Newsletter #26 (4.21.12)
Contained within...
1) Recap of Districts
2) Salem Chamber today and tomorrow
3) Thanks you Honors Quartet
4) 4th Grade String Festival (all Symphony string players)
5) Are we going to State? We'll know on April 24
6) Check out this video... (Lindsay Stirling)
1) Recap of Districts
First of all, thank you to all the students and parents who helped run the Central Valley League band competition on Friday April 13 - we run a great show! Special shoutout goes to the following students: Chris A, Jessica, Hayley, CJ, and Linda - your dedicated help was perfect!
On Saturday the 14th Chamber performed and received qualifying scores to submit to go to State championships. Then Symphony performed and raised their scores from the week before and also qualfied to submit to go to State championships. The biggest news in the area is that though Sprague and South's chamber orchestra played beautifully - received high scores - they were disqualified from the State competition because they were under time. This is apparently a hard and fast rule - not even 30 seconds under was approved on appeal. If we are lucky enough to go to State (see number 5 below), we'll definitely miss our colleagues.
Thanks to all the students who performed on Saturday and parents who attended.
2) Salem Chamber today and tomorrow
The Salem Chamber Orchestra performs Beethoven's 6th symphony and more today and tomorrow (Sat. 4/21 and Sun. 4/22) at Hudson Hall at Willamette University. I will be playing in the viola section, next to my husband, Danny. Today is the dress rehearsal from 10am - 12:30pm. Parents were emailed vouchers and students were offered vouchers in class. The vouchers will get you into the rehearsal for free. Students, if you go for an hour and you may submit a review (within 2 weeks). The concert tomorrow is at 3pm and has a fee at the door. For more info on this concert, check their website:www.salemchamberorchestra.org
3) Thanks you Honors Quartet
The Honors String Quartet, with guest clarinetist Michael Papendieck and pianist Jennifer Garrett, performed for about 40 people at the Salemtowne Women's Association monthly meeting. Salemtowne has many residents who are great supporters of music in Salem. They were treated to Vaughn Williams, Handel-Casadesus, and Mozart. I'm thankful that we have receptive and welcoming places to play locally. Congrats, Honors Quartet, on a lovely performance.
4) 4th Grade String Festival (all Symphony string players)
This Friday, April 27 - a no-school day for students - is the 4th grade string festival at West. We'll have over a 100 4th graders from our 5 elementary schools come up to West by 1:30 to be taught a tune by West students. All string players in Symphony (all of Chamber and some of Sinfonietta) are required to attend this festival - you do the teaching! Each West student will be assigned 3-5 elementary students who will be with you all afternoon. A pizza dinner will be provided. We will perform Kashmir (we read it in Symphony last week and will practice it this week) at the concert at 6pm. Here's more info:
Dress - Titan Orchestra shirt if you've got it (otherwise, Titan wear)
Call time - 12:30pm
Performance - 6pm
Finished - around 6:45pm (as soon as we're done and cleaned up)
I could use some parent help around 4:30pm for pizza time - anyone available? Parents are also more than welcome to come to the quick concert at 6pm.
5) Are we going to State? We'll know on April 24
The way OSAA works, if you win your district festival competition, you automatically go to State - Band won our district, so they know for sure they are going on May 12. Both our Chamber Orchestra and Symphony did not place 1st in our district, so we have to submit a CD of the qualifying performance to OSAA. Supposedly this next Tuesday the list will go up letting everyone know who was accepted to perform at the OSAA championships on Friday May 11. Cross your fingers... I'll let you know as soon as I know.
6) Check out this video...1) Recap of Districts
2) Salem Chamber today and tomorrow
3) Thanks you Honors Quartet
4) 4th Grade String Festival (all Symphony string players)
5) Are we going to State? We'll know on April 24
6) Check out this video... (Lindsay Stirling)
1) Recap of Districts
First of all, thank you to all the students and parents who helped run the Central Valley League band competition on Friday April 13 - we run a great show! Special shoutout goes to the following students: Chris A, Jessica, Hayley, CJ, and Linda - your dedicated help was perfect!
On Saturday the 14th Chamber performed and received qualifying scores to submit to go to State championships. Then Symphony performed and raised their scores from the week before and also qualfied to submit to go to State championships. The biggest news in the area is that though Sprague and South's chamber orchestra played beautifully - received high scores - they were disqualified from the State competition because they were under time. This is apparently a hard and fast rule - not even 30 seconds under was approved on appeal. If we are lucky enough to go to State (see number 5 below), we'll definitely miss our colleagues.
Thanks to all the students who performed on Saturday and parents who attended.
2) Salem Chamber today and tomorrow
The Salem Chamber Orchestra performs Beethoven's 6th symphony and more today and tomorrow (Sat. 4/21 and Sun. 4/22) at Hudson Hall at Willamette University. I will be playing in the viola section, next to my husband, Danny. Today is the dress rehearsal from 10am - 12:30pm. Parents were emailed vouchers and students were offered vouchers in class. The vouchers will get you into the rehearsal for free. Students, if you go for an hour and you may submit a review (within 2 weeks). The concert tomorrow is at 3pm and has a fee at the door. For more info on this concert, check their website:www.salemchamberorchestra.org
3) Thanks you Honors Quartet
The Honors String Quartet, with guest clarinetist Michael Papendieck and pianist Jennifer Garrett, performed for about 40 people at the Salemtowne Women's Association monthly meeting. Salemtowne has many residents who are great supporters of music in Salem. They were treated to Vaughn Williams, Handel-Casadesus, and Mozart. I'm thankful that we have receptive and welcoming places to play locally. Congrats, Honors Quartet, on a lovely performance.
4) 4th Grade String Festival (all Symphony string players)
This Friday, April 27 - a no-school day for students - is the 4th grade string festival at West. We'll have over a 100 4th graders from our 5 elementary schools come up to West by 1:30 to be taught a tune by West students. All string players in Symphony (all of Chamber and some of Sinfonietta) are required to attend this festival - you do the teaching! Each West student will be assigned 3-5 elementary students who will be with you all afternoon. A pizza dinner will be provided. We will perform Kashmir (we read it in Symphony last week and will practice it this week) at the concert at 6pm. Here's more info:
Dress - Titan Orchestra shirt if you've got it (otherwise, Titan wear)
Call time - 12:30pm
Performance - 6pm
Finished - around 6:45pm (as soon as we're done and cleaned up)
I could use some parent help around 4:30pm for pizza time - anyone available? Parents are also more than welcome to come to the quick concert at 6pm.
5) Are we going to State? We'll know on April 24
The way OSAA works, if you win your district festival competition, you automatically go to State - Band won our district, so they know for sure they are going on May 12. Both our Chamber Orchestra and Symphony did not place 1st in our district, so we have to submit a CD of the qualifying performance to OSAA. Supposedly this next Tuesday the list will go up letting everyone know who was accepted to perform at the OSAA championships on Friday May 11. Cross your fingers... I'll let you know as soon as I know.
Lindsay Stirling is a young hip hop (dub step?) violinist who some of the students know of. Lots of high energy, lots of dancing, lots of violin-ing...
http://youtu.be/pRPOztxXWlQ
Enjoy...
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Musically yours,
~Ms S
