pieces by all groups.
YMMP (Young Musicians Mentoring Program) will begin in February - students will be asked to sign up to mentor a younger student in West or in their home area.
Symphony string players will coach 4th graders on the grading day in April - the 4th Grade String Festival will be on April 27 from 1-6:45pm.
There will be many great live concerts for you to go to to review - including a great opportunity to see the LA Philharmonic live... at the movie theatre!!! Salem Chamber Orchestra and Oregon Symphony concerts are always great to attend - $5 tickets will continue to be available.
Please make sure you check the calendar frequently - it will be the most updated resource for concerts, student requirements, and meetings.
4) Congratulations All City students!!!
Congratulations to the following students accepted to this year's All City Orchestra:
Anny (concertmaster - a West first!!!)
Sinensis
Hayley
Vivian
Jeffrey
Tori
Elizabeth Th.
CJ
The All City concert will be on February 25 at North High School
5) Sectionals start up again this next week (including Chamber)
Sectionals for all orchestras start up this next week. We will continue to do sectionals as large instrument groups. Emphasis will be on scaled, etudes, and pieces that students can be working on to further their skills and abilities.
Chamber Orchestra will be required to self-schedule sectionals to learn and perfect our new repertoire. These sectionals will not be posted on the calendar, as they are to be student run and student planned.
6) Check out this video...
Enjoy a fun, musical roller coaster ride...
http://vimeo.com/20462506
Enjoy...
Thanks for reading all the way down to the bottom of the newsletter. This newsletter, along with all others, will be posted on our blog at www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com - accessible off the website at www.titanorchestras.com too.
Musically yours,
~Ms S
Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Newsletter #14 emailed 1.13.12
Newsletter #14 (1.13.12)
Contained within...
1) University of Puget Sound Symphony
2) Review reminder
3) Enjoy Joshua Bell tonight, if you're going
4) Big trip 2013 update...
5) Check out this video...
1) University of Puget Sound Symphony
We were honored to be included on the UPS Symphony tour this year - they played 6 concerts in 3 days. On Thursday, they performed during period 5 for about 80 students in our auditorium, playing De Falla and Mendelssohn. I want to congratulate our audience on great audience behavior - I think we were pretty good hosts. Hopefully they'll come through every few years.
2) Concert review options
Students - don't forget that you have an assignment to write one live concert review per semester, and that review has to be submitted within 2 weeks of the concert. THE REVIEW DEADLINE FOR THIS SEMESTER IS TUESDAY JANUARY 24. Students who attended the University of Puget Sound Symphony or Joshua Bell OR Symphony concert can use those concerts as their review.
Reviews MUST BE TYPED - submited either printed out or emailed to Ms. S at silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us.
Review guidelines and samples are available on our website - click on "Student Members" and click on "Review Information". Ask Ms S to show you in class if you haven't done this before.
3) Enjoy Joshua Bell tonight, if you're going
We have 30 students attending tonight's OR Symphony in Salem concert featuring world famous violinist Joshua Bell. Don't forget, students, to pay your $5 (cash, student account money or checks made out to Music Boosters) by placing it in an envelope (provided next to the grey box) and into the grey box in the orchestra room next to Ms. S's office. Enjoy Brahms violin concerto... one of my favorite!
4) Big trip 2013 update...
Orchestra parent boosters, with student leadership in attendance, met last night and discussed the results of the 2013 trip survey. Thank you to all who answered the survey this past month. We are not yet ready to announce where we're going, but we were able to shorten the list of potential cities (and countries). Over the next month, Ms. S and new trip Czar Geoff will work with tour companies to find out what's possible, and with the help of the trip committee which will meet in the next few weeks (yes, that is an open meeting - all parents interested in helping with planning will be invited to attend) we will be ready some time in March to announce plans.
5) Check out this video...
Bass players extraordinaire Edgar Meyer and Victor Wooten have fun with 4 hands and one bass in this amazing video dubbed the "coolest duet ever"... see if you agree...
http://youtu.be/0wynScdeRaA
Enjoy...
Thanks for reading all the way down to the bottom of the newsletter. This newsletter, along with all others, will be posted on our blog at www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com - accessible off the website at www.titanorchestras.com too.
Musically yours,
~Ms S
Contained within...
1) University of Puget Sound Symphony
2) Review reminder
3) Enjoy Joshua Bell tonight, if you're going
4) Big trip 2013 update...
5) Check out this video...
1) University of Puget Sound Symphony
We were honored to be included on the UPS Symphony tour this year - they played 6 concerts in 3 days. On Thursday, they performed during period 5 for about 80 students in our auditorium, playing De Falla and Mendelssohn. I want to congratulate our audience on great audience behavior - I think we were pretty good hosts. Hopefully they'll come through every few years.
2) Concert review options
Students - don't forget that you have an assignment to write one live concert review per semester, and that review has to be submitted within 2 weeks of the concert. THE REVIEW DEADLINE FOR THIS SEMESTER IS TUESDAY JANUARY 24. Students who attended the University of Puget Sound Symphony or Joshua Bell OR Symphony concert can use those concerts as their review.
Reviews MUST BE TYPED - submited either printed out or emailed to Ms. S at silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us.
Review guidelines and samples are available on our website - click on "Student Members" and click on "Review Information". Ask Ms S to show you in class if you haven't done this before.
3) Enjoy Joshua Bell tonight, if you're going
We have 30 students attending tonight's OR Symphony in Salem concert featuring world famous violinist Joshua Bell. Don't forget, students, to pay your $5 (cash, student account money or checks made out to Music Boosters) by placing it in an envelope (provided next to the grey box) and into the grey box in the orchestra room next to Ms. S's office. Enjoy Brahms violin concerto... one of my favorite!
4) Big trip 2013 update...
Orchestra parent boosters, with student leadership in attendance, met last night and discussed the results of the 2013 trip survey. Thank you to all who answered the survey this past month. We are not yet ready to announce where we're going, but we were able to shorten the list of potential cities (and countries). Over the next month, Ms. S and new trip Czar Geoff will work with tour companies to find out what's possible, and with the help of the trip committee which will meet in the next few weeks (yes, that is an open meeting - all parents interested in helping with planning will be invited to attend) we will be ready some time in March to announce plans.
5) Check out this video...
Bass players extraordinaire Edgar Meyer and Victor Wooten have fun with 4 hands and one bass in this amazing video dubbed the "coolest duet ever"... see if you agree...
http://youtu.be/0wynScdeRaA
Enjoy...
Thanks for reading all the way down to the bottom of the newsletter. This newsletter, along with all others, will be posted on our blog at www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com - accessible off the website at www.titanorchestras.com too.
Musically yours,
~Ms S
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Newsletter #13 (emailed 1/6/12)
Happy New Year (1.6.12)
Contained within...
1) Where are we going in 2013??
2) Concert review options
3) Joshua Bell tickets for students... only $5
4) Chamber Music for all
5) Check out this video...
1) Where are we going in 2013??
The Titan Orchestra program will go on a 'big' trip in 2013 - but in order for us to know where we're going, you have to complete the Travel Survey so we know where you'd like to go, when you'd like to go, and how much you'd like to spend. Parents and students here at West next year, please complete this survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2N3CHHW
The results of this survey will be discussed at next week's parent booster meeting - all parents are welcome to attend, as always! We'll have an announcement about the trip in a few weeks... stay tuned.
2) Concert review options
There are a few concerts that students can attend before the semester is over:
Sunday Jan 8, 3pm - Salem Chamber Orchestra Connie Fritz Memorial Concerto Competition finals (there is one violinist performing - reviewing her performance as well as at least 2 other performers counts for concert credit). This is a free concert.
http://salemchamberorchestra.org/?page_id=17
Thursday Jan 12, 5th period - University of Puget Sound Symphony is coming here to West to perform during 5th period. Students in 3rd or 6th period may request to be excused from their 5th period class to see and review this concert.
Friday Jan 13, 8pm - Oregon Symphony in Salem featuring world famous violinist Joshua Bell. More info below (we have to special order student tickets by next Tuesday!)
http://www.orsymphony.org/salem/
3) Joshua Bell tickets for students... only $5
The Oregon Symphony in Salem concert on Friday January 13 will featuring international violin star Joshua Bell in concert at Willamette (Smith Hall) - and, thanks to an amazing donor, will be able to offer $5 student tickets to this concert. Students MUST BRING $5 (or pay out of student account) to school by Tuesday in order to reserve these tickets - no adult tickets available, unfortunately. Please let Ms. S know via email or in class that you want a ticket.
4) Chamber Music for all
All students in the orchestra program are playing chamber music for these next 3 weeks. They have all been put into groups of 4-8 and will be required to meet both during orchestra class time and after school. They will all be coached 3 times by our amazing professional musician coaches. The results of this chamber music unit will be made available to the public via our youtube channel after finals (at the end of January). Happy practicing!
5) Check out this video...
Speaking of Joshua Bell, here is the famous video of him performing in the Washington D.C. metro station - people walk right past him, not even taking a moment to notice him. A few people stop - but they don't even clap when he's finished. He is paid $20,000-$50,000 per concert, and barely anyone noticed him playing in the subway station... crazy!
http://youtu.be/hnOPu0_YWhw
Enjoy...
Thanks for reading all the way down to the bottom of the newsletter. This newsletter, along with all others, will be posted on our blog at www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com - accessible off the website at www.titanorchestras.com too.
Musically yours,
~Ms S
Contained within...
1) Where are we going in 2013??
2) Concert review options
3) Joshua Bell tickets for students... only $5
4) Chamber Music for all
5) Check out this video...
1) Where are we going in 2013??
The Titan Orchestra program will go on a 'big' trip in 2013 - but in order for us to know where we're going, you have to complete the Travel Survey so we know where you'd like to go, when you'd like to go, and how much you'd like to spend. Parents and students here at West next year, please complete this survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2N3CHHW
The results of this survey will be discussed at next week's parent booster meeting - all parents are welcome to attend, as always! We'll have an announcement about the trip in a few weeks... stay tuned.
2) Concert review options
There are a few concerts that students can attend before the semester is over:
Sunday Jan 8, 3pm - Salem Chamber Orchestra Connie Fritz Memorial Concerto Competition finals (there is one violinist performing - reviewing her performance as well as at least 2 other performers counts for concert credit). This is a free concert.
http://salemchamberorchestra.org/?page_id=17
Thursday Jan 12, 5th period - University of Puget Sound Symphony is coming here to West to perform during 5th period. Students in 3rd or 6th period may request to be excused from their 5th period class to see and review this concert.
Friday Jan 13, 8pm - Oregon Symphony in Salem featuring world famous violinist Joshua Bell. More info below (we have to special order student tickets by next Tuesday!)
http://www.orsymphony.org/salem/
3) Joshua Bell tickets for students... only $5
The Oregon Symphony in Salem concert on Friday January 13 will featuring international violin star Joshua Bell in concert at Willamette (Smith Hall) - and, thanks to an amazing donor, will be able to offer $5 student tickets to this concert. Students MUST BRING $5 (or pay out of student account) to school by Tuesday in order to reserve these tickets - no adult tickets available, unfortunately. Please let Ms. S know via email or in class that you want a ticket.
4) Chamber Music for all
All students in the orchestra program are playing chamber music for these next 3 weeks. They have all been put into groups of 4-8 and will be required to meet both during orchestra class time and after school. They will all be coached 3 times by our amazing professional musician coaches. The results of this chamber music unit will be made available to the public via our youtube channel after finals (at the end of January). Happy practicing!
5) Check out this video...
Speaking of Joshua Bell, here is the famous video of him performing in the Washington D.C. metro station - people walk right past him, not even taking a moment to notice him. A few people stop - but they don't even clap when he's finished. He is paid $20,000-$50,000 per concert, and barely anyone noticed him playing in the subway station... crazy!
http://youtu.be/hnOPu0_YWhw
Enjoy...
Thanks for reading all the way down to the bottom of the newsletter. This newsletter, along with all others, will be posted on our blog at www.titanorchestras.blogspot.com - accessible off the website at www.titanorchestras.com too.
Musically yours,
~Ms S
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