Titan Orchestra Newsletter #26
Contained within...1) State performance May 9 - info2) See yourself on TV - CCTV channel 223) Thank you Beacock Music and Patrick Clark
4) Auditions begin for next year's groups5) May 2 and May 36) Boot camp dates - August 19/20 - 23!!7) Check out this video... ( ) 1) State performance May 9 - infoOn Thursday May 9 Chamber and Symphony are off to Corvallis for the 2013 OSAA State Orchestra Championships. Students will have to miss school for the day. Here's the schedule:
Period 1 and 2 - Symphony rehearses on Stage
Period 3 - Chamber rehearses on Stage (Sinfonietta Symphony students can either watch that rehearsal or go to class for Period 3)
Bus leaves for Corvallis at 10:30am
Chamber performs at 1:40pm
Symphony performs at 7:35pm
The buses will return somewhere around 10:45pm - parents are welcome to take their students after we sight ready for Symphony (done around 8 or 8:15pm) but the Awards Ceremony begins at 9pm and we'd like all students to stay for the awards, if possible. Keep in mind though that Friday May 10 is a regular school day (Choir OSAA Championships though).2) See yourself on TV - CCTV channel 22Here's the schedule for seeing yourselves play on CCTV Channel 22 (Sinfonietta will be one of the first groups, Chamber about 2 hours and 30 minutes in, or so):
Orchestra - April 27 at 6pm, April 28 at 8:30pm, April 29 at 4:30pm
Symphony was this past week...3) Thank you Beacock Music and Patrick ClarkThank you to Beacock Music from Vancouver, WA and Eastman Music Company for bringing violinist/fiddler Patrick Clark to play for our students. The instruments Beacock brought down were beautiful - they would like to try to have this kind of sale at least once per year, maybe twice per year. So, for those of you who didn't have a chance to try the instruments out, we may do this again in the Fall. 4) Auditions begin for next year's groupsAuditions begin next week for next year's Sinfonietta and Chamber groups. Some of the auditions can happen during class time, but it would be easier to hold some auditions after school or during lunch. Lists will be posted in a few weeks. Happy practicing!5) May 2 and May 3May 2 (Thursday) is the Pre-State concert. Students in Chamber and Symphony are expected to stay for the whole concert. Parents are encourage to attend! This is a showcase of all 4 music groups going to State championships - great music! I believe the order will be choir, orchestra, symphony, band - but that is subject to change. Concert begins at 7pm and each group will play 10-20 minutes. Symphony on this day will be at 2:35 (rather than at 4pm) on Stage.
May 3 (Friday) is a no-school grading day. But Sinfonietta Symphony and Chamber string players are required to come in at 12:30pm for the 4th grade string festival. At 12:30pm we will meet in the orchestra room to go over Pirates of the Carribean. Then we'll go over what we'll be teaching the 4th graders. Pizza will be provided for dinner. Concert is at 6pm and is usually over by 6:30 or 6:40pm... then a quick clean up and we're done. 6) Boot camp dates - August 19/20 - 23!!!Symphony Orchestra Boot Camp is always 2 weeks before the start of school. Chamber retreat is on Monday August 19. Everyone else comes Tuesday Tuesday August 20 through Friday August 23 9am - 12pm. Chamber stays until 1pm Tuesday - Friday. This is a very important part of the Titan Orchestra spirit and musical culture. Students playing in any orchestra next year are 'required' to attend Boot Camp. The camp fee is $40, can be paid either at the end of this year or at Boot Camp registration, can be paid out of your student account, and can also be waived (4 hours of extra volunteer hours will be required of the family). Please mark your calendar now!7) Check out this video... (Copland's Hoedown - String Orchestra version)
We're going to work on Aaron Copland's Hoedown for the May 16 Orchestras of the West concert - here's a great string orchestra version:
http://youtu.be/bY_Xd5tejQs
Thanks for reading the newsletter all the way to the end - now you're informed and up-to-date!!! Please don't forget to check the website for more information.
~Ms S (Daryl Silberman)
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