Newsletter #18 (2.17.12)

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Newsletter #18 (2.18.12)
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1) Fruit Fundraiser money and forms due Tuesday
2) 3 concert review opportunities these next few days...
3) Agate Beach Chamber retreat shaping up
4) Winter at West video available - deadline March 2
5) All City is this next week
6) Check out this video... (Nuttin' But Stringz)

1) Fruit Fundraiser money and forms due Tuesday
We are doing a quick Willamette Valley Fruit Company fundraiser thanks to parent Melissa Canfield. The order forms *and* money is due Tuesday 2/21 - if you cannot make that deadline, please email your order info to Ms. Silberman at titanorchestras@yahoo.com and I'll pass the info along (then you can pay once you're back). Pick up will be on March 9 or 10... stay tuned for more info.

What might I want to be fundraising for:

2013 "Big" trip deposit will be due May or June
Boot Camp fees ($40 - due in August)
Chamber Retreat to Agate Beach next month
State shirts (Symphony and Chamber)
All City/All State/Solo and Ensemble fees

2) 3 concert review opportunities these next few days...
Remember, all students need to turn in a live performance review within 2 weeks of a performance... and, this semester you can actually get 'extra' credit for turning in up to 2 extra reviews. Here's some acceptable concerts for review:

Saturday 2/18, 2pm - Lancaster Santiam movie theatre
See "The Dude" (Gustavo Dudamel) conduct the LA Philharmonic orchestra "LIVE" in Venezuela - only, you're sitting in the movie theatre on Lancaster. I will accept review of this concert. Here's the website with more info:
http://www.fathomevents.com/
performingarts/event/laphil_mahler.aspx

Sunday 2/19, 3pm - OSU Symphony orchestra in Corvallis - student tickets are free with ID
http://cosusymphony.org/

Tuesday 2/21, 8pm - Oregon String Quartet WEBCAST (yes, this is from your home computer, for free!!!). I believe if you click on this link, you'll get to see it live - review the whole concert if you do it this way...
http://media.uoregon.edu/channel/2012/02/08/oregon-string-quartet-faculty-artist-series-live-webcast/

3) Agate Beach Chamber retreat shaping up
Chamber Orchestra is going on retreat March 15-18 to work on 'performance season' repertoire. We're very thankful to Newport First Presbyterian Church for giving us rehearsal space. We will be staying in a retreat facility that was the last home owned by composer Ernest Bloch - we will be playing 2 movements of one of his pieces. Thank you to the parent/student trip committee for putting together a fantastic trip, for relatively little money, and large performance and rehearsal opportunity. CHAMBER STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE ASKED TO ATTEND A MEETING MARCH 1 at 6pm TO GO OVER TRIP DETAILS.

4) Winter at West video available - deadline March 2
Thanks to one of our parents, we have a beautifully produced DVD of Winter at West 2011 available to students' families for only $10. Students can get order forms from Ms. S - $10 is due with the form - by March 2. The DVD's will be delivered soon after that deadline.

5) All City is this next week
8 of our own string players, 11 choir students, and 24 band students are deep in rehearsals with Salem-Keizer's best musicians for this year's All City concert that will occur at 7pm on February 25 at North High School. All students and parents are welcome to this concert - it highlights the best orchestra, band and choir students.

6) Check out this video...
Just gotta check these guys out... from 2008's America's Got Talent... the violin brothers "Nuttin' But Stringz"... fun stuff...

http://youtu.be/MphdRo5_7Us

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